OVERVIEW: Global Village Charitable Trust primarily funds grantmaking related to the arts, education, health, human services, Jewish causes, and policy.
IP TAKE: The foundation does not maintain a website, which restricts transparency about grantmaking strategies and guidelines. This funder is not accessible and makes it hard to get on their radar, which is common of small organizations. This is also a progressive funder particularly interested in the arts and Jewish causes. The Global Village Charitable Trust’s grants are often for general operating support.
PROFILE: Established in 1993, the Global Village Charitable Trust is steered by Daniel R. Lewis and family. Daniel was a director of Progressive Corporation, the auto insurance giant, which was cofounded by his late father, Joseph Lewis. Tax filings suggest that the Global Village Charitable Trust primarily funds grantmaking related to the arts, education, health, human services, Jewish causes, and policy.
Daniel Lewis has spent some two decades years as an arts philanthropist, with his greatest focus on social and musical arts investing. He initiated the Cleveland Orchestra’s multi-week residency in Miami as founding chairman of Miami Music Association. He founded and chairs M:X (Miami Experimental), to pursue making music education and the opportunity to play accessible and affordable to all Miami-Dade County children. He also launched the Lewis Prize for Music, which focuses on leaders of music programs who are advancing positive change for young people through music. Global Village Charitable Trust’s grantmaking addresses arts and performing arts education. It also funds progressive policy organizations. Daniel’s late brother Peter was an ardent supporter of progressive organizations and advocated for drug policy reform.
Important Grant Details:
Grants range between $1,800 and $583,000. In a recent year, the foundation gave away around $4.4 million. Learn more about this funder’s local giving by examining its recent tax records. Grantmaking focuses on South Florida, New York, and the Midwest. Past local grantees include Jewish Federation, Greater Miami; Achieve Miami; Overtown Youth Center; United Way of Miami-Dade; and Feeding South Florida.
This foundation does not typically accept unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits.
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CONTACT:
Global Village Charitable Trust
4000 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Ste. 510
Coral Gables, FL 33146