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PRESS RELEASE: Levitt Foundation Launches Multi-Year, $120K Matching Grants to Strengthen Communities through Free Outdoor Concerts
Media Contact: Chris Dzialo, chris@levitt.org | Photos available (other photos available upon request) Applications now open for grants, which will support organizations nationwide to present free outdoor concert series—activating underused public spaces and building community through the power of free, live music LOS ANGELES (May 1, 2025)—The Levitt Foundation, a national social impact funder…
Recording Academy Recognizes Levitt Artists, Raises Funds for Fire Relief, and Salutes Local Heroes
The Levitt Foundation congratulates the 8 Levitt artists who won 12 GRAMMY Awards. This past Sunday, the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards celebrated musical excellence and served as a powerful reminder of music’s ability to unite, heal, and inspire. The ceremony was held at the Crypto.com Arena in downtown Los Angeles and centered around wildfire relief…
Levitt Communities Honor the Legacy of Liz Levitt Hirsch
A champion of the arts, community, and social justice, Liz Levitt Hirsch made an incredible impact during her lifetime, particularly through her work with her family’s foundation, the Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation, where she served as Board President for a decade. Known for her gift of connecting and inspiring people to achieve a shared…
Levitt Artists Nominated for 36 GRAMMY Awards
The 2025 GRAMMY nominations are in, and they include 24 artists who have performed free concerts in Levitt communities coast to coast! We are thrilled to congratulate the 2025 nominees, some of whom have already won GRAMMY Awards in previous years, and celebrate their exceptional artistry. These singers, songwriters, and instrumentalists represent the wide…
Levitt Foundation Supports Visioning Events at SummerStage 2024 in Staten Island
For close to four decades, City Parks Foundation’s SummerStage festival has provided the soundtrack for New Yorkers’ summer memories. Infusing more than 80 music and cultural events in Manhattan’s Central Park and a dozen other neighborhood spaces across the Big Apple, the celebration unfolds from May through October each year and is presented across all…
Liz Levitt Hirsch Honored as 2024 Dream Builder
On September 19, 2024, the Downtown Arlington Management Corporation and Texas Trust Credit Union posthumously named former Levitt Foundation board president Liz Levitt Hirsch the 2024 Dream Builder award recipient. This is the ninth year for the award, which honors individuals who have made the greatest contributions to revitalizing downtown Arlington and making Arlington the…
Introducing the Levitt VIBE and Levitt BLOC Music Series!
Last fall, the Levitt Foundation announced plans to spend down $150 million in assets by 2041—a commitment that has allowed us to expand our grantmaking by launching new programs, partnerships, field-building initiatives, and more. Levitt VIBE and Levitt BLOC are two of those programs, and we’re excited to see (and hear) them launch! Levitt VIBE…
Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation Board Names Sharon Yazowski President & CEO
On June 27, 2024, Sharon Yazowski was named President & CEO by the Levitt Foundation Board of Directors. Sharon joined Levitt in 2007 as the first executive director of Levitt Pavilion Los Angeles. She then transitioned in 2009 to Executive Director of the Levitt Foundation, as the Foundation’s first employee, and was named Chief Executive…
Make Music Day 2024 Unfolds On Levitt Stages Nationwide
Sunscreen on, stereo volume up! June 21 is the summer solstice and Make Music Day, an international celebration uniting thousands of cities across the globe to host live, free, and open-to-the-public music-making events for community members of all ages and backgrounds. Make Music Day is a longstanding tradition: since its launch in France in 1982…
Get Ready for the Levitt Season!
Daylight savings, denim shorts, and summery, feel-good tunes are all back in rotation—and with them, free Levitt concerts across the country. The 2024 Levitt concert season, already underway in a handful of communities, is as exhilarating as it is monumental: As the Levitt Foundation spends down, we are supporting more towns, cities, and neighborhoods throughout…