[12] He has most recently served as the president of the Robin Hood Foundation,[13] a philanthropic organization founded in 1988 to alleviate poverty in New York City.
He recently served as the lead director of First Republic Bank and is currently a senior advisor to East Rock Capital, a private equity firm.
[17] Levy has authored five books: Nearing the Crossroads: Contending Approaches to American Foreign Policy (1975, Free Press of MacMillan), Give and Take: A Candid Account of Corporate Philanthropy (1999, Harvard Business School Press), Yours for the Asking: An Indispensable Guide To Fundraising and Management (2008, John Wiley and Sons), They Told Me Not To Take That Job: Tumult, Betrayal, Heroics, and the Transformation of Lincoln Center (2014, Public Affairs), and Start Now: Because That Meaningful Job Is Out There, Just Waiting For You (2020, RosettaBooks).
[18] His fourth book, They Told Me Not To Take That Job: Tumult, Betrayal, Heroics and the Transformation of Lincoln Center, was a New York Times best seller.
[19] He has written extensively and spoken widely about philanthropy, the performing arts, humanitarian causes and issues, and the leadership and management of nonprofit institutions.
Levy received the 2009 Design Patron Award granted by the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt Museum for his stewardship of Lincoln Center's physical transformation.