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Allen J and Lorraine E Noveck Charitable Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$60k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

International$71kEducation$69kHealth$64kArts & Culture$50kRecreation & Sports$26kHuman Services$6kPublic Benefit$5kEnvironment$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $30k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$337k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MEMORIAL FOUNDATION$20,000
CONNECTICUT INSTITUTE FOR$10,000
WESTPORT COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE$7,500
FRIENDS OF THE LEVITT PAVILION INC$5,000
FOUNDATIONS IN EDUCATION INC$5,000
MERCY LEARNING CENTER OF$5,000
FIRST SERVE MIAMI INC$5,000
OYEBOG TENNIS ACADEMY INC$2,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 30% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $3k → 16%AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS: $2k → 14%MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $20k → 13%MERCY LEARNING CENTER OF: $10k → 9%MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING: $2k → 17%AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS: $2k → 14%MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $20k → 13%FIRST SERVE MIAMI INC: $5k → 15%MERCY LEARNING CENTER OF: $8k → 9%MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%FIRST SERVE MIAMI: $5k → 15%MERCY LEARNING CENTER OF: $5k → 9%FIRST SERVE MIAMI INC: $5k → 15%CONNECTICUT INSTITUTE FOR: $22k → 9%FIRST SERVE MIAMI INC: $5k → 15%MERCY LEARNING CENTER OF: $5k → 9%FIRST SERVE MIAMI: $3k → 15%CONNECTICUT INSTITUTE FOR: $10k → 9%FIRST SERVE MIAMI: $3k → 15%MERCY LEARNING CENTER OF: $5k → 9%CONNECTICUT INSTITUTE FOR: $10k → 9%MERCY LEARNING CENTER OF: $3k → 9%CONNECTICUT INSTITUTE FOR: $8k → 9%NEIGHBORHOOD STUDIOS OF FAIRFIELD: $3k → 9%CONNECTICUT INSTITUTE FOR: $5k → 9%MERCY LEARNING CENTER OF: $3k → 9%CONNECTICUT INSTITUTE FOR REFUGEES: $3k → 9%MERCY LEARNING CENTER OF: $2k → 9%INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF: $3k → 9%MERCY LEARNING CENTER OF: $2k → 9%THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE: $2k → 9%FOUNDATIONS IN EDUCATION INC: $5k → 9%FOUNDATIONS IN EDUCATION INC: $5k → 9%FOUNDATIONS IN EDUCATION INC: $5k → 9%WESTPORT COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE: $12k → 9%WESTPORT COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE: $10k → 9%WESTPORT COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE: $8k → 9%TOWN OF WESTPORT: $5k → 9%FRIENDS OF THE LEVITT PAVILION INC: $5k → 9%WESTPORT EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES: $5k → 9%FRIENDS OF THE LEVITT PAVILION INC: $3k → 9%FRIENDS OF THE LEVITT PAVILION INC: $3k → 9%WESTPORT COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE: $3k → 9%UNITARIAN CHURCH IN WESTPORT: $2k → 9%WESTPORT COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE: $2k → 9%WESTPORT COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE: $2k → 9%SCHOOL VOLUNTEER ASSOCIATION: $5k → 9%SCHOOL VOLUNTEER ASSOCIATION: $5k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$265k · 10 repeat orgs$32k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
13

Total granted

$265k
$32k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+59%

Still filing today

70%
23%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureInternationalPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • MF
    MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $50k · revenue +30%
  • FS
    FIRST SERVE MIAMI INC
    7× · 2017–2025 · $26k · revenue +91%
  • FI
    Foundations in Education Inc
    3× · 2022–2025 · $15k · revenue +51%

Funded once

  • WB
    WESTPORT BOARD OF EDUCATION
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • WE
    WESTPORT EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • NS
    NEIGHBORHOOD STUDIOS OF FAIRFIELD
    one grant, 2021 · $3k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
United States Tennis Association Incorporated

The usta mission is growing tennis to inspire healthier people and communities everywhere.usta is the national governing body for the sport of tennis and the recognized leader in promoting and developing the sport's growth on every level…

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2
University of Minnesota Foundation Investment Advisors

To provide the highest level of stewardship for university donors through professional management and oversight of the university of minnesota foundation's assets by creating a focused investment environment with clarity of purpose,…

Education
3
The Miami Foundation Inc

To create a greater miami where everyone can thrive by accelerating generosity, leadership, and community engagement. the miami foundation serves as a philanthropic and community backbone for greater miami, bringing together donors,…

Philanthropy
4
Terraset

Terraset uses philanthropic capital to purchase permanent, high-quality carbon removal. we pool donations from individuals, foundations, family offices, and donor advised funds, and make strategic purchases of high-quality carbon removal…

Environment
5
International Tennis Hall of Fame Incorporated

The international tennis hall of fame (ithf) is a non-profit organization that preserves the history of tennis and celebrates to inspire excellence across generations globally. founded in 1954 in newport, ri, the ithf honors tennis'…

Recreation & Sports
6
The Lieber Institute Inc

The mission of the institute is to translate basic genetic and molecular mechanisms of schizophrenia and related developmental brain disorders into clinical advances that change the lives of affected individuals. it is catalyzing a new…

Health
7
United States Tennis Association- Middle States Section

The org. is a section of the united states tennis assoc. and is dedicated to carrying out the goals of the national assoc. within its region, particularly with respect to promoting tennis opportunities for juniors and adults of all…

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8
Lowell Observatory

The mission of lowell observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach…

Science & Tech
9
Usta Player Development Incorporated

The mission of usta player development is to educate and train young people in the sport of tennis through a clearly defined structure and competitive pathway, as well as through the implementation of a comprehensive coaching philosophy.

Recreation & Sports
10
Chicago Theatre Group Inc

The chicago theatre group is committed to producing both classic and contemporary works giving full voice to a wide range of artists and visions. by dedicating itself to three guiding principles - quality, equity, and community - the…

Arts & Culture
11
Gates Medical Research Institute

The gates mri engages directly in the conduct of medical research in conjunction with one or more hospitals for the purpose of addressing major causes of illness and death in low-and lower-middle-income countries.

Health
12
The Florida State University Foundation Inc

The florida state university foundation enhances the academic mission and vision of florida state university through its organized fundraising activities and funds management. the fsu foundation accomplishes its mission by fostering…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Friends of the Levitt Pavilion Inc; the most unlike its peers is Rocky Mountain Institute. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

10 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 10 of the 23 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
8/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CONNECTICUT INSTITUTE FOR: $55,300 · OtherCONNECTICUT INSTITUTE FORMEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · OtherMEMORIAL FOUNDATION INCMERCY LEARNING CENTER OF: $41,500 · OtherMERCY LEARNING CENTER OFFIRST SERVE MIAMI INC: $26,000 · OtherFIRST SERVE MIAMI INCSCHOOL VOLUNTEER ASSOCIATION: $11,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE LEVITT PAVILION INC: $10,000 · Other+12 more: $30,550 · Other+12 moreWESTPORT COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE INC: $39,500 · Arts & CultureWESTPORT COUNTR…Foundations in Education Inc: $15,000 · PhilanthropyOYEBOG TENNIS ACADEMY: $13,000 · InternationalAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $4,000 · HealthTHE SUNDARI FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$224,350Arts & Culture$39,500Philanthropy$15,000International$13,000Health$4,000Housing & Shelter$1,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetWESTPORT COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE INC: $39,500 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetFIRST SERVE MIAMI INC: $26,000 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetFoundations in Education Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetOYEBOG TENNIS ACADEMY: $13,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE LEVITT PAVILION INC: $10,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDRENS STOREFRONT: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRocky Mountain Institute: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SUNDARI FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WESTPORT COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds FIRST SERVE MIAMI INC ↗
  • Who funds Foundations in Education Inc ↗
  • Who funds OYEBOG TENNIS ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE LEVITT PAVILION INC ↗
  • Who funds AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDRENS STOREFRONT ↗
  • Who funds Rocky Mountain Institute ↗
  • Who funds THE SUNDARI FOUNDATION INC ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Ayco Charitable FoundationNY12.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ayco Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Allen J and Lorraine E Noveck Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Allen J and Lorraine E Noveck Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • The Sundari Foundation Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Westport Country Playhouse Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 23 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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