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David Novak Leadership Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$246k
Granted FY2025still arriving
46
Grants FY2025still arriving
17
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.

Education$294kHuman Services$60kYouth Development$33kHealth$30kInternational$28kFood & Nutrition$20kArts & Culture$17kHousing & Shelter$12kOther$0
02FY2025 · 46 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k38 grants · $152k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $94k
$4,500
Median grant
17
States reached
$346k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TONGANOXIE MIDDLE SCHOOL$20,000
GWYNEDD MERCY ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL$14,418
G6PD DEFICIENCY FOUNDATION INC$10,000
TEEN DAY ITHACA$10,000
AL-FURQAN ACADEMY$10,000
BUSHLAND HIGH SCHOOL$10,000
UNLIMITED SOUNDSCAPE INC$10,000
INDIANA CONNECTIONS ACADEMY$10,000
AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION$9,300
LESLEY & RHYAN PRATHER FOUNDATION$8,640
BLECKLEY COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL$8,498
ACCOMPSETT MIDDLE SCHOOL$8,200
SPARC HOPE$8,000
POSITIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM$8,000
HIS BLESSINGS BOX$8,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY23–25, $57k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 51% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%CENTER FOR HUMAN SERVICES: $10k → 15%BLANKETS OF HOPE: $5k → 20%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS: $2k → 10%CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS: $500 → 8%ZAMAN INTERNATIONAL: $10k → 8%ACTIVE HEROES INC: $4k → 9%COLUMBUS AREA HOLIDAY SPIRIT INC: $6k → 10%CENTER FOR HUMAN SERVICES: $5k → 15%BELMONT AFTER SCHOOL ENRICHMENT COLLABORATIVE INC (BASEC): $2k → 8%COLUMBUS AREA HOLIDAY SPIRIT INC: $5k → 10%SPARC HOPE: $8k → 15%BELMONT AFTER SCHOOL ENRICHMENT COLLABORATIVE INC (BASEC): $500 → 8%COLUMBUS FAMILY Y INC: $250 → 10%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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MT
MI
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
NE
KY
VA
AZ
KS
NC
DC
AL
GA
TX
FL
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.

32%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$177k · 15 repeat orgs$372k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +7% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 34 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
61

Total granted

$177k
$181k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+7%
+6%

Still filing today

47%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 23% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $191k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24’25
Human ServicesFood & NutritionAnimalsEducationHealthPhilanthropyOther
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

  • CF
    CENTER FOR HUMAN SERVICES
    2× · 2023–2024 · $15k · revenue +20%
  • WE
    WARREN EAST HIGH SCHOOL BOOSTERS INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $13k · revenue +2%
  • PE
    POSITIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM
    2× · 2024–2025 · $11k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • CC
    CONNECTICUT CHILDRENS FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
  • NL
    NET LOVE
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • NA
    NORTH AMERICA WORLD LITERACY FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +309%
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
The Christmas Box International

The christmas box international partners with local, national and international communities and groups to prevent child abuse and to improve the quality of life for children, teens and young adults who have been abused, neglected or are…

Community Improvement
2
Bonner Community Food Center Inc

The mission of bonner community food center is to assist people in our community with supplemental foods in a time of personal crisis. vision: helping families help themselves. guiding principles: to provide food assistance to qualifying…

Human Services
3
City Mission Society Inc

See schedule o description of our mission and vision.

Human Services
4
Family Service Association of Bucks County

Mission: we listen, care and help. every day. vision: a community where anyone can achieve their full potential. programs: our services treat mental health issues; reduce substance use; shelter, feed, educate and seek permanent housing for…

Human Services
5
Women's Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh

The mission of women's center & shelter of greater pittsburgh is to strengthen our ability to meet the individual and evolving needs of those affected by domestic violence by investing in the growth of our people, deepening community…

Human Services
6
Cheyenne Animal Shelter

The mission of the cheyenne animal shelter is to enhance the quality of life for animals and people through compassion, respect and education.

Animals
7
Children's Bureau Inc

Empowering individuals to build stronger families and communities.

Human Services
8
Lake Humane Society

Mission: to protect animals and build connections between pets and people through advocacy and education. vision: leading and guiding a humane lake county core values: compassion for pets and people. engagement through innovative programs,…

Animals
9
Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Inc

The food bank purchases food and obtains donations of food from the united states department of agriculture, manufacturers, distributors, retailers, growers and community members for distribution to people in need in 25 counties and eight…

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10
Lucky Dog Animal Rescue

Lucky dog animal rescue is a volunteer-powered nonprofit dedicated to rescuing homeless, neglected, and abandoned animals from certain euthanasia and finding them loving forever homes. we educate the community and all pet owners on…

Animals
11
Safehouse Denver Inc

Safehouse denver assists adult, children, and youth in reclaiming their right to a life free from domestic violence. the agency provides a broad spectrum of culturally competent, trauma-informed services, including but not limited to,…

Human Services
12
Humane Fort Wayne Inc

Humane fort wayne is a trusted partner providing comprehensive, lifesaving resources to pets and their people.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Center for Children & Young Adults; the most unlike its peers is American Lung Association. 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

41 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. 41 of the 110 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/41
Grantees still filing
21/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIFE HIGH SCHOOL ASB: $25,500 · OtherFIFE HIGH SCHOOL ASBTONGANOXIE MIDDLE SCHOOL: $20,000 · OtherTONGANOXIE MIDDLE SCHOOLAL-FURQAN ACADEMY: $20,000 · OtherAL-FURQAN ACADEMYMCCRACKEN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FCCLA: $15,500 · OtherGWYNEDD-MERCY ACADEMY: $14,418 · Other+80 more: $275,168 · Other+80 moreCENTER FOR HUMAN SERVICES: $15,000 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR …COLUMBUS AREA HOLIDAY SPIRIT INC: $10,500 · Human ServicesCOLUMBUS AR…ZAMAN INTERNATIONAL: $10,000 · Human ServicesZAMAN INTER…MOMS CLOSET RESOURCE CENTER INC: $8,000 · Human ServicesMOMS CLOSET…BLANKETS OF HOPE INC: $4,500 · Human ServicesBLANKETS OF…ACTIVE HEROES INC: $4,000 · Human ServicesACTIVE HERO…BELMONT AFTER SCHOOL ENRICHMENT COLLABORATIVE INC: $2,800 · Human Services+3 more: $2,250 · Human ServicesDOUGLAS COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $27,000 · PhilanthropyLESLEY & RHYAN PRATHER FOUNDATION CORPORATION: $8,640 · PhilanthropyWARREN EAST HIGH SCHOOL BOOSTERS INC: $12,500 · EducationNORTH AMERICA WORLD LITERACY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationUSD 464 Education Foundation Inc: $10,000 · EducationPOSITIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM: $11,200 · HealthG6PD DEFICIENCY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION: $9,300 · HealthSMITHTOWN TOWNSHIP EMERGENCY FOOD PANTRY: $5,000 · Food & NutritionFIVES INTRALOGISTICS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $4,803 · Food & NutritionFREESTORE FOODBANK INC: $1,000 · Food & NutritionKITCHENS FOR CHANGE: $500 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $255 · Food & NutritionMOUNTAIN VIEW COMMUNITY CENTER: $8,000 · Recreation & SportsBIGFORK SOCCER CLUB: $2,700 · Recreation & Sports
Other$370,586Human Services$57,050Philanthropy$35,640Education$32,500Health$30,500Food & Nutrition$11,558Recreation & Sports$10,700

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDOUGLAS COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $27,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetCENTER FOR HUMAN SERVICES: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWARREN EAST HIGH SCHOOL BOOSTERS INC: $12,500 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetPOSITIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM: $11,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOLUMBUS AREA HOLIDAY SPIRIT INC: $10,500 over 2y, 7.9% of budgetNORTH AMERICA WORLD LITERACY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetZAMAN INTERNATIONAL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUSD 464 Education Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION: $9,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNTAIN VIEW COMMUNITY CENTER: $8,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetHIS BLESSINGS BOX INC: $8,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetMOMS CLOSET RESOURCE CENTER INC: $8,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetShelter House Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMITHTOWN TOWNSHIP EMERGENCY FOOD PANTRY: $5,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetKENTUCKY HUMANE SOCIETY - ANIMAL RESCUE: $4,349 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACTIVE HEROES INC: $4,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetFARMWELL STATION MIDDLE SCHOOL PTA: $3,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetBELMONT AFTER SCHOOL ENRICHMENT COLLABORATIVE INC: $2,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBIGFORK SOCCER CLUB: $2,700 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetA WOMAN'S PLACE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAKONDA MINISTRIES INC: $2,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSoutheastern Guide Dogs Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCatholic Social Services: $1,241 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Care Society Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFREESTORE FOODBANK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOVE146 INC: $700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE COLORADO RIVER: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetColumbus Rescue Mission: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHRISTIAN FREEDOM INTERNATIONAL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKITCHENS FOR CHANGE: $500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF LEBANON COUNTY: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFARM AID INC: $255 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLUMBUS FAMILY Y INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSERENITY FARM VIRGINIA: $200 over 1y, 0.3% 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 DOUGLAS COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR HUMAN SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds WARREN EAST HIGH SCHOOL BOOSTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds POSITIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBUS AREA HOLIDAY SPIRIT INC ↗
  • Who funds G6PD DEFICIENCY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NORTH AMERICA WORLD LITERACY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ZAMAN INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds USD 464 Education Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds LESLEY & RHYAN PRATHER FOUNDATION CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds MOUNTAIN VIEW COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds HIS BLESSINGS BOX INC ↗
  • Who funds MOMS CLOSET RESOURCE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Shelter House 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 Community Foundat…The Albertsons Compan…Assurant FoundationShare Our StrengthMightycause Charitabl…Aetna Foundation IncGe Aerospace Foundati…Enterprise Holdings F…Charities Aid Foundat…The Pfizer Foundation…Verizon FoundationThe Blackbaud Giving …
The Community Foundation of Louisville IncKY12.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · The Albertsons Companies Foundation · Assurant Foundation · Share Our Strength · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Aetna Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Verizon Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund

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 David Novak Leadership Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from David Novak Leadership Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 49%
  • Farm Aid Inc: 100% of income from government
  • LOVE146 Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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.
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Find your warmest path to David Novak Leadership Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 110 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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