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Nanovic Family Memorial Scholarship Fund at a glance

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Nanovic Family Memorial Scholarship Fund

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$158k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$644kHousing & Shelter$10kScience & Tech$8k
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $70k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $60k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$3.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Penn State University$60,000
St Joseph's University$20,000
West Chester University$15,000
Bucknell University$15,000
East Stroudsburg University$10,000
Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania$10,000
King's College$7,500
Elizabethtown College$5,000
Georgia Institute of Technology$5,000
Syracuse University$5,000
Moravian College$5,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 82% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%West Chester University: $15k → 6%Arcadia University: $3k → 7%Gettysburg College: $16k → 9%York College: $10k → 9%Elizabethtown College: $15k → 9%Cedar Crest College: $8k → 11%Bucknell University: $15k → 11%East Stroudsburg University: $10k → 12%Bloomsburg University: $10k → 14%Misericordia University: $15k → 15%Penn State University: $63k → 16%Drexel University: $18k → 22%Syracuse University: $5k → 14%Ithaca College: $8k → 16%Georgia Institute of Technology: $5k → 13%University of Illinois: $15k → 19%West Chester University: $13k → 6%Gettysburg College: $6k → 9%Elizabethtown College: $10k → 9%Moravian College: $10k → 11%Bucknell University: $13k → 11%East Stroudsburg University: $5k → 12%Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania: $10k → 14%Misericordia University: $8k → 15%Penn State University: $61k → 16%St Joseph's University: $20k → 22%Ithaca College: $5k → 16%Georgia Institute of Technology: $3k → 13%University Student Housing: $10k → 6%Elizabethtown College: $10k → 9%Moravian College: $10k → 11%Bucknell University: $5k → 11%Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania: $10k → 14%Penn State University: $60k → 16%St Joseph's University: $20k → 22%Ithaca College: $3k → 16%Elizabethtown College: $5k → 9%Moravian College: $10k → 11%Bloomsburg University: $5k → 14%Penn State University: $45k → 16%St Joseph's University: $20k → 22%Ithaca College: $3k → 16%Elizabethtown College: $5k → 9%Moravian College: $5k → 11%Penn State University: $23k → 16%St Joseph's University: $10k → 22%Moravian College: $5k → 11%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.
$586k · 13 repeat orgs$75k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
6

Total granted

$586k
$63k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+10%

Still filing today

54%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time
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

  • SJ
    SAINT JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2021–2024 · $70k · revenue +24%
  • EC
    ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $45k · revenue +48%
  • MU
    MORAVIAN UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2020–2024 · $40k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • DU
    DREXEL UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2020 · $18k · revenue +10%
  • UO
    University of Illinois
    one grant, 2023 · $15k
  • YC
    YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +17%
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
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
2
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
3
Lewis & Clark College

Lewis & clark is a premier private higher education institution offering an exceptional education in an inclusive environment. by fostering critical thinking, innovation, creativity, civic engagement, and leadership, both inside and…

Education
4
Seton Hill University

Comprehensive institution of higher learning providing undergraduate and graduate student education.

Education
5
Fairleigh Dickinson University

Fairleigh dickinson university is a center of academic excellence dedicated to the preparation of world citizens through global education. the university strives to provide students with the multi-disciplinary, intercultural, and ethical…

Education
6
Endicott College

Endicott college offers students a vibrant academic environment that remains true to its founding principle of integrating professional and liberal arts with experiential learning. for more information see schedule o.

Education
7
Georgian Court University

Georgian court university (gcu), provides a comprehensive liberal arts education and is open to students of all faiths, delivers a curriculum that promotes scholarship, service, and personal development.

Education
8
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
9
Dickinson College

Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship

Education
10
Monmouth University Inc

See schedule omonmouth university is a comprehensive institution of higher education committed to excellence and integrity in teaching, scholarship and service. through its offerings in liberal arts, sciences, and professional programs,…

Education
11
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

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12
Siena University

Siena university is a learning community advancing the ideals of a liberal arts education, rooted in its identity as a franciscan and catholic institution. as a learning community, siena is committed to a student-centered education…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Gettysburg College; the most unlike its peers is Elizabethtown College. 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

14 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. 14 of the 21 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
13/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Penn State University: $251,250 · OtherPenn State UniversityMORAVIAN UNIVERSITY: $40,000 · OtherMORAVIAN UNIVERSITYWest Chester University: $27,500 · OtherWest Chester UniversityCOMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $20,000 · OtherEast Stroudsburg University: $15,000 · OtherUniversity of Illinois: $15,000 · OtherBloomsburg University: $15,000 · Other+1 more: $7,500 · OtherSAINT JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY: $70,000 · EducationSAINT JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITYELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE: $45,000 · EducationELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGEBucknell University: $32,500 · EducationBucknell UniversityMISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY: $22,500 · EducationMISERICORDIA UNIVERSITYGETTYSBURG COLLEGE: $22,500 · EducationGETTYSBURG COLLEGEDREXEL UNIVERSITY: $17,500 · EducationDREXEL UNIVERSITYITHACA COLLEGE: $17,500 · EducationITHACA COLLEGEYORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA: $10,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY STUDENT HOUSING: $10,000 · Education+4 more: $22,500 · Education+4 more
Other$391,250Education$270,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSAINT JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY: $70,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE: $45,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMORAVIAN UNIVERSITY: $40,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBucknell University: $32,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY: $22,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGETTYSBURG COLLEGE: $22,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDREXEL UNIVERSITY: $17,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetITHACA COLLEGE: $17,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetYORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY STUDENT HOUSING: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKING'S COLLEGE: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCEDAR CREST COLLEGE: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSYRACUSE UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARCADIA UNIVERSITY: $2,500 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 SAINT JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds MORAVIAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Bucknell University ↗
  • Who funds MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds GETTYSBURG COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds DREXEL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ITHACA COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY STUDENT HOUSING ↗
  • Who funds KING'S COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds CEDAR CREST COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ARCADIA UNIVERSITY ↗

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.

W W & Lucretia Hafer …Ibm International Fou…M Verna Butterer Educ…Snayberger Memorial F…Ppl FoundationVerizon FoundationTuw Earl Koons Schola…Anna Marie Helbing Tr…Roberta and Ernest Sc…National Collegiate A…The Blackbaud Giving …National Philanthropi…
W W & Lucretia Hafer Scholarship TuwNY18.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: W W & Lucretia Hafer Scholarship Tuw · Ibm International Foundation · M Verna Butterer Educational Trust · Snayberger Memorial Fdn (Pf) · Ppl Foundation · Verizon Foundation · Tuw Earl Koons Scholarship · Anna Marie Helbing Tr for Nursing Education · Roberta and Ernest Scheller Jr · National Collegiate Athletic Association · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust

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 Nanovic Family Memorial Scholarship Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nanovic Family Memorial Scholarship Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Nanovic Family Memorial Scholarship Fund?

    Find your warmest path to Nanovic Family Memorial Scholarship Fund 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 21 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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