California · Private foundation
Nova Foundation Inc
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.
- $3.8M
- Granted FY2023
- 1
- Grants FY2023
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $3,817,373
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $3,817,373
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 1
- Total assets, FY2023
- $3.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Nova Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 1 | $3.8M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $287k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $41k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $206k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $188k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $157k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calvin Simmons Theatre | $4,104,848 | 2 | 40% |
| East Bay Center for the Performing Arts | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| World Arts West | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Saint Mary's College of California | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| EAST BAY PERFORMING ARTS dba OAKLAND SYMPHONY | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Marine Mammal Center | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Oakland Ballet Company | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($485k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Nova Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Nova Foundation Inc
- How much does Nova Foundation Inc give?
- Nova Foundation Inc reported 1 grants totaling $3,817,373 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Nova Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2023, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (89%), Philanthropy (9%), Civil Rights (0%).
- Who are Nova Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2023: Calvin Simmons Theatre ($4.1M), East Bay Center for the Performing Arts ($25k), World Arts West ($25k).
- Does Nova Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Nova Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Nova Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Francisco Foundation, East Bay Community Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Nova Foundation Inc based?
- Nova Foundation Inc is based in CA.
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