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Novack Family Foundation

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.

$371k
Granted FY2025still arriving
50
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$613kInternational$213kArts & Culture$195kHuman Services$167kEducation$115kReligion$104kPhilanthropy$86kRecreation & Sports$76kOther$0
02FY2025 · 50 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k30 grants · $56k
  • $10k–50k18 grants · $215k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$5,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FILM FORUM INC$50,000
FILM FORUM INC$50,000
APOLLO THEATRE FOUNDATION INC$25,000
FOOD LINK$25,000
BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY$15,000
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE FUND$10,000
FACING HISTORY AND OURSELVES$10,000
NEIGHBORHEALTH$10,000
THE OPEN DOOR$10,000
DAY BY DAY ADULT CARE$10,000
MAINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY$10,000
ITREK$10,000
FILM SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER$10,000
PATHWAYS FOR CHILDREN$10,000
TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER$10,000
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 (FY20–25, $161k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 29% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PATHWAYS FOR CHILDREN: $20k → 10%REST STOP RANCH: $3k → 12%SUPPLIES FOR SUCCESS: $1k → 7%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $250 → 14%KAVOD SHEF: $25k → 12%JEFF'S PLACE: $5k → 8%SUPPLIES FOR SUCCESS: $1k → 7%KAVOD SHEF: $10k → 12%JEFF'S PLACE: $5k → 8%JEFF'S PLACE: $5k → 8%PATHWAYS FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 10%JEFF'S PLACE: $5k → 8%NEWBRIDGE ON THE CHARLES: $250 → 7%PATHWAYS FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 10%PATHWAYS FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 10%PATHWAYS FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 10%COLLEGE CLUB SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $1k → 16%PATHWAYS FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 10%PATHWAYS FOR CHILDREN: $5k → 10%ACTION INC: $5k → 10%COLLEGE CLUB SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $1k → 16%COLLEGE CLUB SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $1k → 16%COLLEGE CLUB SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $1k → 16%PATHWAYS FOR CHILDREN: $2k → 10%WELLSPRING HOUSE: $250 → 10%ELIZABETH STONE HOUSE: $5k → 16%ACORD FOOD PANTRY: $250 → 10%ACORD FOOD PANTRY: $250 → 10%YMCA OF THE NORTH SHORE: $10k → 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

ME
NH
IL
NY
MA
NJ
CA
CO
VA
MD
TN
DC
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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 63 repeat orgs$432k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

63 repeat relationships: 32 still active in FY2025, 31 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

63
54

Total granted

$1.6M
$238k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+2%

Still filing today

78%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $194k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthFood & NutritionEducationInternationalOther
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

  • Franciscan Hospital for Children
    6× · 2020–2025 · $150k · revenue +48%
  • BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY
    6× · 2020–2025 · $90k · revenue +6%
  • II
    IMPACTISRAEL INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $90k · revenue +108%

Funded once

  • MG
    MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2024 · $100k
  • BB
    BIG BROTHER BIG SISTER OF EASTERN MA
    one grant, 2020 · $14k
  • YMCA OF THE NORTH SHORE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +58%
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
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
3
Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return

Mass general brigham incorporated is developing an integrated health care delivery system throughout the region that offers patients a continuum of coordinated, high-quality care.

Health
4
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
5
Trustees of Boston College

Mission strengthened by more than a century and a half of dedication to academic excellence, boston college commits itself to the highest standards of teaching and research in undergraduate, graduate and professional programs and to the…

Education
6
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
7
Boston Medical Center-Brighton Corporation

To consistently provide excellent and accessible health care services to all in need of care, regardless of status or ability to pay. the corporation is committed to the urban population, to vulnerable populations within the community…

Health
8
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
9
Umass Memorial Health Care Inc (Parent)

Umass memorial health care, inc. is committed to improving the health of the people of central new england through excellence in clinical care, services, teaching, and research.

Health
10
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Inc

Organization's mission statement true to the ambitious vision of its founder and her spirit of creative risk-taking, the mission of the isabella stewart gardner museum is: - to bring to life and preserve the rich historic collection; - to…

Arts & Culture
11
Mass General Brigham Incorporated

Patient care, teaching, research and serving the community.

Health
12
Mass General Brigham Health Plan Inc

Mass general brigham health plan's mission is to promote the health and wellness of our members, and to help ensure equitable, affordbale health care for the diverse communities we serve.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Lenny Zakim Fund; the most unlike its peers is Thacher & Straitsmouth Islands 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

89 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 89 of the 134 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
88/89
Grantees still filing
56/89
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER: $181,000 · OtherTUFTS MEDICAL CENTERMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $100,000 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITALTEMPLE SHALOM OF NEWTON: $95,000 · OtherTEMPLE SHALOM OF NEWTONAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $55,000 · OtherAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEESANDY BAY YACHT CLUB SAILING PROGRAM: $51,000 · OtherSANDY BAY YACHT CLUB SAILING PROGRAMBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF EASTERN MA: $46,250 · OtherDARTMOUTH COLLEGE FUND: $35,000 · Other+71 more: $371,350 · Other+71 moreFILM FORUM INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureFILM FORUM INCFILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $57,500 · Arts & CultureFILM AT LINCOLN CE…FACING HISTORY & OURSELVES INC: $55,000 · Arts & CultureFACING HISTORY & O…APOLLO THEATER FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureAPOLLO THEATER FOU…MUSEUM OF SCIENCE: $22,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF SCIENCECAPE ANN ART HAVEN INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureCAPE ANN ART HAVEN…REUT USA: $17,500 · Arts & CultureThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $15,500 · Arts & CultureZUMIX INC: $15,000 · Arts & Culture+11 more: $36,000 · Arts & Culture+11 moreFranciscan Hospital for Children: $150,000 · HealthFranciscan Hosp…DAY BY DAY ADULT CARE INC: $75,000 · HealthDAY BY DAY ADUL…NEIGHBORHEALTH CORPORATION: $35,000 · HealthNEIGHBORHEALTH …BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION: $27,000 · HealthBOSTON MEDICAL …COURAGEOUS PARENTS NETWORKINC: $15,000 · Health+4 more: $4,000 · HealthIMPACTISRAEL INC: $90,000 · InternationalIMPACTISRAE…ITREK INC: $70,000 · InternationalITREK INCGlobal Impact: $35,000 · InternationalGlobal Impa…THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE DIALOGUE NETWORK INC: $20,000 · InternationalTHE MIDDLE …+2 more: $11,000 · InternationalPATHWAYS FOR CHILDRENINC: $76,500 · Human ServicesKAVOD: $35,000 · Human ServicesJeff's Place Children's Bereavement Center Inc: $20,000 · Human ServicesYMCA OF THE NORTH SHORE INC: $10,000 · Human Services+9 more: $19,750 · Human ServicesBROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY: $90,000 · EducationTHE BERKELEY CARROLL SCHOOL: $5,000 · Education+3 more: $2,750 · EducationCombined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc: $77,500 · PhilanthropyTHE JESSE COOPER FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,500 · Philanthropy
Other$934,600Arts & Culture$363,500Health$306,000International$226,000Human Services$161,250Education$97,750Philanthropy$84,000

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 budgetFranciscan Hospital for Children: $150,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFILM FORUM INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetBROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY: $90,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetIMPACTISRAEL INC: $90,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetCombined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc: $77,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPATHWAYS FOR CHILDRENINC: $76,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetDAY BY DAY ADULT CARE INC: $75,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetITREK INC: $70,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetFILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $57,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFACING HISTORY & OURSELVES INC: $55,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNEIGHBORHEALTH CORPORATION: $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGlobal Impact: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKAVOD: $35,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetWESTWOOD COMMUNITY CHEST: $27,500 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetBOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION: $27,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE OPEN DOOR CAPE ANN FOOD PANTRY INC: $25,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAPOLLO THEATER FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMUSEUM OF SCIENCE: $22,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MIDDLE EAST PEACE DIALOGUE NETWORK INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCAPE ANN ART HAVEN INC: $20,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetJeff's Place Children's Bereavement Center Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $19,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetREUT USA: $17,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC INC: $17,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBACKYARD GROWERS INC: $17,500 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $15,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCOURAGEOUS PARENTS NETWORKINC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetZUMIX INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHACHER & STRAITSMOUTH ISLANDS ASSOCIATION: $12,250 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetPROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INC: $11,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetYMCA OF THE NORTH SHORE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHEAST ARC INC: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWhite Stork - United States Ltd: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMAINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $9,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetROCKPORT MUSIC INC: $8,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD LINK INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetJEWISH INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY OF AMERICA: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPEJEPSCOT HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $6,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetBOSTON IMPACT INITIATIVE FUND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHIAS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSILVER LINING MENTORING INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetACTION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JESSE COOPER FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 44% of budgetROXBURY STONE HOUSE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BERKELEY CARROLL SCHOOL: $5,000 over 5y, 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 Franciscan Hospital for Children ↗
  • Who funds FILM FORUM INC ↗
  • Who funds BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds IMPACTISRAEL INC ↗
  • Who funds Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc ↗
  • Who funds PATHWAYS FOR CHILDRENINC ↗
  • Who funds DAY BY DAY ADULT CARE INC ↗
  • Who funds ITREK INC ↗
  • Who funds FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds FACING HISTORY & OURSELVES INC ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORHEALTH CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds Global Impact ↗
  • Who funds KAVOD ↗
  • Who funds WESTWOOD COMMUNITY CHEST ↗
  • Who funds BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds THE OPEN DOOR CAPE ANN FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds APOLLO THEATER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF SCIENCE ↗
  • Who funds THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE DIALOGUE NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds CAPE ANN ART HAVEN INC ↗
  • Who funds Jeff's Place Children's Bereavement Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds PAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC ↗
  • Who funds REUT USA ↗
  • Who funds BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC INC ↗
  • Who funds BACKYARD GROWERS INC ↗
  • Who funds The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ↗
  • Who funds COURAGEOUS PARENTS NETWORKINC ↗
  • Who funds ZUMIX INC ↗
  • Who funds THACHER & STRAITSMOUTH ISLANDS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER 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.

Combined Jewish Phila…Boston Foundation IncInstitution for Savin…Eastern Bank Foundati…Essex County Communit…Cummings Foundation G…Amelia Peabody Charit…Rockland Trust Charit…Liberty Mutual Founda…Hildreth Stewart Char…American Tower Corpor…The Klarman Family Fo…
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston IncMA37.2× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Institution for Savings in Newburyport & Its Vicinity Charitable Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Essex County Community Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund Trust · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Hildreth Stewart Charitable Foundation · American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc · The Klarman Family 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 Novack Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Novack Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 260%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Pathways for Childreninc: 86% of income from government
  • Northeast Arc Inc: 73% of income from government
  • Day By Day Adult Care Inc: 72% of income from government
  • Vietnam Veterans Workshop Inc Dba New England Center and Home for Veterans: 66% of income from government
  • Roxbury Stone House Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Boston Medical Center Corporation: 23% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Historical Society: 22% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • Acord Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Silver Lining Mentoring Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Food Link Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Wellspring House Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Ymca of the North Shore Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Zumix Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Neighborhealth Corporation: 4% of income from government
  • Rockport Music Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Artists for Humanity Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Boston Children's Chorus Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Friends of the Public Garden Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Cape Ann Art Haven Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Franciscan Hospital for Children: 0% of income from government
  • Museum of Science: 0% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
26get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
5rely 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.

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 134 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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