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Novogradac Rivers Foundation

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.

$603k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
12
Grants FY2024
16
Organizations funded FY2023
50%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$20,200
Largest grant, FY2024
$200,000
Organizations funded a year
11 to 35
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
5
Total assets, FY2024
$17M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Novogradac Rivers Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $199k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthEducationHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving11$403k18%
FY202316$674k50%
FY202211$222k27%
FY202124$259k54%
FY202035$249k51%
FY201930$102k53%
FY201826$92k73%
FY201724$119kn/a
89% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$1.2MHealth$793kEmployment$158kSocial Science$76kArts & Culture$29kRecreation & Sports$24kHuman Services$21kInternational$13kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
WI
NY
OR
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
VA
MD
NC
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 49 grantees
All grantees of Novogradac Rivers Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Northwell Health Foundation$270,00040%
University of Pittsburgh$270,00040%
The Head Royce School$221,00040%
Mikeroweworks Foundation$157,90223%
Claremont McKenna College$91,39240%
Okizu Foundation$77,53741%
Rutgers University Foundation$70,20020%
Mercatus Center Inc$50,00020%
Cancer Commons$25,00011%
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc$20,00020%
The Institute for Sexual Medicine Inc$20,000156%
The Athenian School$20,00020%
Southern Methodist University$19,00010%
Learning Ally Inc$13,50040%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$11,00030%
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center$10,00010%
Playworks Education Energized$10,00040%
Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums$10,00010%
The Nhp Foundation$8,78770%
Pierres Birthday Fund Inc$8,44035%
Khan Academy Inc$8,00030%
Oakland Girls Softball League$8,00052%
Kids Alive International Inc$7,30860%
Navy Seal Foundation Inc$7,00020%
Lafayette Orinda Presbyterian Church$5,0001n/a
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$5,00010%
Pet Orphans of Southern California$5,00010%
Stand With Ukraine Inc dba To Ukraine With Love$5,00010%
Berkeley Repertory Theatre$3,50020%
Community Foundation Inc$3,0001n/a
The Actors' Fund of America$2,50010%
Paralyzed Veterans of America$2,50010%
ALS Northwest$2,50010%
Alameda County Community Food Bank$2,00020%
Lifesteps Inc$2,00010%
Beneficent Technology Inc$2,00020%
The Cancer League Inc$1,50010%
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Aajc Inc$1,00010%
Congregation Bnai Tzedek$1,0001n/a
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund$1,00010%
Bridge Housing Corporation$1,00020%
Redwood Forest Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Hope Through Housing Foundation$85020%
Puttin on Productions Corporation$5001n/a
National Housing Conference Inc$50010%
The Urban Land Institute$30030%
Grateful Gatherings$10010%
Assistance League of Diablo Valley$10010%
Amigos de las Americas$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 54 recipients with no EIN on record ($657k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Novogradac Rivers Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 45 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNorthwell Health Foundation: $270,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of Pittsburgh: $270,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Head Royce School: $221,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetMikeroweworks Foundation: $157,902 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetClaremont McKenna College: $91,392 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOkizu Foundation: $77,537 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetRutgers University Foundation: $70,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMercatus Center Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCancer Commons: $25,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetPancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Institute for Sexual Medicine Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 56% of budgetThe Athenian School: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSouthern Methodist University: $19,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLearning Ally Inc: $13,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPlayworks Education Energized: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCorporation of the Fine Arts Museums: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Nhp Foundation: $8,787 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPierres Birthday Fund Inc: $8,440 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetKhan Academy Inc: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOakland Girls Softball League: $8,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetKids Alive International Inc: $7,308 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNavy Seal Foundation Inc: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPet Orphans of Southern California: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetStand With Ukraine Inc dba To Ukraine With Love: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBerkeley Repertory Theatre: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Actors' Fund of America: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetParalyzed Veterans of America: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALS Northwest: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAlameda County Community Food Bank: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLifesteps Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBeneficent Technology Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Cancer League Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAsian Americans Advancing Justice - Aajc Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAsian American Legal Defense and Education Fund: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBridge Housing Corporation: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRedwood Forest Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHope Through Housing Foundation: $850 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Housing Conference Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Urban Land Institute: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGrateful Gatherings: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAssistance League of Diablo Valley: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmigos de las Americas: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 45.

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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.

Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & SonomaCA12.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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.

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About Novogradac Rivers Foundation

How much does Novogradac Rivers Foundation give?
Novogradac Rivers Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $603,200 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 35 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Novogradac Rivers Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (47%), Health (30%), Employment (6%).
Who are Novogradac Rivers Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Northwell Health Foundation ($270k), University of Pittsburgh ($270k), The Head Royce School ($221k).
Does Novogradac Rivers Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Novogradac Rivers Foundation 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 Novogradac Rivers Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, American Endowment Foundation.
Where is Novogradac Rivers Foundation based?
Novogradac Rivers Foundation is based in CA.

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 105 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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