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Novotny Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Novotny Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$69k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$15k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$187kHousing & Shelter$36kFood & Nutrition$21kPublic Safety & Disaster$19kHealth$11kPhilanthropy$7kHuman Services$5kPublic Benefit$4kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $49k
$5,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SGT BLUFF-LUTON CSD$15,000
ATLANTA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$13,000
DUMAS EDUCATION FOUNDATION$11,066
AMERICAN RED CROSS$10,000
TEXAS FARM BUREAU AGRICULTURE$5,000
IDAHO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$5,000
BONNER COMMUNITY FOOD BANK$5,000
MEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA$3,000
PAWS ASSISTING WOUNDED WARRIORS$2,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $22k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%BONNER COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $5k → 12%MORGAN'S INCLUSION INITIATIVE: $2k → 16%KIDS WISH NETWORK: $1k → 12%MORGAN'S INCLUSION INITIATIVE: $1k → 16%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $2k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $2k → 14%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

ID
MT
IL
NY
IA
MO
VA
AZ
TN
DC
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$255k · 10 repeat orgs$35k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
15

Total granted

$255k
$20k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+8%

Still filing today

70%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesPublic BenefitHealthEducationAnimalsFood & NutritionOther
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

  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY IN ATLANTA INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $28k · revenue +4%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    3× · 2017–2024 · $14k · revenue +46%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $4k · revenue +99%

Funded once

  • HT
    HEAL THE CITY
    one grant, 2017 · $2k
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue +98%
  • MW
    Morgan's Wonderlandgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $2k · revenue +156%
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.

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National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
2
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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3
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
4
National Association of Clean Water Agencies

Nacwa is the national voice of public clean water utilities, shaping water policy, convening a vibrant peer network, and empowering water leaders.

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5
Air Transport Association of America Inc

Airlines for america (a4a) vigorously advocates for america's airlines as models of safety, customer service, and environmental responsibility; and as the indispensable network that drives our nation's economy and global…

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6
Council for Responsible Nutrition

To protect and advance a climate for our members to responsibly create and market science-based dietary supplements, functional food, and their ingredients, for better human health and nutrition.

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7
American Foreign Service Association

American foreign service association (afsa) is both the principal advocate for the long-term institutional wellbeing of the professional career foreign service and responsible for safeguarding the interest of afsa members. (continued on…

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8
National Association of Convenience Stores

The mission of nacs is to represent the convenience and petroleum retailing industry and to provide the knowledge, connections, and advocacy necessary to assist our members in maximizing their effectiveness and profitability.

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9
United States Telecom Association

See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…

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10
Wetlands America Trust Inc

Wetlands america trust, inc. is a nonprofit organization formed in 1985 to expand ducks unlimited, inc's mission to provide leadership in the protection of the natural balance of wetlands ecosystems ensuring the future viability of…

Environment
11
Aerial Recovery

Aerial recovery's mission is to save lives and stop evil. through the creation and deployment of humanitarian special operators, aerial recovery brings together selected veterans, first responders, and mission-qualified civilians who,…

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12
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Meals On Wheels America; the most unlike its peers is Reading Is Fundamental Inc. 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

22 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. 22 of the 30 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
16/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SGT BLUFF-LUTON CSD: $100,000 · OtherSGT BLUFF-LUTON CSDFEEDING AMERICA: $10,500 · OtherFEEDING AMERICAHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $7,000 · OtherTEXAS FARM BUREAU AGRICULTURE: $5,000 · Other+13 more: $21,000 · Other+13 moreDUMAS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $86,066 · EducationDUMAS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC+1 more: $500 · EducationHABITAT FOR HUMANITY IN ATLANTA INC: $27,500 · Housing & ShelterHABITAT FO…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $13,500 · Human ServicesBONNER COMMUNITY FOOD CENTER INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesMorgan's Inclusion Initiative FKA Morgan's Wonderland Inclusion Foundation: $2,500 · Human ServicesKIDS WISH NETWORK INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesIDAHO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $7,000 · PhilanthropyST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $4,000 · HealthCommunity Cancer Services Inc: $1,500 · HealthRape Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN): $500 · HealthMEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA: $3,000 · Food & NutritionFeeding America: $2,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$143,500Education$86,566Housing & Shelter$27,500Human Services$22,000Philanthropy$7,000Health$6,000Food & Nutrition$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDUMAS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $86,066 over 5y, 6.8% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY IN ATLANTA INC: $27,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $13,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIDAHO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBONNER COMMUNITY FOOD CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMorgan's Inclusion Initiative FKA Morgan's Wonderland Inclusion Foundation: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Assistance League Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMorgan's Wonderland: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPAWS ASSISTING WOUNDED WARRIORS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetFeeding America: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP INC: $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Cancer Services Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNATIONAL ROLLER COASTER MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES INC: $1,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetKIDS WISH NETWORK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVETERANS COMMUNITY PROJECT: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWEIMARANER RESCUE OF NORTH TEXAS INC: $750 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRape Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN): $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREADING IS FUNDAMENTAL INC: $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.

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.

American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Online Giving Foundation IncDE8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Novotny Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Novotny Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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 Novotny Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Novotny Charitable Foundation 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 30 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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