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Steve and Nancy Nemerovski Foundation at a glance

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Steve and Nancy Nemerovski 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.

$71k
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Public Benefit$96kCivil Rights$36kHealth$34kInternational$30kArts & Culture$27kReligion$16kFood & Nutrition$8kCommunity Improvement$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k13 grants · $41k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $30k
$5,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$73k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LUCY BURNS INSTITUTE$10,000
JEWISH NATIONAL FUND$10,000
ST BERNARD HOSPITAL$10,000
ETZION FOUNDATION$8,143
CLARION PROJECT$6,500
AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE$6,000
FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES$5,000
SHINING STARS FOUNDATION$5,000
MISHKAN CHICAGO$1,800
CHABAD OF ASPEN$1,800
ISRAEL CONNECT$1,800
BRAKE THE CYCLE$1,000
PROJECT ASERNET$1,000
TEMPLE ISRAEL$1,000
COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY HOUSING INIT$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ISRAEL CONNECT: $2k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
WI
NY
OH
PA
NJ
CO
SC
DC
TX
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.

61%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$148k · 5 repeat orgs$93k to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
15

Total granted

$148k
$56k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+48%

Still filing today

60%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $37k 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
Arts & CulturePublic BenefitFood & NutritionEducationHealthReligionOther
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

  • LB
    LUCY BURNS INSTITUTE INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $94k · revenue +77%
  • CP
    CLARION PROJECT INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $23k · revenue -13%
  • SS
    SHINING STARS
    2× · 2019–2023 · $21k

Funded once

  • AH
    American Heart Association Incgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +43%
  • SS
    SHINING STARS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $9k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $8k
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
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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2
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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3
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
4
International Budget Partnership

Ibp works with civil society, governments, international institutions and the private sector to bring about a world in which empowered citizens participate in open, inclusive public budgeting processes to shape policies and practices that…

International
5
Jewish Electorate Institute

The jewish electorate institute (jei) is an independent, non-partisan 501(c)(3) organization that surveys, interprets, reports, and educates the public about the perspectives, voting behaviors, and motivations of the american jewish…

Civil Rights
6
Jewish Voice Ministries Intl

To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…

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7
Weizmann Institute of Science

The weizmann institute of science, located in rehovot, israel, is one of the worlds top-ranking, multidisciplinary research institutions. at any one time, several thousand scientists, staff and students are involved in hundreds of research…

Science & Tech
8
The Israel Innovation Fund Inc

Our vision is to reignite the zionist spirit and meet the needs of jewish civilization in the twenty-first century by connecting people around the world through the vibrancy and creativity of contemporary israeli culture.

Arts & Culture
9
The Shalom Hartman Institute of North America

The shalom hartman institute (shi) is a leading research and educational center serving israel and world jewry. we work to enrich the moral and spiritual life of israel and the jewish people, deepen the commitment to pluralism and israel's…

International
10
American Israel Public Affairs Committee

To strengthen and expand the u.s.-israel relationship in ways that enhance the security of the united states and israel.

International
11
The Israel Institute Inc

The israel institute, inc. (the institute) enhances knowledge about modern israel by ensuring that more students have access to courses about israel during their time on campus.

International
12
The Conference Board Inc

The Conference Board is the member-driven think tank that delivers trusted insights for what's ahead. We help Members anticipate "What's Ahead," improve their performance, and better serve society. Founded in 1916, we are a non-partisan,…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Clarion Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Heart Association 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

20 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. 20 of the 32 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
13/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LUCY BURNS INSTITUTE INC: $93,800 · Public BenefitLUCY BURNS INSTITUTE INC+1 more: $2,500 · Public BenefitSHINING STARS: $21,000 · OtherSHINING STARSSHINING STARS FOUNDATION: $9,039 · OtherSHINING STARS FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $7,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSARGENT SHRIVER NTL CTR ON POVERTY LAW: $5,000 · OtherSARGENT SHRIVER NTL CTR ON POVERT…CITY OF HOPE: $5,000 · OtherCITY OF HOPEMISHKAN CHICAGO: $3,660 · OtherAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $7,000 · OtherAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEESHINING STARS FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherSHINING STARS FOUNDATION+12 more: $15,800 · Other+12 moreJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $27,500 · InternationalJEWISH NATIO…FREEDOM HOUSE: $1,500 · InternationalCLARION PROJECT INC: $22,500 · Arts & CultureCLARION PRO…OMNIPEACE FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 · Arts & CultureOMNIPEACE F…THEATRE ASPEN: $1,800 · Arts & CultureTHEATRE ASP…St Bernard Hospital: $10,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $10,000 · HealthETZION FOUNDATION INC co H SILVERA: $8,143 · ReligionFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $5,000 · Food & NutritionGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $2,500 · Food & Nutrition
Public Benefit$96,300Other$78,999International$29,000Arts & Culture$28,300Health$20,000Religion$8,143Food & Nutrition$7,500

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 budgetLUCY BURNS INSTITUTE INC: $93,800 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $27,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCLARION PROJECT INC: $22,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetSt Bernard Hospital: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetETZION FOUNDATION INC co H SILVERA: $8,143 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHINING STARS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOMNIPEACE FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetErikson Institute: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL CONNECT INC: $1,800 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTHEATRE ASPEN: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFREEDOM HOUSE: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Louis D Brandeis Center Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetADOPT-A-CLASSROOM INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRAKE THE CYCLE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAspen Jewish Center: $900 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Jewish Communal FundJewish Federation of …Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Chicago Community…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…
Jewish Communal FundNY15.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Steve and Nancy Nemerovski Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Steve and Nancy Nemerovski Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely 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 32 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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