Delaware · Private foundation
The Bernard P Novak 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.
- $20k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $123k
- 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 The Bernard P Novak Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 53% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 2 | $20k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $22k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $298k | 75% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $56k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $103k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $109k | 57% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $26k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $26k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of California Irvine Foundation | $289,383 | 1 | 0% |
| Vanguard University of So Cal | $103,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Woodson Center | $79,688 | 3 | 5% |
| Orange County Sheriffs Advisory Council | $68,316 | 8 | 4% |
| Project Hope Alliance | $44,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Liberty Life and Law Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Seal-Nsw Family Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Teen Leadership Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County and the Inland Empire Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Broadway Oc Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of California Irvine Foundation | $289,383 | 1 | 0% |
| Vanguard University of So Cal | $103,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Woodson Center | $79,688 | 3 | 5% |
| Orange County Sheriffs Advisory Council | $68,316 | 8 | 4% |
| Project Hope Alliance | $44,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Liberty Life and Law Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Seal-Nsw Family Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Teen Leadership Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County and the Inland Empire Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Broadway Oc Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hope For Life | $5,000 | 1 | 6% |
| The Church at Koloa | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Orange County | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Choc Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($8k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Bernard P Novak Foundation supplied at peak.
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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.
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How this is measured
About The Bernard P Novak Foundation
- How much does The Bernard P Novak Foundation give?
- The Bernard P Novak Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $20,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Bernard P Novak Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (60%), Community Improvement (12%), Crime & Legal (10%).
- Who are The Bernard P Novak Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of California Irvine Foundation ($289k), Vanguard University of So Cal ($103k), Woodson Center ($80k).
- Does The Bernard P Novak Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Bernard P Novak 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 The Bernard P Novak Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Orange County Community Foundation, The Watts Family Foundation, O L Halsell Foundation.
- Where is The Bernard P Novak Foundation based?
- The Bernard P Novak Foundation is based in DE.
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