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The Novak Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Novak Foundation Inc

Its FY2020 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$25k
Granted FY2020
1
Grants FY2020
1
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2020.

Education$297kHuman Services$105kScience & Tech$50kInternational$32kHealth$24kEnvironment$21kHousing & Shelter$3kYouth Development$2kOther$0
02FY2020 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$24,950
Median grant
1
States reached
$1
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PENCILS OF PROMISE INCORPORATED$24,950
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 (FY17–19, $111k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 8% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CAMP SOUTHERN GROUND INC: $102k → 6%CHARITY GLOBAL INC: $3k → 17%BERTS BIG ADVENTURE: $6k → 13%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.
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.

59%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$317k · 3 repeat orgs$220k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +95% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

3 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2020, 2 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
13

Total granted

$317k
$220k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+95%
+17%

Still filing today

67%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20
Human ServicesInternationalCrime & LegalEnvironmentHealthFood & 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

  • PENCILS OF PROMISE INCORPORATED
    3× · 2017–2020 · $282k · revenue -75%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    2× · 2018–2019 · $20k
  • TA
    THE ATLANTA ACADEMY INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $15k · revenue +95%

Funded once

  • CS
    CAMP SOUTHERN GROUND INC
    one grant, 2019 · $102k · revenue -25%
  • GI
    GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    one grant, 2018 · $50k
  • JI
    JDRF INTERNATIONAL - GEORGIA CHAPTER
    one grant, 2017 · $32k
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
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
2
Children's Heartlink

We save children's lives by transforming pediatric heart care in underserved parts of the world.

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3
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
4
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…

Food & Nutrition
5
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Inc

To make kids better today and healthier tomorrow.

Health
6
Atlanta Committee for Progress Inc

ACP is a group committed to identifying and providing leadership on selected issues important to driving the economic development of the city of Atlanta and for which the ACP's active involvement will make a major difference. The ACP has a…

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7
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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8
City Year Inc

City year helps students and schools succeed, while preparing the next generation of civically engaged leaders who can work across lines of difference. partnering with teachers, teams of city year americorps members cultivate learning…

Unclassified
9
The Corporation for Travel Promotion

The mission of brand usa is to encourage increased international visitation to, through, and beyond the gateways. in doing so, we aim to bring international visitors to the united states so that the economic and diplomatic benefits of…

Community Improvement
10
Acfb Charitable Investments Inc

Acfb charitable investments, inc., is operated exclusively for the benefit of, to perform the functions of, or to carry out the purposes and/or activities of atlanta community food bank, inc., a georgia nonprofit corporation.

Food & Nutrition
11
Youthbuild Global Inc

With love and respect, we partner with opportunity youth to build the skillsets and mindsets that lead to lifelong learning, livelihood, and leadership. youthbuild strives to create a world where all young people are seen for their…

Employment
12
Counterpart International Inc

For over 60 years, counterpart international has partnered with communities worldwide to turn local ideas into lasting solutions, connecting local vision with global opportunity. (continued on schedule o)we believe people closest to the…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Pencils of Promise Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is Charity Global 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

10 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. 10 of the 16 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
6/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PENCILS OF PROMISE INCORPORATED: $281,848 · InternationalPENCILS OF PROMISE INCORPORATEDGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $50,000 · OtherGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TE…JDRF INTERNATIONAL - GEORGIA CHAPTER: $32,050 · OtherJDRF INTERNATIONAL - GE…Individual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipi…CHILDRENS HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA: $6,000 · Other+3 more: $5,000 · OtherCAMP SOUTHERN GROUND INC: $101,925 · Human ServicesCAMP SOUTHERN GROUND IN…BERT'S BIG ADVENTURE INC: $5,500 · Human Services+1 more: $3,333 · Human ServicesTHE ATLANTA ACADEMY INC: $15,000 · EducationBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $12,500 · HealthATLANTA POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $1,305 · Crime & LegalATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC: $1,208 · Food & NutritionYELLOWSTONE FOREVER: $1,000 · Environment
International$281,848Other$113,050Human Services$110,758Education$15,000Health$12,500Crime & Legal$1,305Food & Nutrition$1,208Environment$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPENCILS OF PROMISE INCORPORATED: $281,848 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetCAMP SOUTHERN GROUND INC: $101,925 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTHE ATLANTA ACADEMY INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBERT'S BIG ADVENTURE INC: $5,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE GEORGIA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetATLANTA POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $1,305 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC: $1,208 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYELLOWSTONE FOREVER: $1,000 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Novak Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Novak Foundation Inc. 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%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–20%
    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 16 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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