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The Novick Family Foundation at a glance

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The Novick Family 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.

$410k
Granted FY2024still arriving
31
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$115k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Religion$546kEducation$365kHuman Services$85kPhilanthropy$70kInternational$27kFood & Nutrition$20kScience & Tech$10kSocial Science$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 31 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k20 grants · $69k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $126k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $215k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HILLEL TORAH NOR SUB DAY SCHOOL$115,000
IDA CROWN JEWISH ACADEMY$50,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LOMZA YESHIVA-PETAH TIKVAH$50,000
NIEMAN FOUNDATION$25,000
JEWISH UNITED FUND$20,000
YU KOLLEL TORAH MITZION$18,000
ETZION FOUNDATION$18,000
ARIE CROWN HEBREW DAY SCHOOL$15,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
NCSY$10,000
CHICAGO MEZUZAH AND MITZVAH CAMPAIGN$10,000
CAMP MOSHAVA$7,500
CHICAGO CHESED FUND$7,200
CONGREGATION OR TORAH$6,500
BEIS MEDRISH OF QUEENS$6,000
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 (FY20–24, $35k) 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%CHICAGO CHESED FUND: $10k → 14%CHICAGO CHESED FUND: $8k → 14%CHICAGO CHESED FUND: $7k → 14%CHICAGO CHESED FUND: $5k → 14%CHICAGO CHESED FUND: $5k → 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.
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 32 repeat orgs$106k to everyone else

32 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
6

Total granted

$1.3M
$68k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+231%

Still filing today

28%
17%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $38k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
ReligionPhilanthropyHuman ServicesHealthOther
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

  • JU
    JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO
    5× · 2020–2024 · $70k · revenue +13%
  • KT
    KOLLEL TORAH MITZION INC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $38k · revenue +1%
  • CC
    CHICAGO CHESED FUND
    5× · 2020–2024 · $35k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • TC
    THE CENTRAL FOUNDATION FOR RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS
    one grant, 2022 · $40k
  • OU
    ORTHODOX UNION
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • YT
    YU TORAH MIRION (YESHIVA UNIVERSITY)
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
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
Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel
Philanthropy
2
Ohr Yisrael Yeshiva Inc

Ohr Yisrael is a religious institution that provides religious services and instruction to Rabbis and community members.

Religion
3
Chevras Shabbos Kodesh Podcast Fellowship
Religion
4
Zichron Avrohom Yosef
Philanthropy
5
Tomchei Torah Inc

Religious Teaching

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6
University of Judaism Foundation
—
7
Chabad Lametayel Inc

encourage and facilitate the observance of traditional orthodox Jewish practices around the world.

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8
Chazak

Chazak is a global Jewish organization that inspires, equips, and unites young people through the profound wisdom of the Torah and the rich Sephardic heritage. Within our diverse community, we strive to foster fulfilling lives and…

Youth Development
9
Ziv Israel Association
—
10
Eastern European Jewish Heritage Foundation
Philanthropy
11
Zohar Hatorah Inc

Religious School

Religion
12
The Nochim & Rivka Zeldes Foundation
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Kollel Torah Mitzion Inc; the most unlike its peers is Healing the Children. 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

13 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. 13 of the 43 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/13
Grantees still filing
10/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

IDA CROWN JEWISH ACADEMY INC: $250,000 · OtherIDA CROWN JEWISH ACADEMY INCIndividual grant recipient: $175,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientHILLEL TORAH NOR SUB DAY SCHOOL: $146,000 · OtherHILLEL TORAH NOR SUB DAY SCHOOLARIE CROWN HEBREW DAY SCHOOL: $115,000 · OtherARIE CROWN HEBREW DAY SCHOOLAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LOMZA YESHIVA-PETAH TIKVAH: $56,800 · OtherCAMP MOSHAVA: $55,000 · OtherNIEMAN FOUNDATION: $50,000 · OtherHEBREW THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE: $42,200 · OtherTHE CENTRAL FOUNDATION FOR RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS: $40,000 · Other+24 more: $245,200 · Other+24 moreKOLLEL TORAH MITZION INC: $38,000 · ReligionJ-LIFE OUTREACH INC: $20,000 · ReligionCHICAGO MEZUZAH AND MITZVAH CAMPAIGN: $19,700 · ReligionETZION FOUNDATION INC co H SILVERA: $18,000 · ReligionJEWISH SACRED SOCIETY INC: $4,000 · ReligionJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $70,000 · PhilanthropyCONG YESHIVA LOMZA: $6,800 · PhilanthropyBNEI AKIVA OF CHICAGO: $3,000 · PhilanthropyCHICAGO CHESED FUND: $35,400 · Human ServicesHATZALAH CHICAGO: $1,800 · Health
Other$1,175,200Religion$99,700Philanthropy$79,800Human Services$35,400Health$1,800

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $70,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetKOLLEL TORAH MITZION INC: $38,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetCHICAGO CHESED FUND: $35,400 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBeis Midrash of Queens: $22,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetJ-LIFE OUTREACH INC: $20,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetCHICAGO MEZUZAH AND MITZVAH CAMPAIGN: $19,700 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetETZION FOUNDATION INC co H SILVERA: $18,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCONG YESHIVA LOMZA: $6,800 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetHEALING THE CHILDREN: $5,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetJEWISH SACRED SOCIETY INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetBNEI AKIVA OF CHICAGO: $3,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetHATZALAH CHICAGO: $1,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKESHET: $1,500 over 2y, 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.

  • Who funds JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds KOLLEL TORAH MITZION INC ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO CHESED FUND ↗
  • Who funds Beis Midrash of Queens ↗
  • Who funds J-LIFE OUTREACH INC ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO MEZUZAH AND MITZVAH CAMPAIGN ↗
  • Who funds ETZION FOUNDATION INC co H SILVERA ↗
  • Who funds CONG YESHIVA LOMZA ↗
  • Who funds HEALING THE CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH SACRED SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds BNEI AKIVA OF CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds HATZALAH CHICAGO ↗

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 Federation of …Aj & Sl Stern Family …Elliott and Ronni Cha…Bitton Family Foundat…Noah Wolff Family Fou…Lev Zahav NFPJewish United Fund of…Crain-Maling Foundati…Todd a and Raphaela S…Jewish Communal FundBellows Family Founda…Walder Foundation
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan ChicagoIL31.2× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Aj & Sl Stern Family Foundation · Elliott and Ronni Charitable Fdn · Bitton Family Foundation Inc · Noah Wolff Family Foundation Inc · Lev Zahav NFP · Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago · Crain-Maling Foundation · Todd a and Raphaela Stern Family Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Bellows Family Foundation · Walder 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 The Novick Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Novick Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 The Novick Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Novick Family 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 43 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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