· Private foundation
The Penny Smith Novick Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k7 grants · $19k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $28k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NORTHWELL FOUNDATION | $27,950 |
| JEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY | $6,000 |
| FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCE | $5,805 |
| PLAY FOR PINK | $2,967 |
| AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY | $1,500 |
| CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION | $1,500 |
| GLEN OAKS CLUB PHILANTROPHIC FUND | $750 |
| RICHARD DAVID KANN MELANOMA FOUNDATION | $625 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–19, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
9 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES7× · 2017–2025 · $56k · revenue +53%- PFPLAY FOR PINK INC8× · 2017–2025 · $7k · revenue +46%
- MFMORSELIFE FOUNDATION INC3× · 2017–2019 · $5k · revenue +18%
Funded once
- MSMEMORIAL SLOANE KETTERING CANCER CENTERone grant, 2024 · $2k
- CMCHILDREN'S MEDICAL FUNDone grant, 2021 · $500
- HHHOW HEARING THE OVARIAN CANCER WHISPERone grant, 2019 · $350
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.
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.
Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.
The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…
Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.
Susan g. komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting breast cancer across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the u.s. and in countries worldwide. we advocate for policies to protect patients, drive…
Miami jewish health systems, inc. was incorporated to provide shelter for the elderly and develop social & health programs relating to their care. in addition, research & educational programs are conducted for the elderly to enhance their…
Aim at melanoma (aim) is globally engaged and locally invested in advancing the battle against melanoma through innovative research, legislative reform, education, and patient and caregiver support. founded in 2004, aim at melanoma is the…
As part of the baptist health network, the mission of miami cancer institute at baptist health, inc. is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve.…
To cure cf and provide all people with cf the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives by funding research and drug development, partnering with the cf community, and advancing high-quality, specialized care.
The adenoid cyctic carcinoma research foundation (accrf) supports research into adenoid cystic carcinoma that will accelerate the development of improved therapies and a cure for the disease.
For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…
The american college of surgeons is dedicated to improving the care of the surgical patient and to safeguarding standards of care in an optimal and ethical practice environment.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 19 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds PLAY FOR PINK INC ↗
- Who funds MORSELIFE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds RICHARD DAVID KANN MELANOMA TASK FORCE INC ↗
- Who funds Boca Raton Regional Hospital Inc ↗
- Who funds JARC ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Penny Smith Novick Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Penny Smith Novick Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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