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NOVA INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH INC

NOVA INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH INC (Maryland) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,734,903 to it, the largest being THE KOHLBERG FOUNDATION INC ($10,250,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$2.7M
Funders on record
13
Grants received
$19M
Net assets
$11M
8/13 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Nova Institute for Health Inc does

Programs

  1. Demonstration projects: part of our work is to explore, develop, and test new models and approaches for health and healing. These include scalable, replicable demonstration projects that are based on rigorous research and have real-life impact. They have included helping youth in vulnerable communities learn about wellness and nutrition, developing culinary medicine curriculum for medical students, helping veterans and hospitalized military suffering from trauma, and re-envisioning primary care to maximize its capacity to recognize and address the myriad factors that influence a persons health.

    $986,560 spent
    37% of program spending
  2. Communication and outreach: we recognize the importance of getting science and evidence based information to many different audiences in understandable and engaging formats. We work to ensure our innovative research and ideas reach national and global audiences and can inspire change through better approaches, partnerships and policies.

    $278,970 spent
    11% of program spending
  3. Scholars/fellows program: nova supports a network of scholars and fellows that works across disciplines to investigate critical questions, spark fresh thinking and new ideas, and discover cutting-edge solutions. Nova provides support for research and projects unlikely to attract funding from conventional sources, and provides freedom and resources to take their work in new, pioneering directions related to health and well-being. Nova also mentors and supports talented young innovators who have the courage to pursue uncharted courses.

    $1,129,863 spentof which $762,187 as grants
    43% of program spending
  4. Convene forums/train professionals: nova convenes forums to facilitate the exchange of ideas connect the dots across disciplines, advance science, and inspire creativity and imagination. Forums bring together eclectic groups that may include scientists, conventional and integrative practitioners, community leaders, funders, advocates, and policymakers

    $242,801 spent
    9% of program spending
  5. To exchange in open dialogue, sharing of expertise problems faced, and solutions sought. Novas training programs enable health professionals to gain career enhancing skills and knowledge that advance an integrative approach to health and well being.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,638,194.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($753k) Expenses 100 ($2.8M) Net assets 100 ($15M)2021 Revenue 167 ($1.3M) Expenses 102 ($2.8M) Net assets 91 ($14M)2022 Revenue 120 ($906k) Expenses 93 ($2.6M) Net assets 77 ($11M)2023 Revenue 326 ($2.5M) Expenses 102 ($2.9M) Net assets 76 ($11M)2024 Revenue 359 ($2.7M) Expenses 115 ($3.2M) Net assets 73 ($11M)
20202021202220232024
Revenue (359)Expenses (115)Net assets (73)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $14M to $12M (−16%).

$16M
$14M
$12M
$12M
$12M
20202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 23% · 2022 39%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

86% of NOVA INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 8,611 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

−$2.0M
’20
−$1.6M
’21
−$1.7M
’22
−$411k
’23
−$511k
’24
1.2
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Chief executive

Susan H Berman

Exec dir/secy/treas

Board chair

Brian M Berman Md

President/chairman

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

20202021202220232024
Listed77888
Joined·+1+1+0+0
No longer listed·1000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income fell $5.0M → $2.7M.

5 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of NOVA INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

NOVA INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

42% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund NOVA INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH INC.

55%
largest funder
97%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 99% · 2019 94% · 2020 100% · 2021 94% · 2022 83% · 2023 74% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How long its funders stay

22% of NOVA INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

NOVA INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH INC draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 5 states in all.

IL
NY
NJ
CA
MD

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Maryland out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

NOVA INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 8,121 health nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−19% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve1.2mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)38% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,121 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Organizations like NOVA INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH INC

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In Maryland

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

82% of spending goes to programs.

Program 82%Management 8%Fundraising 10%

Governance

5
board members
60%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

89%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MD

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • 1407 Fleet Street Inc · corp_trust

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Questions and answers

Who funds NOVA INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH INC?
NOVA INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH INC (Maryland) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,734,903 to it, the largest being THE KOHLBERG FOUNDATION INC ($10,250,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does NOVA INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH INC have?
IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $18,734,903 in grants to NOVA INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of NOVA INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH INC?
THE KOHLBERG FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $10,250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like NOVA INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 13 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing