Funding search · EIN 311813059 · Naples, FL

Nowak Family Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

46
grants reported
$490,000
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$2,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Aquinas College3 grants · $251,000
  • Devos Children'S Hospital Foundation3 grants · $76,000
  • Nch Center for Philanthropy2 grants · $45,000
  • Nch1 grant · $25,000
  • Folds of Honor Foundation4 grants · $20,000
  • Operation Patriot1 grant · $10,000
  • St Mary'S Catholic Church2 grants · $10,000
  • St Matthew'S House3 grants · $8,000
  • Hospice of Michigan2 grants · $6,000
  • Dominican Sisters - Grand Rapids3 grants · $6,000

Giving over time

$160,300
2022
$148,300
2023
$170,300
2024
$11,100
2025

Grant history

All 46 reported grants, largest first.

  • $85,000

    Aquinas College · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024

    Education

  • $85,000

    Aquinas College · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022

    Education

  • $81,000

    Aquinas College · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023

    Education

  • $26,000

    Devos Children'S Hospital Foundation · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024

    Medical

  • $25,000

    Nch · Naples, FL · 2024

    Medical

  • $25,000

    Devos Children'S Hospital Foundation · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023

    Medical

  • $25,000

    Nch Center for Philanthropy · Naples, FL · 2023

    Community

  • $25,000

    Devos Children'S Hospital Foundation · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022

    Medical

  • $20,000

    Nch Center for Philanthropy · Naples, FL · 2022

    Community

  • $10,000

    Operation Patriot · Bradenton, FL · 2024

    Community

  • $5,000

    Folds of Honor Foundation · Owasso, OK · 2025

    Community

  • $5,000

    Revive and Thrive · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025

    Community

  • $5,000

    Avow Hospice · Naples, FL · 2024

    Medical

  • $5,000

    Folds of Honor Foundation · Owasso, OK · 2024

    Community

  • $5,000

    St Mary'S Catholic Church · Spring Lake, MI · 2024

    Religious

  • $5,000

    Folds of Honor Foundation · Owasso, OK · 2023

    Community

  • $5,000

    Folds of Honor Foundation · Owasso, OK · 2022

    Community

  • $5,000

    Hospice of Michigan · Ada, MI · 2022

    Medical

  • $5,000

    Special Operations Foundation · Smyrna, GA · 2022

    Community

  • $5,000

    St Mary'S Catholic Church · Spring Lake, MI · 2022

    Religious

  • $3,300

    Salvation Army · Naples, FL · 2023

    Religious

  • $3,000

    St Matthew'S House · Naples, FL · 2024

    Community

  • $3,000

    St Matthew'S House · Naples, FL · 2023

    Community

  • $2,000

    Dominican Sisters - Grand Rapids · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024

    Religious

  • $2,000

    Dominican Sisters - Grand Rapids · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023

    Religious

  • $2,000

    Dominican Sisters - Grand Rapids · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022

    Religious

  • $2,000

    St Matthew'S House · Naples, FL · 2022

    Community

  • $1,000

    Jenison Youth Baseball · Jenison, MI · 2025

    Community

  • $1,000

    Air Force Enlisted Village · Shalimar, FL · 2024

    Community

  • $1,000

    Disabled American Veterans · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024

    Community

  • $1,000

    Salvation Army · Naples, FL · 2024

    Religious

  • $1,000

    Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2024

    Community

  • $1,000

    Air Force Enlisted Village · Shalimar, FL · 2023

    Community

  • $1,000

    Disabled American Veterans · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023

    Community

  • $1,000

    Franciscan Friars · Franklin, WI · 2023

    Religious

  • $1,000

    Hospice of Michigan · Ada, MI · 2023

    Medical

  • $1,000

    Air Force Enlisted Village · Shalimar, FL · 2022

    Community

  • $1,000

    Disabled American Veterans · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022

    Community

  • $1,000

    Franciscan Friars · Franklin, WI · 2022

    Religious

  • $1,000

    Literacy Volunteers of Collier County · Naples, FL · 2022

    Education

  • $1,000

    Salvation Army · Naples, FL · 2022

    Religious

  • $600

    Rock Hill High School · Rock Hill, SC · 2022

    Community

  • $500

    West Catholic High School · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022

    Education

  • $300

    South Florida Pga Foundation · Atlantis, FL · 2024

    Community

  • $200

    South Florida Pga Foundation · Atlantis, FL · 2022

    Community

  • $100

    Gsa Troop 8245 · New York City, NY · 2025

    Community

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.