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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 04-6768027

The Joseph Novakoff Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Weston, MA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 10 grants and $31,327 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Sep 30, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact person
On file
Phone
On file
Mailing address
On file
Form and materials
On file
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
No restrictions, except it must be a tax-exempt charitable organization.

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Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $31,327

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $233,347

  • Tax year 2023

    $25,914

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $256,598

  • Tax year 2022

    $19,948

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $271,556

  • Tax year 2021

    $36,136

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $284,588

  • Tax year 2020

    $33,072

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $256,970

  • Tax year 2019

    $23,041

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $297,369

  • Tax year 2018

    $19,892

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $336,401

  • Tax year 2017

    $38,941

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $356,450

Grants paid in 2024

10 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Hebrew Senior LifeBoston, MA

    Philanthropic

    $10,250
  2. Temple EmanuelNewton, MA

    Philanthropic

    $7,149
  3. Combined Jewish PhilanthropiesBoston, MA

    Philanthropic

    $3,600
  4. Temple ChaiScottsdale, AZ

    Philanthropic

    $2,525
  5. Wilshire Boulevard TempleLos Angeles, CA

    Philanthropic

    $2,517
  6. Friends of the ChildrenBoston, MA

    Charitable

    $1,500
  7. Newton Wellesley Hospital FundNewton, MA

    Philanthropic

    $1,500
  8. Wildflower IncNeedham, MA

    Philanthropic

    $1,000
  9. Chabad Lubavich of ArizonaPhoenix, AZ

    Charitable

    $950
  10. Sinai TempleLos Angeles, CA

    Philanthropic

    $336

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $10,25074% of the total
  2. Religion1 grant $2,51718% of the total
  3. Education1 grant $1,0007% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts6 grants $24,999
  2. Arizona2 grants $3,475
  3. California2 grants $2,853

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Karen NovakoffTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Stephen NovakoffTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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