The Nowak Family Foundation predominantly funds evangelical Christian ministries, local churches, and faith-based relief and outreach organizations. Their grants are largely unrestricted/“general charitable purposes,” indicating support for operational capacity and ministry programming rather than tightly restricted projects. Giving is concentrated in a small set of recurring grantees that align with conservative evangelical priorities, including evangelism, worship communities, and international/humanitarian relief through religious networks.
A defining feature of Nowak Family Foundation Inc’s recent giving is its concentration in evangelical Christian ministries and local churches, with grants labeled for general charitable purposes. The largest recent award in the data is $200,000 to Freedom Chapel in Amityville, NY, followed by $175,000 to the same church in 2024, showing repeated support for a single congregation. Other sizable grants went to Bethlehem Assembly of God, The Brooklyn Tabernacle, and faith-based national organizations, which places the foundation’s work at the intersection of worship communities, evangelism, and religious outreach. The pattern is not limited to church support alone. The foundation also backs ministry networks and Christian service organizations with broad-purpose funding, including Billy Graham Evangelical, Focus on the Family, and Samaritan’s Purse. A smaller grant to Prison Fellowship indicates that prison ministry and reentry-related faith work also fits within its giving. Across the recent grants listed, the foundation favors unrestricted support rather than narrowly defined project grants, suggesting an emphasis on operational flexibility for recipient ministries and organizations.
The foundation’s recent grants show a clear emphasis on evangelical congregations and worship communities. It gave $100,000 to Bethlehem Assembly of God in Valley Stream, NY in 2023 and the same amount again in 2024, alongside $100,000 to The Brooklyn Tabernacle in Brooklyn, NY in 2024. In evangelism and outreach, it supported Billy Graham Evangelical with $100,000 in 2023 and $75,000 in 2024, pointing to repeated funding for ministry outreach. Faith-based family and social-conservative programming also appears in the record: Focus on the Family received $100,000 in 2023 and $75,000 in 2024. The foundation’s humanitarian side shows up in grants to Samaritan’s Purse, including $100,000 in 2023 and $75,000 in 2024, all listed as general charitable purposes.
Typical grant size clusters tightly around six figures: the 25th percentile is $75,000, the median is $100,000, and the 75th percentile is $100,000. That pattern, combined with the recent list, points to a small number of sizable awards rather than many small ones. Recipients also reappear across years, including Freedom Chapel, Bethlehem Assembly of God, Billy Graham Evangelical, Focus on the Family, and Samaritan’s Purse, which indicates recurring support rather than one-off grants. The foundation is not a private operating foundation and does not make program-related investments, so its giving is structured as grants. The grants shown are all for general charitable purposes, suggesting broad-use support.
$1.2M
$697K
$28K
$4K
Most grants fall between $75K and $100K, with a median of $100K.
25th Percentile
$75K
Median
$100K
75th Percentile
$100K
About 42% of grants go to recipients in VA.
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Concentrated, large unrestricted grants to a small set of repeat evangelical grantees; multiple multi-thousand to multi-hundred-thousand-dollar gifts to the same organizations rather than many small one-off awards.
Notable grantees: Freedom Chapel, Bethlehem Assembly of God, Focus on the Family, Samaritan's Purse, Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
Grant recipients are entirely U.S.-based in the recent data, with 12 grants to U.S. organizations. The foundation gives most often in Virginia, and 42% of grants go to recipients in New York, even though the headquarters is in Rockville Centre, NY. Recent recipient locations include Amityville, Valley Stream, Brooklyn, Charlotte, Colorado Springs, Boone, and Merrifield. The geographic pattern is regional rather than national, with a strong cluster in New York and additional awards in Virginia, North Carolina, and Colorado.
The recent grants point to evangelical Christian ministries, local churches, evangelism and outreach organizations, faith-based family programming, humanitarian relief groups, and prison ministry. Examples in the record include Freedom Chapel, Bethlehem Assembly of God, Billy Graham Evangelical, Focus on the Family, Samaritan’s Purse, and Prison Fellowship.
The grant-size distribution is concentrated at higher levels: the 25th percentile is $75,000, the median is $100,000, and the 75th percentile is $100,000. The recent list includes multiple awards at $100,000 and $75,000, plus larger church grants above that range.
Yes. Several recipients appear in multiple years, including Freedom Chapel, Bethlehem Assembly of God, Billy Graham Evangelical, Focus on the Family, and Samaritan’s Purse. The repeated awards suggest ongoing support rather than isolated one-time gifts.
Its top giving state by grant count is Virginia. New York also represents a major share of its recent grants, with 42% of grants going to recipients in the HQ state.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRISON FELLOWSHIP | MERRIFIELD, VA | $1,000 | 2025 | GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES |
| FREEDOM CHAPEL | AMITYVILLE, NY | $175,000 | 2024 | GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES |
| THE BROOKLYN TABERNACLE | BROOKLYN, NY | $100,000 | 2024 | GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES |
| BETHLEHEM ASSEMBLY OF GOD | VALLEY STREAM, NY | $100,000 | 2024 | GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES |
| BILLY GRAHAM EVANGELICAL | CHARLOTTE, NC | $75,000 | 2024 | GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES |
| FOCUS ON THE FAMILY | COLORADO SPRINGS, CO | $75,000 | 2024 | GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES |
| SAMARITANS PURSE | BOONE, NC | $75,000 | 2024 | GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES |
| FREEDOM CHAPEL | AMITYVILLE, NY | $200,000 | 2023 | GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES |
| BETHLEHEM ASSEMBLY OF GOD | VALLEY STREAM, NY | $100,000 | 2023 | GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES |
| FOCUS ON THE FAMILY | COLORADO SPRINGS, CO | $100,000 | 2023 | GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES |
| SAMARITANS PURSE | BOONE, NC | $100,000 | 2023 | GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES |
| BILLY GRAHAM EVANGELICAL | CHARLOTTE, NC | $100,000 | 2023 | GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES |
PRISON FELLOWSHIP
$1,000GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
FREEDOM CHAPEL
$175,000GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
THE BROOKLYN TABERNACLE
$100,000GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
BETHLEHEM ASSEMBLY OF GOD
$100,000GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
BILLY GRAHAM EVANGELICAL
$75,000GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
$75,000GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
SAMARITANS PURSE
$75,000GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
FREEDOM CHAPEL
$200,000GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
BETHLEHEM ASSEMBLY OF GOD
$100,000GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
$100,000GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
SAMARITANS PURSE
$100,000GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
BILLY GRAHAM EVANGELICAL
$100,000GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES