The Nemec Family Fund
The organization is a private foundation focused on supporting various charitable causes, particularly in education and health. Its mission appears to center on enhancing community well-being through grants to educational institutions, hospitals, and community service organizations. The foundation provides funding to a range of recipients, including schools, hospitals, and religious institutions, indicating a commitment to both educational and health-related initiatives. The foundation operates primarily outside its state of incorporation, with a notable emphasis on supporting organizations in Pennsylvania and Connecticut.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Mid-Atlantic/Northeast educational institutions, hospitals, faith-based or community service nonprofits with existing relationships or referral paths to the foundation or its trustees.
Good Fit
- • Geographic connection to the states the foundation has supported (e.g., CT, PA, VT, DC, NY, NH, MD).
- • Mission alignment with schools, education-focused nonprofits, hospitals, community service organizations, or faith-based groups.
- • Capacity to receive general-purpose or unrestricted support rather than tightly restricted project funding.
- • Existing introduction or endorsement from a trustee, past grantee, or intermediary.
Geography
In the latest year grants were distributed across seven states (including CT, PA, VT, DC, NY, NH, MD), with most dollars going outside the foundation's home state and a single state receiving about 39% of the year's dollars.
Recipient Variety
The latest year shows eight distinct recipients and the three-year history shows a growing and varied recipient list (3 → 5 → 8 recipients), including schools, a hospital foundation, churches, and community-service groups despite dollar concentration among the top five grantees.
New Applicants
The foundation publicly indicates it only funds preselected applicants and there is no public application process; although new grantees have appeared (four new recipients in the latest year), entry appears invitation- or referral-based rather than open to unfamiliar applicants.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
