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The Nell Newman Foundation Inc

EIN 27-1972605 · files IRS 990-PF

Given, as filed$2.4m2018–2025 · 272 grants
2018: $484.5k · 40 grants20182019: $660.5k · 62 grants2019$660.5k2020: $390.0k · 44 grants20202021: $272.5k · 37 grants20212022: $312.5k · 42 grants20222023: $137.5k · 28 grants20232024: $73.0k · 9 grants20242025: $84.5k · 10 grants2025$84.5k
Grantees93funded more than once, matching gifts aside
37 of 9337of 93
Assets, year endnot on file
Board and officers3on its latest return

Where it gives

By cause and by place, from its own returns.

By cause

The cause each recipient registered with the IRS

Environment$382.3k
Food and agriculture$281.4k
Arts and culture$242.5k
Public and societal benefit$140.5k
Philanthropy and grantmaking$63.0k
Education$52.0k
Human services$49.5k
Youth development$44.3k
Employment$31.0k
Cause not on file$1.0m

Mostly grants abroad and recipients without a US registration. Shown, never hidden.

By place

Dollars received, by the recipient's state

half the top state or more10–50%2–10%under 2%

Grants abroad and place not on file: 93 grants · $887.5k

Who it funds most

37 of its 93 grantees were funded in more than one year; 1 matching gifts set aside.

The Nell Newman Foundation Inc's own IRS 990-PF returns, as filed, in USD

Who funds the same organisations

Counted over its 40 largest grantees, leaving out fiscal sponsors and donor-advised funds, which share an address rather than a cause. A fact, not a partnership.

Its board and officers

From its latest return.

Elinor T NewmanPresident
Edward James CoxTreasurer
Robert ScowcroftSecretary (thru 12/23)

Form 990PF Part VIII, tax year 2023, filing 202442639349100014

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Its money

What it gave, held and paid, by year.

Giving by year

2018: $484.5k · 40 grants20182019: $660.5k · 62 grants2019$660.5k2020: $390.0k · 44 grants20202021: $272.5k · 37 grants20212022: $312.5k · 42 grants20222023: $137.5k · 28 grants20232024: $73.0k · 9 grants20242025: $84.5k · 10 grants2025$84.5k
Its returns8 filings
Tax yearFormFilingWhere to read it
2025IRS 990-PF202622229349100512IRS batch file
2024IRS 990-PF202542959349100214IRS batch file
2023IRS 990-PF202442639349100014IRS batch file
2022IRS 990-PF202302729349100910IRS batch file
2021IRS 990-PF202221329349104267IRS batch file
2020IRS 990-PF202111379349102641IRS batch file
2019IRS 990-PF202031429349100743IRS batch file
2018IRS 990-PF201901419349100615IRS batch file

An IRS batch file holds many returns; the filing number finds this one inside it.

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The Nell Newman Foundation Inc made 272 grants across 2018–2025, totalling $2.4m as filed.

Grants
272
Total, as filed
$2.4m
Years
2018–2025
Filed in
USD

Who it funds

OrganisationGrantsTotal
EARTHWORKS4$134.0k
THE YES LAB INC3$118.0k
OFEIG NATTURUVERND3$105.0k
FOOD 4 FARMERS5$75.0k
FIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE6$65.5k
REDFORD CENTER INC2$65.0k
SUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATION3$55.0k
ECOTRUST (FOOD&FARMS)1$50.0k
FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT REPORTING NETWORK4$50.0k
CIVIL EATS4$49.4k
COOK INLETKEEPER4$47.5k
FOODWHAT INCORPORATED3$40.0k
PLANET WALK4$40.0k
RON FINLEY PROJECT2$40.0k
ENVIRONMENT IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST3$38.0k

By year

YearGrantsTotal
201840$484.5k
201962$660.5k
202044$390.0k
202137$272.5k
202242$312.5k
202328$137.5k
20249$73.0k
202510$84.5k

Where this came from

Identifier US-EIN-271972605. Register: Internal Revenue Service (US). Machine-readable: JSON.

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