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The Bernard A Newcomb Foundation

To support organizations with a focus in the following areas: supporting families, building community, and vision-related research and technology. The overarching goal of the organization is to improve access and quality of life for individuals with disabilities.

$5.2M
Granted FY2019
1
Grants FY2019
1
Organizations funded FY2018
0%
First-time grantees FY2018
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100% of The Bernard A Newcomb Foundation’s FY2019 grant dollars went to Schwab Charitable Fund, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2019 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

3
’17
1
’18
0
’19

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

Median grant, FY2019
$5,216,460
Largest grant, FY2019
$5,216,460
Organizations funded a year
1 to 3
FY2017 to FY2018
States reached, FY2019
1
Total assets, FY2019
$29

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2018, 0% of the organizations The Bernard A Newcomb Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY20181$25k0%
FY20173$190kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.

Philanthropy$5.3MFood & Nutrition$125kYouth Development$50kHealth$40k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2018, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley$125,00020%
Magical Bridge Foundation$50,00018%
Wayfinder Family Services$40,00010%

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About The Bernard A Newcomb Foundation

How much does The Bernard A Newcomb Foundation give?
The Bernard A Newcomb Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $5,216,460 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
What does The Bernard A Newcomb Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2018, its largest causes are Philanthropy (96%), Food & Nutrition (2%), Youth Development (1%).
Who are The Bernard A Newcomb Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2018: Second Harvest of Silicon Valley ($125k), Magical Bridge Foundation ($50k), Wayfinder Family Services ($40k).
Does The Bernard A Newcomb Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2018, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Where is The Bernard A Newcomb Foundation based?
The Bernard A Newcomb Foundation is based in CA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 5 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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