California · Private foundation
The Nell Newman Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $85k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 63%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 59
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $86k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 63% of the organizations The Nell Newman Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 45% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $85k | 60% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $58k | 63% |
| FY2023 | 27 | $138k | 15% |
| FY2022 | 40 | $329k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 33 | $257k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 42 | $376k | 48% |
| FY2019 | 59 | $643k | 68% |
| FY2018 | 36 | $461k | 83% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earthworks | $134,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Yes Lab Inc | $118,000 | 3 | 69% |
| Food 4 Farmers Inc | $75,000 | 5 | 6% |
| First Nations Development Institute | $65,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Redford Center Inc | $65,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Ron Finley Project | $60,000 | 4 | 27% |
| Sustainable Markets Foundation | $55,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Food and Environment Reporting Network Inc | $50,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Civil Eats | $49,400 | 4 | 3% |
| Cook Inletkeeper | $48,500 | 5 | 2% |
Show all 120 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 40 recipients with no EIN on record ($483k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Nell Newman Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 106 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Schmidt Family Foundation · Monterey Peninsula Foundation · Patagoniaorg · Clif Family Foundation · Community Foundation Santa Cruz County · Rsf Social Finance Inc · Community Foundation for San Benito County · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Tides Foundation · Newman's Own Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation
How this is measured
About The Nell Newman Foundation Inc
- How much does The Nell Newman Foundation Inc give?
- The Nell Newman Foundation Inc reported 10 grants totaling $84,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 59 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Nell Newman Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (33%), Food & Nutrition (22%), Arts & Culture (8%).
- Who are The Nell Newman Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Earthworks ($134k), The Yes Lab Inc ($118k), Food 4 Farmers Inc ($75k).
- Does The Nell Newman Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 63% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Nell Newman Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Nell Newman Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Schmidt Family Foundation, Monterey Peninsula Foundation, Patagoniaorg.
- Where is The Nell Newman Foundation Inc based?
- The Nell Newman Foundation Inc is based in CA.
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