Pennsylvania · Private foundation
The Paul L Newman Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $97k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $520
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $51,704
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 27
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 19% of the organizations The Paul L Newman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 19 | $97k | 26% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $131k | 19% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $55k | 35% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $170k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $96k | 11% |
| FY2019 | 24 | $72k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 27 | $69k | 48% |
| FY2017 | 20 | $48k | n/a |
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project Home | $157,409 | 8 | 0% |
| Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind | $74,668 | 8 | 1% |
| Keren or Inc | $23,449 | 8 | 0% |
| Lower Merion Synagogue | $17,578 | 6 | n/a |
| Is Kosloff Torah Academy High School for Girls | $10,673 | 1 | 0% |
| The Chevra Inc | $5,180 | 5 | 0% |
| Gratz College | $3,430 | 5 | 0% |
| Jack M Barrack Hebrew Academy | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
| The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | $1,590 | 3 | 0% |
| Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation | $1,530 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 32 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($429k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Paul L Newman Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Erlbaum Family Foundation · Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia · Foundation for Jewish Day Schools of Greater Philadelphia · The Edwin J and Barbara R Berkowitz Family Foundation · Katz Family Charitable Trust · Tzedakah Foundation · Business Leadership Organized for Catholic Schools · Jewish Communal Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
About The Paul L Newman Foundation
- How much does The Paul L Newman Foundation give?
- The Paul L Newman Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $97,062 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 27 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Paul L Newman Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (46%), Housing & Shelter (21%), Animals (10%).
- Who are The Paul L Newman Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Project Home ($157k), Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind ($75k), Keren or Inc ($23k).
- Does The Paul L Newman Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Paul L Newman Foundation 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 Paul L Newman Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Erlbaum Family Foundation, Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, Foundation for Jewish Day Schools of Greater Philadelphia.
- Where is The Paul L Newman Foundation based?
- The Paul L Newman Foundation is based in PA.
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