Funding search · EIN 061606588 · Westport, CT

Newman'S Own Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

635
grants reported
$38.0M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

youthchildrenfoodschooleducationindigenousfarmschools

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6 grants matching “serious · $9.5M

  • $4.7M

    Serious Fun Childrens Network · Norwalk, CT · 2023

    General operations, sfcn support center & underwrite 2024 event

  • $10,000

    Hole in the Wall Gang Fund · New Haven, CT · 2023

    Campership & general operations - maryland location to benefit seriously ill children

  • $5,000

    Roundup River Ranch · Gypsum, CO · 2023

    A grateful harvest program for seriously ill children

  • $4.8M

    Serious Fun Childrens Network · Norwalk, CT · 2022

    Camperships, thought leadership for advocacy, general operations & sfcn support

  • $10,000

    Roundup River Ranch · Gypsum, CO · 2022

    A grateful harvest, designated for ruth johnson's cabin & general operations - camp for seriously ill children

  • $7,500

    Make a Wish Foundation of Connecticut · Trumbull, CT · 2022

    Wish granting for seriously ill children & funding toward a child's wish

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

  • Serious Fun Childrens Network2 grants · $9.5M
  • Foodcorps3 grants · $7.0M
  • Seriousfun Children'S Network1 grant · $3.5M
  • Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors2 grants · $1.0M
  • Safe Water Network2 grants · $600,000
  • Charityvest - Native Americans in Philanthropy1 grant · $500,000
  • Food Research & Action Center2 grants · $450,000
  • Charityvest - Seriousfun Children'S Network4 grants · $385,000
  • Charityvest - Food Research & Action Center1 grant · $250,000
  • Shining Hope for Communities1 grant · $200,000

Giving over time

$14.0M
2022
$12.0M
2023
$11.9M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 635 grants.

  • $4.8M

    Serious Fun Childrens Network · Norwalk, CT · 2022

    Camperships, thought leadership for advocacy, general operations & sfcn support

  • $4.7M

    Serious Fun Childrens Network · Norwalk, CT · 2023

    General operations, sfcn support center & underwrite 2024 event

  • $3.5M

    Seriousfun Children'S Network · Norwalk, CT · 2024

    General operations

  • $3.0M

    Foodcorps · Portland, OR · 2022

    Connecting all children to nutritious food in schools

  • $2.5M

    Foodcorps · New York, NY · 2023

    Connecting all children to nutritious food in schools

  • $1.5M

    Foodcorps · Portland, OR · 2024

    Connecting all children to nutritious food in schools

  • $600,000

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2022

    Donor advised fund

  • $500,000

    Charityvest - Native Americans in Philanthropy · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

    Indigenous tomorrows fund

  • $420,000

    Safe Water Network · New York, NY · 2022

    Digital platform integration, knowledge resource center & overhead tanks & general operations

  • $400,000

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2023

    Donor advised fund

  • $250,000

    Charityvest - Food Research & Action Center · Washington, DC · 2024

    Advancing healthy school meals for all

  • $225,000

    Food Research & Action Center · Washington, DC · 2023

    Advancing healthy school meals for all

  • $225,000

    Food Research & Action Center · Washington, DC · 2022

    Advancing healthy school meals for all

  • $200,000

    Charityvest - Seriousfun Children'S Network · Norwalk, CT · 2024

    Over the wall, uk

  • $200,000

    Shining Hope for Communities · New York, NY · 2022

    Future education loan fund

  • $180,000

    Safe Water Network · New York, NY · 2023

    General operations

  • $125,000

    Charityvest - Seriousfun Children'S Network · Norwalk, CT · 2024

    General operations

  • $112,525

    Grapevine Giving Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    Donor advised fund

  • $100,000

    Charityvest - Cascade Pacific Resource Conservation & Development · Corvallis, OR · 2024

    Oregon farm to school: building capacity to support nourishing school meals

  • $100,000

    Charityvest - Chef Ann Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2024

    The lunch box

  • $100,000

    Charityvest - Cheyenne River Youth Project · Eagle Butte, SD · 2024

    General operations

  • $100,000

    Charityvest - Community Food Advocates · New York, NY · 2024

    Lunch 4 learning: building the most innovative school meals program through community partnerships

  • $100,000

    Charityvest - Dream of Wild Health · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

    Food justice programming for native youth and families

  • $100,000

    Charityvest - Earth Island Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    Mississippi farm to school network general operations

  • $100,000

    Charityvest - End Hunger Connecticut · East Hartford, CT · 2024

    Power of food in schools - y2

  • $100,000

    Charityvest - First Nations Development Institute · Longmont, CO · 2024

    Nafsi youth - native farm to school

  • $100,000

    Charityvest - Foodwhat Incorporated · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024

    Nutrition education and youth empowerment programming

  • $100,000

    Charityvest - Georgia Organics · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Georgia organics farm to school innovation mini grants

  • $100,000

    Charityvest - Greater Newark Conservancy · Newark, NJ · 2024

    Building youth leadership in newark's food justice movement

  • $100,000

    Charityvest - Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities · Traverse City, MI · 2024

    Michigan-grown fruits, vegetables, and dry beans for k- 12 + birth to 5

  • $100,000

    Charityvest - Harlem Grown · New York, NY · 2024

    Food justice and nutrition education for youth

  • $100,000

    Charityvest - Makoce Agriculture Development · Porcupine, SD · 2024

    Nourishing tradition and innovation: a holistic approach to modern indigenous food systems development on pine ridge reservation

  • $100,000

    Charityvest - Nalwoodi Denzhone Strength and Beauty Community · Globe, AZ · 2024

    San carlos apache healthy food systems and youth education project

  • $100,000

    Charityvest - North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

    Indigenous food education and access for indigenous youth

  • $100,000

    Charityvest - Oceanic Ascent Education Inc Dba Guhan Sustainable Culture · Hagatna, GU · 2024

    Guahan sustainable culture programming for youth

  • $100,000

    Charityvest - Southwest Organizing Project · Albuquerque, NM · 2024

    Project feed the hood youth programming

  • $100,000

    Charityvest - Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    National farm to school network: advancing farm to school and early childhood education through racial equity

  • $100,000

    Charityvest - Wellness in the Schools · New York, NY · 2024

    General operations

  • $100,000

    Charityvest - Wgbh Educational Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024

    Molly of denali season 4/5: extending our impact

  • $100,000

    Charityvest - Zuni Youth Enrichment Project · Zuni, NM · 2024

    General operations

  • $100,000

    Wellness in the Schools · New York, NY · 2023

    Wellness in the schools & scratchworks

  • $100,000

    Wellness in the Schools · New York, NY · 2022

    Scratchworks & wellness in the schools/cook for kids

  • $100,000

    Wgbh Educational Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022

    Molly of denali for children

  • $95,000

    Charityvest - Green Bronx Machine International · Bronx, NY · 2024

    General operations

  • $80,000

    Charityvest - Mosaic Film Experience · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024

    Nourishing narratives: 100 youth films for justice

  • $80,000

    Zuni Youth Enrichment Project · Zuni, NM · 2022

    General operations

  • $75,000

    Charityvest - Grow Dat Youth Farm · New Orleans, LA · 2024

    Grow dat youth farm leadership programs

  • $75,000

    Charityvest - Ma Ka Hana Ka Ike Building Program · Hana, HI · 2024

    Youth agriculture and culinary education and training

  • $75,000

    Charityvest - Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa · Bayfield, WI · 2024

    Building capacity for the next seven generations of youth at mino bimaadiziiwin tribal farm

  • $75,000

    Charityvest - Wabanaki Health and Wellness · Bangor, ME · 2024

    Connecting wabanaki youth to food as medicine

  • $75,000

    Oyate Networking Project · Kyle, SD · 2023

    Medicine root gardening program - nutrition education for children and families

  • $75,000

    Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Advancing farm to school and early childhood education

  • $75,000

    Zuni Youth Enrichment Project · Zuni, NM · 2023

    Food sovereignty for zuni youth: in-school, after-school, and in the community

  • $75,000

    Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund · New York, NY · 2022

    Moms demand action

  • $75,000

    Oyate Networking Project · Kyle, SD · 2022

    Medicine root gardening program

  • $75,000

    Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    National farm to school network

  • $65,000

    Charityvest - Third Sector New England · Boston, MA · 2024

    Massachusetts farm to school: new voices in the ma food for ma kids coalition

  • $65,000

    Dakota Rural Action · Brookings, SD · 2023

    Re-imagining community centered food systems in sd-nutrition education for children and their families

  • $65,000

    Dakota Rural Action · Brookings, SD · 2022

    Re-imagining community centered food systems in south dakota - children nutrition education

  • $60,000

    Charityvest - Kake Tribal Heritage Foundation · Kake, AK · 2024

    Indigenous youth nutrition security in kake, southeast alaska

  • $60,000

    Neighborhood Playhouse · New York, NY · 2023

    General operations

  • $60,000

    Elton John AIDS Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    General operations

  • $57,000

    Charityvest - Camp Quality New Zealand · Fairfield, CT · 2024

    2025 winter camp programs

  • $55,000

    Charityvest - National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2024

    Wind river tribal buffalo initiative youth education program

  • $55,000

    Green Village Initiative · Bridgeport, CT · 2023

    Growing youth leaders in bridgeport & youth leadership program

  • $55,000

    Dream of Wild Health · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

    General operations - healthy food access for indigenous youth and their families

  • $55,000

    The Next Step Fund · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    General operations

  • $50,000

    Charityvest - Black Girls Cook · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General operations

  • $50,000

    Charityvest - California State University San Marcos Foundation · San Marcos, CA · 2024

    Indigi-licious for native youth: decolonizing your plate, one bite at a time

  • $50,000

    Charityvest - Center for Ecoliteracy · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    California food for california kids

  • $50,000

    Charityvest - Central Council of Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska · Juneau, AK · 2024

    Empowering tlingit & haida youth through traditional foods

  • $50,000

    Charityvest - Chickahominy Indian Tribe of Virginia · Providence Forge, VA · 2024

    Chickahominy indian tribe summer culture camp 2025

  • $50,000

    Charityvest - Cowlitz Indian Tribe Hhs · Longview, WA · 2024

    Cowlitz indian tribe - community garden for native youth and families

  • $50,000

    Charityvest - Detroit Food & Entrepreneurship Academy · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Growing detroit food academy's food sovereignty curriculum and youth-led advocacy efforts

  • $50,000

    Charityvest - Freshfarm Markets · Washington, DC · 2024

    Freshfarm foodprints: justice through experiential food education in washington, dc

  • $50,000

    Charityvest - Green Village Initiative · Bridgeport, CT · 2024

    Youth leadership program

  • $50,000

    Charityvest - Healthy Harvest of North Iowa · Clear Lake, IA · 2024

    Elevating farm to school in north iowa

  • $50,000

    Charityvest - Hoonah Indian Association · Hoonah, AK · 2024

    Growing hoonah youth growers: indigenous food justice and sustainability initiative in rural alaska

  • $50,000

    Charityvest - Intertribal Agriculture Council · Billings, MT · 2024

    Regenerative agriculture programming for native youth

  • $50,000

    Charityvest - Iwikua · Waimea, HI · 2024

    Community youth garden farm program

  • $50,000

    Charityvest - Keres Children'S Learning Center · Cochiti, NM · 2024

    General operations

  • $50,000

    Charityvest - Neighborhood Playhouse · New York, NY · 2024

    General operations

  • $50,000

    Charityvest - Painted Desert Demonstration Projects · Flagstaff, AZ · 2024

    Promoting nutrition and indigenous food sovereignty through school gardening

  • $50,000

    Charityvest - Partnership With Native Americans · Addison, TX · 2024

    Growing youth in food sovereignty: indigenous foodways food sovereignty initiative

  • $50,000

    Charityvest - Seriousfun Children'S Network · Norwalk, CT · 2024

    General operations

  • $50,000

    Charityvest - Sicangu Community Development Corporation · Mission, SD · 2024

    Increasing utilization of traditional foods in school meals

  • $50,000

    Charityvest - Snoqualmie Indian Tribe · Snoqualmie, WA · 2024

    Indigenous foods program for youth

  • $50,000

    Charityvest - Soul Fire Farm Institute · Petersburg, NY · 2024

    Youth programs

  • $50,000

    Charityvest - Texas Tribal Buffalo Project · Waelder, TX · 2024

    Restoring our kinship with buffalo: programs for texas indigenous lineal descendant youth

  • $50,000

    Charityvest - the Montana Partnership To End Childhood Hunger · Bozeman, MT · 2024

    Building rural school networks

  • $50,000

    Charityvest - University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

    2025 native american nutrition conference

  • $50,000

    Charityvest - Urban School Food Alliance · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operations

  • $50,000

    Charityvest - Women in Film & Video · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operations

  • $50,000

    American Indian Resource Center · Tahlequah, OK · 2023

    Traditional cherokee ecological knowledge (t-cek) for youth

  • $50,000

    California Indian Museum & Cultural Center · Santa Rosa, CA · 2023

    Traditional food sovereignty and security for native youth

  • $50,000

    Chef Ann Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2023

    The lunch box - school nutrition program

  • $50,000

    Cheyenne River Youth Project · Eagle Butte, SD · 2023

    Youth leaders in food sovereignty

  • $50,000

    Chickahominy Indian Tribe · Providence Forge, VA · 2023

    Chickahominy indian tribe summer culture camp 2024

  • $50,000

    Cowlitz Indian Tribe · Longview, WA · 2023

    Supporting food sovereignty work for youth in the cowlitz indian tribe

  • $50,000

    Delaware County Community Partnership · Grove, OK · 2023

    Seed2sales enhancement - nutritious food for indigenous youth

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