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
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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
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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