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The Nell Newman Foundation

Name: The Nell Newman Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

81
grants reported: $533,000
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

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Top recipients

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

First Nations Development Institute3 grants · $35,500
Garden 31 Community Initiative2 grants · $30,000
Civil Eats2 grants · $30,000
Environment in the Public Interest2 grants · $23,000
Planet Walk2 grants · $20,000
Tim Brauch Memorial Skate Park Fund1 grant · $20,000
Ofeig Nttruvernd1 grant · $20,000
Mariposa Dr1 grant · $20,000
Food and Environment Reporting Network (Fern)3 grants · $18,500
Farm Commons3 grants · $15,000

Giving over time

$322,500

2022

$137,500

2023

$73,000

2024

Grant history

All 81 reported grants, largest first.

$28,000
First Nations Development Institute · Longmont, CO · 2022
California tribal fund, unrecognized tribes of california project
$20,000
Garden 31 Community Initiative · Escondido, CA · 2023
General operations
$20,000
Mariposa Dr · Ithaca, NY · 2022
General support
$20,000
Ofeig Nttruvernd · 2022
Mapping efforts project
$20,000
Tim Brauch Memorial Skate Park Fund · Soquel, CA · 2022
Taylor reinhold murals project
$15,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Boston, MA · 2024
Mit press, journal of climate resilience and climate justice
$15,000
Redford Center · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Encompass films for the planetwalker documentary project
$15,000
Civil Eats · Cotati, CA · 2023
General operations
$15,000
Civil Eats · Cotati, CA · 2022
General support
$15,000
Food and Environment Reporting Network (Fern) · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$15,000
Heritage Radio Network · Norwalk, CT · 2022
General support
$15,000
Massachussettes Institute of Technology · Boston, MA · 2022
Journal of climate resiliance and climate justice project
$15,000
Save the Waves Coalition · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022
General support
$13,000
Environment in the Public Interest · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2022
Hawc legal fund
$10,000
Garden 31 Community Initiative · Escondido, CA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Josephy Center for Arts and Culture · Joseph, OR · 2024
General support with condition of the agreement to keep grant anonymous
$10,000
Environment in the Public Interest · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2023
Habitat and watershed caretakers legal fund
$10,000
Midcoast Conservancy · Edgecomb, ME · 2023
General operations
$10,000
Planet Walk · Inverness, CA · 2023
Encompass films for documentary called john francis and the american princess
$10,000
Environmental Traveling Companions · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$10,000
Garden 31 Community Intiative · Escondido, CA · 2022
General support
$10,000
Planet Walk · Inverness, CA · 2022
Encompass films project
$10,000
Save the Sound · New Haven, CT · 2022
General support
$10,000
Ventana Wilderness Alliance · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022
Youth in wilderness project
$7,000
Corner Post Media · Escalante, UT · 2024
General support
$5,000
Fractured Atlas · Hartsdale, NY · 2024
General support
$5,000
Freedom From Religion Foundation · Madison, WI · 2024
General support
$5,000
Alaska Marine Conservation Council · Homer, AK · 2023
General operations
$5,000
Farm Aid · Cambridge, MA · 2023
General operations
$5,000
Farm Commons · Duluth, MN · 2023
Fisheries and marine business law project
$5,000
First Alaskans Institute · Anchorage, AK · 2023
General operations
$5,000
Food 4 Farmers · Burlington, VT · 2023
General operations
$5,000
Kansas Sampler Foundation · Inman, KS · 2023
General operations
$5,000
Pesticide Action Network North America · Berkeley, CA · 2023
General operations
$5,000
Women'S Rights & Empowerment Network (Scwren) · Columbia, SC · 2023
General operations
$5,000
Alaska Marine Conservation Council · Homer, AK · 2022
General support
$5,000
Center for Rural Affairs · Lyons, NE · 2022
National sustainable agriculture coalition (nsac)
$5,000
Center for Rural Affairs · Lyons, NE · 2022
National sustainable agriculture coalition for the cynthia hayes memorial scholarship fund (saffon)
$5,000
Farm Commons · Duluth, MN · 2022
Fisheries law project
$5,000
Farm Commons · Duluth, MN · 2022
General support
$5,000
First Nations Development Institute · Longmont, CO · 2022
First book project - invisible no more: voices from native americans
$5,000
Healing and Reconciliaiton Institute · Carmel, CA · 2022
Mc gives challenge gift
$5,000
Kansas Sampler Foundation · Inman, KS · 2022
General support
$5,000
Northwest Abortion Access Fund · Eugene, OR · 2022
General support
$5,000
Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance (Nama) · Gloucester, MA · 2022
General support
$5,000
Organic Association of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2022
General support
$5,000
Organic Farming Research Foundation (Ofrf) · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022
General support
$5,000
Seriousfun Children'S Network · Norwalk, CT · 2022
Nyc annual gala
$5,000
State Innovation Exchange (Six) · Madison, WI · 2022
General support
$5,000
Women'S Rights & Empowerment Network (Scwren) · Columbia, SC · 2022
General support
$4,000
State Innovation Exchange · Madison, WI · 2023
General operations
$4,000
States Newsroom · Washington, DC · 2023
Kansas reflector
$3,500
Earth Island Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Calcan
$3,000
Cross the Divide · Silverdale, WA · 2024
Dan bostedt - ctd lodge and programs, oregon project with condition of the agreement to keep grant anonymous
$3,000
Yankee Golden Retriever Rescue · Hudson, MA · 2024
General support
$2,500
Cook Inletkeeper · Homer, AK · 2023
General operations
$2,500
Corner Post Fund · Escalante, UT · 2023
General operations
$2,500
Ecological Farming Association (Ecofarm) · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023
Conference scholarship program
$2,500
First Nations Development Institute · Longmont, CO · 2023
Native agriculture and food systems program
$2,500
Food and Environment Reporting Network (Fern) · New York, NY · 2023
General operations
$2,500
Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Funders · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
For policy program support
$2,500
Alaska Conservation Foundation · Anchorage, AK · 2022
General support
$2,500
Ecological Farming Association · Soquel, CA · 2022
Scholarship program for young farmers to attend
$2,500
Friends of Action Group On Erosion Technology & Concentration Inc (Etc G · Oakland, CA · 2022
General support
$2,500
North American Marine Alliance (Nama) · Gloucester, MA · 2022
General support
$2,500
Sustainable Agriculture Food Systems Funders · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Policy program
$1,000
Community Agroecology Network · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023
General operations
$1,000
Community Foundation of Monterey County (Mc Gives Campaign for Monterey Bay · Monterey, CA · 2023
Mc gives campaign for monterey bay fisheries trust
$1,000
Food and Environment Reporting Network (Fern) · New York, NY · 2023
Lisa hamilton book restricted for hmong translation services
$1,000
North American Marine Alliance Inc (Nama) · Gloucester, MA · 2023
General operations
$1,000
Organic Association of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2023
General operations
$1,000
Western Organization of Resource Councils · Billings, MT · 2023
General operations
$1,000
Earth Island Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Calcan in honor of jeanne merrill's historic contribution to your work
$1,000
Farm Aid · Cambridge, MA · 2022
General support
$1,000
Infact Dba Corporate Accountability · Boston, MA · 2022
Real food media
$1,000
Loud Light · Topeka, KS · 2022
General support
$1,000
Organic Association of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2022
General support
$1,000
Pie Ranch · Pescadero, CA · 2022
General support
$1,000
States Newsroom · Washington, DC · 2022
Kansas reflector
$1,000
Western Organization of Resource Councils · Billings, MT · 2022
General support
$1,000
Women for Kansas Education Foundation · Wichita, KS · 2022
General support

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.