Funding search · EIN 316039441 · Washington, DC

Nelson Talbott 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.

198
grants reported
$692,000
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$1,250
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.

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Top recipients

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  • Maret School2 grants · $67,400
  • Brookings Institution3 grants · $36,000
  • Thisisplace Foundation2 grants · $30,000
  • Wyck Association3 grants · $27,500
  • Springs Food Pantry3 grants · $27,000
  • Sun Valley Writers Conference3 grants · $24,000
  • Horizons Greater Washington2 grants · $20,500
  • Conservation Ctr for Art & Historic1 grant · $20,150
  • Environmental Law Institute3 grants · $20,000
  • Horizons Greater Washington1 grant · $19,500

Giving over time

$200,000
2022
$222,000
2023
$270,000
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 198 grants.

  • $42,400

    Maret School · Washington, DC · 2022

    General needs or purpose

  • $25,000

    Thisisplace Foundation · Bethesda, MD · 2024

    General needs or purpose

  • $25,000

    Maret School · Washington, DC · 2023

    General needs or purpose

  • $20,150

    Conservation Ctr for Art & Historic · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General needs or purpose

  • $19,500

    Horizons Greater Washington · Washington, DC · 2024

    General needs or purpose

  • $17,000

    Ny Society Library Trustees · New York, NY · 2024

    General needs or purpose

  • $16,000

    Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2022

    General needs or purpose

  • $15,500

    Springs Food Pantry · East Hampton, NY · 2024

    General needs or purpose

  • $12,500

    Wyck Association · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General needs or purpose

  • $11,400

    Fraxa Research Foundation · Newburyport, MA · 2023

    General needs or purpose

  • $11,000

    Hathaway Brown School · Shaker Hts, OH · 2024

    General needs or purpose

  • $10,500

    Horizons Greater Washington · Washington, DC · 2023

    General needs or purpose

  • $10,000

    Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2024

    General needs or purpose

  • $10,000

    Maret School · Washington, DC · 2024

    General needs or purpose

  • $10,000

    Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2023

    General needs or purpose

  • $10,000

    Environmental Law Institute · Washington, DC · 2023

    General needs or purpose

  • $10,000

    Wellesley College · Wellesley Hills, MA · 2023

    General needs or purpose

  • $10,000

    Wyck Association · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General needs or purpose

  • $10,000

    Horizons Greater Washington · Washington, DC · 2022

    General needs or purpose

  • $8,500

    Springs Food Pantry · East Hampton, NY · 2023

    General needs or purpose

  • $8,000

    Sun Valley Writers Conference · Monterey, CA · 2024

    General needs or purpose

  • $8,000

    New York Society Library Trustees · New York, NY · 2023

    General needs or purpose

  • $8,000

    Sun Valley Writers Conference · Monterey, CA · 2023

    General needs or purpose

  • $8,000

    American Ditchley Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    General needs or purpose

  • $8,000

    New York Society Library Trustees · New York, NY · 2022

    General needs or purpose

  • $8,000

    Sun Valley Writers Conference · Monterey, CA · 2022

    General needs or purpose

  • $7,500

    Fraxa Research Fdn · Newburyport, MA · 2024

    General needs or purpose

  • $7,500

    Cadasta Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

    General needs or purpose

  • $7,500

    New Markets Lab · Washington, DC · 2023

    General needs or purpose

  • $7,000

    Hewitt School · New York, NY · 2024

    General needs or purpose

  • $6,500

    David Chen Foundation · Garrett Park, MD · 2022

    General needs or purpose

  • $6,500

    New Markets Lab · Washington, DC · 2022

    General needs or purpose

  • $6,000

    Cadasta Founation · Washington, DC · 2024

    General needs or purpose

  • $5,500

    Conservation Center for Art and His · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General needs or purpose

  • $5,000

    African Leadership Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    General needs or purpose

  • $5,000

    Anacostia Watershed Society · Bladensburg, MD · 2024

    General needs or purpose

  • $5,000

    Capital Area Food Bank · Washington, DC · 2024

    General needs or purpose

  • $5,000

    Carla Creative · Takoma Park, MD · 2024

    General needs or purpose

  • $5,000

    Drexel University · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General needs or purpose

  • $5,000

    Environmental Law Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    General needs or purpose

  • $5,000

    Family & Youth Initiative · Washington, DC · 2024

    General needs or purpose

  • $5,000

    Pushcart Prize Fellowships · Wainscott, NY · 2024

    General needs or purpose

  • $5,000

    The Humanitarian Project · Chevy Chase, MD · 2024

    General needs or purpose

  • $5,000

    Williams College · Williamstown, MA · 2024

    General needs or purpose

  • $5,000

    Ajiri Foundation · Upper Black Eddy, PA · 2023

    General needs or purpose

  • $5,000

    Anacostia Watershed Society · Bladensburg, MD · 2023

    General needs or purpose

  • $5,000

    Hewitt School · New York, NY · 2023

    General needs or purpose

  • $5,000

    Pushcart Prize Fellowships · Wainscott, NY · 2023

    General needs or purpose

  • $5,000

    Thisisplace Foundation · Bethesda, MD · 2023

    General needs or purpose

  • $5,000

    Ajiri Foundation · Upper Black Eddy, PA · 2022

    General needs or purpose

  • $5,000

    Conservation Center for Art and His · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General needs or purpose

  • $5,000

    Drexel University · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General needs or purpose

  • $5,000

    Environmental Law Institute · Washington, DC · 2022

    General needs or purpose

  • $5,000

    Fraxa Research Foundation · Newburyport, MA · 2022

    General needs or purpose

  • $5,000

    Santa Fe Community College Fdn · Santa Fe, NM · 2022

    General needs or purpose

  • $5,000

    Wellesley College · Wellesley Hills, MA · 2022

    General needs or purpose

  • $5,000

    Wyck Association · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General needs or purpose

  • $4,500

    Family and Youth Initiative · Washington, DC · 2023

    General needs or purpose

  • $4,500

    Peace for Dc · Washington, DC · 2023

    General needs or purpose

  • $4,000

    American Ditchley Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    General needs or purpose

  • $4,000

    Lion Charter School · Bronx, NY · 2023

    General needs or purpose

  • $3,834

    The Film Collaborative · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General needs or purpose

  • $3,832

    Harvard Graduate School of Educatio · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    General needs or purpose

  • $3,700

    Drexel University · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General needs or purpose

  • $3,500

    Planned Parenthood Fed of America · Washington, DC · 2023

    General needs or purpose

  • $3,500

    The Film Collaborative · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General needs or purpose

  • $3,500

    Planned Parenthood Fed of America · Washington, DC · 2022

    General needs or purpose

  • $3,300

    The Tank Ltd · New York, NY · 2022

    General needs or purpose

  • $3,000

    Springs Food Pantry · East Hampton, NY · 2022

    General needs or purpose

  • $2,500

    Lenfest Institute for Journalism · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General needs or purpose

  • $2,500

    Maine Central Institute · Pittsfield, ME · 2024

    General needs or purpose

  • $2,500

    Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2024

    General needs or purpose

  • $2,500

    Rotary Club Highlands - Mountaintop · Highlands, NC · 2024

    General needs or purpose

  • $2,500

    Lenfest Institute for Journalism · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General needs or purpose

  • $2,500

    Maine Central Institute · Pittsfield, ME · 2023

    General needs or purpose

  • $2,500

    Anacostia Watershed Society · Bladensburg, MD · 2022

    General needs or purpose

  • $2,500

    Family and Youth Initiative · Washington, DC · 2022

    General needs or purpose

  • $2,500

    Maine Central Institute · Pittsfield, ME · 2022

    General needs or purpose

  • $2,500

    Stardust-Startup Factory · Morehead City, NC · 2022

    General needs or purpose

  • $2,500

    The Film Collaborative · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    General needs or purpose

  • $2,500

    The Humanitarian Project · Chevy Chase, MD · 2022

    General needs or purpose

  • $2,000

    Springs Historical Society · East Hampton, NY · 2024

    General needs or purpose

  • $2,000

    University of Delaware · Newark, DE · 2024

    General needs or purpose

  • $2,000

    Whyy · Greencastle, PA · 2024

    General needs or purpose

  • $2,000

    Gulf of Maine Rsch Institute · Portland, ME · 2023

    General needs or purpose

  • $2,000

    Hathaway Brown School · Shaker Hts, OH · 2023

    General needs or purpose

  • $2,000

    Springs Historical Society · East Hampton, NY · 2023

    General needs or purpose

  • $2,000

    Weta · Arlington, VA · 2023

    General needs or purpose

  • $2,000

    Academy of American Poets Incorp · New York, NY · 2022

    General needs or purpose

  • $2,000

    Hathaway Brown School · Shaker Hts, OH · 2022

    General needs or purpose

  • $2,000

    World Environment Center · Washington, DC · 2022

    General needs or purpose

  • $1,500

    Alpha-1 Foundation · Coral Gables, FL · 2024

    General needs or purpose

  • $1,500

    American Antiquarian Society · Worcester, MA · 2024

    General needs or purpose

  • $1,500

    Fdn for Enhancing Comm Unities · Harrisburg, PA · 2024

    General needs or purpose

  • $1,500

    Planned Parenthood Federation · Washington, DC · 2024

    General needs or purpose

  • $1,500

    Springsong Museum · Silver Spring, MD · 2024

    General needs or purpose

  • $1,500

    Union of Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    General needs or purpose

  • $1,334

    Academy of American Poets · New York, NY · 2024

    General needs or purpose

  • $1,250

    University of Delaware · Newark, DE · 2023

    General needs or purpose

  • $1,250

    University of Delaware · Newark, DE · 2022

    General needs or purpose

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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.