Funding search · EIN 873774627 · Greenville, DE

Nyssa Foundation

Name: Nyssa Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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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.

46
grants reported: $655,837
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,262
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. 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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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.

Top recipients

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

Community Education Building2 grants · $100,917
Delaware Nature Society3 grants · $74,252
Delaware Nature Society2 grants · $53,227
Stroud Water Research1 grant · $40,444
Stroud Water Research2 grants · $36,186
Willistown Conservation Trust3 grants · $30,628
Planned Parenthood of Delaware1 grant · $25,385
Kennett Library1 grant · $25,347
The Ethel Walker School2 grants · $22,142
Hotchkiss School1 grant · $20,272

Giving over time

$88,838

2022

$149,226

2023

$191,339

2024

$226,434

2025

Grant history

All 46 reported grants, largest first.

$50,714
Community Education Building · Wilmington, DE · 2024
General operations
$50,203
Community Education Building · Wilmington, DE · 2024
General operations
$40,444
Stroud Water Research · Avondale, PA · 2023
General Operations
$26,960
Delaware Nature Society · Hockessin, DE · 2024
General operations
$26,267
Delaware Nature Society · Hockessin, DE · 2025
General operations
$25,858
Delaware Nature Society · Hockessin, DE · 2023
General Operations
$25,385
Planned Parenthood of Delaware · Wilmington, DE · 2025
General operations
$25,347
Kennett Library · Kennett Square, PA · 2023
General Operations
$24,197
Delaware Nature Society · Hockessin, DE · 2022
General Operations
$24,197
Delaware Nature Society · Hockessin, DE · 2022
General Operations
$20,272
Hotchkiss School · Lakeville, CT · 2024
General operations
$20,072
Stroud Water Research · Avondale, PA · 2025
General operations
$20,000
Wilmington Rowing Center · Wilmington, DE · 2025
General operations
$16,114
Stroud Water Research · Avondale, PA · 2024
General operations
$15,552
Whyy · Greencastle, PA · 2025
General operations
$15,187
National Outdoor Leadership School (Nols) · Lander, WY · 2025
General operations
$15,095
Willistown Conservation Trust · Newtown Square, PA · 2025
General operations
$12,076
The Ethel Walker School · Simsbury, CT · 2024
General operations
$10,799
Delaware Center for Horticulture · Wilmington, DE · 2025
General operations
$10,615
The Doug Coombs Foundation (Coombs Outdoors) · Jackson, WY · 2025
General operations
$10,538
The Ethel Walker School · Simsbury, CT · 2023
General Operations
$10,331
Delaware Art Museum · Wilmington, DE · 2023
General Operations
$10,292
Planned Parenthood of Delaware · Wilmington, DE · 2023
General Operations
$10,232
Brandywine Red Clay Alliance · West Chester, PA · 2023
General Operations
$10,222
Willistown Conservation Trust · Newtown Square, PA · 2022
General Operations
$10,222
Willistown Conservation Trust · Newtown Square, PA · 2022
General Operations
$10,184
Willistown Conservation Trust · Newtown Square, PA · 2023
General Operations
$10,066
The Ethel Walker School · Simsbury, CT · 2025
General operations
$10,000
American Bird Conservancy · The Plains, VA · 2025
General operations
$10,000
Eden Peopleplanet · Murrieta, CA · 2025
General operations
$10,000
Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health · Baltimore, MD · 2025
General operations
$9,896
Maria Mitchell Association · Nantucket, MA · 2025
General operations
$7,500
World Monuments Fund · New York, NY · 2025
General operations
$5,000
Natural Lands · Media, PA · 2025
General operations
$5,000
The Delaware Symphony Orchestra · Wilmington, DE · 2025
General operations
$5,000
Coombs Outdoors · Jackson, WY · 2024
General operations
$5,000
Delaware Center for Horticulture · Wilmington, DE · 2024
General operations
$5,000
Willistown Conservation Trust · Newtown Square, PA · 2024
General operations
$5,000
National Interscholastic Cycling Association (Nica) - Delaware · Orinda, CA · 2023
General Operations
$5,000
National Interscholastic Cycling Association (Nica) - Delaware · Orinda, CA · 2022
General Operations
$5,000
National Interscholastic Cycling Association (Nica) - Delaware · Orinda, CA · 2022
General Operations
$2,500
Delaware Botanic Gardens · Ocean View, DE · 2022
General Operations
$2,500
Delaware Botanic Gardens · Ocean View, DE · 2022
General Operations
$2,500
Delaware Center for Horticulture · Wilmington, DE · 2022
General Operations
$2,500
Delaware Center for Horticulture · Wilmington, DE · 2022
General Operations
$1,000
Delaware Center for Horticulture · Wilmington, DE · 2023
General Operations

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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.