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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 27-1972605

The Nell Newman Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Santa Cruz, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 10 grants and $84,500 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

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Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $84,500

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $86,480

  • Tax year 2024

    $73,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $205,955

  • Tax year 2023

    $137,500

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $542,291

  • Tax year 2022

    $328,500

    Grants listed
    46
    Assets, end of year
    $705,217

  • Tax year 2021

    $267,500

    Grants listed
    38
    Assets, end of year
    $1,192,094

  • Tax year 2020

    $395,000

    Grants listed
    45
    Assets, end of year
    $1,587,321

  • Tax year 2019

    $660,500

    Grants listed
    62
    Assets, end of year
    $1,738,444

  • Tax year 2018

    $484,500

    Grants listed
    40
    Assets, end of year
    $2,460,490

Grants paid in 2025

10 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. AllwatersorgAptos, CA

    General support

    $15,000
  2. Rose Foundation for Communities and the EnvironmentOakland, CA

    Environment in the public interest for the habitat and watershed caretakers legal fund

    $10,000
  3. University of Washington Foundation (UW Foundation)Seattle, WA

    Continue the work of the first national nature assessment

    $10,000
  4. Agrarian Land TrustS Royalton, VT

    General support

    $10,000
  5. Food 4 FarmersBurlington, VT

    General support

    $10,000
  6. Ron Finley ProjectLos Angeles, CA

    General support

    $10,000
  7. Planet WalkInverness, CA

    General support

    $10,000
  8. Friends of the EarthBerkeley, CA

    Agtech strategy meeting

    $6,000
  9. UC Berkeley FoundationBerkeley, CA

    Berkeley food institute co-sponsorship for greening factory farms VS. Agroecology event

    $2,500
  10. Wallowa Band Nez Perce Trail Interpretive Center Inc (DBA Nez Perce WallowaWallowa, OR

    General support

    $1,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Environment3 grants $35,00054% of the total
  2. Food and agriculture3 grants $30,00046% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California6 grants $53,500
  2. Oregon2 grants $11,000
  3. Vermont1 grant $10,000
  4. Washington1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Elinor T NewmanPRESIDENT Hours 3Pay $0
  • Edward James CoxSECRETARY AND TREASURER Hours 3Pay $0
  • Evelyn FashehADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR Hours 3Pay $15,552

The return

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