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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 30-0562220

Robert Sydney Needham FDN Main

A private foundation in Saint Louis, MO. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 29 grants and $401,500 paid in grants.

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.

How to apply

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Wells Fargo Philanthropic Services
100 NORTH MAIN STREET 6th FLOOR D40
Winston Salem, NC 27101
(888) 234-1999
[email protected]
Form and materials
Apply online at www.welssfargo.com/privatefoundationgrants/needham Scholarship committee chooses students for award - committee consists of college faculty, staff and the financial aid staff
Deadlines
April 1
Restrictions
Must be a graduate of a New Jersey high and have a GPA of 3.0 or better. Priority will be given to students from Passaic High School and Fairleigh Dickinson Univ.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $401,500

    Grants listed
    29
    Assets, end of year
    $5,716,559
  • Tax year 2024

    $337,000

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $5,821,997
  • Tax year 2023

    $289,000

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $5,965,570
  • Tax year 2022

    $367,000

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $6,091,262
  • Tax year 2021

    $393,000

    Grants listed
    30
    Assets, end of year
    $6,261,265
  • Tax year 2020

    $360,000

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $6,299,697
  • Tax year 2019

    $360,000

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $6,478,486
  • Tax year 2018

    $345,000

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $6,615,685

Grants paid in 2025

29 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Fairleigh Dickinson UniversityTeaneck, NJ

    Scholarship

    $63,000
  2. FDN at New Jersey Institute of TechnologNewark, NJ

    Scholarship

    $50,000
  3. Rider UniversityLawrence TWP, NJ

    Scholarship

    $15,000
  4. Thomas Edison State UniversityTrenton, NJ

    Scholarship

    $15,000
  5. Individual

    Scholarship

    $15,000
  6. Passaic Academy for Science & EngineerinPassaic, NJ

    Scholarship

    $15,000
  7. Passaic Preparatory AcademyPassaic, NJ

    Scholarship

    $15,000
  8. Raritan Valley Community College FoundatSomerville, NJ

    Scholarship

    $14,000
  9. Institute of TechnologyBrooklyn, NY

    Scholarship

    $12,000
  10. Brookdale Community CollegeLincroft, NJ

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  11. Georgian Court UniversityLakewood, NJ

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  12. Drew UniversityMadison, NJ

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  13. Seton Hall UniversitySouth Orange, NJ

    Scholarships

    $10,000
  14. Saint Peters UniversityJersey City, NJ

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  15. Felician UniversityLodi, NJ

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  16. Stockton University FoundationGalloway, NJ

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  17. Passaic County Community CollegePaterson, NJ

    Scholarships

    $10,000
  18. Sussex County Community CollegeNewton, NJ

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  19. Atlantic Cape Community CollegeMays Landing, NJ

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  20. The College of New Jersey Foundation IncEwing, NJ

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  21. Rowan University Foundation IncGlassboro, NJ

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  22. William Paterson UniversityWayne, NJ

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  23. Montclair State University Foundation inMontclair, NJ

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  24. Middlesex College Foundation IncEdison, NJ

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  25. New Jersey City University Foundation inJersey City, NJ

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  26. Ramapo College FoundationMahwah, NJ

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  27. Caldwell UniversityCaldwell, NJ

    Scholarship

    $7,500
  28. Saint Elizabeth UniversityMorristown, NJ

    Scholarship

    $5,000
  29. Union County College Foundation IncCranford, NJ

    Scholarship

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education14 grants $185,50094% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $12,0006% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New Jersey27 grants $374,500
  2. New York1 grant $12,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Nina StackCO-TRUSTEE Hours 4Pay $13,539
  • John B Newman EsqCO-TRUSTEE Hours 4Pay $13,539
  • Wells Fargo Bank N ATRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $80,333

The return

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