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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 31-1683582

The Nutting Foundation

A private foundation in Wheeling, WV. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 24 grants and $924,600 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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

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

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $924,600

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $4,241,500
  • Tax year 2023

    $754,500

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $4,274,176
  • Tax year 2022

    $804,058

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $4,603,781
  • Tax year 2021

    $672,501

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $4,249,504
  • Tax year 2020

    $678,001

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $4,249,395
  • Tax year 2019

    $716,500

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $4,064,939
  • Tax year 2018

    $683,500

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $4,310,486

Grants paid in 2024

24 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Bessemer TrustNew York, NY

    Robert m. Nutting family fund

    $110,000
  2. Bessemer TrustNew York, NY

    Robert m. Nutting family fund

    $110,000
  3. Bethany CollegeBethany, WV

    Capital gift to honor g. Ogden nutting

    $100,000
  4. Community Foundation for the Ohio ValleyWheeling, WV

    The nutting fund

    $100,000
  5. Western Pennsylvania ConservancyPittsburgh, PA

    Artist in residence program

    $60,000
  6. Oglebay FoundationWheeling, WV

    Nutting winter sports complex

    $50,000
  7. The Linsly SchoolWheeling, WV

    Capital campaign

    $50,000
  8. The Nature Conservancy in WVElkins, WV

    Annual fund

    $50,000
  9. Williams CollegeWilliamstown, MA

    Support of the williams-mystic program

    $50,000
  10. T Rowe PriceBaltimore, MO

    The nutting charitable gift fund

    $50,000
  11. Cleveland ClinicCleveland, OH

    To support the cause

    $25,000
  12. President & Fellows of Harvard CollegeBoston, MA

    To support the cause

    $25,000
  13. The Hotchkiss FundLakeville, CT

    The hotchkiss fund

    $25,000
  14. Williams CollegeWilliamstown, MA

    50 for 50 women's equity in leadership & annual fund

    $20,000
  15. Phillips AcademyAndover, MA

    Gallery of american art, peabody museum, community outreach, french dept. Etc.

    $17,000
  16. St Matthew's ChurchWheeling, WV

    In honor of g. Ogden nutting

    $15,000
  17. West Virginia Independent Colleges & UniversitiesCharleston, WV

    Circle of vision scholarship program & bethany annual fund

    $15,000
  18. West Virginia University Foundation IncMorgantown, WV

    Ogden journalism seminar series presented by the reed college of media

    $15,000
  19. Wheeling Country Day SchoolWheeling, WV

    Annual fund

    $15,000
  20. UCLA School of LawLos Angeles, CA

    Dean's discretionary fund

    $12,500
  21. The Thacher SchoolOjai, CA

    Annual fund

    $7,500
  22. Phillips Exeter AcademyExeter, NH

    Annual giving fund

    $1,500
  23. Media Impact FundersPhiladelphia, PA

    General support of operations

    $600
  24. Colorado CollegeColorado SPGS, CO

    Annual fund

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education10 grants $274,50057% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $100,00021% of the total
  3. Environment1 grant $60,00012% of the total
  4. Sports and recreation1 grant $50,00010% of the total
  5. Arts and culture1 grant $600<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. West Virginia9 grants $410,000
  2. New York2 grants $220,000
  3. Massachusetts4 grants $112,000
  4. Pennsylvania2 grants $60,600
  5. Missouri1 grant $50,000
  6. Connecticut1 grant $25,000
  7. Ohio1 grant $25,000
  8. California2 grants $20,000
  9. New Hampshire1 grant $1,500
  10. Colorado1 grant $500

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Robert M NuttingPRESIDENT Hours 2Pay $0
  • William O NuttingSECRETARY Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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