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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 76-0455176

The Notsew Orm Sands Foundation

A private foundation in Houston, TX. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 7 grants and $9 million paid in grants.

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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

Accepts applications

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

Contact
Notsew Orm Sands Foundation
92 Washburn Hill Road
Lyme, NH 03768
(210) 341-9400
Form and materials
See Attachment 19
Deadlines
See Attachment 19
Restrictions
See Attachment 19

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $9,032,500

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $55,279,357

  • Tax year 2023

    $4,582,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $62,163,755

  • Tax year 2022

    $2,712,618

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $49,932,687

  • Tax year 2021

    $1,000,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $52,585,867

  • Tax year 2020

    $1,852,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $54,237,484

  • Tax year 2019

    $991,039

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $31,920,626

  • Tax year 2018

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $17,587,096

Grants paid in 2024

7 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. University of St ThomasHouston, TX

    General support

    $5,250,000
  2. University of KentCanterbury, United Kingdom

    General support

    $1,250,000
  3. Yale University DevelopmentNew Haven, CT

    Support for dr.allison galavanis research into mitigating covid 19 and other outbreaks

    $1,000,000
  4. Oceana IncWashington, DC

    General support

    $1,000,000
  5. Maliasili Initiatives IncEssex, VT

    General support

    $280,000
  6. Frankfurt Zoological Society US IncWashington, DC

    General support

    $250,000
  7. Charities Aid Foundation AmericaAlexandria, VA

    General support

    $2,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $5,250,00077% of the total
  2. Environment2 grants $1,280,00019% of the total
  3. Animals1 grant $250,0004% of the total
  4. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $2,500<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Texas1 grant $5,250,000
  2. District of Columbia2 grants $1,250,000
  3. Connecticut1 grant $1,000,000
  4. Vermont1 grant $280,000
  5. Virginia1 grant $2,500

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Garfield MitchellDirector Hours 0Pay $0
  • Melissa Baron MurdochDirector Hours 0Pay $0
  • Pilar BautaDirector Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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