Newman's Own Foundation
Invitation OnlyWestport, Connecticut · EIN 06-1606588 · Private foundation · Website
Grants paid (2024)$12M
Organizations funded169
Typical grant$25,000
Total assets$215.7M
Half of its grants to organizations were between $10,000 and $50,000.
From the return
How to apply
On its return for tax year 2024 the foundation checked the box saying it only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.
What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
83% of grants went outside Connecticut.
Grants paid in tax year 2024
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seriousfun Children's Network | Norwalk, CT | General operations | $3,500,000 |
| Foodcorps Inc | Portland, OR | Connecting all children to nutritious food in schools | $1,500,000 |
| Charityvest - Native Americans in Philanthropy | Minneapolis, MN | Indigenous tomorrows fund | $500,000 |
| Charityvest - Food Research & Action Center | Washington, DC | Advancing healthy school meals for all | $250,000 |
| Charityvest - Seriousfun Children's Network | Norwalk, CT | Over the wall, uk | $200,000 |
| Charityvest - Seriousfun Children's Network | Norwalk, CT | General operations | $125,000 |
| Charityvest - Cascade Pacific Resource Conservation & Development | Corvallis, OR | Oregon farm to school: building capacity to support nourishing school meals | $100,000 |
| Charityvest - Chef Ann Foundation | Boulder, CO | The lunch box | $100,000 |
| Charityvest - Cheyenne River Youth Project | Eagle Butte, SD | General operations | $100,000 |
| Charityvest - Community Food Advocates Inc | New York, NY | Lunch 4 learning: building the most innovative school meals program through community partnerships | $100,000 |
| Charityvest - Dream of Wild Health | Minneapolis, MN | Food justice programming for native youth and families | $100,000 |
| Charityvest - Earth Island Institute Inc | Berkeley, CA | Mississippi farm to school network general operations | $100,000 |
| Charityvest - End Hunger Connecticut Inc | East Hartford, CT | Power of food in schools - Y2 | $100,000 |
| Charityvest - First Nations Development Institute | Longmont, CO | Nafsi youth - native farm to school | $100,000 |
| Charityvest - Foodwhat Incorporated | Santa Cruz, CA | Nutrition education and youth empowerment programming | $100,000 |
| Charityvest - Georgia Organics Inc | Atlanta, GA | Georgia organics farm to school innovation mini grants | $100,000 |
| Charityvest - Greater Newark Conservancy Inc | Newark, NJ | Building youth leadership in newark's food justice movement | $100,000 |
| Charityvest - Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities Inc | Traverse City, MI | Michigan-Grown fruits, vegetables, and dry beans for K- 12 + birth to 5 | $100,000 |
| Charityvest - Harlem Grown Inc | New York, NY | Food justice and nutrition education for youth | $100,000 |
| Charityvest - Makoce Agriculture Development | Porcupine, SD | Nourishing tradition and innovation: a holistic approach to modern indigenous food systems development on pine ridge reservation | $100,000 |
| Charityvest - Nalwoodi Denzhone Strength and Beauty Community | Globe, AZ | San carlos apache healthy food systems and youth education project | $100,000 |
| Charityvest - North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems | Minneapolis, MN | Indigenous food education and access for indigenous youth | $100,000 |
| Charityvest - Oceanic Ascent Education Inc Dba Guhan Sustainable Culture | Hagatna, GU | Guahan sustainable culture programming for youth | $100,000 |
| Charityvest - Southwest Organizing Project | Albuquerque, NM | Project feed the hood youth programming | $100,000 |
| Charityvest - Tides Center | San Francisco, CA | National farm to school network: advancing farm to school and early childhood education through racial equity | $100,000 |
| Charityvest - Wellness in the Schools Inc | New York, NY | General operations | $100,000 |
| Charityvest - Wgbh Educational Foundation | Boston, MA | Molly of denali season 4/5: extending our impact | $100,000 |
| Charityvest - Zuni Youth Enrichment Project | Zuni, NM | General operations | $100,000 |
| Charityvest - Green Bronx Machine International Inc | Bronx, NY | General operations | $95,000 |
| Charityvest - Mosaic Film Experience | Grand Rapids, MI | Nourishing narratives: 100 youth films for justice | $80,000 |
| Charityvest - Grow Dat Youth Farm | New Orleans, LA | Grow dat youth farm leadership programs | $75,000 |
| Charityvest - Ma Ka Hana Ka Ike Building Program | Hana, HI | Youth agriculture and culinary education and training | $75,000 |
| Charityvest - Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa | Bayfield, WI | Building capacity for the next seven generations of youth at mino bimaadiziiwin tribal farm | $75,000 |
| Charityvest - Wabanaki Health and Wellness Inc | Bangor, ME | Connecting wabanaki youth to food as medicine | $75,000 |
| Charityvest - Third Sector New England Inc | Boston, MA | Massachusetts farm to school: new voices in the ma food for ma kids coalition | $65,000 |
| Charityvest - Kake Tribal Heritage Foundation | Kake, AK | Indigenous youth nutrition security in kake, southeast alaska | $60,000 |
| Charityvest - Camp Quality New Zealand | Fairfield, CT | 2025 winter camp programs | $57,000 |
| Charityvest - National Wildlife Federation | Reston, VA | Wind river tribal buffalo initiative youth education program | $55,000 |
| Charityvest - Black Girls Cook | Baltimore, MD | General operations | $50,000 |
| Charityvest - California State University San Marcos Foundation | San Marcos, CA | Indigi-Licious for native youth: decolonizing your plate, one bite at a time | $50,000 |
| Charityvest - Center for Ecoliteracy | Berkeley, CA | California food for california kids | $50,000 |
| Charityvest - Central Council of Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska | Juneau, AK | Empowering tlingit & haida youth through traditional foods | $50,000 |
| Charityvest - Chickahominy Indian Tribe of Virginia | Providence Forge, VA | Chickahominy indian tribe summer culture camp 2025 | $50,000 |
| Charityvest - Cowlitz Indian Tribe Hhs | Longview, WA | Cowlitz indian tribe - community garden for native youth and families | $50,000 |
| Charityvest - Detroit Food & Entrepreneurship Academy | Detroit, MI | Growing detroit food academy's food sovereignty curriculum and youth-led advocacy efforts | $50,000 |
| Charityvest - Freshfarm Markets Inc | Washington, DC | Freshfarm foodprints: justice through experiential food education in washington, DC | $50,000 |
| Charityvest - Green Village Initiative Inc | Bridgeport, CT | Youth leadership program | $50,000 |
| Charityvest - Healthy Harvest of North Iowa | Clear Lake, IA | Elevating farm to school in north iowa | $50,000 |
| Charityvest - Hoonah Indian Association | Hoonah, AK | Growing hoonah youth growers: indigenous food justice and sustainability initiative in rural alaska | $50,000 |
| Charityvest - Intertribal Agriculture Council | Billings, MT | Regenerative agriculture programming for native youth | $50,000 |
| Charityvest - Iwikua | Waimea, HI | Community youth garden farm program | $50,000 |
| Charityvest - Keres Children's Learning Center | Cochiti, NM | General operations | $50,000 |
| Charityvest - Neighborhood Playhouse | New York, NY | General operations | $50,000 |
| Charityvest - Painted Desert Demonstration Projects | Flagstaff, AZ | Promoting nutrition and indigenous food sovereignty through school gardening | $50,000 |
| Charityvest - Partnership With Native Americans | Addison, TX | Growing youth in food sovereignty: indigenous foodways food sovereignty initiative | $50,000 |
| Charityvest - Seriousfun Children's Network | Norwalk, CT | General operations | $50,000 |
| Charityvest - Sicangu Community Development Corporation | Mission, SD | Increasing utilization of traditional foods in school meals | $50,000 |
| Charityvest - Snoqualmie Indian Tribe | Snoqualmie, WA | Indigenous foods program for youth | $50,000 |
| Charityvest - Soul Fire Farm Institute Inc | Petersburg, NY | Youth programs | $50,000 |
| Charityvest - Texas Tribal Buffalo Project | Waelder, TX | Restoring our kinship with buffalo: programs for texas indigenous lineal descendant youth | $50,000 |
Showing the 60 largest of 169 grants to organizations.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $12,000,000 | 169 |
| 2023 | $12,000,000 | 222 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed Oct 14, 2025 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202512879349100606
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 06-1606588
- Profile updated Nov 4, 2026
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