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    Nuttall Family Foundation

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    ALBANY, NY8663252215EIN: 87-28081163 filings on record

    About Nuttall Family Foundation

    The Nuttall Family Foundation concentrates its giving on private education—supporting elite independent K–12 schools and higher education—while also funding selective environmental conservation and workforce/social-enterprise initiatives. Grants are few but sizable, often awarded to well-established institutions for general support and recur with the same beneficiaries, suggesting long-term partnerships with a small set of organizations.

    Focus Areas

    Ivy and selective higher-education general operating support (e.g., Brown University)Elite independent K–12 schools in the Northeast (e.g., Collegiate School, The Spence School)Large-scale environmental conservation (e.g., The Nature Conservancy)Workforce development and social enterprise supporting employment for disadvantaged populations (e.g., REDF)Philanthropic support for access/mentoring initiatives (e.g., Together Achieving Dreams Foundation)

    Who They Fund

    students/learnerseducational institutions and education-focused nonprofits

    About Nuttall Family Foundation

    A defining feature of the Nuttall Family Foundation is its concentration of very large, repeat general-support grants to a small set of institutions, especially Brown University. Brown appears multiple times across 2023 to 2025, including awards of $1,100,000 in both 2023 and 2024 and $1,157,170 in 2025, indicating a sustained relationship rather than isolated support. The foundation also backs elite K–12 education, with Collegiate School receiving $1,654,699 in 2025 and The Spence School funded in both 2024 and 2025. Beyond education, its recent giving includes environmental conservation and workforce-related philanthropy, showing a limited but distinct set of priorities. The grant list suggests a funder that prefers institutional support for established organizations and uses sizable awards as the main mechanism of support. Its recent portfolio is almost entirely U.S.-based and heavily weighted toward educational institutions in the Northeast, with New York recipients especially prominent.

    What Nuttall Family Foundation Funds

    Education is the clearest throughline in the foundation’s recent grants. It gave $1,654,699 to Collegiate School in New York for education general support, and $105,417 to The Spence School for the same purpose. Higher education is a second major lane: Brown University received $1,157,170 in 2025 and $1,100,000 in both 2023 and 2024, all labeled education general support. The foundation also makes grants outside formal schooling. The Nature of Conservancy received $500,000 in general support, and Redf in San Francisco received $109,992 in general support, pointing to selective support for environmental conservation and workforce-related work. Together Achieving Dreams Foundation also received $200,000 in general support.

    How Nuttall Family Foundation Gives

    The typical grant size is high: the 25th percentile is $600,000, and both the median and 75th percentile are $1,100,000, which points to a narrow band of large awards. The recent record also shows repeat support to the same recipients across multiple years, especially Brown University and The Spence School, suggesting ongoing institutional relationships. Grants are generally structured as general support rather than tightly restricted project funding. The foundation is not a foundation that funds individuals, and there is no indication of program-related investments.

    Financial Snapshot

    Annual Giving

    $6M

    Total Assets

    $78.1M

    Total Revenue

    $26.1M

    Total Expenses

    $3.9M

    Typical Grant Size

    Most grants fall between $600K and $1.1M, with a median of $1.1M.

    25th Percentile

    $600K

    Median

    $1.1M

    75th Percentile

    $1.1M

    Geographic Reach

    Regional2 states funded

    About 33% of grants go to recipients in NY.

    Funding intensity
    Low
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    Giving Approach

    Highly concentrated: small number of large grants to a few repeat institutional grantees, focused on general operating support rather than many small or project-specific gifts.

    Funding Style

    general operating supportunrestricted/general supportinstitutional support for education organizations

    Notable grantees: Brown University, Collegiate School, The Nature Conservancy, The Spence School, REDF

    Topics

    education — general supportorganizational sustainability for education providersprogrammatic support across educational activities

    Where Nuttall Family Foundation Makes Grants

    Grant recipients are entirely U.S.-based in the recent sample. New York stands out as the top state by grant count, and recipients in New York include Collegiate School and The Spence School in New York, NY. Providence, RI appears more than once through Brown University, while Arlington, VA and San Francisco, CA also appear among the larger recent grants. The recipient-country distribution is 100% U.S., with no non-U.S. grants in the provided list.

    Frequently Asked Questions About Nuttall Family Foundation

    What kinds of organizations does the Nuttall Family Foundation support most often?

    Its recent grants are concentrated in education, especially private K–12 schools and higher education. Brown University, Collegiate School, and The Spence School all appear in the recent grant list, each receiving general-support funding. The foundation also makes smaller numbers of grants in environmental conservation and workforce-related philanthropy.

    Does the foundation tend to make repeat grants?

    Yes. Brown University received grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025, and The Spence School appears in both 2024 and 2025. That pattern points to continued support for a limited set of institutions rather than one-time grants across a broad roster.

    What is the typical grant size?

    The grant-size distribution is very large: the 25th percentile is $600,000, and both the median and 75th percentile are $1,100,000. That means most recent awards in the sample are clustered around seven-figure or near-seven-figure amounts.

    Where do most of the grants go geographically?

    The top state by grant count is New York, and 33% of grants in the provided data go to recipients in the HQ state. Recent New York recipients include Collegiate School and The Spence School in New York, NY.

    Does the foundation make grants to individuals or program-related investments?

    No. The foundation is listed as not funding individuals and as not making program-related investments. The recent grants shown are institutional grants to schools, universities, and nonprofits.

    Latest 990 Filing

    2025

    Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.

    Recent Grants

    Most recent grants reported to the IRS.

    RecipientLocationAmountYearPurpose
    COLLEGIATE SCHOOLNEW YORK, NY$1,654,6992025EDUCATION - GENERAL SUPPORT
    BROWN UNIVERSITYPROVIDENCE, RI$1,157,1702025EDUCATION - GENERAL SUPPORT
    THE NATURE OF CONSERVANCYARLINGTON, VA$500,0002025GENERAL SUPPORT
    TOGETHER ACHIEVING DREAMS FOUNDATIONWILMINGTON, DE$200,0002025GENERAL SUPPORT
    REDFSAN FRANCISCO, CA$109,9922025GENERAL SUPPORT
    THE SPENCE SCHOOLNEW YORK, NY$105,4172025EDUCATION - GENERAL SUPPORT
    BROWN UNIVERSITYPROVIDENCE, RI$1,100,0002024EDUCATION - GENERAL SUPPORT
    THE SPENCE SCHOOLNEW YORK, NY$100,0002024EDUCATION - GENERAL SUPPORT
    BROWN UNIVERSITYPROVIDENCE, RI$1,100,0002023EDUCATION - GENERAL SUPPORT

    COLLEGIATE SCHOOL

    $1,654,699
    NEW YORK, NY2025

    EDUCATION - GENERAL SUPPORT

    BROWN UNIVERSITY

    $1,157,170
    PROVIDENCE, RI2025

    EDUCATION - GENERAL SUPPORT

    THE NATURE OF CONSERVANCY

    $500,000
    ARLINGTON, VA2025

    GENERAL SUPPORT

    TOGETHER ACHIEVING DREAMS FOUNDATION

    $200,000
    WILMINGTON, DE2025

    GENERAL SUPPORT

    REDF

    $109,992
    SAN FRANCISCO, CA2025

    GENERAL SUPPORT

    THE SPENCE SCHOOL

    $105,417
    NEW YORK, NY2025

    EDUCATION - GENERAL SUPPORT

    BROWN UNIVERSITY

    $1,100,000
    PROVIDENCE, RI2024

    EDUCATION - GENERAL SUPPORT

    THE SPENCE SCHOOL

    $100,000
    NEW YORK, NY2024

    EDUCATION - GENERAL SUPPORT

    BROWN UNIVERSITY

    $1,100,000
    PROVIDENCE, RI2023

    EDUCATION - GENERAL SUPPORT