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.
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.
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.
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.
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$78.1M
$26.1M
$3.9M
Most grants fall between $600K and $1.1M, with a median of $1.1M.
25th Percentile
$600K
Median
$1.1M
75th Percentile
$1.1M
About 33% of grants go to recipients in NY.
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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.
Notable grantees: Brown University, Collegiate School, The Nature Conservancy, The Spence School, REDF
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COLLEGIATE SCHOOL | NEW YORK, NY | $1,654,699 | 2025 | EDUCATION - GENERAL SUPPORT |
| BROWN UNIVERSITY | PROVIDENCE, RI | $1,157,170 | 2025 | EDUCATION - GENERAL SUPPORT |
| THE NATURE OF CONSERVANCY | ARLINGTON, VA | $500,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| TOGETHER ACHIEVING DREAMS FOUNDATION | WILMINGTON, DE | $200,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| REDF | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $109,992 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| THE SPENCE SCHOOL | NEW YORK, NY | $105,417 | 2025 | EDUCATION - GENERAL SUPPORT |
| BROWN UNIVERSITY | PROVIDENCE, RI | $1,100,000 | 2024 | EDUCATION - GENERAL SUPPORT |
| THE SPENCE SCHOOL | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2024 | EDUCATION - GENERAL SUPPORT |
| BROWN UNIVERSITY | PROVIDENCE, RI | $1,100,000 | 2023 | EDUCATION - GENERAL SUPPORT |
COLLEGIATE SCHOOL
$1,654,699EDUCATION - GENERAL SUPPORT
BROWN UNIVERSITY
$1,157,170EDUCATION - GENERAL SUPPORT
THE NATURE OF CONSERVANCY
$500,000GENERAL SUPPORT
TOGETHER ACHIEVING DREAMS FOUNDATION
$200,000GENERAL SUPPORT
REDF
$109,992GENERAL SUPPORT
THE SPENCE SCHOOL
$105,417EDUCATION - GENERAL SUPPORT
BROWN UNIVERSITY
$1,100,000EDUCATION - GENERAL SUPPORT
THE SPENCE SCHOOL
$100,000EDUCATION - GENERAL SUPPORT
BROWN UNIVERSITY
$1,100,000EDUCATION - GENERAL SUPPORT