FundersNew York

Nordemann Foundation

Merrick, NY · EIN 11-2667115. Reported 106 grants totalling $330,100 to 33 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$2,000median grant
$330,100granted, 2021-2024
33organizations funded
88%of grantees funded again the next year
$1,659,946assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Nordemann Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $2,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $4,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $12,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
15 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
67 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
17 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
7 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
International Rescue CommitteeNyc, NY$44,000442024
Doctors Without BordersNyc, NY$38,500442024
Feeding AmericaChicago, IL$35,000442024
Scholarship AmericaBloomington, MN$29,000442024
La FamilaSanta Fe, NM$18,500442024
Family Service LeagueHuntington, NY$17,500442024
Into the Looking Glass-Medi-CosPueblo, CO$15,000332024
World Wildlife FundWashington, DC$13,500442024
St Judes HospitalMemphis, TN$11,000442024
Acion InternationalBoston, MA$9,500442024
AmericaresStamford, CT$9,500442024
Hole in the Wall GangNew Haven, CT$8,500442024
Homes for Our TroopsTaunton, MA$8,300442024
Cousteau SocietyChesapeake, VA$8,200442024
Wellspring LivingAtlanta, GA$7,000222022
Long Island CaresHauppauge, NY$6,000442024
St Vincents HospitalSanta Fe, NM$6,000442024
Into the Looking GlassPueblo, CO$5,000112023
Children of the NightLos Angeles, CA$4,900222024
Plan USAWarwick, RI$4,600442024
Memorial Sloan KetteringNyc, NY$4,500442024
Huntington HospitalHuntington, NY$4,000332024
KnmeAlbuquere, NM$4,000442024
Heart and Soul Animal SanctuarySanta Fe, NM$3,700442024
Thirteen WNETNyc, NY$3,000332023
Prasad ProjectLiberty, NY$2,500222024
Delancy Street FoundationSan Francisco, CA$2,100332023
Huntington Community First Aid SquadHuntington, NY$2,000442024
Huntington Fire DeptHuntington, NY$1,500332023
Northwell Health-Hntington HospitalHuntington, NY$1,000112023
Thitreen WNETNyc, NY$1,000112024
Delancey Street FoundationSan Francisco, CA$800112024
Huntington Fire DepartmentHuntington, NY$500112024

28 of 33 (85%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 88%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 68 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

International Affairs
15 grants
Health Care
11 grants
Human Services
10 grants
Public Safety & Disaster Relief
5 grants
Food & Nutrition
4 grants
Animal Welfare
4 grants
Recreation & Sports
4 grants
Housing & Shelter
4 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202126$87,100$1,900
202226$74,000$2,000
202327$80,000$2,000
202427$89,000$2,500

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 38% of this one's giving went to organizations in New York. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

New York
$126K
Illinois
$35K
New Mexico
$32K
Minnesota
$29K
Colorado
$20K
Connecticut
$18K
Massachusetts
$18K
District of Columbia
$14K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund10 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc10 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc9 shared recipientsThe Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc9 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program9 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust9 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Nordemann Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: C/O Reisner 137 Babylon Tpke, Merrick, NY, 11566. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 11-2667115 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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