The Nicholas B Ottaway Fdn Inc
New York, NY · EIN 14-1505939. Reported 166 grants totalling $3,206,336 to 79 organizations across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. The Nicholas B Ottaway Fdn Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $20,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $3,000 and the largest $53,462. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fund for Investigative Journalism | Washington, WA | $145,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Avid Escondido | Escondido, CA | $136,276 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Perkins School for the Blind | Watertown, MA | $136,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Trace | Brooklyn, NY | $130,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Fresh Meat Productions | San Francisco, CA | $115,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Inside Climate News | Ghent, NY | $105,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Carroll Center for the Blind | Newton, MA | $96,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Latino U College Access Inc (luca) | White Plains, NY | $94,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Reading Team Inc | New York, NY | $92,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Chess-in-the-Schools Inc | New York, NY | $89,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Escondido High School Avid | Escondido, CA | $87,560 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Good Dog Foundation Inc | Hudson, NY | $87,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Urban Arts | Bronxville, NY | $76,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| SUNY New Paltz Foundation Inc | New Paltz, NY | $75,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| South Bronx United | Bronx, NY | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Breakthrough Silicon Valley | San Jose, CA | $62,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Carter Burden Network Inc | New York, NY | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Rowny | New York, NY | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Mana De San Diego | San Diego, CA | $56,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Young Peoples Chorus of Nyc | New York, NY | $53,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Genesys Works Bay Area C/O Mackenzie Betrone-Harpst | San Francisco, CA | $52,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| New Heights Youth Inc | Harlem, NY | $51,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Committee to Protect Journalists | New York, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Long Island University George Polk Award | New Paltz, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| New Bedford Light | New Bedford, MA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Open Vallejo | Vallejo, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Maine Center for Public Interest Rep | Hallowell, ME | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Mentor for Change | Los Angeles, CA | $41,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Streetsquash | New York, NY | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| YWCA of Brooklyn Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $36,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Community Reporting Alliance | Chester, NY | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| San Francisco Public Press | San Francisco, CA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Goddard Riverside Community | New York, NY | $31,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Parent Institute for Qualitty Education (piqe) | National City, CA | $31,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bottomline | Jamaica Plain, MA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Committee to Protect Journalism | New York, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Inwood Academy | New York, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Parent Institute for Quality Education (piqe) | National City, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Figure Skating in Harlem | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Genesys Works (dc) | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Maine Center for Public Interest | Hallowell, ME | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ny Writers Coalition Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Reality Changers | San Diego, CA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Stonewall Inn Gives Back | New York, NY | $24,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Black Trans Femmes in the Arts | Brooklyn, NY | $22,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| All Hands and Hearts | Mattapoisett, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Breakthrough New York | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Carroll Center for the Blin | Newton, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Committee to Protect Journa | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fostering Media Connections | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Genesys (silicon Valley) | Oakland, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Goddard Riverside Comm Center | New York City, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Harlem Academy | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Kid Nuz | Alamo, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Long Island Uni George Polk Awards | New Paltz, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Marco Patriots Inc | Marco Island, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New York Therapy Animals Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| St Ignatius | Bronx, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Center for Empowerment & Education | Danbury, CT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Goddard Riverside Community Center | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Public Prep Network | Bronx, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sf Public Press | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Ignatius School | Bronx, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| For the Gworls | Brooklyn, NY | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Arts Business Collaborative | Woodside, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bronx Lacrosse | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Crossover Mission | Vero Beach, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Filomen M D Agostino Greenberg Sch | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| First Amendment Coalition | San Rafael, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Harlem Ed Activities Fund | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Eyes for the Needy Inc | Short Hills, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ny Presbyterian | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Peter Westbrook Fund | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Propel | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Safe Toddles Inc | Fishkill, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sam & Devorah Foundation | Chatham, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Vtdigger | Montpelier, VT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Young People's Chorus of New York City | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hitops Inc | Princeton, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
43 of 79 (54%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 59%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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 kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 89 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 31 | $651,500 | $20,000 |
| 2021 | 33 | $685,462 | $20,000 |
| 2022 | 32 | $643,460 | $20,000 |
| 2023 | 34 | $634,100 | $20,000 |
| 2024 | 36 | $591,814 | $15,000 |
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. 54% 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.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $20,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
- 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.
- 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 The Nicholas B Ottaway Fdn Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 12 East 49TH Street 35TH Floor, New York, NY, 10017. 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.
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