Nelson B Delavan Found Part a XXXXX9000
Chicago, IL · EIN 16-6260274. Reported 295 grants totalling $1,412,711 to 119 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. 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. Nelson B Delavan Found Part a XXXXX9000 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,000 and $5,000; the smallest was $650 and the largest $35,000. 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. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Association for Diplomatic Studies | Arlington, VA | $65,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Garth Newel Music Center | Warm Springs, VA | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| American Academy of Diplomacy | Washington, DC | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St Peters Community Arts Center | Geneva, NY | $35,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Lodi Whittier Library | Lodi, NY | $34,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts | Trumansburg, NY | $30,980 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Geneva Music Festival | Geneva, NY | $30,250 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Howland Stone Store Museum | Aurora, NY | $30,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Schweinfurth Memorial Art Gallery | Aubnurn, NY | $29,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Lodi Historical Society | Lodi, NY | $28,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Auburn Public Theater | Auburn, NY | $27,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Geneva Reads Inc | Geneva, NY | $27,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Between the Lakes Community Service Play | Ovid, NY | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Cayuga Museum | Auburn, NY | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Seneca Falls Library | Seneca Falls, NY | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Smith Center for the Arts Inc | Geneva, NY | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Seneca Museum of Waterways and Industry Inc | Seneca Falls, NY | $24,840 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Kneisel Hall | Blue Hill, ME | $24,700 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Company Theatre Inc | Norwell, MA | $24,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Interlaken Public Library | Interlaken, NY | $24,320 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Foreign Service Youth Foundation | Arlington, VA | $24,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Waterloo Library and Historical Society | Waterloo, NY | $23,700 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Seneca Falls It's a Wonderful Life Museum & Archives | Seneca Falls, NY | $22,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Geneva Light Opera | Geneva, NY | $21,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Rochester | Rochester, NY | $21,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Edith B Ford Memorial Library | Ovid, NY | $21,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Clyde - Savannah Public Library | Clyde, NY | $20,850 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Interlaken Historical Society | Interlaken, NY | $20,586 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Wayne County Council for the Arts | Newark, NY | $20,580 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Backbone Ridge Historical | Elmira, NY | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Finger Lakes Cultural & Natural History Museum | Branchport, NY | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Macedon Public Library | Macedon, NY | $18,950 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Geneva Historical Society | Geneva, NY | $18,150 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| South Seneca Middle School Class of 2027 | Ovid, NY | $18,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Reynolds Battery L First Ny Light | Lockport, NY | $16,100 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Seneca Falls Rotary Service Foundat | Seneca Falls, NY | $16,065 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Christ Episcopal Church | Willard, NY | $15,750 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Romulus Foundation for Educational | Romulus, NY | $15,357 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Collegetracks | Bethesda, MD | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Phelps-Clifton Springs Community Theater | Phelps, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Wayne County Historical Society | Lyons, NY | $13,400 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Humane Rescue Alliance | Washington, DC | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| South Seneca High School | Ovid, NY | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| South Seneca School District | Ovid, NY | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Romulus Foundation for Educational Opportunities Inc | Romulus, NY | $11,042 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Trumansburg After School Program | Trumansburg, NY | $10,400 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Celebrate Commemorate Memorial Day | Waterloo, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| College Tracks | Silver Spring, MD | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Community Action of Napa Valley | Napa, CA | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Dacor Bacon House Foundation | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Greater Washington Community | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Henry L Stimson Center | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jewish Community Center Ofgreater Rochester | Rochester, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Naral Prochoice America Treasurers | Merrifield, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Population Services International | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Seneca 2000 Inc | Seneca Falls, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Peace | Baltimore, MD | $8,900 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Artis-Naples | Naples, FL | $8,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| American Foreign Service Association | Washington, DC | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Washington English Center | Washington, DC | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Ulysses Historical Society | Trumansburg, NY | $7,440 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Seneca Falls Performing Arts Center | Seneca Falls, NY | $6,975 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Central Park Conservancy | New York, NY | $6,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Maret School Inc | Washington, DC | $6,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| San Francisco Opera Association | San Francisco, CA | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Film Society of Lincoln | Ne Wyork, NY | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Peace for DC | Baltimore, MD | $5,900 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| American Diplomacy Publishers | Pittsboro, NC | $5,830 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Roch | Rochester, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Diplomacy Center Foundation | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Finger Lakes Cultural and Natural Museum and Aqarium | Branchport, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Schweinfurth Memorial Arts Center | Auburn, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Seneca Falls Its a Wonderful Life | Seneca Falls, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Public Theater | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Town of Fayette Historical Society LLC | Fayette, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ulysses Philomathic Library | Trumansburg, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Seneca Falls Historical Society | Seneca Falls, NY | $4,736 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Edith B Ford Mem Library of Ovid Ny | Ovid, NY | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Seneca Museum of Waterways and Indu | Seneca Falls, NY | $4,450 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Committee for the Republic | Flint Hill, VA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Geneva Theater Guild Inc | Geneva, NY | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Literacy Volunteers of Seneca County | Waterloo, NY | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Waterloo Library & Historical Society | Waterloo, NY | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wayne County Historical | Lyons, NY | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Christ Episcopal Church | Charlottesville, VA | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Town of Fayette Historicalsociety LLC | Fayette, NY | $3,100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Guitars Not Guns | Milliken, CO | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| New Endeavors By Women | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New York Shakespeare Festival | New York, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ole Health Foundation | Napa, CA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| San Francisco Opera | San Francisco, CA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Lifeflight Foundation | Bangor, ME | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Public Theatreny Shakespeare Festival | New York, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Foundation for Farm Workers | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| American Cancer Society | Oklahoma, OK | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Compassion and Choices | Portland, OR | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Earth Island Institute | Berkeley, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Foundation for Farmworkers | Raleigh, NC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Foundation for Farmworkers | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| J the Jewish News of Northern California | San Francisco, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| New York Public Radio | New York, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Our Lady of Mercy High School | Rochester, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Senior Living Foundation | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Weta Public Radio | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ovid Historical Society | Ovid, NY | $1,860 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| A Wider Circle | Kensington, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Bay Area Rescue Mission | Richmond, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Coalition on Homelessness | San Francisco, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jubilee Jobs Inc | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Next Step Domestic Violence Project | Ellsworth, ME | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Parkinsons Foundation | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Plastic Pollution Coalition | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Poynter Institute for Media Studies | St Petersburg, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| San Francisco Jewish Commspublication | San Francisco, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The San Francisco-Marin Food Bank | San Francisco, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Vivalon | San Rafael, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Volunteer Legal Advocates | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Weta Public Radio | Arlington, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
70 of 119 (59%) 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 76%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 146 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 53 | $274,560 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 52 | $295,490 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 58 | $240,662 | $4,750 |
| 2024 | 63 | $272,079 | $5,000 |
| 2025 | 69 | $329,920 | $5,000 |
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
69% of its giving went to organizations in New York. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- 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 Nelson B Delavan Found Part a XXXXX9000's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 10 S Dearborn IL1-0111, Chicago, IL, 60603. 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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