The Nicholas B Ottaway Fdn Inc
New York, NY · EIN 14-1505939. Reported 166 grants totalling $3,206,336 to 79 recipients 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. 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 89 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
54% 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 $20,000. 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 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). 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: 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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