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Private foundation (trust)EIN 134007527Est. 1999-01

THE ROBERT AND KATE NIEHAUS FOUNDATION

NEW YORK, NY 10021

Total Assets

$33.3M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$6.3M

FY 2024

Grants Made

26

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$241K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$37–$1.3M

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$9.4M

Total Expenses

$6.7M

Qualifying Distributions

$6.3M

Distributable Amount

$1.6M

Min. Investment Return

$1.6M

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

26 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $37 through median $200K to maximum $1.3M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

4 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $6.6M in 2022. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

115 grants

THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
$2.3M
3 grants
DON BOSCO CRISTO REY HIGH SCHOOL
$2.0M
4 grants
SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS INC
$2M
4 grants
MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER
$2M
4 grants
CAMFED USA FOUNDATION
$1.9M
4 grants
GOOD SHEPHERD SERVICES
$1.6M
3 grants
CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION
$1.3M
3 grants
DE LA SALLE ACADEMY
$1M
4 grants

Grant Size Distribution

115 grants

<$10K
17
grants
$10–50K
14
grants
$50–250K
56
grants
$250K–1M
26
grants
$1–5M
2
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

11 states

New York
$13.1M
53% of total
New Jersey
$2.4M
10% of total
District of Columbia
$2.3M
9% of total
California
$2.1M
9% of total
Maryland
$1.9M
8% of total
Connecticut
$1M
4% of total
Colorado
$600K
2% of total
Iowa
$500K
2% of total
Louisiana
$445K
2% of total
Massachusetts
$225K
1% of total

+1 more states

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