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Nicholas Martini Foundation

Accepts applications Newark, New Jersey · EIN 222756049

Nicholas Martini Foundation is a private foundation in Newark, New Jersey. In tax year 2024 it gave $813,829 in 87 grants; the typical grant was $3,000 and the largest $150,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was down from $973,933 the year before.

51% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$973,93357$14.3 million
2024$813,82987$15.0 million

How to apply

ContactNicholas Martini Foundation
PO Box 29, Newark, NJ 07101
Phone or email(973) 645-6340
What to submitNo specific form of grant application or information and materials.
DeadlinesNo submission deadline.
RestrictionsNo restrictions or limitations on awards.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Nicholas Martini Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its US grants went to recipients in 10 states, the most to New Jersey. It also paid $46,300 in 2 grants to recipients outside the US.

StateGrantsAmount
New Jersey38$445,120
New York38$221,789
Illinois1$25,000
Tennessee1$23,000
District of Columbia2$16,030
North Carolina1$15,000
Florida1$10,425
Pennsylvania1$5,275
Texas1$5,100
Delaware1$790

Grants paid in 2024

The 40 largest of 87 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Tri-Country Scholarship Fund
Mendham, NJ
General support$150,000
Passaic County Community College
Paterson, NJ
General support$100,000
Passaic Optimist Club
Passaic, NJ
General support$30,000
Tunnell to Towers
Staten Island, NY
General support$30,000
Community Food Bank
Hillside, NJ
General support$27,000
John Cabot UniversityGeneral support$26,300
Boys & Girls Club of Kip's Bay
Bronx, NY
General support$26,120
Hackensack Meridian Health
Edison, NJ
General support$25,000
International Fellowship of Christians and Jews
Chicago, IL
General support$25,000
Alsac
Memphis, TN
General support$23,000
American International School SystemGeneral support$20,000
Mental Health Clinic of Passaic
Passaic, NJ
General support$20,000
American Red Cross
New York, NY
General support$15,000
Salvation Army
Paterson, NJ
General support$15,000
Samaritan's Purse
Boone, NC
General support$15,000
Scholarship for Inner City
Newark, NJ
General support$15,000
St Catherine's Academy
Bronx, NY
General support$15,000
American Foundation-Savoy
New York, NY
General support$13,000
Niaf
Washington, DC
General support$11,030
Moma
New York, NY
General support$10,500
Buoniconti Fund
Miami, FL
General support$10,425
City Harvest
New York, NY
General support$10,000
The Doe Fund
New York, NY
General support$10,000
Wildlife Conservation Society
Bronx, NY
General support$10,000
Central Park Conservancy
New York, NY
General support$8,000
Hackensack University Medical
Hackensack, NJ
General support$8,000
St Joseph's Health Inc
Paramus, NJ
General support$7,500
The Bowery Mission
New York, NY
General support$7,500
Smile Train
New York, NY
General support$6,250
Madison Square Park Conservancy
New York, NY
General support$6,109
Coallition for the Homeless
New York, NY
General support$6,000
Gabrielle's Angels
New York, NY
General support$6,000
Italian Welfare League
New York, NY
General support$5,455
Villanova
Villanova, PA
General support$5,275
The Blanton Museum of Art
Austin, TX
General support$5,100
Boys & Girls Club of Newark
Newark, NJ
General support$5,000
Chabad of SE Morris County
Madison, NJ
General support$5,000
Special Olympics
Washington, DC
General support$5,000
Toys for Tots
New York, NY
General support$5,000
Verona - Unico
Verona, NJ
General support$5,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Nicholas Martini Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: No submission deadline.

How much does Nicholas Martini Foundation give?

$813,829 in tax year 2024, across 87 grants, with a typical grant of $3,000.

Who runs Nicholas Martini Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists William J Martini (Trustee/President), Gail A Hansen (Trustee) and William J Martini Jr (Trustee).

What does Nicholas Martini Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, international and health.

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