New Priorities Foundation

The New Priorities Foundation is a Berkeley, California-based private foundation that was founded in 1997 with the goal of funding left-of-center social and environmentalist nonprofits. 1

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At-A-Glance

Type: Non-profit, 501(c)(3)
Issue Areas: Multi-Issue Advocacy
Location: Berkeley, CA View on map
Tax ID: 91-1805939
Most Recent Filing: 2023
Budget (2023): Assets: $12,316,500 Revenue: $386,346 Expenses: $447,065

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    Leadership

    Nancy G. Schaub is the President and board member of the New Priorities Foundation. 2

    Anne Schaub Watson is the board secretary of the New Priorities Foundation. 2

    Tim Schaub is the board treasurer of the New Priorities Foundation. 2

    Harald Leventhal is a board member of the New Priorities Foundation. 2 Leventhal is the current president of Leventhal Kline Management Inc. (LKM) and was the chief financial officer of the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, Marin, the Peninsula, and Sonoma Counties before co-founding LKM in 1998. 3 Leventhal is also a senior advisor at Third Plateau Social Impact Strategies, a philanthropic advisory organization. 4

    Benita Kline is the assistant secretary of the New Priorities Foundation’s board of directors. 2 Kline co-founded LKM with Leventhal back in 1998 and is the current vice president. 3 Kline is also a senior advisor at Third Plateau Impact Strategies. 5

    Funding

    The New Priorities Foundation’s top five grantees since as early as 2003 are the following: Occidental Arts and Ecology Center at $2,145,000; Women’s Voices for the Earth at $307,258; EcoTrust at $295,000; Center for Ecoliteracy at $272,000; and Climate Solutions at $270,000. 6

    Financial Statistics

    Total Assets

    Total Revenue

    Total Expenses

    YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
    2023 $12,316,500 $386,346 $447,065 View
    2022 $11,032,754 $602,347 $593,438 View
    2021 $13,713,342 $1,802,879 $676,978 View
    2020 $11,994,683 $1,076,093 $460,886 View
    2019 $10,820,188 $181,129 $809,547 View

    Prior year filings: 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

    Expenses Detail

    Grant Activity

    All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:

    • Total Grant Value: $8,276,491
    • Number of Grants: 255
    • Number of Recipients: 97

    Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years:

    AmountYearFunderSubject
    $100,0002021 Psi Chi the National Honor Society in PsychologyGonzaga Center for Climate, Society & the Environment
    $100,0002020 OCCIDENTAL ARTS AND ECOLOGY CENTERGeneral Support
    $50,0002023 Inland Northwest Land ConservancyGeneral Support
    $50,0002023 Jundt Art MuseumGonzaga Center for Climate, Society & the Environment
    $50,0002023 Spokane AllianceGeneral Support
    $50,0002022 Inland Northwest Land ConservancyGeneral Support
    $50,0002022 Jundt Art MuseumGonzaga Center for Climate, Society & the Environment
    $50,0002022 Jundt Art MuseumGeneral Support
    $50,0002022 ZOOTOWN ARTS COMMUNITY CENTERSolar Project
    $50,0002021 Inland Northwest Land ConservancyGeneral Support
    $50,0002021 OCCIDENTAL ARTS AND ECOLOGY CENTERCovid Relief
    $50,0002021 The Cultural ConservancyRightful Return
    $50,0002020 Inland Northwest Land ConservancyGeneral Support
    $50,0002020 Weaving Voices for Health & JusticeGeneral Support
    $40,0002023 Common Good Montana IncGeneral Support
    $40,0002022 Missoula Interfaith CollaborativeCommon Ground Missoula – Leadership Development
    $40,0002021 Missoula Interfaith CollaborativeCommon Ground Missoula – Leadership Development
    $30,0002023 EarthjusticeGeneral Support
    $30,0002022 EarthjusticeGeneral Support
    $30,0002022 GALLATIN VALLEY LAND TRUSTGeneral Support
    $25,0002023 EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE INCCalCAN
    $25,0002023 Garden City Harvest IncGeneral Support
    $25,0002023 The Lands CouncilGeneral Support
    $25,0002022 EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE INCWEA Program
    $25,0002022 EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE INCCalCAN

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    References

    1. “New Priorities Foundation.” New Priorities Foundation. Accessed August 08, 2019. http://www.newpriorities.org/.
    2. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990). New Priorities Foundation. 2017.
    3. Leventhal Kline Management Inc. Accessed August 09, 2019. http://www.philanthropicadvisor.com/whoweare_LKMteam.html.
    4. “Third Plateau.” Third Plateau. Accessed August 09, 2019. https://www.thirdplateau.com/team-member/harald-leventhal/.
    5. “Third Plateau.” Third Plateau. Accessed August 09, 2019. https://www.thirdplateau.com/team-member/benita-kline/.
    6. Information provided by FoundationSearch. New Priorities Foundation. www.FoundationSearch.com