Newhouse Scholarship Trust Fund
Newhouse Scholarship Trust Fund is a private foundation, based in Culpeper, VA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $185K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 3 grants totaling $5K. Net investment income was $3K.
Newhouse Scholarship Trust Fund at a glance
In short: Newhouse Scholarship Trust Fund gave $5K across 3 grants in 2025 (avg $2K), mostly in Virginia. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $5,170
- -25.6% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 3
- -25.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $1,723
- -0.8% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $1,723
- Total assets
- $184,578
- -1.5% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Virginia (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Newhouse Scholarship Trust Fund funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
19 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 19 grants of 19 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 3 itemized grants.
Cities
How Newhouse Scholarship Trust Fund gives
- Giving fell 42% from 2022 to 2025. Method
- In 2025 it paid out 70% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Foundations have until the end of the next year to meet it. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $5K (2025) to $10K (2021). In 2025 it made 3 grants totaling $5K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 3 individual scholarships Recipients not named | — | $5,170 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $184,578 | $5,427 | $10,065 | $5,170 | 3 | $7,286 | $3,454 | $10,450 |
| 2024 | $187,478 | $38,062 | $11,863 | $6,952 | 4 | $9,529 | $35,812 | $9,469 |
| 2023 | $161,279 | $8,270 | $12,869 | $8,128 | 4 | $10,370 | $6,020 | $9,193 |
| 2022 | $165,878 | $20,230 | $13,136 | $8,932 | 4 | $10,720 | $17,926 | $9,918 |
| 2021 | $158,784 | $10,475 | $14,168 | $9,629 | 4 | $11,705 | $8,056 | $11,008 |
| 2020 | $162,477 | $6,997 | $13,365 | $9,590 | 4 | — | $2,961 | $9,880 |
| 2019 | $168,845 | $5,875 | $11,776 | $7,112 | 4 | — | $3,625 | $9,840 |
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Newhouse Scholarship Trust Fund reported a distributable amount of $10K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Newhouse Scholarship Trust Fund is led by Atlantic Union, Trustee on every filing since 2021 — the only officer listed, and compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Atlantic Union
Trustee
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
$3K (2021) → $3K (2025)
Former officers (1)
- Former: Middleburg Financial (2019–2020) — Trustee
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $3K, to Atlantic Union (Trustee).
Frequently asked questions about Newhouse Scholarship Trust Fund
How much does Newhouse Scholarship Trust Fund give each year?
Newhouse Scholarship Trust Fund gave $5K across 3 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $7K across 4 grants.
What is Newhouse Scholarship Trust Fund's typical grant size?
Newhouse Scholarship Trust Fund's median grant in 2025 was $1,723, and its average grant was $1,723, across 3 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
Where does Newhouse Scholarship Trust Fund give grants?
Newhouse Scholarship Trust Fund gives mostly in Virginia: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there.
Does Newhouse Scholarship Trust Fund give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 3 grants with a stated purpose on Newhouse Scholarship Trust Fund's 2025 IRS Form 990-PF were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Scholarship" (3 grants).
How large is Newhouse Scholarship Trust Fund?
Newhouse Scholarship Trust Fund reported $185K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $7K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $10K (roughly 5% of its investment assets). Falling short in one year is not a violation: foundations have until the end of the next year to meet the minimum.
What is Newhouse Scholarship Trust Fund's EIN?
Newhouse Scholarship Trust Fund's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 54-6260176. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 21, 2020)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS March 9, 2021)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS April 11, 2022)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS February 1, 2023)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS March 7, 2024)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS March 5, 2025)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 22, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025
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