Funding search · EIN 261207686 · Wilmington, DE

The John and Shirley Nash Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

137
grants reported
$463,750
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$3,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Top recipients

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  • French and Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust2 grants · $32,000
  • International Rescue Committee5 grants · $30,000
  • Paoli Memorial Hospital Foundation3 grants · $30,000
  • Philabundance3 grants · $29,000
  • Chester County Food Bank3 grants · $29,000
  • Save the Children Federation4 grants · $18,000
  • Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated3 grants · $17,000
  • Medecins Sans Frontieres USA2 grants · $16,000
  • Whyy3 grants · $15,000
  • Earthjustice3 grants · $14,500

Giving over time

$130,250
2022
$136,000
2023
$197,500
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 137 grants.

  • $22,000

    French and Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust · Devault, PA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Chester County Food Bank · Exton, PA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    International Rescue Committee · Albert Lea, MN · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Medecins Sans Frontieres USA · Hagerstown, MD · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Paoli Memorial Hospital Foundation · Paoli, PA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Philabundance · Philadelphia, PA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Chester County Food Bank · Exton, PA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    International Rescue Committee · Albert Lea, MN · 2023

    for the victims of the Syria and Turkey earthquake

  • $10,000

    Paoli Memorial Hospital Foundation · Paoli, PA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Philabundance · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    French and Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust · Phoenixville, PA · 2022

    Charitable Event

  • $10,000

    Paoli Memorial Hospital Foundation · Paoli, PA · 2022

    Hospital equipment fund

  • $9,000

    Chester County Food Bank · Exton, PA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $9,000

    Philabundance · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $8,000

    Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere · Merrifield, VA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $8,000

    Save the Children Federation · Fairfield, CT · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $7,000

    Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated · New York, NY · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $6,000

    Medecins Sans Frontieres USA · Hagerstown, MD · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $6,000

    Save the Children Federation · Fairfield, CT · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Abortion Liberation Fund of Pa · Philadelphia, PA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Handi-Crafters · Coatesville, PA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    National Public Radio · Baltimore, MD · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Safe Harbor of Chester County · West Chester, PA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    United States Fund for Unicef · New York, NY · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Whyy · Philadelphia, PA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere I · Merrifield, VA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated · New York, NY · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    International Rescue Committee · Albert Lea, MN · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Whyy · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated · Washington, DC · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Whyy · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $4,500

    Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $4,000

    Community Volunteers in Medicine · West Chester, PA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $4,000

    National Parks Conservation Association · Washington, DC · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $4,000

    Public Citizen Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $4,000

    Salvation Army · Philadelphia, PA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $4,000

    Handi-Crafters · Thorndale, PA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $4,000

    Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $4,000

    Safe Harbor of Chester County · West Chester, PA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $4,000

    United States Fund for Unicef · New York, NY · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $4,000

    World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $4,000

    Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere I · Merrifield, VA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $4,000

    Handi-Crafters · Thorndale, PA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $4,000

    Safe Harbor of Chester County · West Chester, PA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $4,000

    United States Fund for Unicef · New York, NY · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $4,000

    World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $3,750

    Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $3,500

    Community Volunteers in Medicine · West Chester, PA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $3,500

    National Parks Conservation Association · Washington, DC · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $3,500

    Salvation Army · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $3,500

    Community Volunteers in Medicine · West Chester, PA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $3,500

    National Parks Conservation Association · Washington, DC · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $3,500

    Salvation Army · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Coatesville Youth Initiative · Coatesville, PA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Greenpeace Fund · Washington, DC · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Natural Lands Trust Incorporated · Media, PA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Wgbh Educational Foundation · Boston, MA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Greenpeace Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    National Public Radio · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Wgbh Educational Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    International Rescue Committee · Albert Lea, MN · 2022

    Provide help for Ukraine refugees

  • $3,000

    Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc - Doctors Without · Hagerstown, MD · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc - Doctors Without · Hagerstown, MD · 2022

    Medical help for people affected by the war in Ukraine

  • $3,000

    Save the Children Federation · Fairfield, CT · 2022

    Help children impacted by the war in Ukraine

  • $2,500

    Greenpeace Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    National Public Radio · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Wgbh Educational Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Chester Springs Library · Chester Sprgs, PA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Historic Yellow Springs · Chester Springs, PA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Philadelphia Orchestra Association · Philadelphia, PA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Planned Parenthood Federation of America · Washington, DC · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Population Connection · Washington, DC · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Coatesville Youth Initiative · Coatesville, PA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Cure4cam · Downingtown, PA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Public Citizen Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    300 Committee Land Trust · Falmouth, MA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Coatesville Youth Initiative · Coatesville, PA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    International Rescue Committee · Albert Lea, MN · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Public Citizen Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,500

    Chester Springs Library · Chester Sprgs, PA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,500

    Historic Yellow Springs · Chester Springs, PA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,500

    Philadelphia Orchestra Association · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,500

    Population Connection · Washington, DC · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,500

    Chester Springs Library · Chester Sprgs, PA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,500

    Cure4cam · Downingtown, PA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,500

    Historic Yellow Springs · Chester Springs, PA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,500

    Philadelphia Orchestra Association · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    300 Committee Land Trust · East Falmouth, MA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Alexs Lemonade Stand Foundation · Wynnewood, PA · 2025

    Cure4Cam Hero Fund

  • $1,000

    American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerus · Darien, CT · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Boston University · Boston, MA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.