Funding search · EIN 956092682 · Chicago, IL

Nesbitt 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.

46
grants reported
$4.3M
total given
2023–2025
filing years
$77,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20232025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Pacific Clinics3 grants · $450,000
  • Guide Dogs of the Desert3 grants · $400,000
  • Los Angeles Regional2 grants · $380,000
  • United Friends of the3 grants · $325,000
  • Nazareth House2 grants · $300,000
  • United States Veterans3 grants · $260,000
  • Helping Hands for the Blind3 grants · $255,000
  • Pasadena Senior Center3 grants · $220,000
  • Los Angeles Regional Food Bank1 grant · $200,000
  • Pasadena Educational Foundation1 grant · $200,000

Giving over time

$1.1M
2023
$1.2M
2024
$2.0M
2025

Grant history

All 46 reported grants, largest first.

  • $200,000

    Guide Dogs of the Desert · Whitewater, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $200,000

    Los Angeles Regional Food Bank · Vernon, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $200,000

    Nazareth House · San Diego, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $200,000

    Pasadena Educational Foundation · Pasadena, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $190,000

    Los Angeles Regional · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $190,000

    Los Angeles Regional · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General

  • $150,000

    Pacific Clinics · Los Gatos, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $150,000

    Pasadena Senior Center · Pasadena, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $150,000

    United States Veterans · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $150,000

    Pacific Clinics · Los Gatos, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $150,000

    Pacific Clinics · Los Gatos, CA · 2023

    General

  • $125,000

    United Friends of the · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $100,000

    Helping Hands for the Blind · Chatsworth, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $100,000

    Pasadena Meals On Wheels · Pasadena, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $100,000

    Guide Dogs of the Desert · Whitewater, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $100,000

    Nazareth House · San Diego, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $100,000

    United Friends of the · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $100,000

    Guide Dogs of the Desert · Whitewater, CA · 2023

    General

  • $100,000

    Sisters of Nazareth · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General

  • $100,000

    United Friends of the · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General

  • $90,000

    All Peoples Christian · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $90,000

    Woodcraft Rangers · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $80,000

    Helping Hands for the Blind · Chatsworth, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $75,000

    Fulfillment Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $75,000

    Jewish Big Brothers · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $75,000

    Journey House · Pasadena, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $75,000

    Helping Hands for the Blind · Chatsworth, CA · 2023

    General

  • $60,000

    Griffith Observatory Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $60,000

    Fulfillment Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $60,000

    United States Veterans · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    All Peoples Christian · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Griffith Observatory Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Jewish Big Brothers · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Journey House · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Pasadena Meals On Wheels · Pasadena, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Pasadena Senior Center · Pasadena, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Woodcraft Rangers · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Fulfillment Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General

  • $50,000

    United States Veterans · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General

  • $50,000

    Woodcraft Rangers · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General

  • $45,000

    All Peoples Christian · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General

  • $40,000

    Griffith Observatory Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General

  • $40,000

    Journey House · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General

  • $35,000

    Pasadena Meals On Wheels · Pasadena, CA · 2023

    General

  • $25,000

    Jewish Big Brothers · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General

  • $20,000

    Pasadena Senior Center · Pasadena, CA · 2023

    General

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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.