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Florence Nesh Charitable Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$330k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
6
Grants FY2025
8
Organizations funded FY2024
50%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$50,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$95,000
Organizations funded a year
4 to 11
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
3
Total assets, FY2025
$6.9M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Florence Nesh Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving6$330k33%
FY20248$315k50%
FY20234$365k100%
FY20225$309k0%
FY202110$327k70%
FY202011$343k100%
FY20194$305k100%
FY201811$270kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Health$1.4MEducation$1.1MHuman Services$40kArts & Culture$10kPhilanthropy$8kEmployment$4k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Georgetown University$294,50730%
Inova Health System Foundation$206,28630%
The George Washington University$197,50030%
Chase Brexton Health Services Inc$162,23120%
Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation$150,00031%
Wills Eye Foundation Inc$150,00025%
University of Maryland Foundation Inc$130,00020%
Suburban Hospital Foundation Inc$110,00022%
LuMind IDSC Foundation$80,00021%
Children's Research Institute$79,90720%
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All grantees of Florence Nesh Charitable Trust by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Georgetown University$294,50730%
Inova Health System Foundation$206,28630%
The George Washington University$197,50030%
Chase Brexton Health Services Inc$162,23120%
Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation$150,00031%
Wills Eye Foundation Inc$150,00025%
University of Maryland Foundation Inc$130,00020%
Suburban Hospital Foundation Inc$110,00022%
LuMind IDSC Foundation$80,00021%
Children's Research Institute$79,90720%
Suburban Hospital Inc$70,00010%
Children's National$50,00010%
Arthritis National Research Foundation$50,00011%
Orthobiologics Research Initiative Inc$50,0001n/a
The Virginia Hospital Center Foundation$42,00012%
Washington Hospital Center Corporation$40,00010%
Children's Scholarship Fund Baltimore$30,00022%
Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit$25,00010%
Nsabp Foundation Inc$20,00010%
Carlow University$20,00010%
Wilson College$20,00010%
Academy of Hope Adult Public Charter School$19,50010%
Planned Parenthood of Maryland Inc$15,00010%
The Seed School of Maryland$15,00010%
Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education$15,00010%
Baltimore Museum of Industry Inc$10,07510%
Friends of Patients at the NIH Inc$10,00012%
Lancaster Health Center$10,0001n/a
Vincentian Collaborative System$10,00010%
University of Pittsburgh$7,98110%
Shepherds Clinic Inc$7,50010%
So What Else Inc$7,50011%
Breakthrough of Greater Philadelphia$6,00012%
Clarion University Foundation Inc$5,11910%
Beyond Literacy$5,00010%
Community Learning Center$4,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($438k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Florence Nesh Charitable Trust supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGeorgetown University: $294,507 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetInova Health System Foundation: $206,286 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe George Washington University: $197,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChase Brexton Health Services Inc: $162,231 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSibley Memorial Hospital Foundation: $150,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetWills Eye Foundation Inc: $150,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetUniversity of Maryland Foundation Inc: $130,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSuburban Hospital Foundation Inc: $110,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetLuMind IDSC Foundation: $80,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetChildren's Research Institute: $79,907 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSuburban Hospital Inc: $70,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's National: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArthritis National Research Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetThe Virginia Hospital Center Foundation: $42,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetWashington Hospital Center Corporation: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Scholarship Fund Baltimore: $30,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetDuquesne University of the Holy Spirit: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNsabp Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCarlow University: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWilson College: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAcademy of Hope Adult Public Charter School: $19,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Maryland Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Seed School of Maryland: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBaltimore Museum of Industry Inc: $10,075 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFriends of Patients at the NIH Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetVincentian Collaborative System: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of Pittsburgh: $7,981 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShepherds Clinic Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSo What Else Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBreakthrough of Greater Philadelphia: $6,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetClarion University Foundation Inc: $5,119 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBeyond Literacy: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCommunity Learning Center: $4,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 34.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Truist Foundation IncClark-Winchcole Found…France-Merrick Founda…The United Way of Cen…Baltimore Community F…The Philadelphia Foun…The Myrtle Forsha Mem…The Abell Foundation …The Ayco Charitable F…Nora Roberts Foundati…T Rowe Price Program …Greater Washington Co…
Truist Foundation IncFL16.1× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Truist Foundation Inc · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · The Philadelphia Foundation · The Myrtle Forsha Memorial Trust · The Abell Foundation Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Nora Roberts Foundation · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Greater Washington Community Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Florence Nesh Charitable Trust

How much does Florence Nesh Charitable Trust give?
Florence Nesh Charitable Trust reported 6 grants totaling $329,997 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Florence Nesh Charitable Trust fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (56%), Education (42%), Human Services (2%).
Who are Florence Nesh Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Georgetown University ($295k), Inova Health System Foundation ($206k), The George Washington University ($198k).
Does Florence Nesh Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Florence Nesh Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Florence Nesh Charitable Trust?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Truist Foundation Inc, Clark-Winchcole Foundation, France-Merrick Foundation Inc.
Where is Florence Nesh Charitable Trust based?
Florence Nesh Charitable Trust is based in PA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 43 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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