Ohio · Private foundation
Nesalis Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $24k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $13,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $109k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations Nesalis Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $24k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $27k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $25k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $34k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $36k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $29k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $34k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $27k | 21% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timonium Presbyterian Church | $66,400 | 7 | n/a |
| Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc | $28,000 | 9 | n/a |
| A Child's Hope International | $26,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Montgomery Community Church | $20,600 | 6 | n/a |
| Cbmc International Inc | $11,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Wesley Theological Seminary of the Methodist Church | $9,375 | 3 | n/a |
| City Gospel Mission and Affiliates | $8,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Eve Center Inc | $2,200 | 2 | n/a |
| First Fruits Farm Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timonium Presbyterian Church | $66,400 | 7 | n/a |
| Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc | $28,000 | 9 | n/a |
| A Child's Hope International | $26,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Montgomery Community Church | $20,600 | 6 | n/a |
| Cbmc International Inc | $11,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Wesley Theological Seminary of the Methodist Church | $9,375 | 3 | n/a |
| City Gospel Mission and Affiliates | $8,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Eve Center Inc | $2,200 | 2 | n/a |
| First Fruits Farm Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Matthew 25 Ministries Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Prodigal Ministries Inc Dba Design and Intent Ministries | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Cincinnati Nature Center | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Honor Flight Inc | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Disabled American Veterans | $175 | 2 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $100 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($89k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Nesalis Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Nesalis Foundation
- How much does Nesalis Foundation give?
- Nesalis Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $24,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Nesalis Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (61%), International (10%), Human Services (3%).
- Who are Nesalis Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Timonium Presbyterian Church ($66k), Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc ($28k), A Child's Hope International ($27k).
- Does Nesalis Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Nesalis Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Nesalis Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Johnson Charitable Gift Fund, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is Nesalis Foundation based?
- Nesalis Foundation is based in OH.
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