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Nesbitt Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Nesbitt Family Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$147k
Granted FY2025still arriving
24
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$266kHealth$222kFood & Nutrition$136kHuman Services$81kAnimals$73kRecreation & Sports$45kCrime & Legal$43kArts & Culture$41kOther$0
02FY2025 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k18 grants · $77k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $70k
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY$15,000
WYOMING VALLEY CHILDRENS ASSOC$15,000
CORI'S PLACE$10,000
WYOMING SEMINARY PREP SCHOOL$10,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE$10,000
PENN STATE WILKES BARRE$10,000
DINNER FOR KIDS$9,500
LANDS HILLSIDE FARMS$5,500
WOMENS RESOURCE CENTER$5,000
UNITED WAY OF WYOMING VALLEY$5,000
FM KIRBY CENTER$5,000
GEISINGER COMMONWEALTH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE$5,000
ST STEPHEN'S EPISCOPALIAN CHURCH$4,500
CEO WEINBERG FOOD BANK$4,500
BREAD BASKET OF NEPA$4,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $81k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%CASA OF WYOMING VALLEY: $5k → 15%RONALD MCDONALD HSE OF SCRANTON: $5k → 13%CORI'S PLACE: $11k → 15%CORI'S PLACE: $10k → 15%CORI'S PLACE: $10k → 15%CORIS PLACE: $10k → 15%CASA OF LUZERNE COUNTY: $5k → 15%CASA OF LUZERNE COUNTY: $5k → 15%CASA OF LUZERNE COUNTY: $5k → 15%CASA OF LUZERNE COUNTY: $5k → 15%CASA OF LUZERNE COUNTY: $5k → 15%CASA OF LUZERNE COUNTY: $5k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$851k · 31 repeat orgs$149k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

31 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
28

Total granted

$851k
$125k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
0%

Still filing today

48%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

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Food & NutritionHuman ServicesEducationHousing & ShelterArts & CultureHealthOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • WV
    WYOMING VALLEY CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $100k · revenue +29%
  • MU
    MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY
    7× · 2019–2025 · $80k · revenue +28%
  • GC
    GEISINGER COMMONWEALTH SCH OF MED
    5× · 2021–2025 · $45k · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • MH
    MOUNTAINTOP HOSE CO #1
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
  • FD
    FOOD DIGNITY
    one grant, 2022 · $7k
  • BM
    BACK MOUNTAIN MEMORIAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2020 · $6k · revenue -9%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Meals On Wheels of Northeastern Pa Inc

Provides nourishing, well-balanced meals to homebound, elderly, and/or disabled persons throughout lackawanna county to improve the health and quality of life of the local community.

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2
Valley Community Library

Public lending library

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3
Mckeesport Meals on Wheels Inc

McKeesport Area Meals on Wheels provides meals to numerous McKeesport Area elderly anddisabled individuals throughtout the calender year.

Food & Nutrition
4
Laurel Valley Senior Citizens Center

Operation of three senior citizens centers with approximately 450 seniors citizens thru the Westmoreland County Area Agency on Aging.

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5
Northeastern Pennsylvania Health Care Foundation
Education
6
West Chester Food Cupboard

The west chester food cupboard is one of the largest hunger relief agencies in chester county. we are the primary source of food assistance for low- income residents living in and around the west chester area school district. west chester…

Food & Nutrition
7
Western Pocono Community Library

Public Library open free of charge to all members of the community

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8
Keystone Hospice

Providing comprehensive home-based and facility based hospice care to children and adults with life limiting and life threatening illnesses in southeastern pennsylvania. in addition, keystone hospice provides residential care through…

Human Services
9
North Pocono Public Library

Public lending library

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10
Woodside Meals On Wheels

Woodside Meals on Wheels is an all-volunteer organization. We package and deliver meals to individuals in Lower Bucks County who are home-bound and unable to prepare meals for themselves. By providing this service, the Meals on Wheels team…

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11
The Lutheran Service Society of W Pa

With christ's guidance, lutheran service society offers programs that empower our neighbors to lead independent, dignified, and secure lives.

Human Services
12
Wyoming County Historical Society

To make historical information about wyoming county, pa available to the public

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Wyoming Valley; the most unlike its peers is Cori's Place. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

29 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 29 of the 66 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/29
Grantees still filing
16/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WYOMING SEMINARY PREP SCHOOL: $85,000 · OtherWYOMING SEMINARY PREP SCHOOLIndividual grant recipient: $45,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBLUE CHIP FARM ANIMAL RESCUE: $40,425 · OtherBLUE CHIP FARM ANIMAL RESCUEWOMENS RESOURCE CENTER: $40,000 · OtherWOMENS RESOURCE CENTERPENN STATE WILKES BARRE: $30,000 · OtherPENN STATE WILKES BARREOSTERHOUT FREE LIBRARY: $30,000 · OtherOSTERHOUT FREE LIBRARY+45 more: $288,200 · Other+45 moreMISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY: $80,000 · EducationMISERICORDIA UNIV…GEISINGER COMMONWEALTH SCH OF MED: $45,000 · EducationGEISINGER COMMONW…WILKES UNIVERSITY: $30,000 · EducationWILKES UNIVERSITYWYOMING VALLEY CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION: $100,000 · HealthWYOMING VAL…CORI'S PLACE: $40,500 · Human ServicesCORI'S PL…CASA OF WYOMING VALLEY: $35,000 · Human ServicesCASA OF W…RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF SCRANTON INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesRONALD MC…+1 more: $2,500 · Human ServicesFORK OVER LOVE INC: $21,500 · Food & NutritionThe Lands at Hillside Farms: $19,880 · Food & NutritionTHE FOOD DIGNITY PROJECT: $5,000 · Food & NutritionTHE BREAD BASKET OF NORTHEASTERN PA: $4,500 · Food & NutritionBACK MOUNTAIN FOOD PANTRY: $4,500 · Food & NutritionDINNERS FOR KIDS INC: $24,500 · Recreation & SportsUNITED WAY OF WYOMING VALLEY: $22,500 · Philanthropy
Other$558,625Education$155,000Health$100,000Human Services$83,000Food & Nutrition$55,380Recreation & Sports$24,500Philanthropy$22,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWYOMING VALLEY CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION: $100,000 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetMISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY: $80,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGEISINGER COMMONWEALTH SCH OF MED: $45,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCORI'S PLACE: $40,500 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetCASA OF WYOMING VALLEY: $35,000 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetWILKES UNIVERSITY: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOSTERHOUT FREE LIBRARY: $30,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetDINNERS FOR KIDS INC: $24,500 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetUNITED WAY OF WYOMING VALLEY: $22,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFORK OVER LOVE INC: $21,500 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetThe Lands at Hillside Farms: $19,880 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC: $15,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLEADERSHIP NORTHEAST: $12,500 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetDRESS FOR SUCCESS LUZERNE COUNTY: $11,500 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetBACK MOUNTAIN MEMORIAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION: $6,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNORTH BRANCH LAND TRUST: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF SCRANTON INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetWyoming Historical & Geological Society: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTHE FOOD DIGNITY PROJECT: $5,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetKEYSTONE RESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS: $4,500 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetTHE BREAD BASKET OF NORTHEASTERN PA: $4,500 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetBACK MOUNTAIN FOOD PANTRY: $4,500 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetDOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICE CENTER INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ARC OF LUZERNE COUNTY: $2,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetGREATER WYOMING VALLEY AREA YMCA: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDAUPHIN COUNTY VOA LIVING CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds WYOMING VALLEY CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds GEISINGER COMMONWEALTH SCH OF MED ↗
  • Who funds CORI'S PLACE ↗
  • Who funds CASA OF WYOMING VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds WILKES UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds OSTERHOUT FREE LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds DINNERS FOR KIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF WYOMING VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds FORK OVER LOVE INC ↗
  • Who funds The Lands at Hillside Farms ↗
  • Who funds SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC ↗
  • Who funds LEADERSHIP NORTHEAST ↗
  • Who funds DRESS FOR SUCCESS LUZERNE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds BACK MOUNTAIN MEMORIAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds NORTH BRANCH LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF SCRANTON INC ↗
  • Who funds Wyoming Historical & Geological Society ↗

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.

The Blackhorse Founda…William G McGowan Cha…The Luzerne FoundationMaslow Family Foundat…The Tambur Family Fou…Joseph and Erma Pagli…Benco Family Foundati…Joseph B and Virginia…Sordoni Foundation IncAllone FoundationSordoni Family Founda…Allone Charities
The Blackhorse FoundationPA34.8× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Blackhorse Foundation · William G McGowan Charitable Fund · The Luzerne Foundation · Maslow Family Foundation Inc · The Tambur Family Foundation · Joseph and Erma Paglianite Charitable Foundation · Benco Family Foundation Fka Cohen Family Charitable Foundation · Joseph B and Virginia H Banks Foundation · Sordoni Foundation Inc · Allone Foundation · Sordoni Family Foundation · Allone Charities

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Nesbitt Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nesbitt Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 66 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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