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The Nash 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.

$205k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
92
Grants FY2025
70
Organizations funded FY2024
37%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$700
Largest grant, FY2025
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
70 to 89
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
22
Total assets, FY2025
$4.5M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 37% of the organizations The Nash Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $84k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentAnimalsInternationalHealthOther
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 arriving90$205k27%
FY202470$221k37%
FY202370$221k31%
FY202289$218k40%
FY202172$178k26%
FY202087$196k31%
FY201975$196k44%
FY201888$172k52%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$450kEnvironment$267kHealth$202kHuman Services$147kHousing & Shelter$123kFood & Nutrition$113kEducation$105kCivil Rights$94kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
NH
WA
ID
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
OH
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
KY
WV
VA
MD
AZ
NM
TN
NC
SC
DC
LA
AL
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 296 grantees
All grantees of The Nash Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Cedar Cultural Center Inc$65,50042%
Esperanza United$57,50030%
Urban Boatbuilders Inc$54,25043%
Great River Greening$54,00031%
Tree Trust$54,00031%
Gf County Historical Society$52,50097%
Voyageurs Conservancy$51,40044%
Indigenous Environmental Network$50,00020%
HOPE 4 Youth$50,00021%
Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center$50,00021%
Upstream Arts Inc$50,00023%
Youth Farm and Market Project$50,00024%
Hennepin History Museum$50,00092%
Minnesota Landmarks Inc$50,00021%
Fresh Energy$50,00021%
Haven Housing$50,00021%
Vision Loss Resources Inc$49,00081%
Willowind Therapeutic Riding Center Inc$37,50083%
Mizna$29,00022%
Shelburne Farms$28,20080%
Gender Justice$26,70031%
Tampa General Hospital Foundation Inc$19,25080%
Jeremiah Program$19,00020%
Alive & Kickin$16,70030%
Second Harvest Heartland$15,67540%
Unitarian Universalist Church of Worcester$14,0003n/a
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society$14,00023%
International Academy of Fine Art$13,50070%
Bilingual Education Collective$13,50034%
Williams College$13,45080%
Franconia Sculpture Park Legeros$13,00022%
University of Southern Maine Foundation$12,44280%
Youth Science Institute$11,00080%
Midwest Access Coalition$10,00010%
Hero To A Child Inc$9,50031%
Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana$9,25040%
Mogollon Sporting Association Inc$8,70054%
Urban Squash Twin Cities$8,05052%
Steamboat Spgs Council of the Arts & Humanities$8,00040%
The Bond Between$7,92560%
Episcopal Relief and Development$7,80080%
People Plus$7,10040%
Moravian Care Ministries$6,6002n/a
Tedford Housing$6,50020%
Wesleyan University$6,15060%
Environmental Initiative$6,00020%
Literacy Volunteers of Santa Fe$5,80543%
Bar Harbor Festival Corporation$5,50020%
Acequia Madre Ptc Inc$5,50041%
Compassion International Incorporated$5,07450%
Ecology Education Inc$4,88170%
Avenues for Youth$4,82580%
Worcester Animal Rescue League Inc$4,75050%
St Paul Academy and Summit School$4,75070%
Wild Rivers Conservancy of the St Croix & Namekagon$4,70020%
Abortion Conversation Projects$4,6503n/a
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$4,65050%
Gerard's House$4,50020%
The Blake School$4,30070%
Vocalessence$4,30050%
The Open Door$4,05020%
Filmnorth$4,0001n/a
Madrona Institute$4,00021%
Open Eye Theatre$4,00011%
The History Theatre Inc$4,00010%
Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop$4,0001n/a
Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery$4,00010%
Friends of the Mississippi River$4,00010%
H2o for Life$4,00011%
Treehouse Inc$4,00010%
Girl Scouts of Mn and Wi River Valleys Inc$4,00010%
The Cookie Cart$4,00010%
Intermedia Arts of Minnesota$4,0001n/a
Interfaith Outreach and Community Partners$4,00010%
Hospitality House Youth Development$4,00010%
Friendly House Inc$3,90050%
Minnesota Public Radio American Public Media$3,89550%
Center for a Humane Economy Inc$3,60320%
Myhealth for Teens and Young Adults Inc$3,42560%
The Climate Center$3,40070%
Cover Home Repair Inc$3,25020%
Youthlink$3,05020%
Joyce Preschool$3,03520%
Emma Norton Services$3,00010%
The Chick Mission Inc$3,0001n/a
Tubman$3,0001n/a
High Fives Nonprofit Foundation$3,0001n/a
Sabathani Community Center$3,00010%
Thomas Irvine Dodge Nature Center$3,00010%
Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy$3,00010%
Auburn Manor$2,92540%
CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY San Francisco Bay Area$2,91570%
Worcester County Food Bank Inc$2,90050%
Minnesota State University Mankato Foundation Inc$2,90050%
Sierra Club Foundation$2,75040%
Windsor Public Library$2,68041%
Foster the Family$2,60520%
VEAP Inc$2,50090%
Governor Dummer Academy the Governor's Academy$2,50080%
Nami Minnesota$2,50010%
Nami Metropolitan Baltimore Inc$2,50010%
The Emily Program Foundation$2,5002n/a
Wasatch Academy$2,50090%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$2,45030%
Selah Freedom Inc$2,42020%
Salvation Army$2,2007n/a
Normandale Evangelical Lutheran Church of Edina$2,2008n/a
University of Minnesota Foundation$2,10020%
High Atlas Foundation$2,05060%
Hope Academy Inc$2,02520%
The Sisters of Saint Ann Inc$2,00020%
Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross$2,00020%
Youth Frontiers Inc$2,00020%
Shattuck-St Mary's School$2,00040%
Legal Services for Maine Elders Inc$2,00010%
Coast Salish Youth Coalition$2,0001n/a
Girls Incorporated of Worcester$2,00020%
Children's Miracle Network$2,00020%
Somos Un Pueblo Unido$1,80020%
Aavi Inc$1,78220%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$1,75040%
The Carter Center Inc$1,75030%
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Corporation$1,72060%
American University$1,70020%
International Rescue Committee INC$1,70040%
Pet Project$1,6503n/a
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$1,60050%
Schubert Club The$1,50020%
Death With Dignity National Center$1,50020%
Animal Activism Collective Inc$1,50011%
Civil Liberties Defense Center$1,50010%
Blessings in a Backpack Inc$1,50010%
Strategies4life Inc$1,5002n/a
Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center$1,50020%
Capital Public Radio Fdba Kxpr/Kxjz Inc$1,45050%
Vermont Foodbank$1,45040%
Prospect Park Alliance Inc$1,32540%
Withall$1,30010%
Fred Wells Tennis and Education Center Inc$1,25010%
Loyola University Maryland Inc$1,25020%
The Mountain Hermitage Inc$1,2002n/a
Santa Fe Habitat for Humanity$1,20010%
Judicial Watch Inc$1,20010%
Minnesota Freedom Fund$1,12510%
League of Women Voters of Maine Education Fund Inc$1,07522%
Historic Kents Corner Inc$1,0141n/a
Dane4dogs Ltd$1,0001n/a
Sojourner Project Inc$1,0001n/a
Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Inc$1,00010%
Infact DBA Corporate Accountability$1,00010%
The Bottom Line Inc$1,00020%
Utah Animal Rights Coalition$1,0001n/a
Unconditional Freedom$1,00010%
Ducks Unlimited Inc$1,00010%
Gofundmeorg$1,00010%
White Bear Center for the Arts$1,0001n/a
Little Wanderers NYC Inc$1,00010%
Southern Dharma Retreat Center$1,0001n/a
Academy Prep Center of St Petersburg$1,00010%
Rosenberg Fund for Children Inc$1,00010%
White Bear Area Food Shelf$1,00010%
Mutts With a Mission$1,00010%
Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center Inc$1,00010%
Dassanaya Buddhist Community$1,0001n/a
Humane World for Animals Inc$1,00010%
Tree Street Youth Inc$1,00010%
Angel Foundation$1,0001n/a
Do It for the Love$1,00010%
Chicken Run Rescue$1,00010%
Faunalytics$1,00010%
The Grammar School Inc$95020%
Education For Just Peace in Middle East$90630%
Good Shepherd Food Bank$90010%
International Justice Mission$90010%
Harm Reduction Sisters$85021%
Laguna De Santa Rosa Foundation$80020%
Womens Enrichment and Family Center Inc$8002n/a
Friends of the Earth$75010%
Nichols School of Buffalo$75030%
Our Justice$75010%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$75020%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$75030%
American Battlefield Trust$70030%
Unrwa USA National Committee Inc$70020%
Community Gallery Inc$70020%
The Earths Birthday Project Inc$60030%
Maine Citizens for Clean Elections$60010%
Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program$60010%
Poodle Rescue Connecticut Inc$60010%
Upper Valley Waldorf School$50010%
Beagle Freedom Project$50010%
Bar Harbor Food Pantry$50010%
Food Empowerment Project$5001n/a
The 1932 Criterion Theatre$50010%
Disciple Support Ministries Inc$50010%
Turtle Island Restoration Network$50010%
Macalester College$50090%
Matthew 25 Ministries Inc$50010%
Green America$50010%
Lopez Island Family Resource Center$50010%
American Association for Runic Studies$5001n/a
The Food Depot$50020%
Conservation Voters New Mexico Education Fund$50010%
Ethnos360 Inc$5001n/a
The American Swedish Institute$50010%
Habitat for Humanity International Inc$50010%
Womens Prison Book Project$5001n/a
Midwest Art Conservation Center Inc$50010%
Shriners Hospitals for Children$50020%
Think New Mexico$50020%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$50010%
Global Fund for Women Inc$50020%
Finca International Inc$5001n/a
Stand Up to Cancer$50020%
One World Surgery$50010%
Sleep in Heavenly Peace Inc$50010%
Second Chance Animal Services Inc$47020%
Luther College$46060%
World Central Kitchen Inc$45010%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$40010%
Mid Coast Hospital$40010%
The Exuma Foundation$40010%
Amnesty International of the USA Inc$40010%
Two Harbors Area Food Shelf$40010%
Minnesota Environmental Fund$37010%
Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation$36010%
Wild Goose Players$35010%
Wellesley College$35020%
Fresh Air Fund$35020%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$30020%
Dismas of Vermont Inc$30020%
Institute for Applied Ecology$30010%
Citizens Climate Education Corp$30010%
Habitat for Humanity Greater Boston Inc$30010%
Kqed Inc$30010%
The Center for Cartoon Studies$30010%
Minneapolis Recreation Development Inc Love One Another$3001n/a
The Bird Rescue Center$30010%
Wnet$30010%
New York Public Radio$30010%
Queen Bee Music Association$2561n/a
Food Connects$25010%
Winston Prouty Center for Child and Family Development$25010%
New Life Furniture Bank of Ma Inc$25010%
The Common Room Inc$2501n/a
National Dance Institute Nm Inc$25010%
Forest Society of Maine$25010%
Farms for Food Equity$25010%
Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness$25010%
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution$25010%
Humane Farming Association$25010%
Cornell University$25010%
MaineHealth$25010%
National Audubon Society Inc$25010%
Women for Women International$25010%
Consumers for Affordable Health Care Foundation$25010%
Audubon Canyon Ranch Inc$25010%
Lopez Animal Protection Society$2501n/a
International Crane Foundation Inc$25010%
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children$25010%
Solbon International Inc$21810%
Pause 4 Paws$20010%
Hope Seeds Inc$20010%
Healing Journeys$20010%
Planned Parenthood Shasta-Diablo Inc$20010%
Center for Constitutional Rights$2001n/a
Jtp Professional Service Corporation$20020%
New Mexico Land Conservancy$20010%
Sojourns Community Clinic Inc$20010%
Brotherhood of Men Mentor Group Inc$2001n/a
Somerville Homeless Coalition Inc$20010%
Sarasota Medical Pregnancy Center Inc$20010%
Democratic Socialists of America Fund Inc$20010%
Twin Cities Public Television Inc$19510%
Rbc Ministries$15010%
Abby Kelley Foster House Inc$15020%
350org$15010%
Conservation International Foundation$15010%
The Santa Fe Girls' School$10010%
Wellesley Students' Aid Society$10020%
Soul Space Farm Sanctuary$1001n/a
Metropolitan Ministries Foundation Inc$10010%
Children's Literacy Foundation$10010%
Babson College$10010%
Jag Productions Company$10010%
Lake Street Council$10010%
Neads Inc$10010%
Commonweal Conservancy Inc$10010%
Hispanic Federation Inc$10010%
Appalachian Trail Conservancy$10010%
American Civil Liberties Union of Maine Foundation$9010%
Emergency Medical Assistance Inc$7510%
Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries Inc$7510%
The Red Sox Foundation Inc$501n/a
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn$5010%
Veterans Inc$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($132k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Nash Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Cedar Cultural Center Inc: $65,500 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetEsperanza United: $57,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetUrban Boatbuilders Inc: $54,250 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetGreat River Greening: $54,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetTree Trust: $54,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetGf County Historical Society: $52,500 over 9y, 7.4% of budgetVoyageurs Conservancy: $51,400 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetIndigenous Environmental Network: $50,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHOPE 4 Youth: $50,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetMinnesota Indian Women's Resource Center: $50,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetUpstream Arts Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetYouth Farm and Market Project: $50,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetHennepin History Museum: $50,000 over 9y, 2.1% of budgetMinnesota Landmarks Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetFresh Energy: $50,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetHaven Housing: $50,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetVision Loss Resources Inc: $49,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetWillowind Therapeutic Riding Center Inc: $37,500 over 8y, 3.0% of budgetMizna: $29,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetShelburne Farms: $28,200 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetGender Justice: $26,700 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetTampa General Hospital Foundation Inc: $19,250 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetJeremiah Program: $19,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAlive & Kickin: $16,700 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSecond Harvest Heartland: $15,675 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLake Minnetonka Historical Society: $14,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetInternational Academy of Fine Art: $13,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBilingual Education Collective: $13,500 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetWilliams College: $13,450 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFranconia Sculpture Park Legeros: $13,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetUniversity of Southern Maine Foundation: $12,442 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetYouth Science Institute: $11,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetMidwest Access Coalition: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHero To A Child Inc: $9,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCoalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana: $9,250 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMogollon Sporting Association Inc: $8,700 over 5y, 4.4% of budgetUrban Squash Twin Cities: $8,050 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetSteamboat Spgs Council of the Arts & Humanities: $8,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetThe Bond Between: $7,925 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEpiscopal Relief and Development: $7,800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPeople Plus: $7,100 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTedford Housing: $6,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWesleyan University: $6,150 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Initiative: $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLiteracy Volunteers of Santa Fe: $5,805 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetBar Harbor Festival Corporation: $5,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetAcequia Madre Ptc Inc: $5,500 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetCompassion International Incorporated: $5,074 over 5y, 0.0% 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 200.

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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.

The Minneapolis FoundationMN56.1× affinity59 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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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How do I get to The Nash Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Nash Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About The Nash Foundation

How much does The Nash Foundation give?
The Nash Foundation reported 92 grants totaling $205,296 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 70 and 89 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Nash Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (25%), Environment (15%), Health (11%).
Who are The Nash Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Cedar Cultural Center Inc ($66k), Esperanza United ($58k), Urban Boatbuilders Inc ($54k).
Does The Nash Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 37% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Nash 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 The Nash Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Minneapolis Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, Fr Bigelow Foundation.
Where is The Nash Foundation based?
The Nash Foundation is based in DE.

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 326 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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