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Nesta US inc

Nesta US inc (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $897,407 to it, the largest being EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION ($797,407). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2026
$1k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$897k
Net assets
$1k
1/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 100%
01What it does

What Nesta US inc does

Mission

To expand the Innovation Growth Lab research program to the US

As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. There were no programs carried out during the year

    $0 spent

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($210k) Expenses 0 ($0) Net assets 100 ($645k)2022 Expenses 100 ($250k) Net assets 61 ($395k)2023 Revenue 0 ($0) Expenses 158 ($395k) Net assets 0 ($192)2024 Revenue 0 ($980) Expenses 0 ($359) Net assets 0 ($813)2025 Revenue 0 ($0) Expenses 0 ($359) Net assets 0 ($454)2026 Revenue 0 ($1k) Expenses 0 ($380) Net assets 0 ($1k)
202020222023202420252026
Revenue (0)Expenses (0)Net assets (0)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $395k to $192 (−100%).

$645k
$395k
$192
$813
$454
$1k
202020222023202420252026
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2020
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

0% of Nesta US inc’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (77% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 10,230 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$210k
’20
−$250k
’22
−$395k
’23
$621
’24
−$359
’25
$620
’26
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $219k → $100k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
'23
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1

1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of Nesta US inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

Nesta US inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 89% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

89%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

Nesta US inc draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 1 state in all.

MO

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $100k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Nesta US inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 210 community improvement nonprofits its size.

Operating margin62% · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−59% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 210 community improvement nonprofits under $100k, FY2026

Organizations like Nesta US inc

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Nesta US inc: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.

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Questions and answers

Who funds Nesta US inc?
Nesta US inc (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $897,407 to it, the largest being EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION ($797,407). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Nesta US inc have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $897,407 in grants to Nesta US inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Nesta US inc?
EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $797,407 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Nesta US inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2026 (financials across 2020–2026), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing