Nesbitt Foundation
Private foundation · Chicago, IL · EIN 95-6092682 · reported 2023–2025
46grants reported
$78Kmedian award
$50Klower quartile
$20Ksmallest grant
$4.3Mtotal paid
2states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 6 of its 46 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $335K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
PO Box 803878
Chicago, IL 60680-3878
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
This address is a trust department, not an office. 256 other foundations file from the same address, which means a bank or a management company administers the trust. Put the full legal name of the fund and its EIN at the top of the letter, or it lands in a pile with thousands of others and nobody knows which fund you are writing about.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Pasadena Educational Foundation | Pasadena, CA | $200,000 |
| Guide Dogs of the Desert | Whitewater, CA | $200,000 |
| Nazareth House | San Diego, CA | $200,000 |
| Los Angeles Regional Food Bank | Vernon, CA | $200,000 |
| Los Angeles Regional | Los Angeles, CA | $190,000 |
| Los Angeles Regional | Los Angeles, CA | $190,000 |
| Pacific Clinics | Los Gatos, CA | $150,000 |
| Pasadena Senior Center | Pasadena, CA | $150,000 |
| United States Veterans | Los Angeles, CA | $150,000 |
| Pacific Clinics | Los Gatos, CA | $150,000 |
| Pacific Clinics | Los Gatos, CA | $150,000 |
| United Friends of the | Los Angeles, CA | $125,000 |
| Helping Hands for the Blind | Chatsworth, CA | $100,000 |
| Pasadena Meals on Wheels | Pasadena, CA | $100,000 |
| United Friends of the | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 |
| Sisters of Nazareth | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 |
| Guide Dogs of the Desert | Whitewater, CA | $100,000 |
| United Friends of the | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 |
| Guide Dogs of the Desert | Whitewater, CA | $100,000 |
| Nazareth House | San Diego, CA | $100,000 |
| Woodcraft Rangers Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $90,000 |
| All Peoples Christian | Los Angeles, CA | $90,000 |
| Helping Hands for the Blind | Chatsworth, CA | $80,000 |
| Jewish Big Brothers | Los Angeles, CA | $75,000 |
| Fulfillment Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $75,000 |
| Journey House | Pasadena, CA | $75,000 |
| Helping Hands for the Blind | Chatsworth, CA | $75,000 |
| Griffith Observatory Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $60,000 |
| Fulfillment Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $60,000 |
| United States Veterans | Los Angeles, CA | $60,000 |
| Woodcraft Rangers Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 |
| Fulfillment Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 |
| United States Veterans | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 |
| Woodcraft Rangers Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 |
| All Peoples Christian | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 |
| Jewish Big Brothers | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 |
| Pasadena Senior Center | Pasadena, CA | $50,000 |
| Journey House | Milwaukee, WI | $50,000 |
| Pasadena Meals on Wheels | Pasadena, CA | $50,000 |
| Griffith Observatory Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 |
| All Peoples Christian | Los Angeles, CA | $45,000 |
| Journey House | Milwaukee, WI | $40,000 |
| Griffith Observatory Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $40,000 |
| Pasadena Meals on Wheels | Pasadena, CA | $35,000 |
| Jewish Big Brothers | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 |
| Pasadena Senior Center | Pasadena, CA | $20,000 |
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