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John E & Nellie J Bastien Memorial Foundation

Accepts applications Pompano Beach, Florida · EIN 596160694

John E & Nellie J Bastien Memorial Foundation is a private foundation in Pompano Beach, Florida. In tax year 2025 it gave $570,000 in 111 grants; the typical grant was $5,000 and the largest $16,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $536,000 the year before.

10% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$478,000104$12.0 million
2024$536,000108$13.3 million
2025$570,000111$14.7 million

How to apply

ContactScott Porter
440 E Sample Road Suite 209, Pompano Beach, FL 33064
Phone or email(954) 942-3203, grantrequests@bastienfoundation.org
What to submitEmail the foundation a letter supporting funding need and copy of IRS determination of charitable organization
DeadlinesSept 30 of year requested

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What John E & Nellie J Bastien Memorial Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 13 states, the most to Florida.

StateGrantsAmount
Florida88$460,500
New York6$30,500
North Carolina3$20,000
California2$10,000
Texas2$8,500
District of Columbia2$8,000
Missouri2$5,000
Kansas1$5,000
Maryland1$5,000
Oklahoma1$5,000

Grants paid in 2025

The 40 largest of 111 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Place of Hope
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Unrestricted$16,000
Quantum House
West Palm Beach, FL
Unrestricted$15,000
American Red Cross
West Palm Beach, FL
Unrestricted$10,000
Dogs Inc
Palmetto, FL
Unrestricted$10,000
Individual
FL
Unrestricted$10,000
K9S for Warriors
Ponte Vedra, FL
Unrestricted$10,000
Palm Beach Atlantic University
West Palm Beach, FL
Bremer scholarship$10,000
Individual
NC
2024 hurricane relief$10,000
Individual
FL
Unrestricted$8,000
Bread of the Mighty Food Bank
Gainesville, FL
Unrestricted$7,500
Trustbridge Hospice Foundation
West Palm Beach, FL
Unrestricted$7,500
Tunnel to Towers Foundation
Staten Island, NY
Unrestricted$7,500
United Cerebral Palsy of Broward
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Unrestricted$7,500
4KIDS South Florida
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Unrestricted$5,000
Adopt-A-Family
Lake Worth Beach, FL
Unrestricted$5,000
Alzheimers Community Care
West Palm Beach, FL
Unrestricted$5,000
Anderson Cancer Inst at Jupiter Hos
Jupiter, FL
Unrestricted$5,000
Ann Storck Center
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Unrestricted$5,000
Autism Research Institute
San Diego, CA
Unrestricted$5,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Broward
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Unrestricted$5,000
Individual
FL
Unrestricted$5,000
Boys Girls Clubs of Broward
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Unrestricted$5,000
Boys Girls Clubs of Palm Beaches
West Palm Beach, FL
Unrestricted$5,000
Boys Town South Florida
West Palm Beach, FL
Unrestricted$5,000
Breast Cancer Research Foundation
New York, NY
Unrestricted$5,000
Broward Childrens Center
Pompano Beach, FL
Unrestricted$5,000
Broward Public Library Foundation
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Unrestricted$5,000
Individual
FL
Unrestricted$5,000
Cancer Alliance of Help and Hope
Palm Beach, FL
Unrestricted$5,000
Center for Child Counseling
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Unrestricted$5,000
Charities for Children
Jupiter, FL
Unrestricted$5,000
Childrens Home Society
West Palm Beach, FL
Unrestricted$5,000
Childrens Tumor Foundation
New York, NY
Unrestricted$5,000
Coral Restoration Foundation
Tavernier, FL
Unrestricted$5,000
Crohns Colitis Foundation of Amer
New York, NY
Unrestricted$5,000
Diabetes Research Institute Fnd
Hollywood, FL
Unrestricted$5,000
Edna Runner Tutorial Center
Jupiter, FL
Unrestricted$5,000
First Presbyterian Church of NPB
North Palm Beach, FL
Unrestricted$5,000
Fisher House Foundation Inc
Rockville, MD
Unrestricted$5,000
Florence Fuller Child Develop Ctr
Boca Raton, FL
Unrestricted$5,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does John E & Nellie J Bastien Memorial Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: Sept 30 of year requested.

How much does John E & Nellie J Bastien Memorial Foundation give?

$570,000 in tax year 2025, across 111 grants, with a typical grant of $5,000.

Who runs John E & Nellie J Bastien Memorial Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Jill T Lawson (Trustee), Scott L Porter (Trustee) and Mark D Veil (Trustee).

What does John E & Nellie J Bastien Memorial Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly youth programs, health and human services.

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