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Nellans Family Foundation

Accepts applications Fort Myers, Florida · EIN 934856185

Nellans Family Foundation is a private foundation in Fort Myers, Florida. In tax year 2025 it gave $7,985 in 6 grants; the typical grant was $754 and the largest $3,393. 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 $567 the year before.

67% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$00$200,000
2024$5672$213,070
2025$7,9856$205,907

How to apply

ContactLarry W Nellans
PO Box 7340, Fort Myers, FL 33919
Phone or email(239) 481-6665
What to submitAny written format
DeadlinesNo submission deadlines
RestrictionsNo restrictions other than must be 501C3

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Nellans Family Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 3 states, the most to Florida.

StateGrantsAmount
Florida4$3,838
New York1$3,393
North Carolina1$754

Grants paid in 2025

All 6 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Tunnel to Towers Foundation
Staten Island, NY
Charitable programs$3,393
Captains for Clean Water
Fort Myers, FL
Charitable programs$1,885
Peace River Wildlife Center
Punta Gorda, FL
Charitable programs$754
South Fort Myers Food Pantry
Fort Myers, FL
Charitable programs$754
Glenville Cashiers Rescue Squad Inc
Cashiers, NC
Charitable programs$754
Cypress Lake United Methodist Church
Fort Myers, FL
Food pantry$445

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Nellans Family Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: No submission deadlines.

How much does Nellans Family Foundation give?

$7,985 in tax year 2025, across 6 grants, with a typical grant of $754.

Who runs Nellans Family Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Larry W Nellans (Grantor/Trustee), Diana K Nellans (Grantor/Trustee), Shelby C Coleman (Trustee) and Neal C Nellans (Trustee).

What does Nellans Family Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly environment and conservation and food and hunger.

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