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Nesbitt Family Charitable Foundation

Accepts applications Dallas, Pennsylvania · EIN 203150066

Nesbitt Family Charitable Foundation is a private foundation in Dallas, Pennsylvania. In tax year 2025 it gave $146,500 in 24 grants; the typical grant was $4,750 and the largest $15,000. 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 $136,000 the year before.

52% 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$120,00017$2.5 million
2024$136,00023$2.7 million
2025$146,50024$3.1 million

How to apply

ContactGeraldine T Nesbitt President
62 42nd Street, Dallas, PA 18612
Phone or email(570) 639-5492
What to submitThey should be in letter form stating the needs of the charity
DeadlinesThe board meets in november so all requests should be mailed by october 31.
RestrictionsThe charity must be located in luzerne, lackawanna, or Wyoming counties of pa.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Nesbitt Family Charitable Foundation funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Pennsylvania.

StateGrantsAmount
Pennsylvania24$146,500

Grants paid in 2025

All 24 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Wyoming Valley Childrens Assoc
Fortyfort, PA
Provides educational &therapeutic servicesto children$15,000
Misericordia University
Dallas, PA
Provide funds tobuild a new science bldg$15,000
Wyoming Seminary Prep School
Forty Fort, PA
Scholarships for children 1st through 8th grade$10,000
Cori's Place
Hanaover Twp, PA
Grant to provide funds to supportvolunteers who take careof special needs daily tasks$10,000
Ronald McDonald House
Scranton, PA
Provide funds to housefamilies of critically ill childrennear their hospital of care$10,000
Penn State Wilkes Barre
Dallas, PA
Grant to providescholarship$10,000
Dinner for Kids
Edwardsville, PA
Provide dinners forneedy children whodo not have dinner at home$9,500
Lands Hillside Farms
Shavertown, PA
Therapeutic servicesprovided for children$5,500
Womens Resource Center
Scranton, PA
Provides safety forabused women$5,000
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
Scranton, PA
Scholarship fund for admitingstudents to the medical school$5,000
FM Kirby Center
Wilkes Barre, PA
Provide a grant forlaux young peoplestheatre series$5,000
United Way of Wyoming Valley
Wilkes Barre, PA
Grant to providereading materials forunderprivelige children$5,000
Fork Over Love
Kingston, PA
Grant to supportmeals to strugglingpeople$4,500
Meals on Wheels
Kingston, PA
Provide grant to providemeals for homebound clientsand provide socia;ization to them$4,500
Ceo Weinberg Food Bank
Wilkes Barre, PA
Grant to provide funds for food bank$4,500
Bread Basket of Nepa
Scranton, PA
Grant to providefunds for food bank$4,500
Back Mountain Food Pantry
Shavertown, PA
Grant to providefunds for food bank$4,500
St Stephen's Episcopalian Church
Wilkes Barre, PA
Grant to providefunds for food bank$4,500
NE Philharmonic
Wilkes Barre, PA
Provide grantfor childrens concertseries$3,500
Lehman Sanctuary
Shavertown, PA
Restore native vegatationin order to have field tripfor students & public at large$2,500
Greater Wyoming Valley Area YMCA
Wilkes Barre, PA
Provide a grant to provide support for y walk wednesdaysto tour wilkes barre$2,500
Individual
PA
Grant for scholarshipfor participant$2,500
Anthracite Heritage Fdn
Wilkes Barre, PA
Provide funds for a grant to makea wall f heroes to contain namesof miners who received carnegie awards$2,500
Volunteers of America
Wilkes Barre, PA
Grant to provide fundsfor door to door medicaltrips for seniors in need$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Nesbitt Family Charitable Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: The board meets in november so all requests should be mailed by october 31..

How much does Nesbitt Family Charitable Foundation give?

$146,500 in tax year 2025, across 24 grants, with a typical grant of $4,750.

Who runs Nesbitt Family Charitable Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Geraldine T Nesbitt (Pres), Sara N Gomez (Director), Edward W Stanks Jr Cpa (Treas) and Barbara Lemmond (Director) among 6 officers and trustees.

What does Nesbitt Family Charitable Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, youth programs and food and hunger.

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