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Nash Long Life Foundation

Accepts applications Waco, Texas · EIN 742875627

Nash Long Life Foundation is a private foundation in Waco, Texas. In tax year 2025 it gave $400,000 in 4 grants; the typical grant was $100,000 and the largest $100,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

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

Giving in 2025 was down from $600,000 the year before.

0% 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$400,0003$8.8 million
2024$600,0006$9.8 million
2025$400,0004$10.2 million

How to apply

ContactTed Nash Long Life Foundation
100 N Ritchie Road Ste 200, Waco, TX 76712
Phone or email(254) 776-3336
What to submitEach application should begin with a descriptive title, followed by summary of about 250 words, and finally, a description of the proposed research of about 1,000 words. The application should be written for laymen with a reasonable knowledge of medicine. There will be a cover page with each grant that identifies the institution and the principal investigator. The cover page will be removed before the grants are reviewed by the board of directors and their advisors so that the principal investigators and the institutions that submitted the grants will not be known to the board of directors.
DeadlinesOctober 1st
RestrictionsThe seven medical schools in the state of Texas and the mayo clinic can each submit two applications. Two to six grants will be awarded at the level of up to $100,000 per year for two years.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Nash Long Life Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 2 states, the most to Texas.

StateGrantsAmount
Texas3$300,000
Florida1$100,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 4 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
Medical Research$100,000
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, TX
Medical Research$100,000
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX
Medical Research$100,000
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, FL
Medical Research$100,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Nash Long Life Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: October 1st.

How much does Nash Long Life Foundation give?

$400,000 in tax year 2025, across 4 grants, with a typical grant of $100,000.

Who runs Nash Long Life Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists J Bond Browder (Director), John M Wilkinson (Director), Daniel A Palmer (Director) and C Nick Pace (Director) among 5 officers and trustees.

What does Nash Long Life Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly health, science and research and education.

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