The Neilan Foundation

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Pasadena, California · EIN 20-5481398 · Private foundation

Grants paid (2025)$1.2M

Organizations funded4

Typical grant$50,000

Total assets$23.1M

Half of its grants to organizations were between $25,000 and $185,000.

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From the return

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On its return for tax year 2025 the foundation checked the box saying it only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.

What it funds

Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.

Education2
Human Services2
Environment1

Where it gives

25% of grants went outside California.

California3
Florida1

Where it gives most, by cause

Its largest causes in a single state on the latest return. Each page shows the leading foundations that fund the same cause there, with their largest grants.

Grants paid in tax year 2025

Recipient	Location	Purpose	Amount
Pasadena Senior Center	Pasadena, CA	To address the food security needs of the pasadena senior population.	$209,184
The Huntington Library Art Museum	Pasadena, CA	To support conservation of rare plants, care for the orchid collection,and exhibition of the stories from the library exhibition.	$185,000
California Institute of Technology	Pasadena, CA	To supportresearch intothe causes ofneurologicaldisease.	$50,000
Emergency Assistance Foundation Inc	West Palm Beach, FL	To support thereliance steel &aluminum coemployee relieffund.	$25,000

The return also lists 6 grants to individuals ($761,000). We do not publish the names of individual recipients.

Giving by year

Tax year	Grants paid	Grant lines
2025	$1,230,184	10
2024	$920,000	12
2023	$992,836	12

Sources

IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2025, filed May 7, 2026 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202611279349100846
IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 20-5481398
Profile updated Nov 10, 2026

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