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A Verner Nelson and H Elizabeth Nelson Fdn at a glance

· Private foundation

A Verner Nelson and H Elizabeth Nelson Fdn

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$114k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$55k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Religion$370kPublic Benefit$60kArts & Culture$42kInternational$25kCivil Rights$24kCrime & Legal$18kEducation$17kHuman Services$8kOther$0
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $43k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $55k
$13,250
Median grant
4
States reached
$2.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TYNDALE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY$55,400
LIBERTY COUNCIL$30,000
Grace United Reformed Church$13,250
CHRISTIAN LEGAL SOCIETY$7,500
ROCKET PHONICS FOUNDATION$7,386
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–19, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 40% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MANASOTA SOLVE INC: $5k → 10%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL INC: $8k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NJ
CO
VA
AZ
NC
MS
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$435k · 10 repeat orgs$78k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
12

Total granted

$435k
$70k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+51%

Still filing today

30%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationReligionHuman ServicesArts & CultureCivil RightsInternationalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • TT
    TYNDALE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY INC FKA TYNDALE INTERNATIONAL MISSION
    4× · 2020–2024 · $165k · revenue +16%
  • AF
    AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION INC
    3× · 2019–2023 · $20k · revenue +45%
  • AV
    AMERICAN VALUES
    2× · 2019–2021 · $20k · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • CB
    CONSERVATIVE BAPTIST FOREIGN MISSION SOC
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • TM
    TEEN MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL
    one grant, 2021 · $9k
  • LC
    LIBERTY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
    one grant, 2023 · $8k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Leadership Resources International

International missions: this organization is an international mission agency focusing on leadership development through teaching of the scriptures

Religion
2
Bible Thinker Inc

Bible Thinker, Inc is a ministry dedicated to equipping people to think and live biblically. There are three main areas of teaching that we focus on:1. Teaching accurate theology based on exegeting the text of the Bible and confronting…

Religion
3
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
4
Jewish Voice Ministries Intl

To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…

—
5
International Leadership Institute

The international leadership institute (ili) changes history by accelerating the spread of the gospel through training and mobilizing leaders of leaders to reach their nations. ili accomplishes this purpose through cutting edge leadership…

Religion
6
Fsi-Freedom Seekers International

Freedom seekers international is a christian organization that exists to rescue the most severely persecuted for their religious faith in hostile and restrictive countries. through collaborative partnerships we deliver those who are…

Human Services
7
Freedom in Christ Ministries

To provide resources, training, and continuing support to leaders in the us and around the world in order that they may help others find freedom in christ.

Religion
8
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

—
9
Timothy Two Project International

Reaching and teaching pastors in the majority world.

Religion
10
Intentional Life Media

Dedicated to igniting personal transformation by affirming faith, inspiring hope, and equipping individuals, to live an intentional life in christ.

Religion
11
Behold Israel

To provide accurate reporting on israel and current events based on god's written word and most importantly lead people to the saving knowledge of jesus christ.

Religion
12
Christian Freedom International Inc

Christian freedom international (cfi) aids, equips, and advocates for persecuted christians who are oppressed or persecuted for their faith. cfi provides spiritual and physical help for suffering christians to live in the dignity of god's…

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Alliance Defending Freedom; the most unlike its peers is Rocket Phonics Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 24 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/14
Grantees still filing
12/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Grace United Reformed Church: $85,133 · OtherGrace United Reformed ChurchLIBERTY COUNSEL INC: $50,000 · OtherLIBERTY COUNSEL INCCOVENANT LIFE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $27,720 · OtherCOVENANT LIFE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHCOMMUNITY NET VISION INC: $22,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY NET VISION INCCHRISTIAN LEGAL SOCIETY: $17,500 · OtherCHRISTIAN LEGAL SOCIETYSAMARATIAN'S PURSE INTERNATIONAL RELIEF: $10,000 · OtherCONSERVATIVE BAPTIST FOREIGN MISSION SOC: $10,000 · OtherTEEN MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL: $8,740 · Other+2 more: $13,000 · OtherTYNDALE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY INC FKA TYNDALE INTERNATIONAL MISSION: $164,800 · EducationTYNDALE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY INC FK…ROCKET PHONICS FOUNDATION INC: $7,386 · Education+2 more: $8,000 · EducationLeadership Institute: $60,000 · Public BenefitLeadership …AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION INC: $20,000 · ReligionWINGFIELD MINISTRIES INC: $5,000 · ReligionGLOBAL SERVE INTERNATIONAL INC: $5,000 · ReligionCoral Ridge Ministries Media Inc: $2,000 · ReligionAMERICAN VALUES: $20,000 · Arts & CultureALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $18,000 · Civil RightsFAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $7,500 · Human ServicesMANASOTA-SOLVE INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesThirst Relief International Inc: $6,200 · International
Other$244,093Education$180,186Public Benefit$60,000Religion$32,000Arts & Culture$20,000Civil Rights$18,000Human Services$12,500International$6,200

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTYNDALE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY INC FKA TYNDALE INTERNATIONAL MISSION: $164,800 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetLeadership Institute: $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN VALUES: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $18,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROCKET PHONICS FOUNDATION INC: $7,386 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetThirst Relief International Inc: $6,200 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetFLORIDA FAMILY VOICE INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetWINGFIELD MINISTRIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMANASOTA-SOLVE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCoral Ridge Ministries Media Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIAMI INTERNATIONAL SEMINARY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Christian Community F…Nelson Family Charita…Servant FoundationNatl Christian Charit…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Christian Community Foundation IncCO16.4× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Christian Community Foundation Inc · Nelson Family Charitable Foundation · Servant Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization A Verner Nelson and H Elizabeth Nelson Fdn funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from A Verner Nelson and H Elizabeth Nelson Fdn. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    5get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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    How do I get to A Verner Nelson and H Elizabeth Nelson Fdn?

    Find your warmest path to A Verner Nelson and H Elizabeth Nelson Fdn through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 24 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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