Iowa · Private foundation
Carl A Nelson Charitable Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $20k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 28
- Grants FY2025
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 26
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $152k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Carl A Nelson Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 35% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 27 | $20k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 24 | $18k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 25 | $19k | 56% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $24k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $13k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $14k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young House Family Services Inc | $9,600 | 6 | 0% |
| Burlington Area YMCA Inc | $7,300 | 6 | 0% |
| Mid Prairie Community School District Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Burlington Area Homeless Shelter | $3,250 | 5 | 1% |
| Transitions DMC Inc | $1,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Heart Song Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Peoples Community Health Clinic Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cedar River Haven | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Northeast Iowa Food Bank | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Junior Achievement of the Heartland Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young House Family Services Inc | $9,600 | 6 | 0% |
| Burlington Area YMCA Inc | $7,300 | 6 | 0% |
| Mid Prairie Community School District Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Burlington Area Homeless Shelter | $3,250 | 5 | 1% |
| Transitions DMC Inc | $1,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Heart Song Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Peoples Community Health Clinic Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cedar River Haven | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Northeast Iowa Food Bank | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Junior Achievement of the Heartland Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Washington Iowa | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Waterloo Police Foundation | $400 | 2 | n/a |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $400 | 3 | 0% |
| Partners an Association for Persons With Disabilities | $300 | 3 | n/a |
| Muscatine Community Y | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Iowa Legal Aid | $200 | 2 | 0% |
| Nest of Des Moines County | $100 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 52 recipients with no EIN on record ($75k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Carl A Nelson Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · John H Witte Jr Foundation Trust · Burlington W Burlington Area United Way · Harry & Virginia Murray Foundation · Max and Helen Guernsey Charitable Foundation · R J McElroy Trust · Otto Schoitz Foundation · Community Foundation of Greater Muscatine · GreenState Credit Union · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Carl A Nelson Charitable Foundation
- How much does Carl A Nelson Charitable Foundation give?
- Carl A Nelson Charitable Foundation reported 28 grants totaling $20,050 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 26 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Carl A Nelson Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (32%), Education (21%), Health (19%).
- Who are Carl A Nelson Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Young House Family Services Inc ($10k), Burlington Area YMCA Inc ($7k), Mid Prairie Community School District Foundation ($5k).
- Does Carl A Nelson Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Carl A Nelson Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Carl A Nelson Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Alliant Energy Foundation Inc, John H Witte Jr Foundation Trust, Burlington W Burlington Area United Way.
- Where is Carl A Nelson Charitable Foundation based?
- Carl A Nelson Charitable Foundation is based in IA.
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