· Private foundation
David F and Jody M Nielson Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k3 grants · $13k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $65k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| American Heritage School | $35,000 |
| American Indian Services | $20,000 |
| Orrock Mendenall Sport Med Fdt | $10,000 |
| Costco Charity | $5,000 |
| The Church of Jesus Christ of LDS | $4,800 |
| Stand 4 Kind | $3,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $177k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 1% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
7 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- AHAmerican Heritage Schools Inc5× · 2018–2024 · $192k · revenue -4%
- AIAmerican Indian Services7× · 2017–2024 · $176k · revenue +6%
- PCPrimary Childrens Hospital4× · 2019–2022 · $28k
Funded once
- 9S971 Secret Santa Fundone grant, 2017 · $15k
- RCRelina Clinger Farm Sup Trustone grant, 2020 · $12k
- SLService Legacy Foundationone grant, 2019 · $10k
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.
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.
The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…
Congenital Hyperinsulinism International (CHI) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation dedicated to improving the lives of babies, children, and adults affected by congenital hyperinsulinism (HI). HI is a life-threatening genetic disorder…
Preventive Medicine Research Institute is a pioneer in scientific research investigating the effects of diet and lifestyle choices on health and disease. Our work is grounded in compassion and dedication to service. PMRI achieves its…
Stanley manne children's research institute strives to generate new knowledge and advance the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of pediatric diseases.
The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.
ARDI stewards donated endowments to sustain future American air and space power, enhancing faculty quality and cadet education at the United States Air Force Academy.
To improve the lives of people through innovative scientific and engineering research.
To relieve and alleviate human suffering, misery, poverty, sickness, and distress throughout the world by providing emergency medical relief, funding, and support.
Hudson Institute is a research organization promoting American leadership for a secure, free, and prosperous future.
The american heart association's mission is to be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives.
The American SIDS Institute, is dedicated to the prevention of sudden infant death and the promotion of infant health through research, family support, and professional education.
Perform basic research and preclinical efficacy assessments of new molecular entities being developed for the prevention and treatment of cancer and infectious disease. Discover new pathways and targets for the design and development of…
How this is measured
9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 27 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds American Heritage Schools Inc ↗
- Who funds American Indian Services ↗
- Who funds Orrock Mendenhall Sports Medicine Founda ↗
- Who funds DANNY DID FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds STAND4KIND ↗
- Who funds CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds HOMEFRONT AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds American Diabetes Association ↗
- Who funds Humanitarian Experience Inc ↗
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: Beesley Family Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization David F and Jody M Nielson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from David F and Jody M Nielson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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