Minnesota · Private foundation
Diana Nelson and John Atwater Family 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.
- $210k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
95% of Diana Nelson and John Atwater Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to President And Fellows Of Harvard College, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2025
- $200,313
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $200,313
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $656k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Diana Nelson and John Atwater Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 73% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 | 1 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $28k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $27k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $85k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $25k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $46k | 75% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $63k | 25% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $90k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | $69,942 | 2 | 0% |
| Reading Partners | $50,024 | 2 | 0% |
| World Savvy | $49,985 | 1 | 1% |
| Teach for America Inc | $39,778 | 1 | 0% |
| KIPP Minnesota | $30,241 | 2 | 0% |
| The Opportunity Trust D/B/A Zest Education | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Common Sense Media | $24,984 | 1 | 0% |
| Safe & Sound | $20,048 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $17,016 | 3 | 0% |
| Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | $69,942 | 2 | 0% |
| Reading Partners | $50,024 | 2 | 0% |
| World Savvy | $49,985 | 1 | 1% |
| Teach for America Inc | $39,778 | 1 | 0% |
| KIPP Minnesota | $30,241 | 2 | 0% |
| The Opportunity Trust D/B/A Zest Education | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Common Sense Media | $24,984 | 1 | 0% |
| Safe & Sound | $20,048 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $17,016 | 3 | 0% |
| Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The 19th News | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Blake School | $9,000 | 5 | 0% |
| 10000 Degrees | $3,332 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($15k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Diana Nelson and John Atwater Family 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.
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How this is measured
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About Diana Nelson and John Atwater Family Foundation
- How much does Diana Nelson and John Atwater Family Foundation give?
- Diana Nelson and John Atwater Family Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $210,357 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Diana Nelson and John Atwater Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Science & Tech (75%), Education (15%), Arts & Culture (8%).
- Who are Diana Nelson and John Atwater Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art ($70k), Reading Partners ($50k), World Savvy ($50k).
- Does Diana Nelson and John Atwater Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Diana Nelson and John Atwater Family 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 Diana Nelson and John Atwater Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Diana Nelson and John Atwater Family Foundation based?
- Diana Nelson and John Atwater Family Foundation is based in MN.
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