Delaware · Private foundation
Donna and Dave Nelson Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $101k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $12,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 9
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $850k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations Donna and Dave Nelson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 9 | $101k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $169k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $159k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $182k | 22% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $146k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Brothers University | $420,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Page Robbins Adult Day Services Inc | $76,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Collierville Partners in Education | $75,000 | 5 | 13% |
| Christian Brothers la Salle High School | $62,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Ave Maria Home Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Collierville Education Foundation | $9,500 | 4 | 2% |
| YMCA of Memphis & the Mid-South | $4,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Rise Memphis Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Le Bonheur Club Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Junior League of Memphis | $500 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Brothers University | $420,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Page Robbins Adult Day Services Inc | $76,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Collierville Partners in Education | $75,000 | 5 | 13% |
| Christian Brothers la Salle High School | $62,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Ave Maria Home Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Collierville Education Foundation | $9,500 | 4 | 2% |
| YMCA of Memphis & the Mid-South | $4,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Rise Memphis Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Le Bonheur Club Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Junior League of Memphis | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Resource Redistribution Ministry | $500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 4 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 Donna and Dave Nelson 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
Compare Donna and Dave Nelson Family Foundation with peer funders
About Donna and Dave Nelson Family Foundation
- How much does Donna and Dave Nelson Family Foundation give?
- Donna and Dave Nelson Family Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $101,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 9 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Donna and Dave Nelson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (79%), Health (10%), Arts & Culture (6%).
- Who are Donna and Dave Nelson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Christian Brothers University ($420k), Page Robbins Adult Day Services Inc ($76k), Collierville Partners in Education ($75k).
- Does Donna and Dave Nelson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Donna and Dave Nelson 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 Donna and Dave Nelson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc, Christoval Foundation, Christian Community Foundation of Memphis.
- Where is Donna and Dave Nelson Family Foundation based?
- Donna and Dave Nelson Family Foundation is based in DE.
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