Minnesota · Private foundation
Esther N Nielsen 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.
- $82k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $16,499
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $16,499
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 5
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Esther N Nielsen Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
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.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $82k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $76k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $81k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $91k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $78k | n/a |
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What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Health$163kAnimals$82kHousing & Shelter$82kHuman Services$82k
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Health Foundation North | $81,645 | 5 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $81,645 | 5 | 0% |
| Homeward Animal Shelter Inc | $81,645 | 5 | 2% |
| Churches United | $81,645 | 5 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $66,454 | 4 | n/a |
| Salvation Army National Corp | $15,191 | 1 | n/a |
About Esther N Nielsen Foundation
- How much does Esther N Nielsen Foundation give?
- Esther N Nielsen Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $82,495 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 5 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Esther N Nielsen Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (40%), Animals (20%), Housing & Shelter (20%).
- Who are Esther N Nielsen Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Sanford Health Foundation North ($82k), American Heart Association Inc ($82k), Homeward Animal Shelter Inc ($82k).
- Does Esther N Nielsen Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Esther N Nielsen 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.
- Where is Esther N Nielsen Foundation based?
- Esther N Nielsen Foundation is based in MN.
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