Massachusetts · Private foundation
Harris J and Geraldine S Nelson 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.
- $72k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 53%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $27,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $694k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 53% of the organizations Harris J and Geraldine S Nelson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k 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 | 18 | $72k | 39% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $71k | 53% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $58k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $47k | 22% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $43k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $39k | 43% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $75k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $42k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard Lampoon Trust | $55,000 | 6 | 2% |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $42,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Cultural Landscape Foundation | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lawrence Community Health Services | $14,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Partnership for Providence Parks | $13,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Santa Fe Art Institute Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Commonwealth Corporation Foundation | $7,250 | 4 | 1% |
| Cancer Foundation for New Mexico | $6,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Wildlife Conservation Network Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Keres Children's Learning Center | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($250k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Harris J and Geraldine S Nelson 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: Santa Fe Community Foundation · Marilynn and John Hill Foundation Inc · Tracy Flanigan McVey Family Foundation · The Nagle Family Foundation · The Joan C and David L Henle Foundation · Esmond Nissim Foundation Inc Co Bosworth Gray & Fuller Esq · Marshall L and Perrine D McCune Charitable Foundation Inc · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
Compare Harris J and Geraldine S Nelson Foundation with peer funders
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About Harris J and Geraldine S Nelson Foundation
- How much does Harris J and Geraldine S Nelson Foundation give?
- Harris J and Geraldine S Nelson Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $71,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Harris J and Geraldine S Nelson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (25%), Education (24%), International (21%).
- Who are Harris J and Geraldine S Nelson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Harvard Lampoon Trust ($55k), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ($42k), The Cultural Landscape Foundation ($15k).
- Does Harris J and Geraldine S Nelson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 53% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Harris J and Geraldine S Nelson 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 Harris J and Geraldine S Nelson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Santa Fe Community Foundation, Marilynn and John Hill Foundation Inc, Tracy Flanigan McVey Family Foundation.
- Where is Harris J and Geraldine S Nelson Foundation based?
- Harris J and Geraldine S Nelson Foundation is based in MA.
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