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Helen J and Thomas Nelson Urban Sr Charitable Foundation III

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.

$68k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
43
Grants FY2024
49
Organizations funded FY2023
35%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$500
Largest grant, FY2024
$18,743
Organizations funded a year
43 to 77
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
12
Total assets, FY2024
$712k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 35% of the organizations Helen J and Thomas Nelson Urban Sr Charitable Foundation III funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesEducationHealthPhilanthropyInternationalCivil RightsOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving43$68k14%
FY202349$62k35%
FY202249$73k33%
FY202173$66k23%
FY202043$60k51%
FY201977$66kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Philanthropy$98kEducation$60kHealth$45kReligion$34kHousing & Shelter$27kAnimals$25kArts & Culture$21kEnvironment$18kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
United Way of Central Iowa$71,79340%
Edmundson Art Foundation Inc$11,50060%
Washington Hebrew Congregation$10,3003n/a
Geneva Glen Camp Inc$10,00020%
Wesleylife Foundation$10,00020%
Mind and Spirit Counseling Center$10,00060%
Project Angel Heart$7,00040%
Skidmore College$4,00020%
Food Bank of Iowa$3,50010%
Arcadia Educational Foundation$3,00020%
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All grantees of Helen J and Thomas Nelson Urban Sr Charitable Foundation III by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
United Way of Central Iowa$71,79340%
Edmundson Art Foundation Inc$11,50060%
Washington Hebrew Congregation$10,3003n/a
Geneva Glen Camp Inc$10,00020%
Wesleylife Foundation$10,00020%
Mind and Spirit Counseling Center$10,00060%
Project Angel Heart$7,00040%
Skidmore College$4,00020%
Food Bank of Iowa$3,50010%
Arcadia Educational Foundation$3,00020%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$2,65830%
Young Women's Resource Center$2,50050%
Iowa Public Radio Inc$2,50050%
Georgetown Day School$2,49930%
Des Moines Performing Arts$2,11060%
Choate Rosemary Hall Foundation Incorporated$2,00040%
Des Moines Symphony Association$2,00040%
Dogsters Spay and Neuter$2,00040%
Capital Area Food Bank Inc$2,00010%
Iowa Legal Aid Foundation$1,75050%
DC Abortion Fund$1,75050%
Family Promise - Greater Phoenix$1,50010%
National Outdoor Leadership School$1,50020%
Planned Parenthood Arizona Inc$1,50010%
Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia$1,50030%
Jewels Academy$1,50030%
Healthy Babies Project Inc$1,25030%
Rocky Mountain Conservancy$1,14060%
United States Association for UNHCR$1,10020%
Common Cause Education Fund$1,10030%
Iowa Environmental Council$1,00020%
The Innocence Project Inc$1,00020%
Gideons Promise Inc$1,00020%
Guardian Scholars Foundation$1,00020%
Eddie Davis Community Center Inc$1,0002n/a
Variety - the Children's Charity of Iowa$1,00020%
Holler Health Justice Inc$1,00020%
Anti-Defamation League$1,00010%
Alice Deal Community Association Inc$1,00020%
Charleston Legal Access$1,00020%
Contigo Immigrant Justice$1,00020%
Extended Hands of Hope$1,00010%
Drake University$80030%
National Geographic Society$65050%
Anawim Housing Inc$60020%
Root Capital Inc$50020%
Interfaith Alliance of Iowa$50050%
Whiterock Conservancy$50050%
Evergreen Animal Protective League$50010%
Maui United Way$50010%
Iowa Pbs Foundation$5001n/a
Urban Dreams$50010%
Iowans Supporting Israel Inc$4091n/a
Children and Families of Iowa$40040%
Salisbury House Foundation$40040%
Central Park Conservancy Inc$40040%
Universities Allied for Essential Medicines North America Corp$40010%
Science Center of Iowa$35020%
Iowa Rivers Revival$30030%
Sistersong Inc$30010%
American Heart Association Inc$30030%
Trees Forever Inc$30020%
American Indian College Fund$30030%
Great Outdoors Foundation$27810%
Mountain Valley Child and Family Services Inc$25010%
Groundswell Fund$25010%
DC Kincare Alliance$25010%
Hope Enterprise Corporation$25010%
Creative Reaction Lab$25010%
Orchard Place$20020%
Home Opportunities Made Easy Inc$20020%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$20020%
Cultureall Inc$20020%
Rails to Trails Conservancy$20010%
Jewish Theological Seminary of America$1801n/a
Roosevelt High School Foundation$10010%
Craig Hospital$10010%
Colorado Headwaters Land Trust$10010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$10010%
First Friday Breakfast Club$10010%
National Wildlife Federation$10010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 73 recipients with no EIN on record ($194k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Helen J and Thomas Nelson Urban Sr Charitable Foundation III supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUnited Way of Central Iowa: $71,793 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetEdmundson Art Foundation Inc: $11,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGeneva Glen Camp Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWesleylife Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMind and Spirit Counseling Center: $10,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetProject Angel Heart: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSkidmore College: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFood Bank of Iowa: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArcadia Educational Foundation: $3,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $2,658 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Women's Resource Center: $2,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetIowa Public Radio Inc: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGeorgetown Day School: $2,499 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDes Moines Performing Arts: $2,110 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetChoate Rosemary Hall Foundation Incorporated: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDes Moines Symphony Association: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDogsters Spay and Neuter: $2,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCapital Area Food Bank Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIowa Legal Aid Foundation: $1,750 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDC Abortion Fund: $1,750 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFamily Promise - Greater Phoenix: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Outdoor Leadership School: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Arizona Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLegal Aid Society of the District of Columbia: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJewels Academy: $1,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHealthy Babies Project Inc: $1,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRocky Mountain Conservancy: $1,140 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommon Cause Education Fund: $1,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIowa Environmental Council: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Innocence Project Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGideons Promise Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGuardian Scholars Foundation: $1,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetVariety - the Children's Charity of Iowa: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHoller Health Justice Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlice Deal Community Association Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCharleston Legal Access: $1,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetContigo Immigrant Justice: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetExtended Hands of Hope: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDrake University: $800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNational Geographic Society: $650 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAnawim Housing Inc: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRoot Capital Inc: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInterfaith Alliance of Iowa: $500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWhiterock Conservancy: $500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEvergreen Animal Protective League: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMaui United Way: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 77.

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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.

Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community FdnIA41.4× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc · The West Bancorporation Foundation Inc · Bookey Family Foundation · EMC Insurance Foundation · William C Knapp Charitable Fdn · The Merchants Bonding Company Foundation · Meredith Corporation Foundation · Gartner Family Foundation % Michael G Gartner · Mary K and Daniel M Kelly Family Foundation C/O Dan Kelly · Fred Maytag Family Foundation · Kyle J & Sharon Krause Family Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Helen J and Thomas Nelson Urban Sr Charitable Foundation III

How much does Helen J and Thomas Nelson Urban Sr Charitable Foundation III give?
Helen J and Thomas Nelson Urban Sr Charitable Foundation III reported 43 grants totaling $68,431 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 43 and 77 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does Helen J and Thomas Nelson Urban Sr Charitable Foundation III fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (25%), Education (15%), Health (11%).
Who are Helen J and Thomas Nelson Urban Sr Charitable Foundation III's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: United Way of Central Iowa ($72k), Edmundson Art Foundation Inc ($12k), Washington Hebrew Congregation ($10k).
Does Helen J and Thomas Nelson Urban Sr Charitable Foundation III fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Helen J and Thomas Nelson Urban Sr Charitable Foundation III 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 Helen J and Thomas Nelson Urban Sr Charitable Foundation III?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn, Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc, The West Bancorporation Foundation Inc.
Where is Helen J and Thomas Nelson Urban Sr Charitable Foundation III based?
Helen J and Thomas Nelson Urban Sr Charitable Foundation III is based in IA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 157 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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