Arizona · Private foundation
Helen J Urban & Thomas Nelson Urban Charitable Foundation II
Its FY2026 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 FY2026(still arriving)
- 28
- Grants FY2026
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 5%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $14,320
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 23
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 14
- Total assets, FY2026
- $1.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 5% of the organizations Helen J Urban & Thomas Nelson Urban Charitable Foundation II funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 27 | $81k | 15% |
| FY2025 | 20 | $70k | 5% |
| FY2024 | 20 | $75k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $74k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $73k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $74k | 26% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $68k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 22 | $70k | 68% |
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 FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opportunity International Inc D/B/A Opportunity International-Us | $147,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Maasai Girls Rescue Center Inc | $142,987 | 7 | 5% |
| American Indian College Fund | $65,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Blair Academy | $60,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Friends of Public Radio Arizona | $31,500 | 7 | 0% |
| American Indian Services | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| St Mary's Food Bank Alliance | $13,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Sierra Club | $13,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Parkinson's Foundation Inc | $11,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Phoenix Gospel Mission | $10,480 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 42 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($63k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Helen J Urban & Thomas Nelson Urban Charitable Foundation II 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: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Helen J Urban & Thomas Nelson Urban Charitable Foundation II
- How much does Helen J Urban & Thomas Nelson Urban Charitable Foundation II give?
- Helen J Urban & Thomas Nelson Urban Charitable Foundation II reported 28 grants totaling $82,420 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 23 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Helen J Urban & Thomas Nelson Urban Charitable Foundation II fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2026, its largest causes are International (46%), Education (19%), Arts & Culture (7%).
- Who are Helen J Urban & Thomas Nelson Urban Charitable Foundation II's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2026: Opportunity International Inc D/B/A Opportunity International-Us ($148k), Maasai Girls Rescue Center Inc ($143k), American Indian College Fund ($65k).
- Does Helen J Urban & Thomas Nelson Urban Charitable Foundation II fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Helen J Urban & Thomas Nelson Urban Charitable Foundation II 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 Urban & Thomas Nelson Urban Charitable Foundation II?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, National Philanthropic Trust, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Helen J Urban & Thomas Nelson Urban Charitable Foundation II based?
- Helen J Urban & Thomas Nelson Urban Charitable Foundation II is based in AZ.
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