Alabama · Private foundation
Helen M Nelson Charitable Trust
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.
- $87k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $17,355
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $21,693
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 6
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Helen M Nelson Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 6 | $87k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $80k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $48k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $45k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $80k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penelope House Inc | $84,358 | 5 | 1% |
| University of South Alabama | $67,487 | 5 | n/a |
| Spring Hill College | $24,632 | 2 | 0% |
| United Way of Southwest Alabama Inc | $16,876 | 5 | 0% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($146k), not named here.
About Helen M Nelson Charitable Trust
- How much does Helen M Nelson Charitable Trust give?
- Helen M Nelson Charitable Trust reported 6 grants totaling $86,774 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 6 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Helen M Nelson Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (50%), Education (40%), Philanthropy (11%).
- Who are Helen M Nelson Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Penelope House Inc ($84k), University of South Alabama ($67k), Spring Hill College ($25k).
- Does Helen M Nelson Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Helen M Nelson Charitable Trust 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 Helen M Nelson Charitable Trust based?
- Helen M Nelson Charitable Trust is based in AL.
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