Iowa · Private foundation
Jean and Murray 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.
- $35k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $300
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $16,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $399k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Jean and Murray Nelson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 14 | $35k | 36% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $15k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $12k | 62% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $7k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $18k | 44% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $17k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $14k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $14k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centre for Arts and Artists | $50,000 | 8 | 27% |
| Jasper County Concert Association Inc | $34,350 | 8 | n/a |
| Newton Community Theatre Inc | $14,250 | 8 | 4% |
| Iowa Sculpture Festival | $12,000 | 8 | 8% |
| Arts Connection Inc | $11,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Newton Young Mens Christian Association | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($8k), not named here.
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About Jean and Murray Nelson Foundation
- How much does Jean and Murray Nelson Foundation give?
- Jean and Murray Nelson Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $34,650 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Jean and Murray Nelson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (88%), Education (11%), Human Services (1%).
- Who are Jean and Murray Nelson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Centre for Arts and Artists ($50k), Jasper County Concert Association Inc ($34k), Newton Community Theatre Inc ($14k).
- Does Jean and Murray Nelson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Jean and Murray 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.
- Where is Jean and Murray Nelson Foundation based?
- Jean and Murray Nelson Foundation is based in IA.
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