Illinois · Private foundation
M G Nelson Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $972k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 31
- Grants FY2025
- 32
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 47%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $380,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 32
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $21M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 47% of the organizations M G Nelson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $139k 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 | 31 | $972k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 32 | $819k | 47% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $633k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 28 | $919k | 54% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $212k | 39% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $341k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $674k | 58% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $552k | 54% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Illinois Foundation | $580,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Compass for Kids Inc | $490,000 | 4 | 10% |
| Lincoln Presidential Foundation | $477,911 | 4 | 13% |
| Naples Botanical Garden Inc | $427,750 | 8 | 1% |
| Artis-Naples Inc | $325,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Guadalupe Center Inc | $154,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Springfield Art Association of Edwards Place | $144,500 | 5 | 9% |
| Northwest Community Hospital | $107,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Springfield | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Illinois | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
Show all 57 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
M G Nelson Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 45 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Levi Ray & Shoup Foundation · Community Foundation for the Land of Lincoln Inc · Green Family Charitable Foundation · The Cellini Family Fund Trust Co William F Cellini Jr · United Way of Central Illinois Inc · Horace Mann Educators Foundation · Aa Harvey Foundation · James Orlandini Foundation · Collier Community Foundation Inc · Carmax Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America
How this is measured
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About M G Nelson Family Foundation
- How much does M G Nelson Family Foundation give?
- M G Nelson Family Foundation reported 31 grants totaling $972,100 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 32 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does M G Nelson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (28%), Education (27%), Arts & Culture (12%).
- Who are M G Nelson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Illinois Foundation ($580k), Compass for Kids Inc ($490k), Lincoln Presidential Foundation ($478k).
- Does M G Nelson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 47% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does M G Nelson Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as M G Nelson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Levi Ray & Shoup Foundation, Community Foundation for the Land of Lincoln Inc, Green Family Charitable Foundation.
- Where is M G Nelson Family Foundation based?
- M G Nelson Family Foundation is based in IL.
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