Minnesota · Private foundation
Marilyn and Glen Nelson Family 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.
- $759k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $149,304
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $499,318
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 42
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.7M
- 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 Marilyn and Glen Nelson Family 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.
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 | 4 | $759k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $500k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $737k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 25 | $636k | 12% |
| FY2021 | 28 | $519k | 11% |
| FY2020 | 42 | $1.0M | 95% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $575k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Orchestral Association | $2,337,731 | 7 | 2% |
| The Trustees of the Smith College | $1,156,142 | 5 | 0% |
| Guthrie Theater Foundation | $252,406 | 5 | 0% |
| Minnesota Public Radio American Public Media | $166,484 | 3 | 0% |
| FairVote Minnesota Foundation | $76,968 | 3 | 5% |
| Breck School | $47,564 | 3 | 0% |
| National Endowment for Democracy | $45,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Grand Teton Music Festival Inc | $40,052 | 3 | 1% |
| Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc | $40,045 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | $33,042 | 3 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($244k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Marilyn and Glen Nelson Family Foundation 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: The Minneapolis Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Margaret a Cargill Foundation · George Family Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Pohlad Family Foundation · The McKnight Foundation · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation · United Way Worldwide
How this is measured
Compare Marilyn and Glen Nelson Family Foundation with peer funders
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About Marilyn and Glen Nelson Family Foundation
- How much does Marilyn and Glen Nelson Family Foundation give?
- Marilyn and Glen Nelson Family Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $758,590 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 42 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Marilyn and Glen Nelson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (60%), Education (26%), Religion (3%).
- Who are Marilyn and Glen Nelson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Minnesota Orchestral Association ($2.3M), The Trustees of the Smith College ($1.2M), Guthrie Theater Foundation ($252k).
- Does Marilyn and Glen Nelson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Marilyn and Glen Nelson Family 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Marilyn and Glen Nelson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Minneapolis Foundation, Mightycause Charitable Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation.
- Where is Marilyn and Glen Nelson Family Foundation based?
- Marilyn and Glen Nelson Family Foundation is based in MN.
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