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Nelson Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Nelson Family Charitable Foundation

Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$39k
Granted FY2018
3
Grants FY2018
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.

Religion$133kInternational$11kArts & Culture$10kCivil Rights$9kCommunity Improvement$8kHuman Services$6kPublic Benefit$4kHealth$3kOther$0
02FY2018 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2018

  • Under $10k1 grant · $4k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $35k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LIBERTY COUNCIL$25,000
CHRISTIAN EDUCTION MINISTRIES$10,000
GLOBAL SERVE INTERNATIONAL$4,129
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $2k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
OH
CA
CO
VA
AZ
NM
NC
DC
MS
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Intentional Life Media

Dedicated to igniting personal transformation by affirming faith, inspiring hope, and equipping individuals, to live an intentional life in christ.

Religion
2
Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry Inc

To glorify god by equipping the church with proper christian doctrine and to help non-believers come to a saving knowledge of jesus christ.

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3
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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4
Jewish Voice Ministries Intl

To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…

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5
Fsi-Freedom Seekers International

Freedom seekers international is a christian organization that exists to rescue the most severely persecuted for their religious faith in hostile and restrictive countries. through collaborative partnerships we deliver those who are…

Human Services
6
Leadership Resources International

International missions: this organization is an international mission agency focusing on leadership development through teaching of the scriptures

Religion
7
Bible Thinker Inc

Bible Thinker, Inc is a ministry dedicated to equipping people to think and live biblically. There are three main areas of teaching that we focus on:1. Teaching accurate theology based on exegeting the text of the Bible and confronting…

Religion
8
Freedom in Christ Ministries

To provide resources, training, and continuing support to leaders in the us and around the world in order that they may help others find freedom in christ.

Religion
9
Global Faith Network
Human Services
10
Euromedia Missions
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11
Baptist International Evangelistic Ministries Inc

The organization's mission is to furnish a channel for bible-believing baptist churches to carry out the great commission of their lord. this mission is implemented through evangelism and the establishment of indigenous baptist churches.

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12
Far Reaching Ministries

Far Reaching Ministries (FRM) was founded to carry the Gospel Jesus Christ to the world with discipleship as our primary objective. We plant and edify evangelical churches, found Bible schools, gather intimate small groups, and sustain…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Alliance Defending Freedom; the most unlike its peers is American Values. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 28 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/17
Grantees still filing
15/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LIBERTY COUNSEL INC: $45,000 · OtherLIBERTY COUNSEL INCPIONEERS: $25,000 · OtherPIONEERSFAITH 2 ACTION: $14,500 · OtherFAITH 2 ACTIONEUROPEAN CHRISTIAN MISSION: $8,000 · OtherEUROPEAN CHRISTIAN MISSIONCONSERVATIVE BAPTIST FOREIGN MISSION SOCIETY: $7,500 · OtherCONSERVATIVE BAPTIST FOREIGN MISSION SOCIETYCampus Crusade for Christ: $6,000 · Other+8 more: $13,600 · Other+8 moreAMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 · ReligionAMERICAN FAMILY A…GLOBAL SERVE INTERNATIONAL INC: $7,129 · ReligionGLOBAL SERVE INTE…TEEN MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL INC: $6,000 · ReligionTEEN MISSIONS INT…SAMARITAN'S PURSE: $5,000 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PURSECHRISTIAN EDUCATION MINISTRIES: $10,000 · EducationCHRISTIAN…FLORIDA FAMILY VOICE INC: $4,000 · EducationFLORIDA F…LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY: $1,000 · EducationLOMA LIND…AMERICAN VALUES: $10,000 · Arts & CultureALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $5,000 · Civil RightsLeadership Institute: $2,500 · Public BenefitJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $1,000 · Public BenefitSARASOTA MEDICAL PREGNANCY CENTER INC: $1,500 · HealthSUNCOAST COMMUNITIES BLOOD BANK INC DBA SUNCOAST BLOOD CENTERS: $1,000 · HealthSafe Place and Rape Crisis Center Inc: $600 · Health
Other$119,600Religion$28,129Education$15,000Arts & Culture$10,000Civil Rights$5,000Public Benefit$3,500Health$3,100

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA FAMILY VOICE INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetLeadership Institute: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSARASOTA MEDICAL PREGNANCY CENTER INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUNCOAST COMMUNITIES BLOOD BANK INC DBA SUNCOAST BLOOD CENTERS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALL FAITHS FOOD BANK INC: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSafe Place and Rape Crisis Center Inc: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

A Verner Nelson and H…Christian Community F…Servant FoundationNatl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
A Verner Nelson and H Elizabeth Nelson FdnMI15.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: A Verner Nelson and H Elizabeth Nelson Fdn · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Servant Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Nelson Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nelson Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 23%
  • Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center Inc: 23% of income from government
  • All Faiths Food Bank Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 28 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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