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Nelson Family Charitable 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.

$98k
Granted FY2025still arriving
22
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$49k
Largest
01What you fund
0196% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20232025.

Religion$129kHuman Services$25kInternational$25kHealth$11kHousing & Shelter$8kPublic Benefit$8kArts & Culture$5kEducation$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k21 grants · $49k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $49k
$2,400
Median grant
11
States reached
$612k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEW CITY CHURCH OF ANKENY$49,000
FOCUS ON THE FAMILY$5,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$5,000
PIONEERS$4,800
ALPHA WOMEN'S CENTER$2,500
HERITAGE FOUNDATION$2,500
RUTH HARBOR$2,500
ANKENY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY$2,500
FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL$2,500
GLOBAL PARTNERS$2,400
WYCLIFFE$2,400
NAVIGATORS$2,400
ABWE$2,400
ACTION INTERNATIONAL$2,400
MISSION AVIATION FELLOWSHIP$2,400
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

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Your human-services grants (FY23–25, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 35% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $5k → 8%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $3k → 8%CHILDSERVE FOUNDATION: $2k → 10%CHILDSERVE FOUNDATION: $1k → 10%THE ANKENY KLOTHING EXCHANGE: $1k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

WA
ID
WI
MI
IA
IN
PA
CO
VA
TN
NC
DC
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$192k · 17 repeat orgs$30k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +19% since the first grant, against +15% for the ones you funded once.

17 repeat relationships — 17 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
8

Total granted

$192k
$23k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+15%

Still filing today

53%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’23’25
ReligionHuman ServicesPublic BenefitHousing & ShelterHealthArts & CultureOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    2× · 2023–2025 · $15k · revenue +53%
  • FR
    FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL
    2× · 2023–2025 · $8k · revenue +19%
  • THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2025 · $8k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • AG
    ANKENY GOSPEL CHURCH INC
    one grant, 2023 · $12k
  • Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +19%
  • TF
    TEAMS for Medical Missions
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue +15%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Walk Thru the Bible Ministries Inc

Walk thru the bible (wtb) ignites passion for god's word. by developing a global network of influential pastors and leaders and then resourcing them with tools and training, wtb fulfills its role in the great commission.

Religion
2
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
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…

4
Redeemed Christian Church of God

To strengthen marriages and families, to encourage Christian fellowship as we evangelize the lost around us and minister to the needy with the resources God has blessed us.

Religion
5
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.

6
Grace Bible Fellowship of Antioch

Grace Bible Fellowship of Antioch is dedicated to winning this world for Christ through the preaching of the undiluted word of God and exemplary actions that glorify Christ.

Religion
7
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
8
Time of Grace Ministry

Time of grace is for people who want more growth and less struggle in their spiritual walk. we share the truth of god's word simply and clearly through television, print, and digital media that people view millions of times each month. we…

Religion
9
Blue Letter Bible

The specific purpose of this corporation is to present a biblical, christian ministry of the gospel, hope, encouragement and strength to as many people as possible. the intent of those who will conduct this corporation's work is to present…

10
Lakelight Institute

Lakelight Institute equips Christians with timeless wisdom for modern life.

Religion
11
Liberty Womens Clinic

Liberty Women's Clinic ministers with the love of Christ by empowering people to make informed, life-affirming decisions about pregnancy, sexual health, and relationships.

Health
12
The Word of God

To promote charismatic renewal of the christian church at large and to promote the religious education of its members and youth within a christian worldview.

Religion

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation and the most unlike its peers is The Ankeny Klothing Exchange. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 32 years old; the field is 38. You back the younger end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number13%5%<5yr9%23%5–10yr14%14%10–20yr12%14%20–35yr14%27%35–55yr39%18%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value13%42%<5yr9%12%5–10yr14%2%10–20yr12%10%20–35yr14%27%35–55yr39%7%55yr+

The field is 13% startups (under 5 years old) — 5% of your grantees by number, and just 42% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 6% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/23
the rest of the field
6%
1,704/29,182

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 30 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
10/14
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

NEW CITY CHURCH OF ANKENY — $85,000 · OtherNEW CITY CHURCH OF ANKENYFOCUS ON THE FAMILY — $15,000 · OtherFOCUS ON THE FAMILYANKENY GOSPEL CHURCH INC — $12,000 · OtherANKENY GOSPEL CHURCH INCPIONEERS — $11,800 · OtherPIONEERS+14 more — $36,700 · Other+14 moreSAMARITAN'S PURSE — $15,000 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S…The Colson Center for Christian Worldview — $3,000 · ReligionThe Colson …God's World Publications Inc — $3,000 · ReligionGod's World…Precept — $1,000 · ReligionFAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL — $7,500 · Human ServicesCHILDSERVE FOUNDATION INC — $3,000 · Human ServicesThe Ankeny Klothing Exchange — $1,000 · Human ServicesTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION — $7,500 · Public BenefitRUTH HARBOR — $7,500 · Housing & ShelterALPHA WOMENS CENTER — $7,500 · HealthColonial Williamsburg Foundation — $5,000 · Arts & CultureGARDEN GATE RANCH INC — $1,000 · Philanthropy
Other$160,500Religion$22,000Human Services$11,500Public Benefit$7,500Housing & Shelter$7,500Health$7,500Arts & Culture$5,000Philanthropy$1,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE — $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL — $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION — $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRUTH HARBOR — $7,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetALPHA WOMENS CENTER — $7,500 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetColonial Williamsburg Foundation — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANKENY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY — $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDSERVE FOUNDATION INC — $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Colson Center for Christian Worldview — $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGod's World Publications Inc — $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTEAMS for Medical Missions — $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGARDEN GATE RANCH INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE
  • Who funds FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL
  • Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION
  • Who funds RUTH HARBOR
  • Who funds ALPHA WOMENS CENTER
  • Who funds Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
  • Who funds ANKENY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
  • Who funds CHILDSERVE FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds The Colson Center for Christian Worldview
  • Who funds God's World Publications Inc
  • Who funds TEAMS for Medical Missions
  • Who funds The Ankeny Klothing Exchange
  • Who funds Precept
  • Who funds GARDEN GATE RANCH INC

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Servant FoundationKS13.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Servant Foundation · Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Nelson Family Charitable Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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202122232425
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 30 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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