· Private foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k21 grants · $49k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $49k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NEW CITY CHURCH OF ANKENY | $49,000 |
| SAMARITAN'S PURSE | $5,000 |
| FOCUS ON THE FAMILY | $5,000 |
| PIONEERS | $4,800 |
| RUTH HARBOR | $2,500 |
| HERITAGE FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
| ANKENY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY | $2,500 |
| ALPHA WOMEN'S CENTER | $2,500 |
| FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL | $2,500 |
| WYCLIFFE | $2,400 |
| ABWE | $2,400 |
| GLOBAL PARTNERS | $2,400 |
| MISSION AVIATION FELLOWSHIP | $2,400 |
| ACTION INTERNATIONAL | $2,400 |
| NAVIGATORS | $2,400 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its 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. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against +15% for those 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
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SPSAMARITAN'S PURSE2× · 2023–2025 · $15k · revenue +53%
- FRFAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL2× · 2023–2025 · $8k · revenue +19%
- AWALPHA WOMENS CENTER2× · 2023–2025 · $8k · revenue +50%
Funded once
- AGANKENY GOSPEL CHURCH INCone grant, 2023 · $12k
Colonial Williamsburg Foundationone grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +19%- TFTEAMS for Medical Missionsone grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue +15%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
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.
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.
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…
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…
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.
To glorify god by equipping the church with proper christian doctrine and to help non-believers come to a saving knowledge of jesus christ.
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.
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.
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…
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…
Lakelight Institute equips Christians with timeless wisdom for modern life.
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.
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.
How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 30 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
- Who funds FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds ALPHA WOMENS CENTER ↗
- Who funds RUTH HARBOR ↗
- Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ANKENY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds Colonial Williamsburg Foundation ↗
- Who funds God's World Publications Inc ↗
- Who funds CHILDSERVE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds The Colson Center for Christian Worldview ↗
- Who funds TEAMS for Medical Missions ↗
- Who funds Precept ↗
- Who funds The Ankeny Klothing Exchange ↗
- Who funds GARDEN GATE RANCH INC ↗
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: 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
How this is measured
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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