Georgia · Private foundation
Nelson Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $2.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2024
- 29
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 3%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $475,714
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,155,410
- Organizations funded a year
- 29 to 32
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 3% of the organizations Nelson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 3 | $2.1M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 29 | $94k | 3% |
| FY2022 | 32 | $89k | 3% |
| FY2021 | 32 | $112k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
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, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball State University Foundation Inc | $1,196,160 | 4 | 2% |
| United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc | $525,714 | 3 | 1% |
| Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc | $510,714 | 4 | 0% |
| National Families in Action Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 64% |
| Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta Inc | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Georgia Aquarium Inc & Subsidiary | $12,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School Inc | $10,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Robert W Woodruff Arts Center Inc | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Georgia Justice Project Inc | $5,500 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($34k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Nelson Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 21 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: The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Nelson Family Foundation
- How much does Nelson Family Foundation give?
- Nelson Family Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $2,106,838 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 32 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Nelson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (50%), Philanthropy (22%), Food & Nutrition (21%).
- Who are Nelson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Ball State University Foundation Inc ($1.2M), United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc ($526k), Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc ($511k).
- Does Nelson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 3% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Nelson Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Nelson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc, United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc, Georgia Power Foundation Inc.
- Where is Nelson Family Foundation based?
- Nelson Family Foundation is based in GA.
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