Colorado · Private foundation
Nelson Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $26k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2024
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2018
- 5%
- First-time grantees FY2018
- Median grant, FY2024
- $200
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $11,700
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 23
- FY2017 to FY2018
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $190k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2018, 5% of the organizations Nelson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 18 | $26k | 78% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $25k | 5% |
| FY2017 | 23 | $26k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Denver Children's Foundation | $11,700 | 1 | 1% |
| Denver Dumb Friends League | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Swallow Hill Music Association | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Public Broadcasting of Colorado Inc | $3,200 | 3 | 0% |
| Rocky Mountain Public Media Inc | $3,200 | 3 | 0% |
| Regis Jesuit High School | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| John Austin Cheley Foundation Inc | $1,200 | 3 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $800 | 2 | 0% |
| Denver Botanic Gardens Inc | $700 | 3 | 0% |
| The Santa Fe Opera | $600 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Denver Children's Foundation | $11,700 | 1 | 1% |
| Denver Dumb Friends League | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Swallow Hill Music Association | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Public Broadcasting of Colorado Inc | $3,200 | 3 | 0% |
| Rocky Mountain Public Media Inc | $3,200 | 3 | 0% |
| Regis Jesuit High School | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| John Austin Cheley Foundation Inc | $1,200 | 3 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $800 | 2 | 0% |
| Denver Botanic Gardens Inc | $700 | 3 | 0% |
| The Santa Fe Opera | $600 | 2 | 0% |
| Denver Zoological Foundation | $600 | 2 | 0% |
| Junior League of Denver Foundation | $600 | 2 | 0% |
| Denver Art Museum | $600 | 2 | 0% |
| Colorado Museum of Natural History | $600 | 2 | 0% |
| Denver Rescue Mission | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Colorado Golf Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Opera Colorado | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Central City Opera House Association | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Rocky Mountain Multiple Sclerosis Center | $200 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($40k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget 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: Colorado Gives Foundation · The Anschutz Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Nelson Family Foundation
- How much does Nelson Family Foundation give?
- Nelson Family Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $25,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
- What does Nelson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (40%), Arts & Culture (28%), Animals (9%).
- Who are Nelson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Denver Children's Foundation ($12k), Denver Dumb Friends League ($4k), Swallow Hill Music Association ($4k).
- Does Nelson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2018, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does 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 Nelson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, The Anschutz Foundation, Xcel Energy Foundation.
- Where is Nelson Family Foundation based?
- Nelson Family Foundation is based in CO.
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