How much does Nelson Mead Fund give?

Nelson Mead Fund reported 105 itemized grants totaling $385,572, out of $461,772 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing.

What does Nelson Mead Fund fund?

By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (6%), Education (4%), Health (2%).

Who are Nelson Mead Fund's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: The Guardians of Martin County Inc ($27k), Ethel Walker School Inc ($26k), Friends of the Lobkowicz Collections Inc ($24k).

Does Nelson Mead Fund 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 Mead Fund?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include St Clair Charitable Trust, Legatus Foundation, CMB Foundation.

Where is Nelson Mead Fund based?

Nelson Mead Fund is based in IL.

Foundation Dossiers

Illinois · Private foundation

Nelson Mead Fund

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.

$462k
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 105
Itemized grants FY2024: 105
Organizations funded FY2022

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Itemized, FY2024: $386k; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024: $1,450
Largest grant, FY2024: $32,500
States reached, FY2024: 22
Total assets, FY2024: $5.6M
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

92% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$200kEducation$140kHealth$72kArts & Culture$69kReligion$56kPhilanthropy$31kInternational$23kCivil Rights$20kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
The Guardians of Martin County Inc	$27,000	2	6%
Ethel Walker School Inc	$26,000	2	0%
Friends of the Lobkowicz Collections Inc	$24,000	2	1%
World Wildlife Fund Inc	$23,000	2	0%
Hobe Sound Community Chest Inc	$22,000	2	0%
Rare	$20,500	2	0%
Vassar College	$20,400	2	0%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc	$18,000	2	0%
Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust Inc	$18,000	2	1%
The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation	$14,000	1	0%

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All grantees of Nelson Mead Fund by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
The Guardians of Martin County Inc	$27,000	2	6%
Ethel Walker School Inc	$26,000	2	0%
Friends of the Lobkowicz Collections Inc	$24,000	2	1%
World Wildlife Fund Inc	$23,000	2	0%
Hobe Sound Community Chest Inc	$22,000	2	0%
Rare	$20,500	2	0%
Vassar College	$20,400	2	0%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc	$18,000	2	0%
Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust Inc	$18,000	2	1%
The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation	$14,000	1	0%
Clean Air Task Force Inc	$12,500	2	0%
Jupiter Island Medical Clinic Inc	$12,000	2	1%
The Banner Lake Club Inc	$12,000	2	0%
The Everglades Foundation Inc	$12,000	1	0%
The Epiphany School Inc	$10,500	2	0%
St George's Episcopal Church	$10,000	2	n/a
Dayton Children's Hospital	$10,000	2	0%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc	$10,000	2	0%
National Tropical Botanical Garden	$10,000	2	0%
College of the Atlantic	$7,500	2	0%
Washington University	$7,500	2	0%
Indian Mountain School Inc	$7,000	2	0%
Loaves and Fishes of Hobe Sound Inc	$7,000	2	4%
World Rehabilitation Fund	$6,500	2	0%
Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc	$6,000	2	0%
North Yarmouth Academy	$6,000	2	0%
Rocky Mountain Institute	$5,500	1	0%
Hobe Sound Nature Center Inc	$5,190	2	1%
Millbrook School	$5,000	1	0%
Maine Coast Heritage Trust	$5,000	2	0%
F O C U S Inc	$4,000	2	n/a
Water Missions International	$4,000	2	0%
Rainforest Trust	$3,000	2	0%
Greater Boston Food Bank Inc	$3,000	2	0%
1000 Friends of Florida Inc	$3,000	2	0%
Americares Foundation Inc	$2,500	2	0%
The Center for Grieving Children	$2,500	1	0%
Sawtooth Society Inc	$2,450	2	0%
Royal River Conservation Trust	$2,000	2	0%
C-Change Conversations	$2,000	2	0%
Jupiter Island Arts Council Inc	$2,000	1	1%
Lake Forest College	$2,000	2	0%
Miss Porter's School Inc	$2,000	2	0%
Cornwall Child Center Inc	$2,000	2	0%
Community Kitchen of Torrington Inc	$2,000	2	0%
Calvary Church	$2,000	1	n/a
J Field Foundation Inc	$1,950	2	n/a
Friends Academy Inc	$1,500	2	0%
Cornwall Conservation Trust Inc	$1,500	2	0%
International Crane Foundation Inc	$1,200	2	0%
Community College of Vermont - Montpelier	$1,000	2	n/a
Chewonki Foundation Inc	$1,000	2	0%
National Outdoor Leadership School	$1,000	2	0%
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence	$1,000	1	0%
World Central Kitchen Inc	$1,000	1	0%
Dedham Country Day School	$1,000	1	0%
Brooks School	$1,000	1	0%
Old Dartmouth Historical Society	$1,000	2	0%
Shelburne Farms	$1,000	2	0%
The Garden Conservancy Inc	$1,000	2	0%
Richmond Memorial Library Associati	$1,000	1	0%
350org	$1,000	1	0%
Housatonic Valley Association Inc	$750	2	0%
Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation	$750	2	0%
Denver Rescue Mission	$750	2	0%
Hobe Sound Child Care Center Inc	$750	2	0%
Trustees of Boston University	$620	2	0%
The Trustees of Reservations	$512	2	0%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation	$500	1	0%
Trinity College	$500	2	0%
St Sebastians School Inc	$500	1	n/a
Native American Rights Fund Inc	$500	1	0%
Round the Bend Farm Inc	$500	1	0%
Housatonic Youth Service Bureau Inc	$500	1	0%
Buzzards Bay Coalition	$500	1	0%
Peabody Essex Museum Inc	$400	2	0%
Jupiter Island Historical Society Inc	$400	2	0%
Community Health & Wellness Center of Greater Torrington Inc	$400	1	0%
Apollo School Foundation Inc	$400	2	2%
Norton Museum of Art Inc	$400	2	0%
Three Squares New England Inc	$250	1	0%
Friends of the Everglades Inc	$100	1	0%
Dedham Historical Society	$50	1	0%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($254k), not named here.

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Nelson Mead Fund supplied at peak.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 77.

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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.

St Clair Charitable TrustMI22.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: St Clair Charitable Trust · Legatus Foundation · CMB Foundation · Ethel D Colket Foundation · Colket Family Foundation · The James E & Constance L Bell Foundation · The David and Elizabeth Long Foundation · Cox Foundation Inc · Hugh and Patricia Okane Foundation Co Hugh Okane · The Patton Charitable Foundation · Woodward Family Charitable Foundation · Fore River 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.

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About Nelson Mead Fund

How much does Nelson Mead Fund give?: Nelson Mead Fund reported 105 itemized grants totaling $385,572, out of $461,772 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing.
What does Nelson Mead Fund fund?: By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (6%), Education (4%), Health (2%).
Who are Nelson Mead Fund's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: The Guardians of Martin County Inc ($27k), Ethel Walker School Inc ($26k), Friends of the Lobkowicz Collections Inc ($24k).
Does Nelson Mead Fund 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 Mead Fund?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include St Clair Charitable Trust, Legatus Foundation, CMB Foundation.
Where is Nelson Mead Fund based?: Nelson Mead Fund is based in IL.