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Nesholm Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.9M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
46
Itemized grants FY2024
36
Organizations funded FY2022
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Itemized, FY2024
$3.3M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$500,000
States reached, FY2024
2
Total assets, FY2024
$36M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site
88% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$1.7MArts & Culture$1.5MHealth$1.3MRecreation & Sports$1.1MFood & Nutrition$105kHuman Services$84kCommunity Improvement$40kPhilanthropy$25kOther$0

Top grantees

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

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Alliance for Education$1,865,000219%
Sound$1,035,00021%
Friends of Seattle Waterfront$1,030,00022%
Seattle Opera$800,00023%
Photo Center Nw$200,000113%
A Contemporary Theatre Inc$175,00013%
Seattle Public Schools$151,6041n/a
Seattle Children's Theatre Association$135,00022%
Rainier Valley Food Bank$100,00011%
Washington Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics$75,00013%
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All grantees of Nesholm Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Alliance for Education$1,865,000219%
Sound$1,035,00021%
Friends of Seattle Waterfront$1,030,00022%
Seattle Opera$800,00023%
Photo Center Nw$200,000113%
A Contemporary Theatre Inc$175,00013%
Seattle Public Schools$151,6041n/a
Seattle Children's Theatre Association$135,00022%
Rainier Valley Food Bank$100,00011%
Washington Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics$75,00013%
Asian Counseling and Referral Service$60,00020%
Neighborcare Health$50,00010%
Opera America Inc$50,00020%
Seattle Parks Foundation$50,00020%
Consejo Counseling & Referral Service$50,00010%
Navos$40,53610%
Southeast Youth & Family Services$40,00022%
Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association$35,0001n/a
Langston$25,00022%
Teentix$25,00017%
Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras$22,50023%
Kuow Puget Sound Public Radio$20,00020%
Classical 981$20,00010%
Town Hall Association$15,00010%
Coyote Central$15,00011%
Refugee Womens Alliance$13,50020%
Theatre Off Jackson$10,00012%
Maris Place$10,00022%
Seattle Chamber Music Festival$10,00010%
The Williams Project$10,00013%
History Ink$10,00011%
The Henry Gallery Association Inc$5,00010%
University District Service League$5,00010%
Duwamish Tribal Services Dba Duwamish Tribal Services Inc$5,00010%
Southeast Effective Development$5,00010%
Theatre22$4,60014%
Girls on the Run Puget Sound$4,50020%
Little League Baseball Inc$4,00014%
Arboretum Foundation$2,50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($218k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Nesholm Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAlliance for Education: $1,865,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetSound: $1,035,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetFriends of Seattle Waterfront: $1,030,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetSeattle Opera: $800,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetPhoto Center Nw: $200,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetA Contemporary Theatre Inc: $175,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetSeattle Children's Theatre Association: $135,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetRainier Valley Food Bank: $100,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetWashington Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics: $75,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetAsian Counseling and Referral Service: $60,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNeighborcare Health: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOpera America Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSeattle Parks Foundation: $50,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetConsejo Counseling & Referral Service: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNavos: $40,536 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSoutheast Youth & Family Services: $40,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetLangston: $25,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetTeentix: $25,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetSeattle Youth Symphony Orchestras: $22,500 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetKuow Puget Sound Public Radio: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetClassical 981: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTown Hall Association: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCoyote Central: $15,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetRefugee Womens Alliance: $13,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTheatre Off Jackson: $10,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetMaris Place: $10,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetSeattle Chamber Music Festival: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Williams Project: $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetHistory Ink: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetThe Henry Gallery Association Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity District Service League: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDuwamish Tribal Services Dba Duwamish Tribal Services Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSoutheast Effective Development: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTheatre22: $4,600 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetGirls on the Run Puget Sound: $4,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLittle League Baseball Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetArboretum Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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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 37.

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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.

Seattle FoundationThe Norcliffe Foundat…ArtsfundUnited Way of King Co…Wyman Youth TrustPuget Sound Energy Fo…Lucky Seven FoundationMightycause Charitabl…Gates FoundationReal Progress Foundat…M J Murdock Charitabl…Grousemont Foundation
Seattle FoundationWA48.9× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Artsfund · United Way of King County · Wyman Youth Trust · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Lucky Seven Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Gates Foundation · Real Progress Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Grousemont 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 Nesholm Family Foundation

How much does Nesholm Family Foundation give?
Nesholm Family Foundation reported 46 itemized grants totaling $3,339,104, out of $3,909,104 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing.
What does Nesholm Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (6%), Arts & Culture (6%), Health (5%).
Who are Nesholm Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Alliance for Education ($1.9M), Sound ($1.0M), Friends of Seattle Waterfront ($1.0M).
Does Nesholm Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Nesholm Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, The Norcliffe Foundation, Artsfund.
Where is Nesholm Family Foundation based?
Nesholm Family Foundation is based in NJ.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 49 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $3.4M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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