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Nesholm Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.9M
Granted FY2024still arriving
42
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0188% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Education$1.7MArts & Culture$1.5MHealth$1.3MRecreation & Sports$1.1MFood & Nutrition$105kHuman Services$84kCommunity Improvement$40kPhilanthropy$25kOther$0
02FY2024 · 42 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 42 grants below total $3,209,104 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $3,909,104 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $700,000 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $33k
  • $10k–50k20 grants · $400k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $877k
  • $250k+5 grants · $1.9M
$15,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$36M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FRIENDS OF WATERFRONT SEATTLE$500,000
SOUND$450,000
ALLIANCE FOR EDUCATION$400,000
SEATTLE OPERA$300,000
ALLIANCE FOR EDUCATION$250,000
ALLIANCE FOR EDUCATION$200,000
SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS$151,604
ACT THEATRE$150,000
RAINIER VALLEY FOOD BANK$100,000
PHOTOGRAPHIC CENTER NORTHWEST$100,000
SEATTLE OPERA$100,000
WASHINGTON CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS$75,000
SEATTLE CHILDREN'S THEATRE$40,000
SEATTLE CHILDREN'S THEATRE$40,000
ACT$40,000
02Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$5.0M · 18 repeat orgs$976k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +24% since the first grant, against +9% for the ones you funded once.

18 repeat relationships — 18 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
18

Total granted

$5.0M
$293k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+9%

Still filing today

83%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $683k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’22’24
Arts & CultureHealthEducationHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementRecreation & SportsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • AF
    Alliance for Education
    2× · 2022–2024 · $1.6M · revenue +45%
  • S
    SOUND
    2× · 2022–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +38%
  • SC
    SEATTLE CHILDREN'S THEATRE ASSOCIATION
    2× · 2022–2024 · $135k · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • NH
    NEIGHBORCARE HEALTH
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue -7%
  • CC
    Consejo Counseling & Referral Service
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +21%
  • N
    NAVOSgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $41k · revenue +32%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
On the Boards

On the Boards' mission is to invest in leading contemporary performing artists near and far and connect them to a diverse range of communities interested in forward-thinking art and ideas.

—
2
Seattle Architectural Foundation

The Seattle Architecture Foundation connects people to the architecture, design, and history of Seattle. We believe the more you engage with design, the more you feel connected to your changing city. As a volunteer driven organization, we…

Arts & Culture
3
Artist Trust

Artist Trust supports the livelihoods of artists working in all disciplines to create a more vibrant and equitable Washington State.

Arts & Culture
4
Seattle Symphony Orchestra Inc

To present symphonic music of the highest quality in a distinctive way for the cultural enrichment, education, engagement and enjoyment of the people of our community.

Arts & Culture
5
Theatre Puget Sound

TPS works to foster and advocate for a robust and equitable theatre community in the Puget Sound Region.

Arts & Culture
6
Siff

Siff is a seattle-based 501(c)(3) arts nonprofit dedicated to the creation of vibrant experiences and spaces that champion film discovery and arts education.

Youth Development
7
Southwest Washington Center for the Arts
Philanthropy
8
Northwest Film Forum

Northwest Film Forum incites public dialogue and creative action through collective cinematic experiences. A nonprofit film and arts center located in Seattle, Northwest Film Forum presents hundreds of films, festivals, community events,…

Arts & Culture
9
Washington Ethnic Studies Now

Washington Ethnic Studies Now WAESN is a multigenerational majority POC-led nonprofit advancing Ethnic Studies and racial justice in Washington. We center people of color build youth-centered leadership and learning and organize…

Education
10
Seattle JazzED

Through Jazz education that liberates and inspires, Seattle JazzED increase access in the music room, celebrates student expression, and builds lasting connection rooted in community.

Arts & Culture
11
Seattle Artists

Musical and other cultural performances and music education for youth

—
12
Seattle Athenaeum

The Seattle Athenaeum connects a dynamic literary community through a curated book collection, diverse programming, and opportunities for engaging conversations and transformative ideas.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Seattle Parks Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Teentix. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity Theater CompaniesFood Pantries and AssistanceLocal History MuseumsYouth Sports ProgramsImmigrant and Latino Integr…Child Abuse Advocacy Servic…Indigenous Community Develo…Government Accountability &…Community Hospital SystemsAsian American Civic & Cult…Classical Music OrchestrasEnvironmental Advocacy and …Addiction & Mental Health T…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 33 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number21%0%<5yr14%11%5–10yr20%8%10–20yr18%34%20–35yr13%24%35–55yr15%24%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value21%0%<5yr14%2%5–10yr20%19%10–20yr18%35%20–35yr13%7%35–55yr15%38%55yr+

The field is 21% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/40
the rest of the field
12%
4,745/38,928

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

03the grantee network

39 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 39 of the 49 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/39
Grantees still filing
25/39
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Alliance for Education — $1,565,000 · EducationAlliance for EducationSEATTLE CHILDREN'S THEATRE ASSOCIATION — $135,000 · EducationSEATTLE CHILDREN'S THEATRE ASSOC…+1 more — $15,000 · EducationSOUND — $1,035,000 · OtherSOUNDSeattle Public Schools — $151,604 · OtherSeattle Public SchoolsRAINIER VALLEY FOOD BANK — $100,000 · OtherRAINIER VALLEY FOOD BANKACT — $80,000 · OtherMEANY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS — $70,000 · Other+14 more — $151,100 · Other+14 moreSEATTLE OPERA — $800,000 · Arts & CultureSEATTLE OPERAA CONTEMPORARY THEATRE INC — $175,000 · Arts & CultureA CONTEMPORARY THEATRE I…PHOTO CENTER NW — $100,000 · Arts & CulturePHOTO CENTER NWOPERA AMERICA INC — $50,000 · Arts & Culture+11 more — $172,500 · Arts & Culture+11 moreFRIENDS OF SEATTLE WATERFRONT — $1,020,000 · Community ImprovementFRIENDS OF SEATTLE …+1 more — $5,000 · Community ImprovementWASHINGTON CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS — $75,000 · HealthNEIGHBORCARE HEALTH — $50,000 · HealthConsejo Counseling & Referral Service — $50,000 · HealthNAVOS — $40,536 · HealthSOUTHEAST YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES — $40,000 · HealthASIAN COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICE — $60,000 · Human ServicesRefugee Womens Alliance — $13,500 · Human ServicesUNIVERSITY DISTRICT SERVICE LEAGUE — $5,000 · Human ServicesDELRIDGE NEIGHBORHOODS DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION — $35,000 · EnvironmentARBORETUM FOUNDATION — $2,500 · Environment
Education$1,715,000Other$1,587,704Arts & Culture$1,297,500Community Improvement$1,025,000Health$255,536Human Services$78,500Environment$37,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetAlliance for Education — $1,565,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetSOUND — $1,035,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetFRIENDS OF SEATTLE WATERFRONT — $1,020,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetSEATTLE OPERA — $800,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetA CONTEMPORARY THEATRE INC — $175,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetSEATTLE CHILDREN'S THEATRE ASSOCIATION — $135,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetPHOTO CENTER NW — $100,000 over 1y, 6.3% 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 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 budgetSEATTLE PARKS FOUNDATION — $30,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLANGSTON — $25,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetSEATTLE FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEENTIX — $25,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetSEATTLE YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS — $22,500 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetCLASSICAL 981 — $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKUOW PUGET SOUND PUBLIC RADIO — $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% 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 budgetMaris Place — $10,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetThe Williams Project — $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetHISTORY INK — $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSeattle Chamber Music Festival — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTheatre Off Jackson — $10,000 over 1y, 2.5% 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 budgetTHE HENRY GALLERY ASSOCIATION 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
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — 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

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 49 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 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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