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Nesholm Family Foundation at a glance

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Nesholm Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.9M
Granted FY2024still arriving
46
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0188% 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
02FY2024 · 46 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 46 grants below total $3,339,104, the rows itemized in this filing. The $3,909,104 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $570,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $33k
  • $10k–50k23 grants · $430k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $977k
  • $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
PHOTOGRAPHIC CENTER NORTHWEST$100,000
RAINIER VALLEY FOOD BANK$100,000
SEATTLE OPERA$100,000
PHOTOGRAPHIC CENTER NORTHWEST$100,000
WASHINGTON CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS$75,000
SEATTLE CHILDREN'S THEATRE$40,000
SEATTLE CHILDREN'S THEATRE$40,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.3M · 18 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against +9% for those 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

$5.3M
$293k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+9%

Still filing today

83%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $783k 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
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). 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 · $1.9M · 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%
How this is measured

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

03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. 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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Seattle Parks Foundation; 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.
03the grantee network

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

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/39
Grantees still filing
26/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Alliance for Education: $1,865,000 · EducationAlliance for EducationSEATTLE CHILDREN'S THEATRE ASSOCIATION: $135,000 · EducationSEATTLE CHILDREN'S THEATRE ASSOCIAT…+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: $154,100 · Other+14 moreSEATTLE OPERA: $800,000 · Arts & CultureSEATTLE OPERAPHOTO CENTER NW: $200,000 · Arts & CulturePHOTO CENTER NWA CONTEMPORARY THEATRE INC: $175,000 · Arts & CultureA CONTEMPORARY THEATRE I…OPERA AMERICA INC: $50,000 · Arts & Culture+11 more: $172,500 · Arts & Culture+11 moreFRIENDS OF SEATTLE WATERFRONT: $1,030,000 · 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 ServicesSEATTLE PARKS FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Recreation & SportsGirls on the Run Puget Sound: $4,500 · Recreation & Sports
Education$2,015,000Other$1,590,704Arts & Culture$1,397,500Community Improvement$1,035,000Health$255,536Human Services$78,500Recreation & Sports$54,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee 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 budgetSEATTLE FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

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.

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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