Illinois · Private foundation
Nielsen-Massey 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.
- $280k
- Granted FY2023
- 18
- Grants FY2023
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 19
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 6
- Total assets, FY2023
- $571k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 6% of the organizations Nielsen-Massey Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 18 | $280k | 6% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $220k | 6% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $184k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $240k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $156k | 12% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $166k | 37% |
| FY2017 | 16 | $168k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Wales University | $185,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Common Threads | $125,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Feeding America | $95,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Wateraid America Inc | $90,000 | 5 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $70,000 | 5 | 0% |
| United Way of Lake County Inc | $60,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Healthy Schools Campaign | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Share Our Strength | $60,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The DC Central Kitchen Inc | $52,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Wayland Academy | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Wales University | $185,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Common Threads | $125,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Feeding America | $95,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Wateraid America Inc | $90,000 | 5 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $70,000 | 5 | 0% |
| United Way of Lake County Inc | $60,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Healthy Schools Campaign | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Share Our Strength | $60,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The DC Central Kitchen Inc | $52,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Wayland Academy | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Grameen Foundation USA | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Another Round Another Rally | $45,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Pilot Light | $40,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Culinary Institute of America | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| College of Lake County Foundation | $35,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Sustainable Food Laboratory Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Alliance for a Just Society | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Oxfam-America Inc | $20,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Chicago Community Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Farestart | $17,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Freedom From Hunger | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| ICING SMILES Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Angelic Organics Learning Center Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Foundation for Culinary Arts | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Feed My Starving Children Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hot Bread Kitchen Ltd | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($179k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Nielsen-Massey 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: AbbVie Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Nielsen-Massey Foundation
- How much does Nielsen-Massey Foundation give?
- Nielsen-Massey Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $280,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 19 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Nielsen-Massey Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (32%), Education (24%), International (12%).
- Who are Nielsen-Massey Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Johnson & Wales University ($185k), Common Threads ($125k), Feeding America ($95k).
- Does Nielsen-Massey Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Nielsen-Massey 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 Nielsen-Massey Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include AbbVie Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund.
- Where is Nielsen-Massey Foundation based?
- Nielsen-Massey Foundation is based in IL.
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