· Private foundation
Noel C Nelson & Children Foundatio
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ST JUDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | $5,900 |
| MEDICAL TEAMS INTERNATIONAL | $5,100 |
| SMILE TRAIN | $3,200 |
| HEIFER FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| OPERATION SMILE | $3,000 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | $2,400 |
| ST JOSEPH'S INDIAN SCHOOL | $2,100 |
| MERCY CORPS | $1,900 |
| GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND | $1,900 |
| SHEPHERD'S HOUSE MINISTRIES | $1,400 |
| RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE | $1,400 |
| SAVE THE CHILDREN | $1,300 |
| PORTLAND RESCUE MISSION | $1,113 |
| OXFAM AMERICA | $1,100 |
| ST LABRE INDIAN SCHOOL | $1,100 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 76% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
22 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
MEDICAL TEAMS INTERNATIONAL9× · 2017–2025 · $33k · revenue +33%
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC8× · 2018–2025 · $31k · revenue +125%
SMILE TRAIN INC9× · 2017–2025 · $23k · revenue +19%
Funded once
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.
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.
(msh) saves lives and improves the health of the world's poorest (see schedule o) and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.
Americares mission is to help people and communities around the world access (see schedule o).
Partners In Health (PIH) is a non-profit, global health organization that fights social injustice by bringing the benefits of modern medical science first and foremost to the most vulnerable communities worldwide. In Haiti, Malawi, Rwanda,…
To boldly engage the world's greatest crises in partnership with the church.
Our mission is to strengthen animal health and welfare to build more resilient communities. we do this by enhancing veterinary care, bolstering community disaster response and recovery, championing sustainable livelihoods, and improving…
Assist international partners with changemakers around the world to provide solutions that save lives and build resilient communities. we accomplish our mission with actionable projects that make a lasting and sustainable impact on the…
Aerial recovery's mission is to save lives and stop evil. through the creation and deployment of humanitarian special operators, aerial recovery brings together selected veterans, first responders, and mission-qualified civilians who,…
To conduct and support programs and activities aimed at solving some of the world's greatest public health challenges, with a specific focus on enabling health workers to have the greatest possible impact on the health of the people they…
To ensure every companion animal has access to quality medical care, compassionate shelter, and a loving home.
Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.
Guided by her remarkable legacy of its co-founder, helen keller, helen keller intl partners with communities that are striving to overcome longstanding cycles of poverty. by delivering the essential building blocks of good health, sound…
Protection of animal rights
How this is measured
14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 22 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds MEDICAL TEAMS INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
- Who funds HEIFER INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds OPERATION SMILE INC ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds Mercy Corps ↗
- Who funds GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
- Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
- Who funds OXFAM-AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds SHEPHERD'S HOUSE MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds OREGON HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds THE SHOWERS FOUNDATION HEALTH CENTER ↗
- Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Noel C Nelson & Children Foundatio funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Noel C Nelson & Children Foundatio. Bigger dots raise more.
- Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
- Medical Teams International: 14% of income from government
- Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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