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Nulsen Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Nulsen Family Foundation Inc

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.

$214k
Granted FY2024still arriving
15
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$120k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Community Improvement$2.2MEducation$468kRecreation & Sports$156kHealth$83kReligion$70kYouth Development$20kArts & Culture$12kHousing & Shelter$11kOther$0
02FY2024 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k9 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $75k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $120k
$2,500
Median grant
8
States reached
$735k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BABSON COLLEGE$120,000
NEW COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$25,000
KEEWAYDIN FOUNDATION$15,000
EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL$15,000
CITY KIDS WILDERNESS PROJECT$10,000
COMMUNITY OF HOPE$10,000
WASATCH ADAPTIVE SPORTS$5,000
LOOMIS CHAFFEE ANNUAL FUND$2,500
ST ALBANS SCHOOL$2,500
BULLIS SCHOOL$2,500
MISSION OF SIGHT$2,500
BARNS OF ROSE HILL$1,000
COLLEEN MITCHEL MEMORIAL FUND$1,000
INOVA HEALTH FOUNDATION$1,000
LONG BRANCH HISTORIC HOUSE AND FARM$500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–20, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE: $1k → 10%ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE: $1k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
NH
ND
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
VA
MD
DC
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.9M · 22 repeat orgs$60k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +31% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

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21

Total granted

$2.9M
$28k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+31%

Still filing today

59%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentInternationalPhilanthropyOther
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

  • BABSON COLLEGE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.2M · revenue +43%
  • AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2017–2021 · $215k · revenue +26%
  • THE KEEWAYDIN FOUNDATION
    6× · 2017–2024 · $150k · revenue +63%

Funded once

  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER WASHINGTON AND AFFILIATEgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +74%
  • BC
    BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +4%
  • TS
    THE SCHOLARSHIP FUND OF CONCORD AND CARLISLEgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $1k · revenue +103%
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.

04Its 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
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
2
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
3
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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4
Washington College

Washington college challenges and inspires emerging citizen leaders to discover lives of purpose and passion.core valueswe share these values of our founding patron, george washington: integrity, determination, curiosity, civility,…

Education
5
University of Virginia Investment Management Company

The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).

Education
6
Washington & Jefferson College

To graduate people of uncommon integrity, competence, and maturity, who are effective lifelong learners and responsible citizens, and who are prepared to contribute substantially to the world in which they live.

Education
7
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
8
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
9
University of Virginia Foundation

To provide administrative services to university of virginia (university) entities, university associated organizations, or other entities involved in activities which support the university. to engage in matters pertaining to real…

Education
10
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
11
Goldey-Beacom College

Empowering learners to achieve excellence by linking knowledge to practice.

Education
12
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Hospital Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Movember Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

29 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. 29 of the 50 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
18/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BABSON COLLEGE: $2,151,000 · EducationBABSON COLLEGEAMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $215,000 · EducationAMERICAN UNIVERSITY+6 more: $48,334 · EducationNEW COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $175,000 · PhilanthropyThe Shepherds Table Inc: $63,334 · OtherEPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL: $25,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $18,500 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER WASHINGTON AND AFFILIATE: $10,000 · OtherMANNA FOOD BANK INC: $9,500 · Other+28 more: $53,300 · OtherTHE KEEWAYDIN FOUNDATION: $150,000 · Recreation & SportsCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $55,185 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $2,500 · Health+2 more: $1,500 · HealthCity Kids to Wilderness Project Inc: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentGREAT AND SMALL: $950 · Youth DevelopmentCOMMUNITY OF HOPE: $10,000 · Community Improvement
Education$2,414,334Philanthropy$175,000Other$179,634Recreation & Sports$150,000Health$59,185Youth Development$10,950Community Improvement$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBABSON COLLEGE: $2,151,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $215,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNEW COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $175,000 over 7y, 73% of budgetTHE KEEWAYDIN FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetThe Shepherds Table Inc: $63,334 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $55,185 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL IN VIRGINIA: $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBULLIS SCHOOL: $12,834 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY OF HOPE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER WASHINGTON AND AFFILIATE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCity Kids to Wilderness Project Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE LOOMIS INSTITUTE D/B/A THE LOOMIS CHAFFEE SCHOOL: $8,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWASATCH ADAPTIVE SPORTS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBARNS OF ROSE HILL: $4,250 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Gallery of Art: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOPECAM INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SCHOLARSHIP FUND OF CONCORD AND CARLISLE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOME INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAIR GIRLS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRevived Soldiers Ukraine: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINOVA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREAT AND SMALL: $950 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMOVEMBER FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLONG BRANCH HISTORIC HOUSE & FARM: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMILITARY BOWL FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVIRGINIA POINT TO POINT FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.8% 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.

  • Who funds BABSON COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds NEW COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE KEEWAYDIN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Shepherds Table Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL IN VIRGINIA ↗
  • Who funds BULLIS SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY OF HOPE ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER WASHINGTON AND AFFILIATE ↗
  • Who funds City Kids to Wilderness Project Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE LOOMIS INSTITUTE D/B/A THE LOOMIS CHAFFEE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds WASATCH ADAPTIVE SPORTS INC ↗
  • Who funds BARNS OF ROSE HILL ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds Road to Independence ↗
  • Who funds National Gallery of Art ↗
  • Who funds HOPECAM INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SCHOLARSHIP FUND OF CONCORD AND CARLISLE ↗
  • Who funds DONORSCHOOSEORG ↗
  • Who funds SOME INC ↗
  • Who funds FAIR GIRLS INC ↗

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.

Greater Washington Co…Gs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…Charities Aid Foundat…Vanguard Charitable E…The Pfizer Foundation…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …
Greater Washington Community FoundationDC12.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Washington Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Nulsen Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nulsen Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Babson College: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 50 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.

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grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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The endowment market
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home