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Parker Nelson Foundation at a glance

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Parker Nelson Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$26k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$9k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$68kHuman Services$42kHousing & Shelter$34kArts & Culture$19kEducation$15kReligion$14kFood & Nutrition$5kEnvironment$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$7,680
Median grant
1
States reached
$646k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BETHANY CHAPEL COMMUNITY CHURCH$8,500
BACK IN THE SADDLE EQUINE THERAPY CENTER$7,680
BIRCHTREE CENTER$7,200
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER NASHUA$2,899
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 (FY20–24, $44k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 78% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 6%TURNING POINTS NETWORK: $6k → 10%SPARK COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 10%COMMUNITY CAREGIVERS OF GREATER DERRY: $5k → 5%EASTER SEALS NEW HAMPSHIRE INC: $5k → 7%BELKNAP HOUSE: $6k → 9%TURNING POINTS NETWORK: $3k → 10%SEACOAST COMMUNITY SCHOOL: $5k → 5%CROTCHED MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION: $4k → 7%CROTCHED MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION: $3k → 7%CROTCHED MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION: $3k → 7%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.
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.

31%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$66k · 8 repeat orgs$148k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
31

Total granted

$66k
$129k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+19%

Still filing today

75%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHousing & ShelterArts & CulturePhilanthropyHealthEducationOther
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

  • TB
    THE BIRCHTREE CENTER
    2× · 2022–2025 · $11k · revenue +22%
  • UT
    UPREACH THERAPEUTIC EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC
    2× · 2020–2023 · $10k · revenue +45%
  • KB
    KREMPELS BRAIN INJURY CENTER
    2× · 2021–2022 · $10k · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • VF
    VISIONS FOR CREATIVE HOUSING SOLUTIONSgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +134%
  • TP
    The PLUS Company Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $9k · revenue +2%
  • NH
    New Hampshire Historical Societygraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $8k · revenue +333%
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
Southern New Hampshire Health System Inc

Southern New Hampshire Health is dedicated to providing exceptional care that improves the health and well-being of individuals and communities we serve.

Health
2
New Hampshire Children's Health Foundation
Health
3
Bank of New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
Philanthropy
4
Health Strategies of New Hampshire Inc
Health
5
New Hampshire Assistive Technology Center

The mission of New Hampshire Assistive Technology Services is to support the needs of people with disabilities that can be met through assistive technologies so they can be active and valued members of their communities.

—
6
CityHope of New Hampshire

CityHope walks with individuals and families, empowering and equipping them with the necessary resources and skills needed to thrive in their communities. By providing support services to those experiencing financial hardships and housing…

Human Services
7
The Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester Inc

To provide mental health services for persons in the Greater Manchester, NH area.

—
8
Our Place Nh

The mission of our place is to provide residential options, services and support designed to meet the needs of adults with developmental disabilities. we are dedicated to fostering growth and independence through vocational, social, and…

Housing & Shelter
9
Cross Roads House Inc

We offer shelter, respect and collaborative solutions to unhoused individuals and families until they can return to permanent housing and thrive in their community.

Housing & Shelter
10
Headrest Inc

Headrest, Inc. is a nonprofit corporation that provides information and referral, crisis intervention and other related services through the uses of a telephone hotline and office visitations. Headrest also provides counseling and…

Health
11
Northern New Hampshire Healthcare Collaborative Inc

Northern New Hampshire Healthcare Collaborative, Inc. will ensure access to quality care within the communities in which our patients live, provide local and high quality care with positive outcomes to our patients in Coos County while…

—
12
Vna at Hcs Inc

To provide services which will enable people to function throughout life at their optimal level of health, well-being, and independence according to their personal beliefs and choices.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Upreach Therapeutic Equestrian Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Theatre Kapow. 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

34 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. 34 of the 42 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/34
Grantees still filing
24/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The PLUS Company Inc: $9,000 · OtherThe PLUS Company IncBETHANY CHAPEL COMMUNITY CHURCH: $8,500 · OtherBETHANY CHAPEL COMMUNITY CHURCHPEACE OF MIND MEDICAID CONSULTANT: $5,500 · OtherPEACE OF MIND MEDICAID CONSULTANTSEEDS OF FAITH DBA LYDIA'S HOUSE: $5,000 · OtherSEEDS OF FAITH DBA LYDIA'S HOUSEIndividual grant recipient: $3,650 · OtherMANCHESTER COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL: $3,500 · OtherThe River Center Family And Community Re: $3,500 · OtherCamereta New England: $2,500 · OtherINSTITUTE ON DISABILITY AT UNH: $2,500 · OtherCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF: $2,500 · OtherTHE LAURA FOUNDATION: $2,500 · OtherUPREACH THERAPEUTIC EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC: $10,000 · OtherUPREACH THERAPEUTIC EQUESTRIAN CENTER …NEW HAMPSHIRE HUNGER SOLUTIONS INC: $5,000 · OtherNEW HAMPSHIRE HUNGER SOLUTIONS INCAudubon Society of New Hampshire: $3,000 · OtherBoys & Girls Club of Greater Nashua Inc: $2,899 · Other+2 more: $3,250 · OtherTHE CENTER FOR SAFER COMMUNITIES: $9,000 · Human ServicesTHE CENTER FOR SAFER COMMU…Crotched Mountain Foundation: $8,750 · Human ServicesCrotched Mountain Foundati…Belknap House: $6,400 · Human ServicesBelknap HouseEaster Seals New Hampshire Inc: $5,318 · Human ServicesEaster Seals New Hampshire…Seacoast Community School: $5,000 · Human ServicesSeacoast Community SchoolSPARK COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesSPARK COMMUNITY CENTER INCCOMMUNITY CAREGIVERS OF GREATER DERRY: $5,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY CAREGIVERS OF GR…WAYPOINT: $5,000 · Human ServicesWAYPOINTVISIONS FOR CREATIVE HOUSING SOLUTIONS: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterVISIONS FOR CR…Families in Transition: $9,000 · Housing & ShelterFamilies in Tr…Harbor Homes Inc: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterHarbor Homes I…SEACOAST FAMILY PROMISE: $3,500 · Housing & ShelterSEACOAST FAMIL…THE BIRCHTREE CENTER: $10,610 · PhilanthropyTHE BIRCHTRE…KREMPELS BRAIN INJURY CENTER: $9,500 · PhilanthropyKREMPELS BRA…OPPORTUNITY NETWORKS INC: $3,000 · PhilanthropyOPPORTUNITY …New Hampshire Historical Society: $8,330 · Arts & CultureTHEATRE KAPOW: $2,500 · Arts & CultureCASTLE PRESERVATION SOCIETY: $1,862 · Arts & CultureNEW HAMPSHIRE PUBLIC RADIO INC: $1,500 · Arts & CultureBack In The Saddle Equine Therapy Center: $7,680 · EducationNASHUA ADULT LEARNING CENTER INC: $3,479 · EducationKISMET ROCK FOUNDATION: $3,000 · EducationHOSPICE HELP FOUNDATION: $5,000 · HealthFarmsteads of New England Inc: $5,000 · HealthAddiction Recovery Coalition of New Hampshire: $3,000 · Health
Other$72,799Human Services$49,468Housing & Shelter$27,500Philanthropy$23,110Arts & Culture$14,192Education$14,159Health$13,000

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 budgetTHE BIRCHTREE CENTER: $10,610 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUPREACH THERAPEUTIC EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetVISIONS FOR CREATIVE HOUSING SOLUTIONS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetKREMPELS BRAIN INJURY CENTER: $9,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetFamilies in Transition: $9,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe PLUS Company Inc: $9,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR SAFER COMMUNITIES: $9,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCrotched Mountain Foundation: $8,750 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNew Hampshire Historical Society: $8,330 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBack In The Saddle Equine Therapy Center: $7,680 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetBelknap House: $6,400 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPEACE OF MIND MEDICAID CONSULTANT: $5,500 over 2y, 15% of budgetEaster Seals New Hampshire Inc: $5,318 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHarbor Homes Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSeacoast Community School: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSPARK COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY CAREGIVERS OF GREATER DERRY: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetWAYPOINT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE HELP FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetNEW HAMPSHIRE HUNGER SOLUTIONS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFarmsteads of New England Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMANCHESTER COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL: $3,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSEACOAST FAMILY PROMISE: $3,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNASHUA ADULT LEARNING CENTER INC: $3,479 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOPPORTUNITY NETWORKS INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAudubon Society of New Hampshire: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAddiction Recovery Coalition of New Hampshire: $3,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetKISMET ROCK FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Greater Nashua Inc: $2,899 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASTLE PRESERVATION SOCIETY: $1,862 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW HAMPSHIRE PUBLIC RADIO INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

New Hampshire Charita…Arthur L Getz Charita…Cogswell Benevolent T…M L Billings Tr FBO N…Madelaine G Vonweber …Eversource Energy Fou…Trust Uw Oleonda Jame…Ann de Nicola TuwSamuel P Hunt Foundat…Bangor Savings Bank F…Agnes M Lindsay TrustArthur Jr Dobles & Ol…
New Hampshire Charitable FoundationNH59.8× affinity29 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · Arthur L Getz Charitable Tr · Cogswell Benevolent Trust · M L Billings Tr FBO Nh Charities · Madelaine G Vonweber Trust Todd Fahey & William Tucker Co-Trustees · Eversource Energy Foundation Inc · Trust Uw Oleonda Jameson · Ann de Nicola Tuw · Samuel P Hunt Foundation · Bangor Savings Bank Foundation · Agnes M Lindsay Trust · Arthur Jr Dobles & Olive G Dobles Crut

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 Parker Nelson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Parker Nelson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 42 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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