California · Private foundation
Robert Nelson Foundation
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.
- $568k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 36
- Grants FY2025
- 26
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $80,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 38
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $17M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Robert Nelson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 52% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $191k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 35 | $560k | 57% |
| FY2024 | 26 | $365k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $354k | 62% |
| FY2022 | 38 | $930k | 82% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $248k | 80% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $105k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Valley State University | $290,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Los Angeles Mission Inc | $245,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Union Rescue Mission | $200,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Happy Trails for Kids | $90,000 | 5 | 2% |
| California State University Los Angeles Foundation | $80,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Minority Aids Project Los Angeles | $80,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Penny Lane Centers | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Abbey Road Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Wise Readers to Leaders | $50,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Project Ride Inc | $45,000 | 1 | 8% |
Show all 54 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 40 recipients with no EIN on record ($810k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Robert Nelson 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: California Community Foundation · Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Heart of West Michigan United Way · Shelter Partnership Inc · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Cdv5 Foundation · The Mercantile Bank Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation
How this is measured
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About Robert Nelson Foundation
- How much does Robert Nelson Foundation give?
- Robert Nelson Foundation reported 36 grants totaling $567,700 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 38 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Robert Nelson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (24%), Housing & Shelter (24%), Health (16%).
- Who are Robert Nelson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Grand Valley State University ($290k), Los Angeles Mission Inc ($245k), Union Rescue Mission ($200k).
- Does Robert Nelson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Robert Nelson 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 Robert Nelson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, Grand Rapids Community Foundation, Conrad N Hilton Foundation.
- Where is Robert Nelson Foundation based?
- Robert Nelson Foundation is based in CA.
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