Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Aksel Nielsen 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.
- $228k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 41
- Grants FY2025
- 37
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 3%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $60,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 25 to 39
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 3% of the organizations The Aksel Nielsen Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | 41 | $228k | 15% |
| FY2024 | 37 | $200k | 3% |
| FY2023 | 37 | $200k | 5% |
| FY2022 | 39 | $197k | 10% |
| FY2021 | 38 | $195k | 11% |
| FY2020 | 39 | $200k | 41% |
| FY2019 | 26 | $148k | 19% |
| FY2018 | 25 | $149k | 4% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Sports Center for the Disabled Inc | $360,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Camp Avoda Inc | $335,000 | 9 | 6% |
| Denver Dumb Friends League | $65,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Greater Boston Food Bank Inc | $54,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Westport River Watershed Alliance Inc | $45,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Jewish Healthcare Center Inc | $45,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Westport Land Conservation Trust Inc | $45,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Temple Beth Shalom | $40,813 | 9 | n/a |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $39,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $36,000 | 9 | 0% |
Show all 41 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($320k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Aksel Nielsen 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: Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · United Way Worldwide · The Gertler Clark Foundation Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · The Rhode Island Community Foundation · American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc · Fidelity Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · The US Charitable Gift Trust
How this is measured
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About The Aksel Nielsen Foundation
- How much does The Aksel Nielsen Foundation give?
- The Aksel Nielsen Foundation reported 41 grants totaling $227,828 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 39 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Aksel Nielsen Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (21%), Youth Development (20%), Environment (8%).
- Who are The Aksel Nielsen Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: National Sports Center for the Disabled Inc ($360k), Camp Avoda Inc ($335k), Denver Dumb Friends League ($65k).
- Does The Aksel Nielsen Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 3% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Aksel Nielsen 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 The Aksel Nielsen Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation, United Way Worldwide.
- Where is The Aksel Nielsen Foundation based?
- The Aksel Nielsen Foundation is based in MA.
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