· Private foundation
The Nelson Family 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.
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.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k2 grants · $15k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $59k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| TRINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY FOUNDATION | $22,333 |
| MARY INSTITUTE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL | $14,555 |
| INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION | $11,167 |
| BOULDER VALLEY WALDORF SCHOOL | $11,166 |
| SUNSHINE MINISTRIES | $7,445 |
| DANITAS CHILDREN | $7,444 |
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 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 77% 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.
10 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
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
- SMSUNSHINE MINISTRIES INC9× · 2017–2025 · $68k · revenue +6%
- TCTRINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY FOUNDATION4× · 2022–2025 · $66k · revenue +6%
HOPE INTERNATIONAL5× · 2019–2023 · $58k · revenue +114%
Funded once
- MIMary Institute and St Louis Country Day Schoolgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $8k · revenue +86%
- TFTEXAS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT INC dba THE DA VINCI SCHOOLgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $4k · revenue +39%
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.
Trinity episcopal school (trinity) is a not-for-profit independent school whose mission is to provide an enriched academic curriculum in a christian environment. trinity is not affiliated with or sponsored by any parish. we will nurture…
Under the auspices of the united nations and guided by its ideals, the united nations international school (unis) provides an inclusive and diverse learning environment in which rigorous international programs foster academic excellence,…
See Schedule OSt. John's School is an independent, co-educational day school presenting a 13-year sequence of college preparatory training. A non-profit institution, it was founded in 1946 to provide the community with a school of exacting…
Partner with families to provide students a christ-centered education while fostering a life of faith and service. the school desires to associate with like-minded teachers, administrators, staff, parents, and students to communicate the…
Trinity school of texas successfully prepares students for college and beyond in a joyful, spiritual environment. our graduates will attain academic excellence, embrace diversity, demonstrate intellectual curiosity, appreciate the arts,…
Truth academy works in partnership with families to integrate high-quality education with biblical truth and discipleship in order to train students, spiritually and academically, how to operate in their god-given purpose and live out a…
Trinity Hall is an independent, all-girls school that educates and empowers young women in the Catholic tradition through an innovative college preparatory program grounded in our four core values of leadership, respect, perseverance, and…
The mission of trinity academy of portland is to educate middle and high school students within a joyful christian school culture marked by the discovery of truth, the practice of goodness, the creation of beauty, and the development of…
Family, School, and Church united in the education and support of each child - this is the founding premise upon which Presbyterian School nurtures and challenges its students. The school provides an educational program of the highest…
The mission of trinity school is to be a college preparatory community that provides a nurturing environment to enrich the mind, strengthen the body, enliven the soul, and inspire servant leadership.
See Schedule OThe purpose of Awty International School (Awty) is to create an environment where students experience excellence every day to make their mark on the world alongside their community, in a spirit of curiosity, courage and…
Serving children age three through sixth grade, trinity school creates a community of learners in a diverse and distinctly elementary-only environment, in which each child develops the knowledge, skills, and character to achieve his or her…
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 13 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 SUNSHINE MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds TRINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HOPE INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION ↗
- Who funds Maris Place ↗
- Who funds AMER HAITIAN BON ZAMI INC ↗
- Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Mary Institute and St Louis Country Day School ↗
- Who funds TEXAS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT INC dba THE DA VINCI SCHOOL ↗
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: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Nelson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Nelson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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