Nebraska · Public charity
The Nelson Family Foundation
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- $280k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 13
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $257k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $13,800
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 80% of the organizations The Nelson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 97% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 3% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $211k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 13 | $257k | 85% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $217k | 80% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $66k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $55k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $10k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands | $109,288 | 3 | 0% |
| Southwest Iowa Nonprofit for Collective Impact | $100,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Omaha Conservatory of Music | $66,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Bellevue University | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jennie Edmundson Memorial Hospital Foundation | $45,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Council Bluffs Schools Foundation Inc | $43,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Christian Home Assn - Children's Square USA | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Teammates Mentoring Program | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Omaha Youth for Christ | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Kaneko | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands | $109,288 | 3 | 0% |
| Southwest Iowa Nonprofit for Collective Impact | $100,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Omaha Conservatory of Music | $66,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Bellevue University | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jennie Edmundson Memorial Hospital Foundation | $45,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Council Bluffs Schools Foundation Inc | $43,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Christian Home Assn - Children's Square USA | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Teammates Mentoring Program | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Omaha Youth for Christ | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Kaneko | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Iowa Western Community College Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Southwest Iowa Educational Foundation Inc | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Joslyn Art Museum | $11,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Camp Kesem National | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boy Scouts of America 326 Mid-America Council | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of the Midlands | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Peter Michael Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Omaha Performing Arts Society | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Nelson Family 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: Iowa West Foundation · The Lozier Foundation · The Hawks Foundation · Peter Kiewit Foundation · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · The Sherwood Foundation · Union Pacific Foundation · Southwest Iowa Foundation · Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation · The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation · The Giving 3 Foundation · Community Foundation for Western Iowa
How this is measured
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About The Nelson Family Foundation
- How much does The Nelson Family Foundation give?
- The Nelson Family Foundation reported 13 itemized grants totaling $256,800, out of $280,350 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Nelson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Youth Development (27%), Health (25%), Education (19%).
- Who are The Nelson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands ($109k), Southwest Iowa Nonprofit for Collective Impact ($100k), Omaha Conservatory of Music ($66k).
- Does The Nelson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Nelson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Iowa West Foundation, The Lozier Foundation, The Hawks Foundation.
- Where is The Nelson Family Foundation based?
- The Nelson Family Foundation is based in NE.
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