Wisconsin · Private foundation
The Nelson Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.7M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2024
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $270,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 19
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $51M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations The Nelson Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 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
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 16 | $1.7M | 25% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $1.6M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $1.7M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $1.7M | 11% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $2.5M | 6% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $3.5M | 5% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $2.4M | 16% |
| FY2017 | 18 | $2.9M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rivertree School | $5,570,000 | 8 | 88% |
| Joni and Friends | $2,125,000 | 8 | 1% |
| English Language Institute in China | $1,950,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Ambleside Schools International | $1,281,000 | 8 | 29% |
| Goodword Partnership | $1,150,000 | 8 | 48% |
| Thornston Educational Fund | $800,000 | 8 | 4% |
| St Cloud State University Foundation Inc | $600,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Friends of Freedom Park Inc | $356,000 | 8 | 65% |
| The Joshua Fund | $240,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Church of the Cross | $210,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rivertree School | $5,570,000 | 8 | 88% |
| Joni and Friends | $2,125,000 | 8 | 1% |
| English Language Institute in China | $1,950,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Ambleside Schools International | $1,281,000 | 8 | 29% |
| Goodword Partnership | $1,150,000 | 8 | 48% |
| Thornston Educational Fund | $800,000 | 8 | 4% |
| St Cloud State University Foundation Inc | $600,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Friends of Freedom Park Inc | $356,000 | 8 | 65% |
| The Joshua Fund | $240,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Church of the Cross | $210,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Dwelling Place | $200,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Brydges Centre | $200,000 | 4 | 25% |
| Feed My Starving Children Inc | $160,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Center for Mission Mobilization | $150,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Living Word Bible Camp | $130,000 | 1 | 18% |
| Fishing For Life | $105,000 | 7 | 4% |
| The Evangelical Free Church of America | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Juvenile Justice Advocates International | $70,000 | 7 | 8% |
| Bethel University | $60,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Providence Academy | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Leighton Ford Ministries Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 3% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Nelson Family Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About The Nelson Family Foundation Inc
- How much does The Nelson Family Foundation Inc give?
- The Nelson Family Foundation Inc reported 17 grants totaling $1,709,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 19 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Nelson Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (59%), Religion (33%), Recreation & Sports (2%).
- Who are The Nelson Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Rivertree School ($5.6M), Joni and Friends ($2.1M), English Language Institute in China ($1.9M).
- Does The Nelson Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Nelson Family Foundation Inc 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 Nelson Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Christian Community Foundation Inc, Larson Foundation, The Minneapolis Foundation.
- Where is The Nelson Family Foundation Inc based?
- The Nelson Family Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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