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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 FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$270k
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172024.

Education$11MReligion$6.0MRecreation & Sports$356kHuman Services$200kInternational$200kFood & Nutrition$160kCivil Rights$150kPhilanthropy$140kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k6 grants · $140k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $1.3M
  • $250k+1 grant · $270k
$100,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$51M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RIVERTREE SCHOOL$270,000
CHURCH OF THE CROSS$210,000
JONI AND FRIENDS$200,000
ELIC$200,000
AMBLESIDE SCHOOLS INTERNATIONAL$150,000
LIVING WORD BIBLE CAMP$130,000
ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$100,000
AMBLESIDE SCHOOL COLORADO$100,000
GOODWORD PARTNERSHIP$100,000
BETHEL UNIVERSITY$60,000
THORNSTON EDUCATION FUND$50,000
NEW HORIZONS FOUNDATION$40,000
FRIENDS OF FREEDOM PARK$32,000
THE DWELLING PLACE$25,000
FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN$20,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $400k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%THE BRYDGES CENTRE: $50k → 14%THE BRYDGES CENTRE: $50k → 14%THE BRYDGES CENTRE: $50k → 14%THE BRYDGES CENTRE: $50k → 14%THE DWELLING PLACE: $25k → 7%THE DWELLING PLACE: $25k → 7%THE DWELLING PLACE: $25k → 7%THE DWELLING PLACE: $25k → 7%THE DWELLING PLACE: $25k → 7%THE DWELLING PLACE: $25k → 7%THE DWELLING PLACE: $25k → 7%THE DWELLING PLACE: $25k → 7%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$17M · 22 repeat orgs$725k to everyone else

22 repeat relationships — 12 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
3

Total granted

$17M
$225k

Still filing today

73%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationReligionInternationalHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • RS
    RIVERTREE SCHOOL
    8× · 2017–2024 · $5.6M · revenue +114% · 88% of their budget
  • JA
    JONI AND FRIENDS
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.1M · revenue +81%
  • AS
    AMBLESIDE SCHOOLS INTERNATIONAL
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +40% · 29% of their budget

Funded once

  • AS
    AMBLESIDE SCHOOL OF FREDERICKSBURG
    one grant, 2018 · $100k
  • TE
    THE EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH OF AMERICA
    one grant, 2017 · $100k
  • AD
    ANGLICAN DIOCESE OF THE UPPER MIDWEST
    one grant, 2017 · $25k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Reformed University Inc

Provide education in theology, divinity, religious education, ministerial training, business and organizational leadership.

Education
2
Youth for Christ International Ministries

As part of the body of Christ, to see that every young person in every people group in every nation has the opportunity to make an informed decision to be a follower of Jesus Christ and become a part of the local church.

Religion
3
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
4
Regent University

Regent University serves as a center of Christian thought and action to provide excellent education through a Biblical perspective and global context equipping Christian leaders to change the world.

5
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
6
International Leadership Institute

The international leadership institute (ili) changes history by accelerating the spread of the gospel through training and mobilizing leaders of leaders to reach their nations. ili accomplishes this purpose through cutting edge leadership…

Religion
7
African Bible Colleges Inc

Educate, train and equip religious teachers and preachers

Education
8
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

9
Northeastern Seminary

Northeastern seminary strives to be a vibrant source for christian theological formation whose students are formed in a biblical vision of gracious christianity and impact wholeness to the world in an expansive array of vocations and…

Education
10
Christian Leaders for Africa Inc

Christian leaders from africa promotes christian theological training & education of local leaders in kenya and throughout africa. it invests in undergraduate, masters, and phd scholarships, faculty support for african professors and…

Religion
11
Asbury Theological Seminary

Asbury Theological Seminary is a community called to prepare theologically educated, sanctified, Spirit-filled men and women to evangelize and to spread scriptural holiness throughout the world through the love of Jesus Christ, in the…

Education
12
Faith Baptist Bible College

Post secondary and graduate educational institution The mission of Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary is to equip vocational Christian workers and other servant leaders while inspiring them to take the Word to the world.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Joni and Friends and the most unlike its peers is Juvenile Justice Advocates International. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 28 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%0%<5yr14%5%5–10yr19%15%10–20yr16%50%20–35yr13%20%35–55yr16%10%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%1%5–10yr19%45%10–20yr16%32%20–35yr13%17%35–55yr16%5%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/23
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,542

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 31 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
15/20
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

RIVERTREE SCHOOL — $5,570,000 · EducationRIVERTREE SCHOOLAMBLESIDE SCHOOLS INTERNATIONAL — $1,281,000 · EducationAMBLESIDE SCHOOLS INTERNATIONALTHORNSTON EDUCATIONAL FUND — $800,000 · EducationTHORNSTON EDUCATIONAL FUNDST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — $600,000 · EducationST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC+3 more — $160,000 · EducationJONI AND FRIENDS — $2,125,000 · OtherJONI AND FRIENDSLIVING WORD BIBLE CAMP — $1,990,000 · OtherLIVING WORD BIBLE CAMPCHURCH OF THE CROSS — $210,000 · Other+10 more — $882,500 · Other+10 moreENGLISH LANGUAGE INSTITUTE IN CHINA — $1,950,000 · InternationalENGLISH LANGU…FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC — $160,000 · InternationalFEED MY STARV…GOODWORD PARTNERSHIP — $1,150,000 · ReligionTHE JOSHUA FUND — $240,000 · Religion+1 more — $40,000 · ReligionThe Dwelling Place — $200,000 · Human ServicesBRYDGES CENTRE — $200,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF FREEDOM PARK INC — $356,000 · Community ImprovementFishing For Life — $105,000 · PhilanthropyThe New Horizons Foundation Inc — $40,000 · PhilanthropyJUVENILE JUSTICE ADVOCATES INTERNATIONAL — $70,000 · Public Benefit
Education$8,411,000Other$5,207,500International$2,110,000Religion$1,430,000Human Services$400,000Community Improvement$356,000Philanthropy$145,000Public Benefit$70,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetRIVERTREE SCHOOL — $5,570,000 over 8y, 88% of budgetJONI AND FRIENDS — $2,125,000 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetENGLISH LANGUAGE INSTITUTE IN CHINA — $1,950,000 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetAMBLESIDE SCHOOLS INTERNATIONAL — $1,281,000 over 8y, 29% of budgetGOODWORD PARTNERSHIP — $1,150,000 over 8y, 48% of budgetTHORNSTON EDUCATIONAL FUND — $800,000 over 8y, 4.1% of budgetST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — $600,000 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF FREEDOM PARK INC — $356,000 over 8y, 65% of budgetTHE JOSHUA FUND — $240,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetThe Dwelling Place — $200,000 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetBRYDGES CENTRE — $200,000 over 4y, 25% of budgetFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC — $160,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetLIVING WORD BIBLE CAMP — $130,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetFishing For Life — $105,000 over 7y, 4.0% of budgetJUVENILE JUSTICE ADVOCATES INTERNATIONAL — $70,000 over 7y, 7.6% of budgetBETHEL UNIVERSITY — $60,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWheaton College — $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPROVIDENCE ACADEMY — $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLeighton Ford Ministries Inc — $40,000 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetThe New Horizons Foundation Inc — $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds RIVERTREE SCHOOL
  • Who funds JONI AND FRIENDS
  • Who funds ENGLISH LANGUAGE INSTITUTE IN CHINA
  • Who funds AMBLESIDE SCHOOLS INTERNATIONAL
  • Who funds GOODWORD PARTNERSHIP
  • Who funds THORNSTON EDUCATIONAL FUND
  • Who funds ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF FREEDOM PARK INC
  • Who funds THE JOSHUA FUND
  • Who funds The Dwelling Place
  • Who funds BRYDGES CENTRE
  • Who funds FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC
  • Who funds LIVING WORD BIBLE CAMP
  • Who funds Fishing For Life
  • Who funds JUVENILE JUSTICE ADVOCATES INTERNATIONAL
  • Who funds BETHEL UNIVERSITY
  • Who funds Wheaton College
  • Who funds PROVIDENCE ACADEMY
  • Who funds Leighton Ford Ministries Inc
  • Who funds The New Horizons Foundation Inc

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Christian Community Foundation IncCO14.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Christian Community Foundation Inc · Larson Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Servant Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Endowment Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Nelson Family Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%your share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Nelson Family Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The Nelson Family Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 31 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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