North Carolina · Private foundation
The Nelson Schwab Family Foundation
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.
- $65k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $847k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations The Nelson Schwab Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 3 | $40k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $56k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $61k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $99k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $32k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $63k | 30% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $87k | 57% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $25k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christ Episcopal Church Foundation Inc | $140,000 | 8 | 12% |
| Teton Literacy Center | $52,228 | 4 | 1% |
| St John's Episcopal Church | $30,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Cincinnati Parks Foundation | $24,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Stratford Hall | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Grand Teton National Park Foundation | $20,000 | 7 | 0% |
| TreesCharlotte | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The University of Montana Foundation | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Lynnwood Foundation | $12,500 | 5 | 0% |
| National Museum of Wildlife Art of the United States | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christ Episcopal Church Foundation Inc | $140,000 | 8 | 12% |
| Teton Literacy Center | $52,228 | 4 | 1% |
| St John's Episcopal Church | $30,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Cincinnati Parks Foundation | $24,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Stratford Hall | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Grand Teton National Park Foundation | $20,000 | 7 | 0% |
| TreesCharlotte | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The University of Montana Foundation | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Lynnwood Foundation | $12,500 | 5 | 0% |
| National Museum of Wildlife Art of the United States | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Community Center for the Arts | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Camp Blue Skies Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Safe Alliance Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($114k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Nelson Schwab 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.
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How this is measured
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About The Nelson Schwab Family Foundation
- How much does The Nelson Schwab Family Foundation give?
- The Nelson Schwab Family Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $65,228 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Nelson Schwab Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (33%), Education (17%), Philanthropy (15%).
- Who are The Nelson Schwab Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Christ Episcopal Church Foundation Inc ($140k), Teton Literacy Center ($52k), St John's Episcopal Church ($30k).
- Does The Nelson Schwab Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Nelson Schwab Family 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 Nelson Schwab Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Foundation for the Carolinas, National Philanthropic Trust, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is The Nelson Schwab Family Foundation based?
- The Nelson Schwab Family Foundation is based in NC.
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