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The Zack and Cambry Nelson Foundation at a glance

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The Zack and Cambry Nelson Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$25k
Granted FY2022
4
Grants FY2022
4
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2022.

International$81kHealth$74kHuman Services$42kEnvironment$30kCrime & Legal$25kPhilanthropy$21kPublic Benefit$20kFood & Nutrition$18kOther$0
02FY2022 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k3 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$200k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GIVIO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION$10,000
WEECYCLE$5,000
SAVE THE CHILDREN FEDERATION INC$5,000
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE INC$5,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–22, $43k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 51% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%WEECYCLE: $5k → 8%Warren Village: $7k → 12%GIFT OF ADOPTION FUND INC: $10k → 14%Charity Navigator: $1k → 7%ELIZABETH SMART FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 8%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $5k → 17%FOOTSTEPS FOR FERTILITY FOUNDATION: $5k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
WA
ID
MN
IL
NY
MA
IA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
VA
MD
DC
OK
AL
GA
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 14% of The Zack and Cambry Nelson Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 23% of the giving stays in UT; by stated purpose, 17%.

The Zack and Cambry Nelson Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its field

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.

1
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
2
The Global FoodBanking Network

To nourish the world's hungry through uniting and advancing food banks.

International
3
Global Forest Generation

Global Forest Generation restores and protects forest ecosystems in partnership with grassroots leaders and local communities across vast landscapes which play a critical role in preserving water, protecting biodiversity, storing carbon,…

Environment
4
Global Fund for Assistance Inc

The mission of Global Fund for Assistance Inc is to mobilize resources and connect donors to high-impact organizations worldwide, supporting humanitarian relief, poverty reduction, and sustainable development initiatives that improve lives…

Philanthropy
5
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
6
Climate Foundation

To research and develop healthy climate solutions comprising global food security, ecosystem regeneration and carbon balance in seas and soils.

Science & Tech
7
Pathfinder International

Pathfinder expands access to sexual and reproductive health services, opening the door to opportunities for women and all individuals to thrive-economically, educationally, and civically. driven by our country-led leadership and local…

International
8
Ukrainian Refugee Foundation

URF is a 501(c)(30 nonprofit based in California. We receive funds through private donations and spend them on several programs, providing aid, rescue, and relief for Ukrainian war victims in the form of cash donations for food, shelter,…

Public Safety & Disaster
9
Charity Global Inc

Charity: water is a non-profit organization bringing clean and safe water to people around the world. continued on schedule o.

Human Services
10
Food for the Hungry Inc

Food for the hungry is a christian humanitarian aid and global development organization that has designed, developed and delivered solutions for more than 50 years so that children, families and communities can flourish. (continued on…

International
11
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
12
One Earth Philanthropy

One Earth's mission is to empower everyone, everywhere, with the knowledge, inspiration, and opportunity to heal the Earth and reclaim our future.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Gift of Adoption Fund Inc; the most unlike its peers is Euro Relief Usa. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

34 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. 34 of the 41 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/34
Grantees still filing
18/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCareorg: $10,000 · OtherCareorgThe Children's Health Fund: $10,000 · OtherThe Children's Health FundBundled Blessings Fertility Foundation: $10,000 · OtherBundled Blessings Fertility FoundationIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC - DOCTORS WITHOUT: $10,000 · OtherMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC - DOCTOR…Boys and Girls Club: $10,000 · OtherBoys and Girls ClubEllen Meadows Prosthetic Hand Proje: $10,000 · OtherEllen Meadows Prosthetic Hand ProjeShriners Hospitals: $9,000 · OtherShriners HospitalsEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $15,000 · OtherEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVEAlpine School District Foundation: $10,000 · OtherAlpine School District FoundationGIVIO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherGIVIO CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONCITY HARVEST INC: $5,000 · Other+1 more: $3,000 · OtherMentors International: $15,000 · InternationalMentors InternationalOPERATION CALIFORNIA INC: $10,000 · InternationalOPERATION CALIFORNIA I…WORLD VISION INC: $10,000 · InternationalWORLD VISION INCHELP THE HELPLESS: $10,000 · InternationalHELP THE HELPLESSRAINFOREST TRUST: $10,000 · InternationalRAINFOREST TRUSTMercy Corps: $10,000 · InternationalMercy CorpsInternational Rescue Committee INC: $5,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue C…Save The Children Federation Inc: $5,000 · InternationalSave The Children Fede…+1 more: $1,000 · InternationalGIFT OF ADOPTION FUND INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesGIFT OF ADOPTIO…GIVEDIRECTLY INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesGIVEDIRECTLY IN…Elizabeth Smart Foundation: $10,000 · Human ServicesElizabeth Smart…WARREN VILLAGE INC: $7,000 · Human ServicesWARREN VILLAGE …NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesNATIONAL URBAN …FOOTSTEPS FOR FERTILITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Human ServicesFOOTSTEPS FOR F…WEECYCLE: $5,000 · Human ServicesWEECYCLE+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesHIGHLAND CITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EnvironmentHIGHLAND CI…CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EnvironmentCONSERVATIO…THE HOPE FOR FERTILITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 · HealthTHE HOPE F…Baby Quest Foundation Inc: $10,000 · HealthBaby Quest…The Rachel Covey Foundation: $5,000 · HealthThe Rachel…NETWORK FOR GOOD: $10,000 · Public Safety & DisasterALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC: $10,000 · Public Safety & DisasterTEAM RUBICON INC: $5,160 · Public Safety & DisasterFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $10,000 · Community ImprovementASIAN INC: $10,000 · Community Improvement
Other$142,000International$76,000Human Services$53,000Environment$40,000Health$35,000Public Safety & Disaster$25,160Community Improvement$20,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHIGHLAND CITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 74% of budgetCONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HOPE FOR FERTILITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMentors International: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOPERATION CALIFORNIA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAlpine School District Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGIFT OF ADOPTION FUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Children's Health Fund: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASIAN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBaby Quest Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetHELP THE HELPLESS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGIVEDIRECTLY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetElizabeth Smart Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetGIVIO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetRAINFOREST TRUST: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Corps: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWARREN VILLAGE INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTEAM RUBICON INC: $5,160 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOTSTEPS FOR FERTILITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetWEECYCLE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Rachel Covey Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUTAH FOOD BANK: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCharity Navigator: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

doTERRA Healing Hands…Sorenson Legacy Found…The Community Foundat…Silicon Valley Commun…Raymond James Charita…American Endowment Fo…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Paypal Charitable Giv…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…
doTERRA Healing Hands FoundationUT13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: doTERRA Healing Hands Foundation · Sorenson Legacy Foundation · The Community Foundation of Utah · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Zack and Cambry Nelson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Zack and Cambry Nelson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 47%
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.
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How do I get to The Zack and Cambry Nelson Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Zack and Cambry Nelson Foundation 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 41 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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