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Todd and Shari Nelson Family Fdn Inc at a glance

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Todd and Shari Nelson Family Fdn 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.

$240k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$15MHealth$228kHuman Services$209kPublic Benefit$100kRecreation & Sports$64kYouth Development$43kPhilanthropy$40kArts & Culture$38kOther$0
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $35k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $200k
$25,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$135k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIONAL MOUNTED WARFARE FOUNDATION$100,000
LEGACY OF COMPASSION CAMPAIGN$100,000
NOLAN RYAN FOUNDATION$25,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MONROE COUNTY$10,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
02The need
03

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 (FY18–19, $41k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY OF WI DELLS INC: $14k → 16%GIO'S GARDEN INC: $3k → 10%DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION SERVICES OF MONROE COUNTY INC: $15k → 12%WOMEN'S RESOURCES OF MONROE COUNTY INC: $10k → 12%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

ID
IL
WI
MA
OH
PA
NJ
AZ
TX
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$15M · 10 repeat orgs$747k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +60% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
31

Total granted

$15M
$507k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+60%
+17%

Still filing today

80%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $240k 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
PhilanthropyHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureHealthCrime & LegalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). 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

  • AA
    ACCESS ABILITY WISCONSIN INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $49k · revenue +621%
  • NC
    NORTHAMPTON COUNTY AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    4× · 2018–2021 · $24k · revenue +59%
  • ES
    EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    4× · 2018–2021 · $24k · revenue +108%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN CARBONE CANCER CENTER
    one grant, 2019 · $94k
  • SH
    SSM HEALTH ST CLAIRE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $75k
  • SC
    ST CLARE HEALTH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
How this is measured

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

04Its 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
Eastern Monroe Public Library

To provide, maintain, operate and support a free public library in monroe county, pa

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2
United Community Services for Working Families

Working in partnership with local social service agencies, UCSWF connects Berks county families with community resources, education and career development.

Philanthropy
3
Kenosha Community Foundation

We lead, serve and collaborate with donors to create enduring philanthropy.

Philanthropy
4
Kishwaukee United Way

To improve lives by sharing community resources

Philanthropy
5
Northwoods Inc of Wisconsin

Service for disabled adults

Human Services
6
North Pocono Public Library

Public lending library

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7
Pathways of Wisconsin Inc

Pathways of wisconsin provides supported employment opportunities and empowerment through quality, person-centered programming for individuals of all abilities.

Human Services
8
Disability Rights Wisconsin Inc

Legal protection and advocacy to protect the rights of people with disabilities in wisconsin.

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9
Penn Highlands Healthcare Inc

Our community-based and controlled health care system exists to improve regional access to a wide array of premier primary care and advanced health services while supporting a reverence for life and the worth and dignity of each individual.

Health
10
Casa of Kosciusko County Inc

Casa is committed to speaking in the best interest of children, who are at risk for abuse and neglect. casa recruits, trains, & supports volunteers to serve at-risk children in the family court system.

Civil Rights
11
Early Connections Inc

The organization is a leading organization in northwestern pennsylvania for quality early care and education. the organization provides direct service as well as training and planning leadership for a wide georaphic region.

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12
Monongalia Emergency Medical Services Inc

To set and carry out emergency medical services planning, development and implementation in monongalia county, west virginia, and the surrounding service area; to provide, maintain and operate emergency ambulance, rescue and transportation…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Easter Seals Wisconsin Inc; the most unlike its peers is Big Dreamers United. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

35 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. 35 of the 46 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/35
Grantees still filing
25/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SCHOOL DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN DELLS: $14,500,000 · OtherSCHOOL DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN DELLS+21 more: $599,579 · OtherSALVATION ARMY EAST STROUDSBURG CORPS: $20,000 · PhilanthropyPOCONO MOUNTAINS UNITED WAY: $20,000 · PhilanthropyMASINYUSANE INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyBIG DREAMERS UNITED: $10,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MONROE COUNTY: $10,000 · PhilanthropyTHE GARDEN OF GIVING: $9,000 · PhilanthropyJulias Grace Foundation: $7,500 · PhilanthropyCJR MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyWIS DELLS AREA UNITED FUND: $5,000 · PhilanthropyNORTHAMPTON COUNTY AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $24,000 · EducationEAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $24,000 · EducationPERKINS ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB INC: $15,000 · EducationSANDUSKY EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationACCESS ABILITY WISCONSIN INC: $49,400 · Recreation & SportsPOCONO MOUNTAIN REGIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES: $22,100 · HealthEASTER SEALS WISCONSIN INC: $10,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 · HealthDEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION SERVICES OF MONROE COUNTY INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY OF WI DELLS: $13,500 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S RESOURCES OF MONROE CTY INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesGIO'S GARDEN INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesNOLAN RYAN FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Arts & CultureLITTLE EAGLE ARTS FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Arts & CultureSAUK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $2,975 · Arts & Culture
Other$15,099,579Philanthropy$96,500Education$73,000Recreation & Sports$49,400Health$42,100Human Services$41,000Arts & Culture$32,975

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNOLAN RYAN FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetNORTHAMPTON COUNTY AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $24,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetEAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $24,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBEYOND BLESSED PANTRY: $22,578 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPOCONO MOUNTAIN REGIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES: $22,100 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetThe Kids Ranch Inc: $21,000 over 3y, 8.1% of budgetKINSHIP INCORPORATED: $20,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetCOLUMBIA COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $20,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetSALVATION ARMY EAST STROUDSBURG CORPS: $20,000 over 1y, 40% of budgetPOCONO MOUNTAINS UNITED WAY: $20,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetPOCONO ALLIANCE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetDEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION SERVICES OF MONROE COUNTY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPERKINS ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB INC: $15,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY OF WI DELLS: $13,500 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WISCONSIN INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTOBYHANNA TWP VOL FIRE CO: $12,100 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetWOMEN'S RESOURCES OF MONROE CTY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEASTER SEALS WISCONSIN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMASINYUSANE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetSANDUSKY EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetBIG DREAMERS UNITED: $10,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetCLYMER LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF POCONO PINES: $10,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MONROE COUNTY: $10,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetJulias Grace Foundation: $7,500 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetCJR MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetWIS DELLS AREA UNITED FUND: $5,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetSAUK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $2,975 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetGIO'S GARDEN INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% 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 loosely connected circle, clustered around a few shared anchors.

The Lester G Abeloff …Essa Bank & Trust Fou…Alliant Energy Founda…Green Bay Packers Fou…Mount Airy FoundationThe Weiler Family Fou…Gussel Foundation IncAllone CharitiesPocono Mountains Comm…Gregory C Van Wie Cha…Moses Taylor Foundati…Ppl Foundation
The Lester G Abeloff FoundationPA22× affinity8 shared granteesties to 7 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Lester G Abeloff Foundation · Essa Bank & Trust Foundation · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Mount Airy Foundation · The Weiler Family Foundation Inc · Gussel Foundation Inc · Allone Charities · Pocono Mountains Community Challenge Foundation Inc · Gregory C Van Wie Charitable Foundation Inc · Moses Taylor Foundation Inc · Ppl Foundation

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 Todd and Shari Nelson Family Fdn Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Todd and Shari Nelson Family Fdn Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s 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 · 0–15%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Todd and Shari Nelson Family Fdn Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Todd and Shari Nelson Family Fdn 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 46 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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