Funding search · EIN 364798042 · Bismarck, ND

The Nelson Family Foundation

Name: The Nelson Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

32
grants reported: $1.2M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $30,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

4 grants matching “reeves” · $286,000

$110,500
Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation · Short Hills, NJ · 2025
General funding
$95,500
Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation · Short Hills, NJ · 2024
General funding
$60,000
Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation · Short Hills, NJ · 2023
General funding
$20,000
Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation · Short Hills, NJ · 2022
General funding

Grant history

All 32 reported grants, largest first.

$110,500
Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation · Short Hills, NJ · 2025
General funding
$110,500
The Miami Project · Miami, FL · 2025
General funding
$95,500
Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation · Short Hills, NJ · 2024
General funding
$95,500
The Miami Project · Miami, FL · 2024
General funding
$60,000
Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation · Short Hills, NJ · 2023
General funding
$60,000
The Miami Project · Miami, FL · 2023
General funding
$40,000
Und Alumni Association and Foundation · Grand Forks, ND · 2025
Endowment funding
$40,000
University of New Mexico Foundation · Albuquerque, NM · 2025
General funding
$40,000
Und Alumni Association and Foundation · Grand Forks, ND · 2024
Endowment funding
$40,000
University of New Mexico Foundation · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
General funding
$40,000
Und Alumni Association and Foundation · Grand Forks, ND · 2023
Endowment funding
$40,000
University of New Mexico Foundation · Albuquerque, NM · 2023
General funding
$30,000
Junglekeepers · Red Hook, NY · 2025
General funding
$30,000
Ocean Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2025
General funding
$30,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2025
General funding
$30,000
Junglekeepers · Red Hook, NY · 2024
General funding
$30,000
Ocean Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2024
General funding
$30,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
General funding
$30,000
Ocean Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2023
General funding
$30,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023
General funding
$21,000
Junglekeepers · Red Hook, NY · 2023
General funding
$20,000
Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation · Short Hills, NJ · 2022
General funding
$20,000
The Miami Project · Miami, FL · 2022
General funding
$14,050
Telluride Film Festival · Berkely, CA · 2025
General funding
$14,050
Telluride Film Festival · Berkely, CA · 2024
General funding
$10,000
Mountainfilm · Telluride, CO · 2025
General funding
$10,000
Mountainfilm · Telluride, CO · 2024
General funding
$10,000
Mountainfilm · Telluride, CO · 2023
General funding
$10,000
Und Alumni Association and Foundation · Grand Forks, ND · 2022
Endowment funding
$9,050
Telluride Film Festival · Berkely, CA · 2023
General funding
$5,000
University of Mexico Foundation · Albuquerque, NM · 2022
General funding
$750
Film Noir Foundation · Alameda, CA · 2025
General grant

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.