Funding search · EIN 426131598 · Newton, IA

Jean and Murray Nelson Foundation

Name: Jean and Murray Nelson 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.

45
grants reported: $68,400
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $300
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.

What they fund

student clayroom laptop tour trans wiring woodshop artist

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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.

2 grants matching “woodshop” · $10,250

$6,000
Centre for Arts and Artists · Newton, IA · 2024
Woodshop wiring and clayroom
$4,250
Centre for Arts and Artists · Newton, IA · 2023
Woodshop wiringclayroom

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Centre for Arts and Artists3 grants · $26,250
Jasper County Concert Association4 grants · $14,600
Newton Community Theatre4 grants · $6,250
Iowa Scupture Festival2 grants · $3,500
Iowa Sculpture Festival2 grants · $3,500
Arts Connection4 grants · $3,000
Centre for Arts & Artists1 grant · $3,000
Newton Ymca1 grant · $1,500
Lynnville Library3 grants · $850
Mingo Library3 grants · $850

Giving over time

$6,500

2022

$12,100

2023

$15,150

2024

$34,650

2025

Grant history

All 45 reported grants, largest first.

$16,000
Centre for Arts and Artists · Newton, IA · 2025
Workshop wiring and clayroom
$7,000
Jasper County Concert Association · Newton, IA · 2025
Programming
$6,000
Centre for Arts and Artists · Newton, IA · 2024
Woodshop wiring and clayroom
$4,250
Centre for Arts and Artists · Newton, IA · 2023
Woodshop wiringclayroom
$3,500
Newton Community Theatre · Newton, IA · 2025
Unrestricted
$3,000
Iowa Sculpture Festival · Newton, IA · 2025
Unrestricted
$3,000
Jasper County Concert Association · Newton, IA · 2024
Laptop and programming
$3,000
Centre for Arts & Artists · Newton, IA · 2022
Student trans/unrestricted
$2,600
Jasper County Concert Association · Newton, IA · 2023
Laptop computer programming
$2,000
Iowa Scupture Festival · Newton, IA · 2023
Student sculpture tour
$2,000
Jasper County Concert Association · Newton, IA · 2022
Student trans/unrestricted
$1,500
Newton Ymca · Newton, IA · 2025
Unrestricted
$1,500
Iowa Scupture Festival · Newton, IA · 2024
Student scupture tour
$1,500
Newton Community Theatre · Newton, IA · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,250
Arts Connection · Newton, IA · 2025
Unrestricted
$750
Arts Connection · Newton, IA · 2024
Unrestricted
$750
Newton Community Theatre · Newton, IA · 2023
Unrestricted
$500
Arts Connection · Newton, IA · 2023
Unrestricted
$500
Arts Connection · Newton, IA · 2022
Unrestricted
$500
Iowa Sculpture Festival · Newton, IA · 2022
For artist's residency
$500
Newton Community Theatre · Newton, IA · 2022
Unrestricted
$300
Baxter Library · Baxter, IA · 2025
Unrestricted
$300
Colfax Library · Colfax, IA · 2025
Unrestricted
$300
Lynnville Library · Lynnville, IA · 2025
Unrestricted
$300
Mingo Library · Mingo, IA · 2025
Unrestricted
$300
Monroe Library · Monroe, IA · 2025
Unrestricted
$300
Newton Library · Newton, IA · 2025
Unrestricted
$300
Prarie City Library · Prairie City, IA · 2025
Unrestricted
$300
Sully Library · Sully, IA · 2025
Unrestricted
$300
Baxter Library · Baxter, IA · 2024
Unrestricted
$300
Colfax Public Library · Colfax, IA · 2024
Unrestricted
$300
Lynnville Library · Lynnville, IA · 2024
Unrestricted
$300
Mingo Library · Mingo, IA · 2024
Unrestricted
$300
Monroe Public Library · Monroe, IA · 2024
Unrestricted
$300
Newton Library · Newton, IA · 2024
Unrestricted
$300
Prairie City Public Library · Prairie City, IA · 2024
Unrestricted
$300
Sully Community Library · Sully, IA · 2024
Unrestricted
$250
Baxter Library · Baxter, IA · 2023
Unrestricted
$250
Colfax Public Library · Colfax, IA · 2023
Unrestricted
$250
Lynnville Library · Lynnville, IA · 2023
Unrestricted
$250
Mingo Library · Mingo, IA · 2023
Unrestricted
$250
Monroe Public Library · Monroe, IA · 2023
Unrestricted
$250
Newton Library · Newton, IA · 2023
Unretricted
$250
Prairie City Public Library · Prairie City, IA · 2023
Unrestricted
$250
Sully Community Library · Sully, IA · 2023
Unrestricted

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