Funding search · EIN 475266096 · Wilmington, DE
The Margaret Ellen Nielsen Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 64
- grants reported
- $2.2M
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $11,500
- 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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3 grants matching “southwick” · $140,000
- $25,000
Southwick Civic Fund · Southwick, MA · 2025
Richard Atkinson Fund
- $55,000
Southwick Civic Fund · Southwick, MA · 2024
Richard Atkinson Fund
- $60,000
Southwick Congregational Church · Southwick, MA · 2023
Steeple Repair Project
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- First Presbyterian Church in North Palm Beach4 grants · $479,500
- Intervarsity Christian Fellowship- USA22 grants · $422,000
- Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund1 grant · $250,000
- Urban Youth Impact3 grants · $225,000
- Lever4 grants · $200,000
- Williams College1 grant · $150,000
- Youth Volunteer Corps4 grants · $82,500
- Southwick Civic Fund2 grants · $80,000
- Southwick Congregational Church1 grant · $60,000
- Worldwide Discipleship Association3 grants · $41,800
Giving over time
Grant history
All 64 reported grants, largest first.
- $250,000
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Steven E. and Elizabeth T. Nielsen Gift Fund
- $170,000
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship- USA · Madison, WI · 2024
Forming Faithful Leaders Campaign Fund
- $150,500
First Presbyterian Church in North Palm Beach · N Palm Beach, FL · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $150,000
Williams College · Williamstown, MA · 2025
Alumni Fund
- $144,000
First Presbyterian Church in North Palm Beach · N Palm Beach, FL · 2024
Mission Fund and General Fund
- $138,000
First Presbyterian Church in North Palm Beach · N Palm Beach, FL · 2023
Mission Fund and General Fund
- $125,000
Urban Youth Impact · West Palm Bch, FL · 2025
Complete the Campus
- $65,000
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship- USA · Madison, WI · 2025
Forming Faithful Leaders Campaign
- $60,000
Southwick Congregational Church · Southwick, MA · 2023
Steeple Repair Project
- $55,000
Southwick Civic Fund · Southwick, MA · 2024
Richard Atkinson Fund
- $50,000
Lever · North Adams, MA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $50,000
Urban Youth Impact · West Palm Bch, FL · 2025
Carver Christian Academy of Urban Youth Impact
- $50,000
Lever · North Adams, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $50,000
Lever · North Adams, MA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $50,000
Lever · North Adams, MA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $50,000
Urban Youth Impact · West Palm Bch, FL · 2022
Complete the Campus Campaign
- $47,000
First Presbyterian Church in North Palm Beach · N Palm Beach, FL · 2024
Children's Ministry Facilities Review
- $35,000
Youth Volunteer Corps · Kansas City, MO · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
Sim USA Incorporated · Charlotte, NC · 2025
Support for the African Strategic Discipleship Movement
- $25,000
Southwick Civic Fund · Southwick, MA · 2025
Richard Atkinson Fund
- $25,000
Misericordia Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $21,000
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship- USA · Madison, WI · 2022
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Program
- $20,000
Youth Volunteer Corps · Kansas City, MO · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $20,000
World Vision · Federal Way, WA · 2023
Zambia Water, Sanitation and Health (WASH) Initiative
- $20,000
Youth Volunteer Corps · Kansas City, MO · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $19,800
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship- USA · Madison, WI · 2024
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Program at Harvard University and Northeastern University
- $19,200
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship- USA · Madison, WI · 2023
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Program at Harvard University and Northeastern University
- $15,400
Worldwide Discipleship Association · Fayetteville, GA · 2022
Church Leader Training and Resource Development
- $15,000
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship- USA · Madison, WI · 2025
Intravarsity Christian Fellowship's Donor engagement function
- $13,200
Worldwide Discipleship Association · Fayetteville, GA · 2024
Church Leader Training and Resource Development Fund
- $13,200
Worldwide Discipleship Association · Fayetteville, GA · 2023
Church Leader Training and Resource Development fund
- $12,500
Rutgers University Foundation · New Brunswick, NJ · 2023
Rutgers Future Scholars fund
- $10,500
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship- USA · Madison, WI · 2022
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Program
- $10,200
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship- USA · Madison, WI · 2024
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Program at Southern Connecticut State University and Yale
- $10,000
Heifer Project International · Little Rock, AR · 2025
Women's Giving Circle
- $10,000
Huckleberry Springs Church · Knoxville, TN · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
Childrens Hospital of Alabama · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
Heifer International Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County · West Palm Beach, FL · 2023
Israel Terror Relief 2023 fund
- $10,000
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA · Hagerstown, MD · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
Women in the Window International · West Palm Beach, FL · 2023
Nyanam Fish Farming Project
- $10,000
World Vision · Federal Way, WA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
World Vision · Federal Way, WA · 2022
Ukrainian Refugee Relief - Romania
- $9,600
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship- USA · Madison, WI · 2023
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Program at Southern Connecticut State University and Yale
- $7,500
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship- USA · Madison, WI · 2024
Scripture Engagement Program
- $7,500
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship- USA · Madison, WI · 2024
QSSA Program
- $7,500
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship- USA · Madison, WI · 2024
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Program at Valencia College
- $7,500
Youth Volunteer Corps · Kansas City, MO · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $7,200
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship- USA · Madison, WI · 2023
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Program at Valencia College
- $7,200
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship- USA · Madison, WI · 2023
Scripture Engagement Program
- $7,200
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship- USA · Madison, WI · 2023
Q/SSA Program
- $7,000
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship- USA · Madison, WI · 2022
Scripture Engagement Program
- $7,000
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship- USA · Madison, WI · 2022
Q/SSA Program currently led by Jess Pafumi
- $7,000
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship- USA · Madison, WI · 2022
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Program
- $5,100
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship- USA · Madison, WI · 2024
Graduate Ministries Program
- $5,000
International Fellowship of Evangelical Students U · Madison, WI · 2025
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Housing Partnership · Riviera Beach, FL · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
International Fellowship of Evangelical Students U · Madison, WI · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Jupiter Christian School · Jupiter, FL · 2023
South Campus - Urban Youth Impact fund
- $4,800
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship- USA · Madison, WI · 2023
Graduate Ministries Program
- $4,200
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship- USA · Madison, WI · 2022
Graduate Ministries Program
- $2,500
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship- USA · Madison, WI · 2025
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Program at Valencia College
- $2,000
Christians for Biblical Equality · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $1,000
Christians Reaching Out To Society · Lk Worth Bch, FL · 2023
General & Unrestricted
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