Funding search · EIN 621317088 · Columbia, TN
The Hermoine & Glen Nelson 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.
- 32
- grants reported
- $2.6M
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $45,000
- 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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Grant history
All 32 reported grants, largest first.
- $250,000
Monroe Carell Jr Children'S Hospital · Nashville, TN · 2025
Program support
- $250,000
Monroe Carell Jr Children'S Hospital · Nashville, TN · 2024
Program support
- $250,000
Vanderbilt Children'S Hospital · Nashville, TN · 2023
General operating
- $250,000
Vanderbilt Children'S Hospital · Nashville, TN · 2022
General operating
- $200,000
Jordan Thomas Foundation · Brentwood, TN · 2025
Program support
- $150,000
Jordan Thomas Foundation · Brentwood, TN · 2024
Program support
- $150,000
Jordan Thomas Foundation · Brentwood, TN · 2023
General operating
- $80,000
Jordan Thomas Foundation · Brentwood, TN · 2022
General operating
- $75,000
Brooks House · Lebanon, TN · 2025
Program support
- $75,000
Brooks House · Lebanon, TN · 2024
Program support
- $75,000
Brooks House · Lebanon, TN · 2023
General operating
- $70,000
Ronald McDonald House Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2025
Program support
- $70,000
Ronald McDonald House Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2024
Program support
- $70,000
Ronald McDonald House Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2023
General operating
- $55,000
Brooks House · Lebanon, TN · 2022
General operating
- $45,000
Down Syndrome Association of Middle Tn · Mt Juliet, TN · 2025
Program support
- $45,000
Down Syndrome Association of Middle Tn · Mt Juliet, TN · 2024
Program support
- $45,000
Down Syndrome Association of Middle Tn · Mt Juliet, TN · 2023
General operating
- $45,000
Ronald McDonald House Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2022
General operating
- $40,000
Beyond the Horizon Corporation · Brentwood, TN · 2025
Program support
- $40,000
Beyond the Horizon Corporation · Brentwood, TN · 2024
Program support
- $40,000
Beyond the Horizon Corporation · Brentwood, TN · 2023
General operating
- $35,000
Gilda'S Club of Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2022
General operating
- $30,000
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2025
Program support
- $30,000
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2024
Program support
- $30,000
Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center · Nashville, TN · 2023
General operating
- $30,000
Down Syndrome Association of Middle Tn · Mt Juliet, TN · 2022
General operating
- $30,000
Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center · Nashville, TN · 2022
General operating
- $20,000
Beyond the Horizon Corporation · Brentwood, TN · 2022
General operating
- $20,000
Camp Hope · Church Hill, TN · 2022
General operating
- $20,000
Next Steps at Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2022
General operating
- $10,000
Asmt · Nashville, TN · 2024
Program support
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