Funding search · EIN 201713123 · Burlington, IA

Carl a Nelson Charitable 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.

103
grants reported
$80,460
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Mid Prairie Community School District Foundation1 grant · $5,000
  • Burlington Area Ymca3 grants · $5,000
  • Younghouse Family Services2 grants · $3,800
  • Young House Family Services2 grants · $3,800
  • Fort Madison Family Ymca3 grants · $3,500
  • Hair Hats & More4 grants · $3,500
  • Burlington Area Homeless Shelter4 grants · $3,000
  • Burlington Building Bridges3 grants · $3,000
  • Ymca of Washington County Iowa2 grants · $3,000
  • Salvation Army4 grants · $2,700

Giving over time

$23,690
2022
$19,000
2023
$17,720
2024
$20,050
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 103 grants.

  • $5,000

    Mid Prairie Community School District Foundation · Kalona, IA · 2022

    Assist in education

  • $2,000

    Burlington Area Ymca · Burlington, IA · 2025

    Social assistance

  • $2,000

    Chloe Fisher · Danville, IA · 2025

    Education assistance

  • $2,000

    Carsen Jones · Burlington, IA · 2024

    Education assistance

  • $2,000

    Cameron Willson · Burlington, IA · 2023

    Education

  • $2,000

    Lillian Hines · Mediapolis, IA · 2023

    Education

  • $2,000

    Brooke Liston · Grundy Center, IA · 2022

    Higher education

  • $2,000

    Katharine Halstrum · Winterset, IA · 2022

    Higher education

  • $1,900

    Younghouse Family Services · Burlington, IA · 2025

    Social assistance

  • $1,900

    Younghouse Family Services · Burlington, IA · 2024

    Social assistance

  • $1,900

    Young House Family Services · Burlington, IA · 2023

    Social assistance

  • $1,900

    Young House Family Services · Burlington, IA · 2022

    Social assistance

  • $1,500

    Fort Madison Family Ymca · Fort Madison, IA · 2025

    Social assistance

  • $1,500

    Ymca of Washington County Iowa · Washington, IA · 2025

    Social assistance

  • $1,500

    Burlington Area Ymca · Burlington, IA · 2024

    Social assistance

  • $1,500

    Fort Madison Family Ymca · Fort Madison, IA · 2024

    Social assistance

  • $1,500

    Ymca of Washington County Iowa · Washington, IA · 2024

    Social assistance

  • $1,500

    Burlington Area Ymca · Burlington, IA · 2023

    Social assistance

  • $1,300

    Burlington Area Ymca · Burlington, IA · 2022

    Assistance to others

  • $1,200

    Salvation Army · Burlington, IA · 2022

    Social assistance

  • $1,000

    Burlington Building Bridges · Burlington, IA · 2025

    Social assistance

  • $1,000

    Hair Hats & More · West Burlington, IA · 2025

    Social assistance

  • $1,000

    Heartsong · Burlington, IA · 2025

    Social assistance

  • $1,000

    Burlington Building Bridges · Burlington, IA · 2024

    Social assistance

  • $1,000

    Hair Hats & More · West Burlington, IA · 2024

    Social assistance

  • $1,000

    Lance Dunblazier · Burlington, IA · 2024

    Education assistance

  • $1,000

    Bryant Nguyen · Cedar Rapids, IA · 2023

    Education

  • $1,000

    Burlington Building Bridges · Burlington, IA · 2023

    Social assistance

  • $1,000

    Girl Scouts Eiwi · Bettendorf, IA · 2023

    Social assistance

  • $1,000

    Hope Haven Area Development · Burlington, IA · 2023

    Social assistance

  • $1,000

    Mississippi Valley Council Boy Scouts · Burlington, IA · 2023

    Social assistance

  • $1,000

    Ymca of Washington County Ia · Washington, IA · 2023

    Social assistance

  • $1,000

    Bridges Out of Poverty · Burlington, IA · 2022

    To fund financial literacy

  • $1,000

    Hope Haven Area Development · Burlington, IA · 2022

    Assist disabled persons

  • $1,000

    Ryan Nugent · North Liberty, IA · 2022

    Higher education

  • $900

    Boy Scouts of America · Burlington, IA · 2022

    Assist in scouting

  • $900

    Girl Scouts of Eiwi · West Burlington, IA · 2022

    Assist in scouting

  • $850

    Fort Madison Area Ymca · Fort Madison, IA · 2023

    Social assistance

  • $750

    Burlington Area Homeless Shelter · Burlington, IA · 2025

    Social assistance

  • $750

    Se Iowa Regional Hospice · West Burlington, IA · 2025

    Social assistance

  • $750

    Burlington Area Homeless Shelter · Burlington, IA · 2024

    Social assistance

  • $750

    Se Iowa Regional Hospice · West Burlington, IA · 2024

    Social assistance

  • $750

    Burlington Area Homeless Shelter · Burlington, IA · 2023

    Social assistance

  • $750

    Hair Hats & More · West Burlington, IA · 2023

    Social assistance

  • $750

    Burlington Area Homeless Shelter · Burlington, IA · 2022

    Assist in sheltering homeless persons

  • $750

    Hair Hats & More · West Burlington, IA · 2022

    Social assistance

  • $670

    Samantha Agan · Knoxville, IL · 2024

    Education assistance

  • $600

    Se Iowa Regional Hospice · West Burlington, IA · 2023

    Social assistance

  • $500

    Adds of Se Iowa · Burlington, IA · 2025

    Social assistance

  • $500

    Cedar Falls Community Foundation · Cedar Falls, IA · 2025

    Social assistance

  • $500

    Cedar River Haven · Letts, IA · 2025

    Social assistance

  • $500

    Junior Achievement of the Heartland · Moline, IL · 2025

    Social assistance

  • $500

    Northeast Iowa Food Bank · Waterloo, IA · 2025

    Social assistance

  • $500

    Peoples Community Health Clinic · Waterloo, IA · 2025

    Social assistance

  • $500

    Salvation Army · Burlington, IA · 2025

    Social assistance

  • $500

    Savannah Kerr · Mediapolis, IA · 2025

    Education assistance

  • $500

    Transitions Dmc · Burlington, IA · 2025

    Social assistance

  • $500

    U of Ia Dance Marathon · Iowa City, IA · 2025

    Social assistance

  • $500

    Adds of Se Iowa · Burlington, IA · 2024

    Social assistance

  • $500

    Hope Haven Area Development · Burlington, IA · 2024

    Social assistance

  • $500

    Peoples Community Health Clinic · Waterloo, IA · 2024

    Social assistance

  • $500

    Salvation Army · Burlington, IA · 2024

    Social assistance

  • $500

    Transitions Dmc · Burlington, IA · 2024

    Social assistance

  • $500

    Adds of Se Iowa · Burlington, IA · 2023

    Social assistance

  • $500

    Salvation Army · Burlington, IA · 2023

    Social assistance

  • $500

    Alcohol and Drug Dependency · Burlington, IA · 2022

    Assist substance abuse treatment prevention

  • $500

    Fort Madison Family Ymca · Fort Madison, IA · 2022

    Assist others

  • $500

    Great River Hospice · West Burlington, IA · 2022

    Assist hospice patients

  • $500

    U of I Dance Marathon · Iowa City, IA · 2022

    Assist in cancer

  • $500

    Ymca of Washington County Ia · Washington, IA · 2022

    Social assistance

  • $350

    Elliott Test Kitchen · Fort Madison, IA · 2022

    Assist in education

  • $250

    Big Brother Big Sisters of Muscatine County · Muscatine, IA · 2025

    Social assistance

  • $250

    National Fire Safety Council · Burlington, IA · 2025

    Social assistance

  • $250

    St Vincent Depaul Food Pantry · Burlington, IA · 2025

    Social assistance

  • $250

    The Cupboard (City of Hope) · Burlington, IA · 2025

    Social assistance

  • $250

    Big Brothers Big Sisters of Muscatine County · Muscatine, IA · 2024

    Social assistance

  • $250

    National Fire Safety Council · Burlington, IA · 2024

    Social assistance

  • $250

    St Vincent Depaul Food Pantry · Burlington, IA · 2024

    Social assistance

  • $250

    The Cupboard (City Hope) · Burlington, IA · 2024

    Social assistance

  • $250

    Muscatine Community Ymca · Muscatine, IA · 2023

    Social assistance

  • $250

    National Fire Safety Council · Burlington, IA · 2023

    Social assistance

  • $250

    St Vincent Depaul Food Pantry · Burlington, IA · 2023

    Social assistance

  • $250

    The Cupboard (City Hope) · Burlington, IA · 2023

    Social assistance

  • $250

    Transitions Dmc · Burlington, IA · 2023

    Social assistance

  • $250

    City Hope Cupboard · Burlington, IA · 2022

    Assist in food distr

  • $250

    St Vincent De Paul Food Pantry · Burlington, IA · 2022

    Social assistance

  • $240

    National Fire Council · Washington, DC · 2022

    Public assistance

  • $200

    Burlington Area Crime Stoppers · Burlington, IA · 2025

    Social assistance

  • $200

    Waterloo Police Foundation · Waterloo, IA · 2025

    Social assistance

  • $200

    Burlington Area Crime Stoppers · Burlington, IA · 2024

    Social assistance

  • $200

    Waterloo Police Foundation · Waterloo, IA · 2024

    Social assistance

  • $150

    Alzheimer'S Association · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Social assistance

  • $150

    Alzheimer'S Association · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Social assistance

  • $100

    Partners for Persons With Disabilities · Burlington, IA · 2025

    Social assistance

  • $100

    Partners for Persons With Disasbilities · Burlington, IA · 2024

    Social assistance

  • $100

    Alzheimer'S Association · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Social assistance

  • $100

    Burlington Area Crime Stoppers · Burlington, IA · 2023

    Social assistance

  • $100

    Iowa Legal Aid · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    Social assistance

  • $100

    Partners for Persons With Disabilities · Burlington, IA · 2023

    Social assistance

  • $100

    Burlington Area Crimestoppers · Burlington, IA · 2022

    Assist crime prevention

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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.