Funding search · EIN 050504814 · Providence, RI

Jonathan M Nelson Family Foundation

Name: Jonathan M Nelson Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

40
grants reported: $18.8M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $22,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

education community students knowledge world change communicating educational

Full IRS filings ↗How this is built Report an error

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.

Top recipients

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

Brown University3 grants · $6.5M
Institute for Advanced Study2 grants · $3.7M
The Rockefeller University2 grants · $2.7M
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund1 grant · $2.3M
Columbia University1 grant · $1.0M
New York Presbyterian Fund1 grant · $1.0M
Foundation To Combat Antiseminism1 grant · $500,000
Harvard Business School2 grants · $400,000
Northfield Mount Hermon School1 grant · $100,000
Harc Foundation1 grant · $100,000

Giving over time

$6.0M

2022

$3.9M

2023

$8.8M

2024

Grant history

All 40 reported grants, largest first.

$6.0M
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2022
To provide education and prepare students to serve the community, nation and the world by communicating and preserving knowledge
$3.5M
Institute for Advanced Study · Princeton, NJ · 2024
The institute exists to encourage and support fundamental scholarship the original, often speculative, thinking that produces advances in knowledge that change the way we understand the world.
$2.3M
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · New York, NY · 2024
To foster innovative ideas, solving economic and social issues, and enabling progress in underserved communities globally.
$2.1M
The Rockefeller University · New York, NY · 2024
To support annual fund
$1.0M
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2023
To raise awareness and funding for transplation research across all organ disciplines.
$1.0M
New York Presbyterian Fund · New York, NY · 2023
To receive, solicit, and administer funds to be applied exclusively for charitable, educational, and scientific purposes of the ny and presbyterian hospital and any other health care related charitable organization appr… read allTo receive, solicit, and administer funds to be applied exclusively for charitable, educational, and scientific purposes of the ny and presbyterian hospital and any other health care related charitable organization approved by the board of directors less
$625,000
The Rockefeller University · New York, NY · 2023
To support annual fund
$500,000
Foundation To Combat Antiseminism · Foxborough, MA · 2024
General support
$500,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2023
To provide education and prepare students to serve the community, nation and the world by communicating and preserving knowledge
$200,000
Harvard Business School · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Educational - to support students needs
$200,000
Harvard Business School · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Educational - to support students needs
$150,000
Institute for Advanced Study · Princeton, NJ · 2023
The institute exists to encourage and support fundamental scholarship the original, often speculative, thinking that produces advances in knowledge that change the way we understand the world.
$100,000
Harc Foundation · Marina Del Rey, CA · 2024
General support
$100,000
Northfield Mount Hermon School · Mount Hermon, MA · 2023
Funds help support this coed boarding and day school.
$62,500
The Milken Institute · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
To support annual fund
$50,000
Narragansett Council Boys Scouts of America · East Providence, RI · 2023
To promote the ability of boys and young men and women to do things for themselves and others
$50,000
Pan Mass Challenge · West Brookline, MA · 2023
Supports cancer research
$50,000
Save the Bay · Providence, RI · 2023
Ensures that the environmental quality of narragansett bay is restored and protected from the harmful effects human activity.
$25,000
Malaria No More · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$25,000
The Gorden School · East Providence, RI · 2023
To support students needs of this coeducational independent school
$20,000
Inner City Scholarship Fund · New York, NY · 2023
Inner city scholarship fund to change lives for the better by providing families with demonstrable financial need, based on the k-12 catholic education withing the archdiocese of nyc
$15,000
Trinity Repertory Company · Providence, RI · 2024
To promote the appreciation of theatre through theatrical production that stimulate, educate and engage the community.
$15,000
Iyrs · Newport, RI · 2023
To teach the skills, history, art and science of restoring, maintaining and building boats.
$10,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2024
To provide education and prepare students to serve the community, nation and the world by communicating and preserving knowledge
$10,000
Community Word Project · New York, NY · 2024
To support arts in education
$10,000
Boston Athenaeum · Boston, MA · 2023
To support annual fund
$10,000
Community Word Project · New York, NY · 2023
To support arts in education
$10,000
Endeavor Global · New York, NY · 2023
Promotes international economic development through job creation and management training.
$10,000
Tourete Association of America · Bayside, NY · 2023
To make life better for all people affected by tourette and tic disorders
$10,000
The Fund for Public Schools · New York, NY · 2022
The fund for public schools is dedicated to improving nyc's public schools by attracting private investment in school reform and encouraging greater involvement by all new yorkers in the education of children
$5,000
Shawn Thorntor Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Tennis Hall of Fame · Newport, RI · 2023
To support annual fund
$5,000
The Jamestown Community Farm · Jamestown, RI · 2023
To promote agriculture and grow food for those in need.
$5,000
The Nature Conservancy of Utah · Arlington, VA · 2023
To support annual fund
$2,500
Rhode Island Zoological Society · Providence, RI · 2024
Serves the community as a resource for education, conservation and recreation.
$2,500
Rhode Island Zoological Society · Providence, RI · 2023
Serves the community as a resource for education, conservation and recreation.
$1,000
Alta Community Enrichment · Alta, UT · 2024
Protection of environmentally sensitive lands in alta, utah.
$1,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$250
The Jamestown Fire Department · Jamestown, RI · 2024
Funding for fire and rescue services.
$250
The Jamestown Fire Department · Jamestown, RI · 2023
Funding for fire and rescue services.

Grants already paid are the record; PaperOrbit reads your paper and finds the funders whose record matches it — then explains why.

Search funders like this one

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.