Funding search · EIN 364798042 · Bismarck, ND

The Nelson Family Foundation

Name: The Nelson Family 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.

32
grants reported: $1.2M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $30,000
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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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.

Grant history

All 32 reported grants, largest first.

$110,500
Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation · Short Hills, NJ · 2025
General funding
$110,500
The Miami Project · Miami, FL · 2025
General funding
$95,500
Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation · Short Hills, NJ · 2024
General funding
$95,500
The Miami Project · Miami, FL · 2024
General funding
$60,000
Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation · Short Hills, NJ · 2023
General funding
$60,000
The Miami Project · Miami, FL · 2023
General funding
$40,000
Und Alumni Association and Foundation · Grand Forks, ND · 2025
Endowment funding
$40,000
University of New Mexico Foundation · Albuquerque, NM · 2025
General funding
$40,000
Und Alumni Association and Foundation · Grand Forks, ND · 2024
Endowment funding
$40,000
University of New Mexico Foundation · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
General funding
$40,000
Und Alumni Association and Foundation · Grand Forks, ND · 2023
Endowment funding
$40,000
University of New Mexico Foundation · Albuquerque, NM · 2023
General funding
$30,000
Junglekeepers · Red Hook, NY · 2025
General funding
$30,000
Ocean Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2025
General funding
$30,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2025
General funding
$30,000
Junglekeepers · Red Hook, NY · 2024
General funding
$30,000
Ocean Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2024
General funding
$30,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
General funding
$30,000
Ocean Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2023
General funding
$30,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023
General funding
$21,000
Junglekeepers · Red Hook, NY · 2023
General funding
$20,000
Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation · Short Hills, NJ · 2022
General funding
$20,000
The Miami Project · Miami, FL · 2022
General funding
$14,050
Telluride Film Festival · Berkely, CA · 2025
General funding
$14,050
Telluride Film Festival · Berkely, CA · 2024
General funding
$10,000
Mountainfilm · Telluride, CO · 2025
General funding
$10,000
Mountainfilm · Telluride, CO · 2024
General funding
$10,000
Mountainfilm · Telluride, CO · 2023
General funding
$10,000
Und Alumni Association and Foundation · Grand Forks, ND · 2022
Endowment funding
$9,050
Telluride Film Festival · Berkely, CA · 2023
General funding
$5,000
University of Mexico Foundation · Albuquerque, NM · 2022
General funding
$750
Film Noir Foundation · Alameda, CA · 2025
General grant

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