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Nelson Family Foundation

Name: 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.

64
grants reported: $508,000
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
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.

Top recipients

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

Stanford University Bosp3 grants · $91,500
Hoover Institution3 grants · $75,000
Western Watershed Project3 grants · $55,000
Charleston Library Foundation4 grants · $32,500
Padrino Childrens Foundation1 grant · $25,000
National Museum of Wildlife Art2 grants · $25,000
Historic Charleston3 grants · $23,500
Charleston Jazz4 grants · $22,500
One80 Place4 grants · $21,500
Star Gospel Mission2 grants · $17,500

Giving over time

$130,000

2022

$120,000

2023

$117,500

2024

$140,500

2025

Grant history

All 64 reported grants, largest first.

$35,000
Stanford University Bosp · Stanford, CA · 2025
General support
$30,000
Stanford University Bosp · Stanford, CA · 2023
General support
$26,500
Stanford University Bosp · Stanford, CA · 2024
General support
$25,000
Hoover Institution · Stanford, CA · 2025
General support
$25,000
Padrino Childrens Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2025
General support
$25,000
Hoover Institution · Stanford, CA · 2024
General support
$25,000
Hoover Institution · Stanford, CA · 2022
General support
$20,000
National Museum of Wildlife Art · Jackson, WY · 2023
General support
$20,000
Western Watershed Project · Hailey, ID · 2023
General support
$20,000
Western Watershed Project · Hailey, ID · 2022
General support
$15,000
Western Watershed Project · Hailey, ID · 2024
General support
$11,500
Historic Charleston · Charleston, SC · 2024
General support
$10,500
Historic Charleston · Charleston, SC · 2025
General support
$10,000
Charleston Library Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2025
General support
$10,000
Wyoming Wildlife Advocates · Wilson, WY · 2024
General support
$10,000
Star Gospel Mission · Charleston, SC · 2023
General support
$10,000
Community Foundation of Jackson Hole · Jackson, WY · 2022
General support
$10,000
Khol Public Media Jackson Hole · Jackson, WY · 2022
General support
$7,500
Charleston Library Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2024
General support
$7,500
Charleston Library Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2023
General support
$7,500
Charleston Jazz · North Charleston, SC · 2022
General support
$7,500
Charleston Library Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2022
General support
$7,500
One80 Place · Charleston, SC · 2022
General support
$7,500
Star Gospel Mission · Charleston, SC · 2022
General support
$6,000
One80 Place · Charleston, SC · 2025
General support
$6,000
Epilepsy Foundation · Bowie, MD · 2023
General support
$5,000
Alianza Cero Basura Bcs · 2025
General support
$5,000
Charleston Jazz · North Charleston, SC · 2025
General support
$5,000
International Community Foundation · National City, CA · 2025
General support
$5,000
Art Association of Jackson Hole · Jackson, WY · 2024
General support
$5,000
Charleston Jazz · North Charleston, SC · 2024
General support
$5,000
Jackson Hole Book Festival · Jackson, WY · 2024
General support
$5,000
One80 Place · Charleston, SC · 2024
General support
$5,000
Art Association of Jackson Hole · Jackson, WY · 2023
General support
$5,000
Charleston Jazz · North Charleston, SC · 2023
General support
$5,000
Wyoming Wildlife Advocates · Wilson, WY · 2023
General support
$5,000
Art Association of Jackson Hole · Jackson, WY · 2022
General support
$5,000
Global Warming Policy Foundation · 2022
General support
$5,000
Grand Teton National Park Foundation · Moose, WY · 2022
General support
$5,000
Jackson Hole History Museum · Jackson, WY · 2022
General support
$5,000
National Museum of Wildlife Art · Jackson, WY · 2022
General support
$5,000
Wyoming Untrapped · Jackson, WY · 2022
General support
$3,000
Grand Teton National Park Foundation · Moose, WY · 2025
General support
$3,000
Teton Raptor Center · Wilson, WY · 2025
General support
$3,000
One80 Place · Charleston, SC · 2023
General support
$2,500
Good Friends of the Low Country · Charleston, SC · 2025
General support
$2,500
The Metro Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$1,500
First Scots Presbyterian Church Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2023
General support
$1,500
Good Friends of the Low Country · Charleston, SC · 2023
General support
$1,500
Historic Charleston · Charleston, SC · 2023
General support
$1,000
Drayton Hall Preservation Trust · Charleston, SC · 2025
General support
$1,000
Eagle Mount Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2025
General support
$1,000
Surfrider Foundation · San Clemente, CA · 2025
General support
$1,000
Good Friends of the Low Country · Charleston, SC · 2024
General support
$1,000
Neue Gallerie New York · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$1,000
Bridger Bowl Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2023
General support
$1,000
Eagle Mount Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2023
General support
$1,000
High Desert Pet Adoptions · Thousand Palms, CA · 2023
General support
$1,000
Surfrider Foundation · San Clemente, CA · 2023
General support
$1,000
Bridger Bowl Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2022
General support
$1,000
Eagle Mount Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2022
General support
$1,000
I Love a Clean San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2022
General support
$1,000
Love Leo'S Adoption Center · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
General support
$1,000
Teton Raptor Center · Wilson, WY · 2022
General support

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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.