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Nelsons Family Foundation

Name: Nelsons Family Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

140
grants reported: $490,794
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $2,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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

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Top recipients

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

Park Avenue Synogogue4 grants · $64,528
Trinity School4 grants · $62,500
Harvard Hillel4 grants · $46,800
Metropolitan Opera4 grants · $40,235
Museum of Jewish Heritage4 grants · $17,600
Mountain Valley Treatment Center1 grant · $15,000
Williams College Alumni Fund4 grants · $13,500
Vassar College4 grants · $13,500
New World Symphony4 grants · $13,500
Americans Friends of Magen David2 grants · $10,000

Giving over time

$117,774

2021

$142,573

2022

$114,464

2023

$115,983

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 140 grants.

$20,000
Trinity School · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$20,000
Trinity School · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$18,960
Park Avenue Synogogue · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$18,600
Park Avenue Synogogue · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$15,000
Mountain Valley Treatment Center · Plainfield, NH · 2022
General support
$13,800
Park Avenue Synogogue · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$13,168
Park Avenue Synogogue · New York, NY · 2021
General support
$13,000
Harvard Hillel · Cambridge, MA · 2023
General support
$12,500
Trinity School · New York, NY · 2021
General support
$12,000
Harvard Hillel · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General support
$11,863
Metropolitan Opera · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$11,800
Harvard Hillel · Cambridge, MA · 2022
General support
$11,190
Metropolitan Opera · New York, NY · 2021
General support
$10,000
Trinity School · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$10,000
Harvard Hillel · Cambridge, MA · 2021
General support
$10,000
Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2021
General support
$9,508
Metropolitan Opera · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$7,674
Metropolitan Opera · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$5,650
Central Synagogue · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$5,400
Museum of Jewish Heritage · New York, NY · 2021
General support
$5,000
Americans Friends of Magen David · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$5,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$5,000
Vassar College · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024
General support
$5,000
Williams College Alumni Fund · Williamstown, MA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Americans Friends of Magen David · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$5,000
Community Care Food Pantry · Sicklerville, NJ · 2023
General support
$5,000
Kimball Union Academy · Meriden, NH · 2023
General support
$5,000
Museum of Jewish Heritage · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$5,000
Vassar College · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2023
General support
$5,000
Williams College Alumni Fund · Williamstown, MA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Elizabeth'S Smile · Westport, CT · 2022
General support
$5,000
Kimball Union Academy · Meriden, NH · 2022
General support
$5,000
Multiple Myeloma Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022
General support
$5,000
New World Symphony · Miami Beach, FL · 2022
General support
$5,000
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation · Newtown, CT · 2022
General support
$5,000
American Jewish Committee · New York, NY · 2021
General support
$4,000
Ethical Culture Fieldston School · New York, NY · 2021
General support
$3,600
Museum of Jewish Heritage · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$3,600
Brooklyn Heights Synagogue · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General support
$3,600
Museum of Jewish Heritage · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$3,600
Yivo Institute · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$3,600
American Society of Yad Vashem · New York, NY · 2021
General support
$3,600
Brooklyn Heights Enrichment Program · Brooklyn, NY · 2021
General support
$3,600
Firefighters Support Foundation · Greenfield, MA · 2021
General support
$3,500
New World Symphony · Miami Beach, FL · 2024
General support
$3,000
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$3,000
Aipac · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$3,000
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2021
General support
$2,500
Friends of Cats & Dogs Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2024
General support
$2,500
Gallim Dance · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$2,500
American Technion Society · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$2,500
New World Symphony · Miami Beach, FL · 2023
General support
$2,500
America Needs You · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$2,500
American Technion · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$2,500
Cornerstone Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
General support
$2,500
Vassar College · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2022
General support
$2,500
Williams College Alumni Fund · Williamstown, MA · 2022
General support
$2,500
American Tech Society · New York, NY · 2021
General support
$2,500
Center for Epigraphiical and Palegraphical Studies · Columbus, OH · 2021
General support
$2,500
Miami City Ballet · Miami Beach, FL · 2021
General support
$2,500
New World Symphony · Miami Beach, FL · 2021
General support
$2,500
Stanford University · Stamford, CA · 2021
General support
$2,400
American Ballet Theatre · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$2,400
American Ballet Theatre · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$2,400
American Ballet Theatre · New York, NY · 2021
General support
$2,350
Other Charities · White Plains, NY · 2022
General support
$2,000
Childrens House Poughkeepsie · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2023
General support
$2,000
Wounded Warriors · San Diego, CA · 2023
General support
$2,000
Town School · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$2,000
Uja Federation of Ny · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$2,000
US Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$2,000
Town School · New York, NY · 2021
General support
$2,000
Westchester Caddie Scholarship Fund · Elmsford, NY · 2021
General support
$1,850
Old Oaks Club · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$1,800
American Associates of Ben Gurien Univ · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$1,800
American Society of Yad Vashem · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$1,800
Friends of Israel Defense Forces · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$1,800
Seigler Fellowship · Birmingham, AK · 2022
General support
$1,800
Prospect Park Alliance · Brooklyn, NY · 2021
General support
$1,500
Moma-Museum of Modern Art · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$1,500
Museum of Modern Art · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$1,500
Old Oaks Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$1,500
Manhattan Theatre Club · New York, NY · 2021
General support
$1,350
Museum of Modern Art · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$1,200
Whitney Museum · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$1,200
Whitney Museum · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$1,200
Whitney Museum · New York, NY · 2021
General support
$1,000
Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$1,000
Ethical Culture Fieldston School · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$1,000
Goshen Medical Center · Albemare, NC · 2024
General support
$1,000
Mayerson Jcc · Cincinnatti, OH · 2024
General support
$1,000
Miquon School · Conshocken, PA · 2024
General support
$1,000
Old Oaks Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$1,000
St Jude Childrens Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024
General support
$1,000
The Doe Fund · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$1,000
Town School · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$1,000
Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$1,000
Ethical Culture Fieldston School · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$1,000
Gallim Dance · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$1,000
Lake Waramaug Association · New Preston, CT · 2023
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.