Funding search · EIN 843282652 · New York, NY
Ron and Joyce Nelson Family 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.
- 100
- grants reported
- $468,704
- 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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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Anti Defamation League2 grants · $30,000
- Friends of Vista Hill4 grants · $30,000
- Child Mind Institute3 grants · $30,000
- Seacrest4 grants · $29,010
- Friends of the Idf3 grants · $25,000
- San Diego Center for Children4 grants · $22,500
- Promises 2 Kids4 grants · $22,500
- Rady Children'S Hospital Foundation3 grants · $20,150
- Serra Center4 grants · $20,030
- Voices for Children4 grants · $20,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 100 reported grants, largest first.
- $20,000
Anti Defamation League · New York, NY · 2024
Promote charity
- $10,000
Anti Defamation League · New York, NY · 2025
Promote charity
- $10,000
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
Promote charity
- $10,000
Child Mind Institute · San Mateo, CA · 2025
Promote charity
- $10,000
Friends of Vista Hill · San Diego, CA · 2025
Promote charity
- $10,000
Kpbs · San Diego, CA · 2025
Promote charity
- $10,000
National Alliance On Mental Illiness · Arlington, VA · 2025
Promote charity
- $10,000
Child Mind Institute · San Mateo, CA · 2024
Promote charity
- $10,000
Friends of the Idf · New York, NY · 2024
Promote charity
- $10,000
Friends of Vista Hill · San Diego, CA · 2024
Promote charity
- $10,000
Rady Children'S Hospital Foundation · La Jolla, CA · 2024
Promote charity
- $10,000
Friends of the Idf · New York, NY · 2023
Promote charity
- $10,000
Magen David Adom · 2023
Promote charity
- $10,000
The Jewish Federations · New York, NY · 2023
Promote charity
- $10,000
Child Mind Institute · San Mateo, CA · 2022
Promote charity
- $10,000
Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2022
Promote charity
- $10,000
The Jewish Federations · New York, NY · 2022
Promote charity
- $9,800
Seacrest · Encinitas, CA · 2022
Prmote charity
- $9,200
Seacrest · Encinitas, CA · 2023
Prmote charity
- $7,500
San Diego Center for Children · San Diego, CA · 2025
Promote charity
- $7,500
Promises 2 Kids · San Diego, CA · 2022
Promote charity
- $6,000
The Old Globe · San Diego, CA · 2025
Promote charity
- $6,000
La Jolla Music Society · La Jolla, CA · 2023
Promote charity
- $6,000
World Food Program USA · Washington, DC · 2022
Promote charity
- $5,150
Rady Children'S Hospital Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2022
Promote charity
- $5,020
Serra Center · Union City, CA · 2024
Promote charity
- $5,010
Seacrest · Encinitas, CA · 2024
Prmote charity
- $5,010
Serra Center · Union City, CA · 2022
Promote charity
- $5,000
Diabetes Research Connection · Del Mar, CA · 2025
Promote charity
- $5,000
Friends of the Idf · New York, NY · 2025
Promote charity
- $5,000
Frontline National · Milford, OH · 2025
Promote charity
- $5,000
La Jolla Music Society · La Jolla, CA · 2025
Promote charity
- $5,000
National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2025
Promote charity
- $5,000
Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2025
Promote charity
- $5,000
Promises 2 Kids · San Diego, CA · 2025
Promote charity
- $5,000
Rady Children'S Hospital Foundation · La Jolla, CA · 2025
Promote charity
- $5,000
Scripps Health · San Diego, CA · 2025
Promote charity
- $5,000
Seacrest · Encinitas, CA · 2025
Prmote charity
- $5,000
Serra Center · Union City, CA · 2025
Promote charity
- $5,000
The Friends of Isreal Gospel Ministry · Westville, NJ · 2025
Promote charity
- $5,000
The Jed Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
Promotes charity
- $5,000
Voices for Children · San Diego, CA · 2025
Promote charity
- $5,000
Promises 2 Kids · San Diego, CA · 2024
Promote charity
- $5,000
San Diego Center for Children · San Diego, CA · 2024
Promote charity
- $5,000
The Old Globe · San Diego, CA · 2024
Promote charity
- $5,000
Voices for Children · San Diego, CA · 2024
Promote charity
- $5,000
Friends of Vista Hill · San Diego, CA · 2023
Promote charity
- $5,000
Promises 2 Kids · San Diego, CA · 2023
Promote charity
- $5,000
San Diego Center for Children · San Diego, CA · 2023
Promote charity
- $5,000
Serra Center · Union City, CA · 2023
Promote charity
- $5,000
Voices for Children · San Diego, CA · 2023
Promote charity
- $5,000
Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2022
Promote charity
- $5,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America · Tampa, FL · 2022
Promote charity
- $5,000
Feeding San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2022
Promote charity
- $5,000
Friends of Vista Hill · San Diego, CA · 2022
Promote charity
- $5,000
Greenwich Hospital · Greenwich, CT · 2022
Promote charity
- $5,000
Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2022
Promote charity
- $5,000
San Diego Center for Children · San Diego, CA · 2022
Promote charity
- $5,000
Voices for Children · San Diego, CA · 2022
Promote charity
- $3,544
Girl Scouts of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2025
Promote charity
- $3,000
Autism Speaks · New York, NY · 2024
Promote charity
- $3,000
Feeding San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2024
Promote charity
- $3,000
La Jolla Music Society · La Jolla, CA · 2024
Promote charity
- $3,000
The Old Globe · San Diego, CA · 2023
Promote charity
- $2,628
American Diabetes Association · Arlington, VA · 2023
Promote charity
- $2,500
Autism Speaks · New York, NY · 2025
Promote charity
- $2,500
Doctors Without Boarders · New York, NY · 2025
Promote charity
- $2,500
Qgv Junior Achievement · New York, NY · 2025
Promote charity
- $2,500
Diabetes Research Connection · Del Mar, CA · 2024
Promote charity
- $2,500
Frontline National · Milford, OH · 2024
Promote charity
- $2,500
Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2024
Promote charity
- $2,500
Scripps Health · San Diego, CA · 2024
Promote charity
- $2,500
Doctors Without Boarders · New York, NY · 2023
Promote charity
- $2,500
Feeding San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2023
Promote charity
- $2,500
Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2023
Promote charity
- $2,500
Kpbs · San Diego, CA · 2022
Promote charity
- $2,500
Scripps Health · San Diego, CA · 2022
Promote charity
- $2,000
Active Minds · Washington, DC · 2025
Promotes charity
- $2,000
The Outlaw Ocean Project · Providence, RI · 2022
Promote charity
- $1,500
Alvin Ailey Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
Promote charity
- $1,000
Alvin Ailey Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Promote charity
- $1,000
Alzheimer'S Association · La Jolla, CA · 2024
Promote charity
- $1,000
Kpbs · San Diego, CA · 2024
Promote charity
- $1,000
Kpbs · San Diego, CA · 2023
Promote charity
- $1,000
New Light Theater Project · New York, NY · 2022
Promote charity
- $500
Bay Ridge Prep · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Promote charity
- $500
Canine Companions · Oceanside, CA · 2023
Promote charity
- $450
Jewish Family Services · San Diego, CA · 2023
Promote charity
- $350
Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · Encinitas, CA · 2022
Promote charity
- $272
Scheels All Sports · Fargo, ND · 2024
Promote charity
- $150
Library Guild of Rancho Santa Fe · Rancho Santa Fe, CA · 2022
Prmote charity
- $100
Charity Navigator · Saddle Brook, NJ · 2025
Promote charity
- $100
Library Guild of Rancho Santa Fe · Rancho Santa Fe, CA · 2024
Prmote charity
- $100
Library Guild of Rancho Santa Fe · Rancho Santa Fe, CA · 2023
Prmote charity
- $100
Charity Navigator · Saddle Brook, NJ · 2022
Promote charity
- $50
Wikimedia San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Promote charity
- $50
Charity Navigator · Saddle Brook, NJ · 2024
Promote charity
- $50
Wikimedia San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Promote charity
- $50
Charity Navigator · Saddle Brook, NJ · 2023
Promote charity
- $20
Wikimedia San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2023
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