Funding search · EIN 710899453 · Seattle, WA

Roy and Leona Nelson Foundation

Name: Roy and Leona Nelson Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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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.

122
grants reported: $827,250
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,000
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.

What they fund

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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.

Community Foundation of North Central Washington1 grant · $100,000
Northwest Nazarene University4 grants · $99,000
Whitworth University4 grants · $96,750
Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences3 grants · $94,500
Lewis-Clark State College4 grants · $63,000
Eastern Washington University Foundation3 grants · $51,000
Community Colleges of Spokane Foundation3 grants · $45,000
Heritage University2 grants · $36,000
Spokane Colleges Foundation1 grant · $30,000
Serve Wenatchee3 grants · $17,500

Giving over time

$206,750

2022

$261,500

2023

$163,000

2024

$196,000

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 122 grants.

$100,000
Community Foundation of North Central Washington · Wenatchee, WA · 2023
College scholarships in memory of T J Nelson Sr
$45,000
Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences · Yakima, WA · 2025
College scholarships
$30,000
Spokane Colleges Foundation · Spokane, WA · 2025
College scholarships
$29,250
Whitworth University · Spokane, WA · 2022
College scholarships
$27,000
Northwest Nazarene University · Nampa, ID · 2024
College scholarships
$27,000
Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences · Yakima, WA · 2024
College scholarships
$27,000
Heritage University · Toppenish, WA · 2022
College scholarships
$27,000
Northwest Nazarene University · Nampa, ID · 2022
College scholarships
$22,500
Northwest Nazarene University · Nampa, ID · 2025
College scholarships
$22,500
Whitworth University · Spokane, WA · 2025
College scholarships
$22,500
Whitworth University · Spokane, WA · 2024
College scholarships
$22,500
Northwest Nazarene University · Nampa, ID · 2023
College scholarships
$22,500
Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences · Yakima, WA · 2023
College scholarships
$22,500
Whitworth University · Spokane, WA · 2023
College scholarships
$18,000
Eastern Washington University Foundation · Cheney, WA · 2025
College scholarships
$18,000
Lewis-Clark State College · Lewiston, ID · 2025
College scholarships
$18,000
Eastern Washington University Foundation · Cheney, WA · 2024
College scholarships
$15,000
Community Colleges of Spokane Foundation · Spokane, WA · 2024
College scholarships
$15,000
Lewis-Clark State College · Lewiston, ID · 2024
College scholarships
$15,000
Community Colleges of Spokane Foundation · Spokane, WA · 2023
College scholarships
$15,000
Eastern Washington University Foundation · Cheney, WA · 2023
College scholarships
$15,000
Lewis-Clark State College · Lewiston, ID · 2023
College scholarships
$15,000
Big Bend Community College Foundation · Moses Lake, WA · 2022
College scholarships
$15,000
Community Colleges of Spokane Foundation · Spokane, WA · 2022
College scholarships
$15,000
Lewis-Clark State College · Lewiston, ID · 2022
College scholarships
$15,000
North Idaho College Foundation · Coeur Dalene, ID · 2022
College scholarships
$15,000
Wenatchee Valley College · Wenatchee, WA · 2022
College scholarships
$9,000
Heritage University · Toppenish, WA · 2023
College scholarships
$7,500
Serve Wenatchee · Wenatchee, WA · 2022
Help the needy with fuel, rent, utilities
$5,000
Alatheia Therapeutic Riding Center · Wenatchee, WA · 2025
Riding programs for the disabled
$5,000
Garden Terrace Senior Living · Wenatchee, WA · 2025
Affordable housing for low income seniors
$5,000
Tri-Cities Union Gospel Mission · Pasco, WA · 2025
Womens childrens center construction
$5,000
Serve Wenatchee · Wenatchee, WA · 2024
Help the needy with fuel, rent, utilities
$5,000
Tri-County Library · Fernand, ID · 2024
New library construction
$5,000
Serve Wenatchee · Wenatchee, WA · 2023
Help the needy with fuel, rent, utilities
$3,500
National Alliance for Mental Illness - Coeur D'Alene · Coeur Dalene, ID · 2025
Programs for the mentally ill
$3,500
National Alliance for Mental Illness - Coeur D'Alen · Coeur Dalene, ID · 2024
Programs for the mentally ill
$3,500
National Alliance for Mental Illness - Coeur Dalene · Coeur Dalene, ID · 2023
Programs for the mentally ill
$3,500
National Alliance for Mental Illness - Coeur Dalene · Coeur Dalene, ID · 2022
Programs for the mentally ill
$3,000
Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery · Spokane, WA · 2024
Crisis nursery
$2,500
Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery · Spokane, WA · 2023
Crisis Nursery
$2,500
Catholic Charities Wenatchee · Wenatchee, WA · 2022
Shelter services for the needy
$2,500
Garden Terrace Senior Living · Wenatchee, WA · 2022
Providing affordable housing for low income disabled
$2,500
Lighthouse Christian Ministries · Wenatchee, WA · 2022
Soup kitchen, shelter, counselling for the needy
$2,500
Salvation Army · Spokane, WA · 2022
Shelter services for the needy
$2,000
Morning Star Boys Ranch · Spokane, WA · 2025
Troubled boys ranch
$2,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · Spokane, WA · 2025
Food bank
$2,000
Union Gospel Mision · Spokane, WA · 2025
Homeless shelter
$2,000
United Way of North Idaho · Coeur Dalene, ID · 2025
North Idaho charities
$2,000
Morning Star Boys Ranch · Spokane, WA · 2024
Troubled boys ranch
$2,000
Ronald McDonald House · Spokane, WA · 2024
Housing hospital outpatients and their parents
$2,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · Spokane, WA · 2024
Food bank
$2,000
Union Gospel Mission · Spokane, WA · 2024
Homeless shelters
$2,000
Volunteers of Americacrosswalk · Spokane, WA · 2024
Homeless youth services
$2,000
Beyond Pink · Spokane, WA · 2023
Breast exams for needy women
$2,000
Grace City Church · Wenatchee, WA · 2023
Jail ministry
$2,000
Oddessy Youth Movement · Spokane, WA · 2023
Youth services
$2,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · Spokane, WA · 2023
Food bank
$2,000
Spokesman-Review Christmas Fund · Spokane, WA · 2023
Toys for needy children
$2,000
Union Gospel Mission · Spokane, WA · 2023
Homeless shelters
$2,000
Youth for Christ · Spokane, WA · 2023
After school programs
$2,000
Catholic Charities Spokane · Spokane, WA · 2022
Help for the needy
$2,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · Spokane, WA · 2022
Food bank
$2,000
Union Gospel Mission · Spokane, WA · 2022
Homeless shelters
$2,000
Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery · Spokane, WA · 2022
Crisis nursery
$2,000
Youth for Christ · Spokane, WA · 2022
After school programs
$1,500
Northwest X Talks · Spoakne, WA · 2025
Local Ted talk program
$1,500
Odyssey Youth Movement · Spokane, WA · 2025
LGBTQ programs
$1,500
Planned Parenthood · Spokane, WA · 2025
Low income health center
$1,500
Spokane Public Library Foundation · Spokane, WA · 2025
Childrens programs
$1,500
Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery · Spokane, WA · 2025
Crisis nursery
$1,500
Grace City Church · Wenatchee, WA · 2024
Jail ministry
$1,500
Northwest X Talks · Spokane, WA · 2024
Local Ted talk program
$1,000
Electric City Wa Park Dept · Electric City, WA · 2025
New city park construction
$1,000
Maddie'S Place · Spokane, WA · 2025
Recovery nursery for babies withdrawing from substance abuse
$1,000
Pend Oreille County Yes · Newport, WA · 2025
Services for homeless youth
$1,000
Thrive Chelan Valley · Chelan, WA · 2025
Teen center after school programs
$1,000
Women Helping Women Fund · Spokane, WA · 2025
Scholarship Fund
$1,000
Youth for Christ · Spokane, WA · 2025
After school programs
$1,000
Imagination Initiative · Hayden, ID · 2024
Supplying tech devices to low-income students
$1,000
Kootenai Humane Society · Hayden, ID · 2024
Animal shelter
$1,000
Methow Housing Trust · Winthrop, WA · 2024
Construction of low-income housing
$1,000
Northwest Natural Resources Institute · Spokane, WA · 2024
Education about agriculture/forestry/mining
$1,000
Quincy Humane Society · Quincy, WA · 2024
Animal shelter
$1,000
Spokane Humane Society · Spokane, WA · 2024
Animal shelter
$1,000
Wenatchee Valley Humane Society · Wenatchee, WA · 2024
Animal shelter
$1,000
Yakima Humane Society · Yakima, WA · 2024
Animal shelter
$1,000
Youth for Christ · Spokane, WA · 2024
After school programs
$1,000
Blue Mountain Action Council · Walla Walla, WA · 2023
Food bank
$1,000
Bonner County Food Bank · Sandpoint, ID · 2023
Food bank
$1,000
Community Action Council of Whitman County · Pullman, WA · 2023
Food bank
$1,000
Kootenai Humane Society · Hayden, ID · 2023
Animal shelter
$1,000
Lake Chelan Food Bank · Chelan, WA · 2023
Food bank
$1,000
Moses Lake Community Services · Moses Lake, WA · 2023
Food bank
$1,000
Newport Food Bank · Newport, WA · 2023
Food bank
$1,000
Okanogan County Community Action Council · Okanogan, WA · 2023
Food bank
$1,000
Quincy Humane Society · Quincy, WA · 2023
Animal shelter
$1,000
Shoshone County Food Bank · Kellogg, ID · 2023
Food bank
$1,000
Spokane Humane Society · Spokane, WA · 2023
Animal shelter
$1,000
Tri-Cities Food Bank · Richland, WA · 2023
Food bank

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