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Private foundation (trust)EIN 421441831Est. 1996-12

HELEN J AND THOMAS NELSON URBAN SR

DES MOINES, IA 50321

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$1.3M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$68K

FY 2024

Grants Made

43

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$2K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$100–$19K

Typical

Deadlines

Open / rolling

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$46K

Total Expenses

$148K

Qualifying Distributions

$68K

Distributable Amount

$59K

Min. Investment Return

$59K

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

43 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $100 through median $500 to maximum $19K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

4 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $73K in 2022. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

187 grants

UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA
$37K
2 grants
TIFERETH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE
$22K
4 grants
DARTMOUTH ALUMNI FUND (PETER REICHARD)
$22K
4 grants
HOMES OF OAKRDIGE
$19K
3 grants
UNITED WAY
$19K
1 grant
PLANNED PARENTHOOD
$17K
3 grants
WESLEY LIFE FOUNDATION
$10K
2 grants
DES MOINES PASTORAL COUNSELING CENTER
$9K
5 grants

Grant Size Distribution

187 grants

<$10K
183
grants
$10–50K
4
grants
$50–250K
$250K–1M
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

18 states

Iowa
$182K
69% of total
New Hampshire
$25K
10% of total
District of Columbia
$15K
6% of total
New York
$10K
4% of total
Colorado
$6K
2% of total
Michigan
$5K
2% of total
Illinois
$5K
2% of total
Arizona
$3K
1% of total
Alabama
$3K
1% of total
California
$3K
1% of total

+8 more states

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