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Private foundation (trust)EIN 821673538Est. 2017-11

ROBERT NELSON FOUNDATION

LOS ANGELES, CA 900761398

Total Assets

$17.4M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$568K

FY 2024

Grants Made

36

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$16K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$2K–$80K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Independent Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$1.9M

Total Expenses

$778K

Qualifying Distributions

$609K

Distributable Amount

$834K

Min. Investment Return

$841K

Undistributed Income

$755K

Payout rate 73%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.73%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

36 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $2K through median $6K to maximum $80K, 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

6 years

Giving over time from 2019 to 2024. Peak $930K in 2021. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

159 grants

GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY
$290K
5 grants
LOS ANGELES MISSION
$245K
10 grants
UNION RESCUE MISSION
$200K
9 grants
HAPPY TRAILS FOR KIDS
$90K
6 grants
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LOS ANGELES
$80K
1 grant
MINORITY AIDS PROJECT
$80K
6 grants
CA STATE UNIVERSITY LOS ANGELES FOUNDATION
$80K
1 grant
THE MUSIC CENTER
$70K
3 grants

Grant Size Distribution

159 grants

<$10K
91
grants
$10–50K
64
grants
$50–250K
4
grants
$250K–1M
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

4 states

California
$1.9M
73% of total
Michigan
$681K
26% of total
Florida
$10K
0% of total
Minnesota
$10K
0% of total

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