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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 13-4188888

Nelson Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Purchase, NY. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 1 grant and $1.3 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $1,317,084

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $0

  • Tax year 2024

    $71,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,298,492

  • Tax year 2023

    $25,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $1,224,114

  • Tax year 2022

    $12,500

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,207,614

  • Tax year 2021

    $146,500

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,335,957

  • Tax year 2020

    $36,500

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,423,683

  • Tax year 2019

    $105,250

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $1,403,754

  • Tax year 2018

    $121,490

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $1,403,124

Grants paid in 2025

1 grant, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. A Child Waits FoundationPurchase, NY

    Private foundation

    $1,317,084

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $1,317,084100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York1 grant $1,317,084

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Randolph NelsonPRES/TRES Hours 10Pay $0
  • Cynthia NelsonVP, SECT Hours 10Pay $0

The return

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