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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 20-5319663

The Wayne and Marilyn Nelson Foundation

A private foundation in Longwood, FL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 4 grants and $114,000 paid in grants.

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

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $114,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $5,935,264
  • Tax year 2024

    $139,208

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $5,662,473
  • Tax year 2023

    $443,325

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $5,647,242
  • Tax year 2022

    $1,269,950

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $7,626,198
  • Tax year 2021

    $601,250

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $11,872,348
  • Tax year 2020

    $198,800

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $12,048,033
  • Tax year 2019

    $190,670

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $8,631,648

Grants paid in 2025

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Calvary Baptist Church & Day SchoolWinston Salem, NC

    General Fund

    $100,000
  2. Saint Andrew's Chapel IncSanford, FL

    General Fund

    $9,000
  3. Marshall County Humane SocietyPlymouth, IN

    General Fund

    $3,000
  4. Ecclesia Cell ChurchCitrus Heights, CA

    General Fund

    $2,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Animals1 grant $3,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. North Carolina1 grant $100,000
  2. Florida1 grant $9,000
  3. Indiana1 grant $3,000
  4. California1 grant $2,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Wayne R NelsonDirector Hours 5Pay $0
  • Marilyn NelsonDirector Hours 35Pay $57,968
  • Christine RatledgeDirector Hours 7Pay $0

The return

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