The Margeret Ellen Nielsen Foundation
Private foundation · Wilmington, DE · EIN 47-5266096 · reported 2023–2025 · files as The Margaret Ellen Nielsen Foundation
52grants reported
$11Kmedian award
$7,500lower quartile
$1,000smallest grant
$1.8Mtotal paid
15states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 27 of its 52 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $792K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
Foundation Source 501 Silverside RD
Wilmington, DE 19809-0000
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
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Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund Steven E. and Elizabeth T. Nielsen Gift Fund | Cincinnati, OH | $250,000 |
| Intervarsity Christian Fellowship- USA Forming Faithful Leaders Campaign Fund | Madison, WI | $170,000 |
| Williams College Alumni Fund | Williamstown, MA | $150,000 |
| First Presbyterian Church in North Palm Beach Inc Mission Fund and General Fund | N Palm Beach, FL | $144,000 |
| First Presbyterian Church in North Palm Beach Inc Mission Fund and General Fund | N Palm Beach, FL | $138,000 |
| Urban Youth Impact Inc Complete the Campus | West Palm Bch, FL | $125,000 |
| Intervarsity Christian Fellowship- USA Forming Faithful Leaders Campaign | Madison, WI | $65,000 |
| Southwick Congregational Church Steeple Repair Project | Southwick, MA | $60,000 |
| Southwick Civic Fund Inc Richard Atkinson Fund | Southwick, MA | $55,000 |
| Lever Inc | North Adams, MA | $50,000 |
| Urban Youth Impact Inc Carver Christian Academy of Urban Youth Impact | West Palm Bch, FL | $50,000 |
| Lever Inc | North Adams, MA | $50,000 |
| Lever Inc | North Adams, MA | $50,000 |
| First Presbyterian Church in North Palm Beach Inc Children's Ministry Facilities Review | N Palm Beach, FL | $47,000 |
| Sim USA Incorporated Support for the African Strategic Discipleship Movement | Charlotte, NC | $25,000 |
| Southwick Civic Fund Inc Richard Atkinson Fund | Southwick, MA | $25,000 |
| Misericordia Foundation | Chicago, IL | $25,000 |
| Youth Volunteer Corps | Kansas City, MO | $20,000 |
| World Vision Zambia Water, Sanitation and Health (WASH) Initiative | Federal Way, WA | $20,000 |
| Youth Volunteer Corps | Kansas City, MO | $20,000 |
| Intervarsity Christian Fellowship- USA Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Program at Harvard University and Northeastern University | Madison, WI | $19,800 |
| Intervarsity Christian Fellowship- USA Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Program at Harvard University and Northeastern University | Madison, WI | $19,200 |
| Intervarsity Christian Fellowship- USA Intravarsity Christian Fellowship's Donor engagement function | Madison, WI | $15,000 |
| Worldwide Discipleship Association Inc Church Leader Training and Resource Development fund | Fayetteville, GA | $13,200 |
| Worldwide Discipleship Association Inc Church Leader Training and Resource Development Fund | Fayetteville, GA | $13,200 |
| Rutgers University Foundation Rutgers Future Scholars fund | New Brunswick, NJ | $12,500 |
| Intervarsity Christian Fellowship- USA Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Program at Southern Connecticut State University and Yale | Madison, WI | $10,200 |
| Heifer Project International Women's Giving Circle | Little Rock, AR | $10,000 |
| Huckleberry Springs Church | Knoxville, TN | $10,000 |
| Childrens Hospital of Alabama | Birmingham, AL | $10,000 |
| Heifer International Foundation | Little Rock, AR | $10,000 |
| Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Inc Israel Terror Relief 2023 fund | West Palm Beach, FL | $10,000 |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | Hagerstown, MD | $10,000 |
| Women in the Window International Inc Nyanam Fish Farming Project | West Palm Beach, FL | $10,000 |
| World Vision | Federal Way, WA | $10,000 |
| Intervarsity Christian Fellowship- USA Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Program at Southern Connecticut State University and Yale | Madison, WI | $9,600 |
| Intervarsity Christian Fellowship- USA QSSA Program | Madison, WI | $7,500 |
| Intervarsity Christian Fellowship- USA Scripture Engagement Program | Madison, WI | $7,500 |
| Intervarsity Christian Fellowship- USA Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Program at Valencia College | Madison, WI | $7,500 |
| Youth Volunteer Corps | Kansas City, MO | $7,500 |
| Intervarsity Christian Fellowship- USA Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Program at Valencia College | Madison, WI | $7,200 |
| Intervarsity Christian Fellowship- USA Q/SSA Program | Madison, WI | $7,200 |
| Intervarsity Christian Fellowship- USA Scripture Engagement Program | Madison, WI | $7,200 |
| Intervarsity Christian Fellowship- USA Graduate Ministries Program | Madison, WI | $5,100 |
| International Fellowship of Evangelical Students U | Madison, WI | $5,000 |
| Housing Partnership Inc | Riviera Beach, FL | $5,000 |
| International Fellowship of Evangelical Students U | Madison, WI | $5,000 |
| Jupiter Christian School Inc South Campus - Urban Youth Impact fund | Jupiter, FL | $5,000 |
| Intervarsity Christian Fellowship- USA Graduate Ministries Program | Madison, WI | $4,800 |
| Intervarsity Christian Fellowship- USA Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Program at Valencia College | Madison, WI | $2,500 |
| Christians for Biblical Equality | Minneapolis, MN | $2,000 |
| Christians Reaching Out to Society Inc | LK Worth Bch, FL | $1,000 |
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