The Nordblom Family Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation funds family wellbeing and mentoring programmes that build caregivers' awareness of their role as models, self-regulation, communication and goal-setting, so a charity whose work fits that mission should check its focus closely before approaching.
- Its geographic focus is the United States, with a priority on the Greater Boston area, and it considers strongly aligned requests from elsewhere in the country.
- It takes applications by invitation only and does not accept unsolicited requests, so an approach should follow an invitation, and the letter of inquiry details and deadlines are given to those invited.
- Half of its grants to organisations were $25,000 or less, and about 8 in 10 fall between $1,000 and $50,000, so a modest request in that range is the most realistic size, though that band is not a ceiling; in its latest filing 70% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had funded before, so existing relationships may count for a lot.
- Only 501(c)(3) organisations are eligible, and grants are not made to individuals or other private foundations.
Overview
The Nordblom Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Burlington, MA.
What they fund
Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The foundation’s mission is to inspire parents, caregivers and family members to develop self-awareness and the capabilities needed for positive family interactions. It also supports mentoring programmes that build social and emotional skills. Drawing on child-development science, it emphasises supportive and responsive relationships, reduced sources of family stress and stronger core life skills as conditions that help children and families become stronger. Its grantmaking considers a wide range of approaches to family wellbeing aligned with this mission. Successful programmes build caregivers’ awareness of their role as models, develop self-regulation and executive skills, promote communication and respect within families, help families set and achieve goals, and use scientific knowledge and measurement. Its geographic focus is Greater Boston, while it considers strongly aligned requests from elsewhere in the United States. Eligible applicants are tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organisations; requests can support new or established programmes likely to have significant impact for parents, families and communities.
Themes
- Family wellbeing
- Mentoring
Geographic Focus
United States. Priority: Greater Boston area.
What They Don't Fund
- Grants directly to individuals
- Other private foundations
How to apply
Applicants invited to submit a Letter of Inquiry (LOI) are contacted by Foundation staff; details of LOI and full proposal requirements and deadlines are made available at invitation.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 70% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 138 grants to organisations were $25,000 or less.
What the foundation says:
- The Foundation favours approaches to family wellbeing that align with its mission.
- Successful programmes build parent/caregiver awareness of being role models.
- Successful programmes provide opportunities to build core capabilities, such as self-regulation and executive skills, and reduce family stress.
- Successful programmes promote strong intra-family communication and respect.
- Successful programmes support families to work together to set and achieve goals.
- Successful programmes use credible scientific knowledge and measurement as a means towards achieving success.
- The Foundation considers new or established programmes where a grant is likely to have significant impact for the applicant organisation and people it benefits.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: 2%
- The largest single recipient received 18% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 70% of grant dollars went to organisations The Nordblom Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 33% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 55 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $25,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund · Unrestricted$500,0002024 tax year
- Massachusetts Audobon Society Inc · Crocker barn$200,0002024 tax year
- Economic Mobility Pathways · Scaling up with amp up$100,0002024 tax year
- Families First Parenting Programs · Power of parenting and parent leadership programs$65,0002024 tax year
- Third Sector New England · General operating$57,0002024 tax year
- Plummer Youth Promise · Permanency services for youth in foster care$50,0002024 tax year
- Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center · Bcnc family services$50,0002024 tax year
- Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston · General operations$50,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Carolyn C Los — Trustee
- M Lee Nordblom — Trustee
- Greta Nordblom — Trustee
- Robert W Nordblom — Trustee
- Peter C Nordblom — Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $2,170,248 | $1,688,758 | $41,180,290 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $2,290,767 | $1,950,514 | $43,921,763 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $2,567,836 | $2,130,933 | $46,260,763 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
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- Burlington, MA
- nordblomfamilyfoundation.org
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- nordblomfamilyfoundation.org