Washington · Private foundation
Believe in Nice Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $101k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 83%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 12
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 83% of the organizations Believe in Nice Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 82% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 11 | $101k | 64% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $69k | 83% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $50k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community House on Broadway | $17,383 | 3 | 0% |
| Clark County Food Bank | $17,383 | 3 | 0% |
| Meals on Wheels People Inc | $11,050 | 2 | 0% |
| My Fathers House | $11,050 | 2 | 0% |
| Oregon Humane Society | $6,333 | 1 | 0% |
| Kiwanis Club of Sandy Oregon | $6,333 | 1 | 12% |
| Clark County Sheriffs Office Search and Rescue | $6,333 | 1 | 9% |
| The Arc of Southwest Washington | $5,550 | 1 | 1% |
| Humane Society of Cowlitz County | $5,550 | 1 | 0% |
| Strive Northwest | $5,550 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community House on Broadway | $17,383 | 3 | 0% |
| Clark County Food Bank | $17,383 | 3 | 0% |
| Meals on Wheels People Inc | $11,050 | 2 | 0% |
| My Fathers House | $11,050 | 2 | 0% |
| Oregon Humane Society | $6,333 | 1 | 0% |
| Kiwanis Club of Sandy Oregon | $6,333 | 1 | 12% |
| Clark County Sheriffs Office Search and Rescue | $6,333 | 1 | 9% |
| The Arc of Southwest Washington | $5,550 | 1 | 1% |
| Humane Society of Cowlitz County | $5,550 | 1 | 0% |
| Strive Northwest | $5,550 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Hospice | $5,500 | 1 | 5% |
| Lifeline Connections | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Oregon Dog Rescue | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of the Center for the Arts | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $3,333 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($102k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Believe in Nice Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Firstenburg Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Believe in Nice Foundation
- How much does Believe in Nice Foundation give?
- Believe in Nice Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $100,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 12 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Believe in Nice Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (36%), Food & Nutrition (16%), Animals (13%).
- Who are Believe in Nice Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Community House on Broadway ($17k), Clark County Food Bank ($17k), Meals on Wheels People Inc ($11k).
- Does Believe in Nice Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 83% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Believe in Nice Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Believe in Nice Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Firstenburg Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Believe in Nice Foundation based?
- Believe in Nice Foundation is based in WA.
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