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Esther B Nicholl Charitable Trust at a glance

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Esther B Nicholl Charitable Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$10k
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$35kHealth$19kScience & Tech$10kAnimals$9kArts & Culture$9kFood & Nutrition$5k
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$9,830
Median grant
1
States reached
$256k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PINES OF SARASOTA FOUNDATION$9,830
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–18, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%FL CENTER FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD INC: $10k → 9%SARASOTA FAMILY YMCA INC: $10k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Child Protection Center Inc

The mission of the child protection center, inc. is the prevention, intervention and treatment of child abuse. we envision a community where children are safe from abuse and free to thrive. to successfully address the issue of child abuse,…

Crime & Legal
2
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…

Environment
3
Children's Advocacy Center of Southwest Florida Inc

Since 1981, children's advocacy center of southwest florida, inc. (cac) has advocated for a healthy, safe community for children through a multidisciplinary team approach to child abuse and neglect. our mission is to create a safe and…

Human Services
4
Florida Research Center for Agricultural Sustainability Inc
Philanthropy
5
The Circus Arts Conservatory Inc

The circus arts conservatory's mission is to engage and educate students using unique and innovative learning programs; to measuraly improve the quality of life for individuals in care communities; and to advance the extraordinary legacy…

Education
6
Sanibel Sea School Inc

Improve the ocean's future, one person at a time, in order to live in a world where all people value, understand, and care for the ocean.

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7
Suncoast Center Inc

For 80 years, suncoast center, inc. has held true to its mission of "strengthening, protecting, and restoring lives for a healthy community" by providing a comprehensive range of evidence-based services that address emotional wellness,…

Health
8
Centerstone of Florida Inc

Our mission is "delivering care that changes people's lives"

Health
9
Heart Gallery of Sarasota
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10
Families First of Palm Beach County Foundation Inc

To cultivate financial resources dedicated to building stronger families and stronger communities through the operations and programs of families first. contributing to the foundation is an investment in a safe, healthy and sustainable…

Human Services
11
Specially Fit Foundation Corporation

The mission of specially fit foundation is to inspire lifelong learning, to provide socialization opportunities, and to amplify knowledge of health and fitness to individuals with developmental disabilities through faith, fitness, and…

Human Services
12
Creative Kids Srq
Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Safe Children Coalition Inc; the most unlike its peers is Sarasota Manatee Assoc for Riding Therapy Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

8 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 8 of the 10 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/8
Grantees still filing
8/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MOTE MARINE LABORATORY INC: $9,724 · OtherMOTE MARINE LABORATORY INCEASTER SEALS SOUTHWEST FL INC: $9,463 · OtherEASTER SEALS SOUTHWEST FL INCCOMMUNITY HAVEN FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN: $9,399 · OtherCOMMUNITY HAVEN FOR ADULTS AND CHILDRENSarasota Manatee Assoc for Riding Therapy Inc: $9,000 · OtherSarasota Manatee Assoc for Riding Therapy IncTHE FLORIDA CENTER FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE FLORIDA CENTER FOR EA…SAFE CHILDREN COALITION INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesSAFE CHILDREN COALITION I…PINES OF SARASOTA FOUNDATION INC: $9,830 · HealthPINES OF SAR…Sarasota Ballet of Florida Inc: $9,232 · Arts & CultureSarasota Ba…ALL STAR CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $5,290 · PhilanthropyALL FAITHS FOOD BANK INC: $5,290 · Food & Nutrition
Other$37,586Human Services$20,000Health$9,830Arts & Culture$9,232Philanthropy$5,290Food & Nutrition$5,290

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE FLORIDA CENTER FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSAFE CHILDREN COALITION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOTE MARINE LABORATORY INC: $9,724 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSarasota Ballet of Florida Inc: $9,232 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSarasota Manatee Assoc for Riding Therapy Inc: $9,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetALL STAR CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $5,290 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetALL FAITHS FOOD BANK INC: $5,290 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Gulf Coast Community …The Community Foundat…Msc Foundation IncWilliam G and Marie S…Charles & Margery Bar…Harry Sudakoff Founda…Bank of America Clien…Roberta Leventhal Sud…The Glenridge Charita…Annette J Hagens Memo…The Rubin Charitable …Joan Armour Mendell F…
Gulf Coast Community Foundation IncFL17.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co Inc · Msc Foundation Inc · William G and Marie Selby Foundation Inc · Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation Inc · Harry Sudakoff Foundation Inc · Bank of America Client Foundation · Roberta Leventhal Sudakoff Foundation Inc · The Glenridge Charitable Foundation Inc · Annette J Hagens Memorial Foundation · The Rubin Charitable Foundation Inc · Joan Armour Mendell Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Esther B Nicholl Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Esther B Nicholl Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Mote Marine Laboratory Inc: 4% of income from government
  • All Faiths Food Bank Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Safe Children Coalition Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 10 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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