Maine · Private foundation
Francis T & Louis T Nichols Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $2.6M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 88
- Grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $18,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $491,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 1
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $21M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Francis T & Louis T Nichols Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 83 | $2.1M | 99% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $3k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $5k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $3k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $8k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont Student Assistance Corp | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| George Stevens Academy | $90,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Hancock County Habitat For Humanity | $85,000 | 1 | 55% |
| Green Mountain Habitat for Humanity | $85,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Lund Family Center Inc | $67,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Steps to End Domestic Violence Inc | $60,000 | 1 | 2% |
| VNA Home Health & Hospice Northern Light Home Care & Hospice | $55,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Health Centers of Burlington Inc | $55,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Vermont Community Loan Fund | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Vermont Childrens Trust Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 4% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($475k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Francis T & Louis T Nichols Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 57 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 Vermont Community Foundation · Agnes M Lindsay Trust · Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc · National Life Group Charitable Foundation Inc · Fanny Allen Corporation · United Way of Northwest Vermont Inc · Maine Community Foundation Inc · Peoples United Community Foundation · George W Mergens Foundation · Mascoma Bank Foundation · The Kelsey Trust · The University of Vermont Medical Center
How this is measured
Compare Francis T & Louis T Nichols Foundation with peer funders
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About Francis T & Louis T Nichols Foundation
- How much does Francis T & Louis T Nichols Foundation give?
- Francis T & Louis T Nichols Foundation reported 88 grants totaling $2,600,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 1 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Francis T & Louis T Nichols Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (24%), Human Services (13%), Housing & Shelter (12%).
- Who are Francis T & Louis T Nichols Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Vermont Student Assistance Corp ($100k), George Stevens Academy ($90k), Hancock County Habitat For Humanity ($85k).
- Does Francis T & Louis T Nichols Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Francis T & Louis T Nichols Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Francis T & Louis T Nichols Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Vermont Community Foundation, Agnes M Lindsay Trust, Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc.
- Where is Francis T & Louis T Nichols Foundation based?
- Francis T & Louis T Nichols Foundation is based in ME.
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