Michigan · Private foundation
Joanne Nicolay 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.
- $15k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 21
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 27% of the organizations Joanne Nicolay Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $15k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $58k | 27% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $262k | 30% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $104k | 58% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $78k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $180k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $9k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $56k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt University | $105,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Grosse Pointe Theatre Inc | $34,500 | 5 | 7% |
| Detroit Athletic Club Foundation | $24,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Helphopelive Inc | $22,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Grosse Pointe Animal Adoption Society | $20,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Early Childhood Initiative Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| De la Salle Collegiate | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Steph Saves | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Warrior Dog Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Gettysburg College | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt University | $105,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Grosse Pointe Theatre Inc | $34,500 | 5 | 7% |
| Detroit Athletic Club Foundation | $24,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Helphopelive Inc | $22,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Grosse Pointe Animal Adoption Society | $20,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Early Childhood Initiative Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| De la Salle Collegiate | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Steph Saves | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Warrior Dog Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Gettysburg College | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| City of Grosse Pointe | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Adrian College | $6,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Michigan Humane Society | $6,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Edsel & Eleanor Ford House | $3,750 | 4 | 0% |
| University Liggett School | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Phoenix Gospel Mission | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Neighborhood Club | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Grosse Pointe Library Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Old Newsboys Goodfellow Fund of Detroit Michigan | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The George W Bush Foundation | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Services for Older Citizens Inc Dba the Helm at the Boll Life Center | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pilots to the Rescue Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| East Valley Women's League Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 35 recipients with no EIN on record ($456k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Joanne Nicolay 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: S Gary Spicer Sr Foundation · Doris J & Donald L Duchene Foundation C/O David Findling · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Mary I McLeod Foundation · William & Martha Ford Fund · Thomas and Carol Cracchiolo Foundation · Richard and Jane Manoogian Foundation · Dolores and Paul Lavins Foundation · Alice Kales Hartwick Foundation · Thomas a Mackey Charitable Foundation · McGregor Fund · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
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About Joanne Nicolay Foundation
- How much does Joanne Nicolay Foundation give?
- Joanne Nicolay Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $14,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Joanne Nicolay Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (66%), Animals (8%), Recreation & Sports (7%).
- Who are Joanne Nicolay Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Vanderbilt University ($105k), Grosse Pointe Theatre Inc ($35k), Detroit Athletic Club Foundation ($24k).
- Does Joanne Nicolay Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Joanne Nicolay 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 Joanne Nicolay Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include S Gary Spicer Sr Foundation, Doris J & Donald L Duchene Foundation C/O David Findling, Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan.
- Where is Joanne Nicolay Foundation based?
- Joanne Nicolay Foundation is based in MI.
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