Illinois · Private foundation
Nancy Nichols Olson 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.
- $28k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 47%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $94k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 47% of the organizations Nancy Nichols Olson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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 | 12 | $28k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $47k | 47% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $18k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $20k | 22% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $26k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $7k | 73% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $9k | 78% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $6k | 90% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Country Day School | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Marsh Cemetery Association | $25,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Rock Valley College Foundation | $10,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Alpha Tau Omega Foundation Inc | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Boylan Central Catholic High School | $7,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Rockford Park District Foundation | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Gigis Playhouse Inc | $5,500 | 5 | n/a |
| The Society for the Preservation of Greek Housing | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| YMCA of Rock River Valley | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rosecrance Foundation Inc | $4,500 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 25 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Country Day School | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Marsh Cemetery Association | $25,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Rock Valley College Foundation | $10,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Alpha Tau Omega Foundation Inc | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Boylan Central Catholic High School | $7,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Rockford Park District Foundation | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Gigis Playhouse Inc | $5,500 | 5 | n/a |
| The Society for the Preservation of Greek Housing | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| YMCA of Rock River Valley | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rosecrance Foundation Inc | $4,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Children's Cancer Research Fund | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hope Village - Tiny Housing Alternatives Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cathedral of St Peter | $1,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Catholic Diocese of Rockford | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Miss Carly's Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Juvenile Protective Association | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Regional Access & Mobilization Project Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Rock Church | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Society of St Vincent de Paul Rockford Council | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| March of Dimes Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Northminster Presbyterian Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| St James Catholic Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| St Stanislaus Kostka Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($50k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Nancy Nichols Olson 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: Tracy E Anderson Charitable Foundation · The David & Colleen Anderson Charitable Foundation · Community Foundation of Northern IL · John & Linda Anderson Charitable Foundation · John T Wolf Charitable Trust II · Guy Reno Family Foundation · Jeffrey R Anderson Charitable Foundation · Blazer Foundation · Ralph J Baudhuin Foundation · The Kjellstrom Family Foundation · Atwood Foundation · Jeff and Shelley Shinn Foundation
How this is measured
About Nancy Nichols Olson Foundation
- How much does Nancy Nichols Olson Foundation give?
- Nancy Nichols Olson Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $27,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Nancy Nichols Olson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (34%), Arts & Culture (21%), Religion (17%).
- Who are Nancy Nichols Olson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Keith Country Day School ($25k), Marsh Cemetery Association ($25k), Rock Valley College Foundation ($10k).
- Does Nancy Nichols Olson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 47% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Nancy Nichols Olson 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 Nancy Nichols Olson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Tracy E Anderson Charitable Foundation, The David & Colleen Anderson Charitable Foundation, Community Foundation of Northern IL.
- Where is Nancy Nichols Olson Foundation based?
- Nancy Nichols Olson Foundation is based in IL.
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