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Neal C Nichols Family Foundation Inc

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.

$391k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$2.1MHealth$1.2MEducation$1.1MHuman Services$545kFood & Nutrition$100kPhilanthropy$63kPublic Benefit$500Other$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $1k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $80k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $310k
$50,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CAPITAL CARING - THE GEORGE PAKIDIS ADVANCED CARDIAC CARE PROGRAM$100,000
EVERGREEN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL$100,000
VIRGINIA HOSPITAL CENTER$60,000
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE FOUNDATION (JOHNS HOPKINS)$50,000
THE CRU FOUNDATION$40,000
CHRISTIAN HELP INC OF MINGO COUNTY$20,000
OPERATION BLESSING$20,000
NATIONAL CAPITAL TREATMENT & RECOVERY$1,000
02The need
03

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 (FY19–25, $250k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 40% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%CHRISTIAN HELP INC OF MINGO COUNTY: $20k → 31%WILLING WARRIORS: $50k → 7%CHRISTIAN HELP INC OF MINGO COUNTY: $20k → 31%WILLING WARRIORS: $50k → 7%CHRISTIAN HELP INC OF MINGO COUNTY: $20k → 31%WILLING WARRIORS: $50k → 7%CHRISTIAN HELP INC OF MINGO COUNTY: $20k → 31%CHRISTIAN HELP INC OF MINGO COUNTY: $20k → 31%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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
PA
MO
WV
VA
MD
TN
DC
OK
GA
TX
FL
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.3M · 26 repeat orgs$179k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +62% since the first grant, against +32% for those funded once.

26 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 20 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
11

Total granted

$5.3M
$128k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+62%
+32%

Still filing today

46%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $51k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthReligionHuman ServicesPublic BenefitPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • EC
    EVERGREEN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
    5× · 2021–2025 · $595k · revenue +198%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2019–2023 · $220k · revenue +75%
  • TM
    Travis Manion Foundation
    5× · 2019–2023 · $190k · revenue +140%

Funded once

  • EU
    EMORY UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
  • FH
    FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +32%
  • S4
    SEGS 4 VETS (DISABILITY RIGHTS ADVOCATES FOR TECHNOLOGY)
    one grant, 2019 · $25k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its 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
National Church Residences At Home Health and Wellness Central Ohio

Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors

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2
National Church Residences At Home Hospice Central Ohio

Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors

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3
National Church Residences At Home Hospice

Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors

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4
National Church Residences At Home Central Ohio

Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors.

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5
Culpeper Christian School Inc

Culpeper christian school exists to please the lord jesus christ and to train students by working with the home to build academic excellence on the word of god. the school served approximately 150 students from k-3 preschool through 8th…

Education
6
Christian Healthcare Ministries Inc

To glorify god, show christian love, and experience god's presence as christians share each other's medical bills.

Religion
7
National Church Residences Chillicothe Land Holdings Inc

Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors

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8
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
9
Christian Radio International Inc

Provide inspirational programming in various languages domestically and abroad via satellite, cable, internet, radio local am, fm and television mediums.

Religion
10
Reformed University Inc

Provide education in theology, divinity, religious education, ministerial training, business and organizational leadership.

Education
11
Ncr At Home Health and Wellness

Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors

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12
Trinity Broadcasting of Washington

A church whose primary purpose is to spread the gospel of jesus christ to the world

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fisher House Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Christian Broadcasting Network 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

18 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. 18 of the 39 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
14/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VIRGINIA HOSPITAL CENTER: $510,000 · OtherVIRGINIA HOSPITAL CENTERCAPITAL CARING - THE GEORGE PAKIDIS ADVANCED CARDIAC CARE PROGRAM: $500,000 · OtherCAPITAL CARING - THE GEORGE PAKIDIS ADVANCED…CAPITAL CARING - ARLINGTON HOSPICE: $160,000 · OtherCAPITAL CARING - ARLINGTON HOSPICETHE HARBOUR SCHOOL: $150,000 · OtherTHE HARBOUR SCHOOLFRESTA VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL LTD: $105,000 · OtherTHE CRU FOUNDATION: $103,000 · OtherSHARE INCORPORATED: $100,000 · Other+17 more: $535,500 · Other+17 moreThe Christian Broadcasting Network Inc: $1,815,000 · ReligionThe Christian Broadcasting Network In…+2 more: $15,000 · ReligionEVERGREEN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $595,000 · EducationEVERGREEN CHRISTIA…UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC: $220,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MARY…CHELSEA ACADEMY INC: $50,000 · EducationCHELSEA ACADEMY IN…+1 more: $10,000 · EducationServe Our Willing Warriors: $150,000 · Human ServicesChristian Help Inc of Mingo County: $100,000 · Human ServicesTravis Manion Foundation: $190,000 · PhilanthropyBAILEY'S CROSSROADS HEALTH ACCESS PARTNE: $100,000 · HealthADOPTIONS TOGETHER INC DBA AS PATHS FOR FAMILIES: $50,000 · Health+2 more: $1,250 · HealthJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $500 · Public Benefit
Other$2,163,500Religion$1,830,000Education$875,000Human Services$250,000Philanthropy$190,000Health$151,250Public Benefit$500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Christian Broadcasting Network Inc: $1,815,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetEVERGREEN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $595,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC: $220,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTravis Manion Foundation: $190,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetServe Our Willing Warriors: $150,000 over 3y, 6.0% of budgetFRESTA VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL LTD: $105,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetBAILEY'S CROSSROADS HEALTH ACCESS PARTNE: $100,000 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetSHARE INCORPORATED: $100,000 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetChristian Help Inc of Mingo County: $100,000 over 5y, 7.3% of budgetADOPTIONS TOGETHER INC DBA AS PATHS FOR FAMILIES: $50,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCHELSEA ACADEMY INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROPHECY WATCHERS INC: $11,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetETHNOS COLLEGE: $10,000 over 1y, 40% of budgetTCT MINISTRIES INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL CAPITAL TREATMENT AND RECOVERY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $250 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.

  • Who funds The Christian Broadcasting Network Inc ↗
  • Who funds EVERGREEN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Travis Manion Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Serve Our Willing Warriors ↗
  • Who funds FRESTA VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL LTD ↗
  • Who funds BAILEY'S CROSSROADS HEALTH ACCESS PARTNE ↗
  • Who funds SHARE INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds Christian Help Inc of Mingo County ↗
  • Who funds ADOPTIONS TOGETHER INC DBA AS PATHS FOR FAMILIES ↗
  • Who funds CHELSEA ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PROPHECY WATCHERS INC ↗
  • Who funds ETHNOS COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds TCT MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL CAPITAL TREATMENT AND RECOVERY ↗
  • Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH INC ↗
  • Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗

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.

Natl Christian Charitable Fdn IncGA7.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Neal C Nichols Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Neal C Nichols Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Adoptions Together Inc Dba As Paths for Families: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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.
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Find your warmest path to Neal C Nichols Family Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 39 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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