· Private foundation
Nichols Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2023
- Under $10k3 grants · $7k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FAMILY GATEWAY | $10,000 |
| CHI OMEGA FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR SHREVEPORT BLIGHT FUND | $5,000 |
| CHRISTUS HIGHLAND FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–19, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +63% since the first grant, against +46% for those funded once.
12 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2023, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- RFRAZORBACK FOUNDATION INC2× · 2020–2021 · $100k · revenue +128%
CHI OMEGA FOUNDATION4× · 2017–2023 · $50k · revenue +163%- HAHOLY ANGELS RESIDENTIAL FACILITY I3× · 2017–2019 · $13k · revenue +63%
Funded once
- SMST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELSone grant, 2020 · $10k
- HAHOLY ANGELSone grant, 2022 · $5k
- LPLOYOLA PARENTS ASSOCIATIONone grant, 2020 · $3k
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.
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.
Rebuilding together new orleans helps low to moderate income greater new orleans area homeowners repair and rehabilitate their homes. rtno stabilizes and revitalizes neighborhoods and improves health and safety in our communities.
Shreveport green is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the city's environment and enhancing its economy through public education and community beautification, litter abatement, and recycling projects
Drive solutions to common issues with an emphasis on workforce development and safety performance.
Housing and programs for persons with intellectual disabilities.
See schedule ocentral houston champions a thriving downtown by connecting influential leaders through initiatives that advance the future of business and community for all.
To foster regional economic development and create quality jobs within the metropolitan new orleans area.
The mission of the organization (ccr) shall be to work with individuals, communities, courts, and other institutions to manage and resolve conflict.
The arc of louisiana advocates for and with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families.
Rebuilding hope through housing opportunities for families and individuals with support services during transitions.
Providing standards, guidelines, and procedures to those members engaged in practice of the real estate profession
Hospitality industry trade association
The mission of CCRI is to enhance and enrich the lives and learning of people with disabilities. We help people overcome obstacles by offering unique community opportunities to children, adults, and families affected by disability. Our…
How this is measured
10 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 10 of the 24 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 RAZORBACK FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CHI OMEGA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HOLY ANGELS RESIDENTIAL FACILITY I ↗
- Who funds FAMILY GATEWAY INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY RENEWAL INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
- Who funds SHREVEPORT METROPOLITAN BALLET ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds SHREVEPORT GARDEN STUDY CLUB ↗
- Who funds COMMON GROUND COMMUNITY INC ↗
- Who funds GREAT RESULTS EQUINE ASSISTED THERAPIES ↗
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 Powers Foundation Inc · Grayson Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of North Louisiana · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Nichols Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nichols Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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