Maryland · Private foundation
Nichols Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $500
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $500
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $267k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Nichols Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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 | 1 | $500 | 0% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $8k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $38k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $3k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $23k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $15k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $23k | 71% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $3k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salisbury University Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lower Shore Land Trust Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Tidalhealth Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Atlantic General Hospital | $5,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Coastal Hospice | $5,100 | 2 | 0% |
| Severn School Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Ocean City Reef Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 2% |
| The Miracle League of Harford Countyinc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salisbury University Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lower Shore Land Trust Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Tidalhealth Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Atlantic General Hospital | $5,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Coastal Hospice | $5,100 | 2 | 0% |
| Severn School Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Ocean City Reef Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 2% |
| The Miracle League of Harford Countyinc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Maryland School for the Blind | $1,750 | 1 | 0% |
| Chesapeake Wildlife Heritage Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rackliffe House Trust Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Ocean City Museum Society Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($33k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Nichols Family Foundation Inc 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: Community Foundation of the Eastern Shor · The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment Inc · Joan W Jenkins Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Franklin P and Arthur W Perdue Foundation Inc · Wilde Charitable Foundation · Humphreys Foundation Inc · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · The Northrop Grumman Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
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About Nichols Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Nichols Family Foundation Inc give?
- Nichols Family Foundation Inc reported 1 grants totaling $500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Nichols Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (37%), Education (30%), Environment (11%).
- Who are Nichols Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Salisbury University Foundation Inc ($25k), Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center Foundation Inc ($15k), Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center Inc ($10k).
- Does Nichols Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Nichols Family Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Nichols Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of the Eastern Shor, The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment Inc, Joan W Jenkins Foundation Inc.
- Where is Nichols Family Foundation Inc based?
- Nichols Family Foundation Inc is based in MD.
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