Oklahoma · Private foundation
Nikkel 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.
- $270k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $9.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Nikkel Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 14 | $270k | 36% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $280k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $280k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $235k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $270k | 23% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $271k | 7% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $259k | 19% |
| FY2017 | 16 | $237k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cristo Rey Kansas City Sisters of Chari Ty of Leavenworth High School | $320,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Tulsa Christian Education Corporation | $263,900 | 8 | 0% |
| Elam Ministries | $230,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Kansas City Christian School Association | $160,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Little Light House Inc | $125,000 | 6 | 1% |
| The Spring Shelter Inc | $110,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Trinity International University | $75,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $70,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Tabor College | $51,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Christ for Humanity Inc | $42,000 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cristo Rey Kansas City Sisters of Chari Ty of Leavenworth High School | $320,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Tulsa Christian Education Corporation | $263,900 | 8 | 0% |
| Elam Ministries | $230,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Kansas City Christian School Association | $160,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Little Light House Inc | $125,000 | 6 | 1% |
| The Spring Shelter Inc | $110,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Trinity International University | $75,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $70,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Tabor College | $51,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Christ for Humanity Inc | $42,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Hope International | $22,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Car Care Clinic Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Rwanda Ministry Partners | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Southern Hills Baptist Church | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gathering Place | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Stand in the Gap Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($587k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Nikkel Family 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: Tulsa Community Foundation · Servant Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Nikkel Family Foundation
- How much does Nikkel Family Foundation give?
- Nikkel Family Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $270,157 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Nikkel Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (60%), Religion (14%), Human Services (11%).
- Who are Nikkel Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Cristo Rey Kansas City Sisters of Chari Ty of Leavenworth High School ($320k), Tulsa Christian Education Corporation ($264k), Elam Ministries ($230k).
- Does Nikkel Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Nikkel Family 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 Nikkel Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Tulsa Community Foundation, Servant Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is Nikkel Family Foundation based?
- Nikkel Family Foundation is based in OK.
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