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Robert and Ida Nicoll Educational Trust Fund

Its FY2018 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$25k
Granted FY2018
3
Grants FY2018
3
Organizations funded FY2018
33%
First-time grantees FY2018
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Median grant, FY2018
$8,330
Largest grant, FY2018
$8,330
Organizations funded a year
3 to 34
FY2017 to FY2018
States reached, FY2018
1
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2018, 33% of the organizations Robert and Ida Nicoll Educational Trust Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY20183$25k33%
FY201734$95kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.

Education$114kRecreation & Sports$3kReligion$2kEnvironment$750

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
WI
MA
WY
IA
KY
SC
LA
AL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2018, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Carthage College$19,33020%
Gateway Technical College Foundation Inc$8,33010%
Carroll University Inc$4,00010%
Marquette University$3,50010%
Depaul University$3,00010%
Trustees of Boston College$2,75010%
Milwaukee School of Engineering$2,50010%
University of Wisconsin$1,8751n/a
Loyola University of Chicago$1,50010%
Maranatha Baptist University Inc$1,50010%
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All grantees of Robert and Ida Nicoll Educational Trust Fund by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Carthage College$19,33020%
Gateway Technical College Foundation Inc$8,33010%
Carroll University Inc$4,00010%
Marquette University$3,50010%
Depaul University$3,00010%
Trustees of Boston College$2,75010%
Milwaukee School of Engineering$2,50010%
University of Wisconsin$1,8751n/a
Loyola University of Chicago$1,50010%
Maranatha Baptist University Inc$1,50010%
Loras College$1,00010%
Concordia University Inc$50010%
Wyoming Catholic College$50010%
Olivet Nazarene University$50010%

Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($69k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Robert and Ida Nicoll Educational Trust Fund supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCarthage College: $19,330 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGateway Technical College Foundation Inc: $8,330 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCarroll University Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarquette University: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDepaul University: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Boston College: $2,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMilwaukee School of Engineering: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLoyola University of Chicago: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMaranatha Baptist University Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLoras College: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConcordia University Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWyoming Catholic College: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOlivet Nazarene University: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 13.

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.

Ralph J Baudhuin FoundationIL16× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ralph J Baudhuin Foundation · Wps Charitable Foundation Inc · Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Inc · Kohler Foundation Inc · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · AbbVie Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America

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.

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About Robert and Ida Nicoll Educational Trust Fund

How much does Robert and Ida Nicoll Educational Trust Fund give?
Robert and Ida Nicoll Educational Trust Fund reported 3 grants totaling $24,990 in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 34 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
What does Robert and Ida Nicoll Educational Trust Fund fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2018, its largest causes are Education (95%), Recreation & Sports (3%), Religion (1%).
Who are Robert and Ida Nicoll Educational Trust Fund's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2018: Carthage College ($19k), Gateway Technical College Foundation Inc ($8k), Carroll University Inc ($4k).
Does Robert and Ida Nicoll Educational Trust Fund fund new organizations?
In FY2018, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Robert and Ida Nicoll Educational Trust Fund accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Robert and Ida Nicoll Educational Trust Fund?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ralph J Baudhuin Foundation, Wps Charitable Foundation Inc, Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Inc.
Where is Robert and Ida Nicoll Educational Trust Fund based?
Robert and Ida Nicoll Educational Trust Fund is based in IL.

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 35 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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