Texas · Private foundation
The Lynda and Tom C Nichols Foundation
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.
- $28k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $7,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $544k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations The Lynda and Tom C Nichols Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 | 5 | $28k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $28k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $7k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $20k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $20k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $26k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $10k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $18k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tarrant Area Food Bank | $41,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Emily's Place Inc | $17,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Vogel Alcove | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dimmitt Cemetery Association | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Dallas Morning News Charities | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| North Texas Food Bank | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tulia Cemetery Association | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| YMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Celina Police Association | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Share Our Strength | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tarrant Area Food Bank | $41,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Emily's Place Inc | $17,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Vogel Alcove | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dimmitt Cemetery Association | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Dallas Morning News Charities | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| North Texas Food Bank | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tulia Cemetery Association | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| YMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Celina Police Association | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Share Our Strength | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Center for Transforming Lives | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Neighbors Nourishing Neighbors | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Covenant Health System Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Lubbock Christian School | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($50k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Lynda and Tom C Nichols 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.
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How this is measured
Compare The Lynda and Tom C Nichols Foundation with peer funders
About The Lynda and Tom C Nichols Foundation
- How much does The Lynda and Tom C Nichols Foundation give?
- The Lynda and Tom C Nichols Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $27,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Lynda and Tom C Nichols Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (34%), Food & Nutrition (32%), Human Services (10%).
- Who are The Lynda and Tom C Nichols Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Tarrant Area Food Bank ($41k), Emily's Place Inc ($18k), Vogel Alcove ($10k).
- Does The Lynda and Tom C Nichols Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Lynda and Tom C Nichols 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 The Lynda and Tom C Nichols Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, Texas Instruments Foundation, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation.
- Where is The Lynda and Tom C Nichols Foundation based?
- The Lynda and Tom C Nichols Foundation is based in TX.
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