New Hampshire · Private foundation
The Nichols Trust
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $71k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 29
- Grants FY2026
- 32
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 3%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $250
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 31 to 34
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 6
- Total assets, FY2026
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 3% of the organizations The Nichols Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 29 | $71k | 0% |
| FY2025 | 32 | $74k | 3% |
| FY2024 | 32 | $73k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 31 | $76k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 32 | $90k | 6% |
| FY2021 | 32 | $93k | 6% |
| FY2020 | 34 | $93k | 6% |
| FY2019 | 33 | $75k | 3% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brimmer and May School | $170,000 | 10 | 0% |
| Beaver Brook Association Inc | $103,500 | 9 | 2% |
| Trustees of Lawrence Academy at Groton Ma Corp | $102,500 | 10 | 0% |
| Berry College Inc | $100,000 | 10 | 0% |
| Wheelock College | $46,000 | 4 | 0% |
| New Hampshire Public Broadcasting | $30,000 | 10 | 0% |
| Applewild School Incorporated | $26,050 | 10 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc | $10,000 | 10 | 0% |
| Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children | $5,500 | 10 | 0% |
| Spaulding Academy & Family Services | $5,000 | 10 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brimmer and May School | $170,000 | 10 | 0% |
| Beaver Brook Association Inc | $103,500 | 9 | 2% |
| Trustees of Lawrence Academy at Groton Ma Corp | $102,500 | 10 | 0% |
| Berry College Inc | $100,000 | 10 | 0% |
| Wheelock College | $46,000 | 4 | 0% |
| New Hampshire Public Broadcasting | $30,000 | 10 | 0% |
| Applewild School Incorporated | $26,050 | 10 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc | $10,000 | 10 | 0% |
| Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children | $5,500 | 10 | 0% |
| Spaulding Academy & Family Services | $5,000 | 10 | 0% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Nashua | $5,000 | 10 | 0% |
| Hollis Firemens Association | $2,500 | 10 | 1% |
| Perkins School for the Blind | $2,500 | 10 | 0% |
| Native Plant Trust Inc | $2,000 | 10 | 0% |
| Old Sturbridge Inc | $2,000 | 10 | 0% |
| Economic Mobility Pathways Inc | $1,250 | 5 | 0% |
| Harris Center for Conservation Education Inc | $1,000 | 10 | 0% |
| Brooklyn Botanic Garden Corporation | $1,000 | 10 | 0% |
| Plimoth Patuxet Museums Inc | $1,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Canterbury Shaker Village Inc | $1,000 | 10 | 0% |
| Manomet Inc | $200 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($187k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Nichols Trust 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: Boston Foundation Inc · Fidelity Foundation · New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · Eversource Energy Foundation Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Verizon Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
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About The Nichols Trust
- How much does The Nichols Trust give?
- The Nichols Trust reported 29 grants totaling $71,400 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 31 and 34 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does The Nichols Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (65%), Environment (16%), Arts & Culture (8%).
- Who are The Nichols Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Brimmer and May School ($170k), Beaver Brook Association Inc ($104k), Trustees of Lawrence Academy at Groton Ma Corp ($103k).
- Does The Nichols Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 3% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Nichols Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Nichols Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Fidelity Foundation, New Hampshire Charitable Foundation.
- Where is The Nichols Trust based?
- The Nichols Trust is based in NH.
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