· Private foundation
The Nichols Trust
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2026
- Under $10k25 grants · $21k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BEAVER BROOK ASSOCIATION | $20,000 |
| BRIMMER & MAY SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| BERRY COLLEGE | $10,000 |
| LAWRENCE ACADEMY | $10,000 |
| BOSTON UNIVERSITY'S WHEELOCK COLLEGE OF EDUCATION & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT | $4,500 |
| WGBH | $3,000 |
| NEW HAMPSHIRE PUBLIC TELEVISION | $3,000 |
| APPLEWILD SCHOOL | $2,850 |
| SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF NH FORESTS | $2,250 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF NNE | $1,000 |
| SPAULDING YOUTH CENTER | $500 |
| MASS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN | $500 |
| YMCA OF GREATER NASHUA | $500 |
| HOLLIS CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH | $500 |
| PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND | $250 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–26, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
37 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2026, 8 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2026, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BABRIMMER AND MAY SCHOOL10× · 2017–2026 · $170k · revenue +56%
- BBBEAVER BROOK ASSOCIATION INC9× · 2017–2026 · $104k · revenue +340%
- TOTRUSTEES OF LAWRENCE ACADEMY AT GROTON MA CORP10× · 2017–2026 · $103k · revenue +40%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $20k
- PLPISCATAGUOG LAND CONSERVANCY NISSITISSIT RIVERone grant, 2020 · $10k
- BUBOSTON UNIVERSITY'S WHEELOCK OF EDUCATION & HUMAN DEVELOPMENTone grant, 2020 · $2k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
To cultivate and develop an expansive collection of trees, gardens, and plants for all to explore, enjoy and study; and to provide through education and stewardship, a greener, healthier, more beautiful environment.
Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.
Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…
Our mission is to spark people's curiosity to explore, steward, and find peace and joy in nature. in service to this, norman bird sanctuary inspires, builds, and engages a community of stewards who preserve, protect, enjoy, and learn from…
Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…
Wentworth institute of technology is a nationally recognized private coeducational and residential university of higher education with a mission to empower, inspire and innovate through experiential learning with a core purpose of career…
Bb&n, an all gender day school in cambridge, massachusetts, was established in 1974 by the merger of two independent schools, the buckingham school and the browne & nichols school, founded respectively in 1889 and 1883. located on multiple…
To educate a diverse public about the significance of New Hampshire's past and its relationship to our lives today. To this end, the Society collects, preserves, and interprets material pertaining to New Hampshire history.
Dean college is a private, residential new england college grounded in a culture and tradition that all students deserve the opportunity to discover and exceed their greatest aspirations. a personal and transformative community since 1865,…
Amherst college educates students of exceptional potential from all backgrounds so that they may seek value and advance knowledge, engage the world around them, and lead principled lives of consequence. amherst brings together the most…
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
How this is measured
21 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 21 of the 41 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds BRIMMER AND MAY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds BEAVER BROOK ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds TRUSTEES OF LAWRENCE ACADEMY AT GROTON MA CORP ↗
- Who funds BERRY COLLEGE INC ↗
- Who funds WHEELOCK COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds NEW HAMPSHIRE PUBLIC BROADCASTING ↗
- Who funds APPLEWILD SCHOOL INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc ↗
- Who funds MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds SPAULDING ACADEMY & FAMILY SERVICES ↗
- Who funds Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Nashua ↗
- Who funds HOLLIS FIREMENS ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND ↗
- Who funds NATIVE PLANT TRUST INC ↗
- Who funds OLD STURBRIDGE INC ↗
- Who funds ECONOMIC MOBILITY PATHWAYS INC ↗
- Who funds HARRIS CENTER FOR CONSERVATION EDUCATION INC ↗
- Who funds BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds PLIMOTH PATUXET MUSEUMS INC ↗
- Who funds CANTERBURY SHAKER VILLAGE INC ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Nichols Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Nichols Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
- Manomet Inc: 12% of income from government
- Perkins School for the Blind: 7% of income from government
- Economic Mobility Pathways Inc: 6% of income from government
- Old Sturbridge Inc: 4% of income from government
- Native Plant Trust Inc: 3% of income from government
- Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc: 2% of income from government
- Plimoth Patuxet Museums Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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