New York · Private foundation
The Nicholson 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.
- $984k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $144,348
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 85
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $8.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations The Nicholson 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; $90k 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 | 4 | $984k | 75% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $1.2M | 50% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $134k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 64 | $7.9M | 28% |
| FY2020 | 85 | $11M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glassroots Inc | $1,101,715 | 5 | 58% |
| Visual Arts Center of New Jersey | $1,027,813 | 2 | 25% |
| American Academy of Pediatrics | $399,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Southern New Jersey Perinatal Cooperative | $359,992 | 1 | 3% |
| Metropolitan Family Health Network | $235,639 | 2 | 1% |
| National Ornamental Metal Museum Inc | $190,000 | 1 | 4% |
| The Butterfly Effect Project Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Greater Newark Health Care Coalition | $84,375 | 2 | 2% |
| Rutgers University Foundation | $82,253 | 1 | 0% |
| Foundation for Educational Administration Inc | $66,776 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glassroots Inc | $1,101,715 | 5 | 58% |
| Visual Arts Center of New Jersey | $1,027,813 | 2 | 25% |
| American Academy of Pediatrics | $399,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Southern New Jersey Perinatal Cooperative | $359,992 | 1 | 3% |
| Metropolitan Family Health Network | $235,639 | 2 | 1% |
| National Ornamental Metal Museum Inc | $190,000 | 1 | 4% |
| The Butterfly Effect Project Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Greater Newark Health Care Coalition | $84,375 | 2 | 2% |
| Rutgers University Foundation | $82,253 | 1 | 0% |
| Foundation for Educational Administration Inc | $66,776 | 1 | 1% |
| Greater Bergen Community Action Inc | $65,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Sound Justice Initiative Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 60% |
| Center for Health Care Strategies Inc | $42,680 | 1 | 1% |
| Haw River Assembly Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Fairleigh Dickinson University | $28,200 | 1 | 0% |
| New Jersey Association for the Education of Young Children | $6,179 | 1 | 4% |
Plus 92 recipients with no EIN on record ($17M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Nicholson Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Community Foundation of New Jersey · Henry & Marilyn Taub Foundation · The Burke Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Nicholson Foundation
- How much does The Nicholson Foundation give?
- The Nicholson Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $984,348 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 85 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Nicholson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (55%), Arts & Culture (24%), Education (10%).
- Who are The Nicholson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Glassroots Inc ($1.1M), Visual Arts Center of New Jersey ($1.0M), American Academy of Pediatrics ($400k).
- Does The Nicholson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Nicholson 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 Nicholson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of New Jersey, Henry & Marilyn Taub Foundation, The Burke Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Nicholson Foundation based?
- The Nicholson Foundation is based in NY.
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