Colorado · 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.
- $40k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2024
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 45%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $21,200
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 22
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $494k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 45% of the organizations The Nicholson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 92% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 13 | $40k | 31% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $80k | 45% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $22k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $51k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $27k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $33k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $27k | 73% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $26k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Leadership Institute | $67,500 | 6 | 0% |
| St Mary Our Lady of the Isle | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fellowship of Catholic University Students | $2,150 | 4 | n/a |
| Council of American Ambassadors | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Association of the Graduates of the United States Military Academy | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Catholic University of America | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Catholic Diocese of Arlington | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Blair House Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Eternal Word Television Network Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Paradisus Dei Inc | $550 | 3 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Leadership Institute | $67,500 | 6 | 0% |
| St Mary Our Lady of the Isle | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fellowship of Catholic University Students | $2,150 | 4 | n/a |
| Council of American Ambassadors | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Association of the Graduates of the United States Military Academy | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Catholic University of America | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Catholic Diocese of Arlington | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Blair House Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Eternal Word Television Network Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Paradisus Dei Inc | $550 | 3 | 0% |
| Religious Freedom Institute Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Parents Challenge | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| NAMI National | $400 | 2 | 0% |
| Institute for Free Speech | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Loras College | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($215k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Nicholson 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.
Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Nicholson Foundation
- How much does The Nicholson Foundation give?
- The Nicholson Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $40,380 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 22 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Nicholson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (87%), Education (4%), International (1%).
- Who are The Nicholson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Catholic Leadership Institute ($68k), St Mary Our Lady of the Isle ($10k), Fellowship of Catholic University Students ($2k).
- Does The Nicholson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 45% 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 National Philanthropic Trust, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is The Nicholson Foundation based?
- The Nicholson Foundation is based in CO.
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