New York · Private foundation
The Nickel 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.
- $243k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $243,336
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $243,336
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 44
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations The Nickel Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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 | 1 | $243k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $139k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $151k | 47% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $16k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 37 | $23k | 49% |
| FY2019 | 28 | $61k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 36 | $49k | 44% |
| FY2017 | 44 | $46k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Family & Children's Agency Inc | $18,900 | 7 | 0% |
| Pink Aid Inc | $16,500 | 2 | 1% |
| The New Group Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Michigan | $10,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Lehigh University | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Teen Center of Wilton Inc | $7,150 | 4 | 2% |
| Person to Person Inc | $6,315 | 4 | 0% |
| City Harvest Inc | $5,509 | 3 | 0% |
| The Colorado College | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 49 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 56 recipients with no EIN on record ($601k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Nickel 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: Alexander Family Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Viking Global Foundation Inc · The Bauer Family Foundation Inc · Perakis Foundation James Perakis Trustee · Davatzes Family Foundation Inc · Elizabeth Raymond Ambler Trust · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
About The Nickel Foundation
- How much does The Nickel Foundation give?
- The Nickel Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $243,336 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 44 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Nickel Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (40%), Philanthropy (34%), Education (6%).
- Who are The Nickel Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Family & Children's Agency Inc ($19k), Pink Aid Inc ($17k), The New Group Inc ($15k).
- Does The Nickel Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Nickel 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 Nickel Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Alexander Family Foundation Inc, Ge Aerospace Foundation, Viking Global Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Nickel Foundation based?
- The Nickel Foundation is based in NY.
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