Illinois · Private foundation
Van Nice 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.
- $89k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 40
- Grants FY2024
- 43
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $21,400
- Organizations funded a year
- 43 to 55
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 14
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 14% of the organizations Van Nice Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 91% 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 | 40 | $89k | 15% |
| FY2023 | 43 | $89k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 53 | $131k | 9% |
| FY2021 | 55 | $123k | 64% |
| FY2020 | 51 | $110k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trustees of Deerfield Academy | $57,300 | 4 | 0% |
| The Berkshire School Inc | $31,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Chikaming Open Lands | $14,500 | 3 | 1% |
| The Latin School of Chicago | $13,250 | 5 | 0% |
| Lewis & Clark College | $12,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Choate Rosemary Hall Foundation Incorporated | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | $9,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Lyric Opera of Chicago | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Oregon Food Bank | $6,500 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 41 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 62 recipients with no EIN on record ($292k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Van Nice 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: Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · The Chicago Community Trust · The Oregon Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
About Van Nice Foundation
- How much does Van Nice Foundation give?
- Van Nice Foundation reported 40 grants totaling $89,400 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 43 and 55 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Van Nice Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (40%), Environment (20%), Arts & Culture (20%).
- Who are Van Nice Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Trustees of Deerfield Academy ($57k), The Berkshire School Inc ($31k), Chikaming Open Lands ($15k).
- Does Van Nice Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Van Nice 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 Van Nice Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust, The Chicago Community Trust, The Oregon Community Foundation.
- Where is Van Nice Foundation based?
- Van Nice Foundation is based in IL.
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