Washington · Nonprofit
NICOLAS FUND FOR EDUCATION
NICOLAS FUND FOR EDUCATION (Washington) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,486,881 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($2,082,200). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $846k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $2.5M
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Nicolas Fund for Education does
Mission
Nicolas Fund for Education (nfe) provides students with the skills and opportunities they need to rise out of poverty and transform their lives. Nfe is creating a generation of young leaders who can help bring about real and lasting change in their communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
In 2025, the school had 175 students. 24 students graduated from nicolas christian school's high school and 28 students graduated from our junior high. Since 2015, we have had 152 students graduate from high school and 207 graduate from junior high. Nicolas christian school provides high quality rigorous education in conformance with guatemalan ministry of education standards. The nicolas christian school provides safe transportation for students from their village to the school in a nearby town which is approximately 40 minutes away and back home again at the end of the day. (continued on scheduled o)these students live in a remote agricultural region in the highlands of guatemala where most young people do not have an opportunity to receive higher education beyond the sixth grade for financial reasons. In this region mired in poverty, only 5-13% of the rural poor graduate from high school and less than 1% attend university. Due to poor road conditions, we are operating a satellite school in a remote village and digital curriculum from nicolas christian school.
$572,543 spentof which $513,316 as grants82% of program spendingService team trips - each year nfe provides opportunities for individuals, families, and especially educators to participate on service teams to guatemala. Teams each year share educational enrichment activities with the junior and senior high nfe students and staff, as well as primary school education enrichment activities in the small village primary schools. These teams impact members through relationships formed with students and village members.
$49,792 spentof which $49,792 as grants7% of program spendingImprovements to the school, new computer equipment and furniture, and library enhancements.
$33,512 spentof which $33,512 as grants5% of program spendingProviding tutoring and pre-k teaching in remote villages
$26,641 spentof which $26,641 as grants4% of program spendingAwarding scholarships to graduates to assist with further education
$13,931 spentof which $13,931 as grants2% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $696,419.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $656k to $1.5M (+129%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
96% of NICOLAS FUND FOR EDUCATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $84k → $126k.
6 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 93% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of NICOLAS FUND FOR EDUCATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
NICOLAS FUND FOR EDUCATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
93% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund NICOLAS FUND FOR EDUCATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 87% · 2018 72% · 2019 80% · 2020 94% · 2021 93% · 2022 95% · 2023 44% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
86% of NICOLAS FUND FOR EDUCATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
93% of NICOLAS FUND FOR EDUCATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $177k that is directly attributable, 94% of it comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 6 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
NICOLAS FUND FOR EDUCATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like NICOLAS FUND FOR EDUCATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Asociacion Fondo Nicolas Para la Education · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NICOLAS FUND FOR EDUCATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NICOLAS FUND FOR EDUCATION?
- NICOLAS FUND FOR EDUCATION (Washington) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,486,881 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($2,082,200). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NICOLAS FUND FOR EDUCATION have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $2,486,881 in grants to NICOLAS FUND FOR EDUCATION, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NICOLAS FUND FOR EDUCATION?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,082,200 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NICOLAS FUND FOR EDUCATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 11 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing