Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
THE NICHOLSON PROJECT
THE NICHOLSON PROJECT (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $265,110 to it, the largest being Cultural Development Corporation of the District of Columbia ($100,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $345k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $265k
- Net assets
- $358k
What The Nicholson Project does
Mission
An artist residency program coupled with a neighborhood garden that works to support artists and serve as a creative and innovative cultural hub.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Public art through our public art program - The Nicholson Project received a public art building communities grant from the dc commission on the arts and humanities to commission artist april banks to create "elevate (freedom is a place)." taking inspiration from the stoop, a common architectural feature in southeast dc and throughout other parts of the city, elevate (freedom is a place) is installed in The Nicholson Project garden, visible to all who pass by and to those who visit, and serves as a pedestal and a functional piece of public art, as stage or seating, for performance or for rest. The artwork was unveiled on september 17, 2022 will remain on view for two years.
$116,546 spent54% of program spendingArtist residency - The Nicholson Project's artist residency program comprised four ten-week, in-house residencies and five one-week digital residencies. In-house residents were awarded a ten-week residency to live and work on-site in a fully furnished apartment and artist studio, a $5,000 stipend, support from guest curators and staff, $2,000 to develop a public engagement program or art activation, documentation of their artwork, and professional development opportunities. Digital residents received $500 for a five-day online residency, shared across social media, and archived on The Nicholson Project website.
$47,130 spent22% of program spendingGarden - The Nicholson Project is located in the fairlawn neighborhood in washington, dc's ward 7, which is officially designated as a food desert. The garden program consists of 15 raised beds of organic produce and herbs and a twenty-four-foot rack of raspberries, overseen by a farmer-in-residence who serves as garden manager, educator, and the main point of contact for our garden activities and distribution during peak growing season. In 2022, The Nicholson Project distributed 3,450 servings of fresh produce to our direct community.
$29,245 spent14% of program spendingExibitions - exhibitions support and promote the work of the residents and other artists working in the area. The Nicholson Project presented three exhibitions featuring artwork by resident artists and presented six accompanying programs--three artist talks, and three opening/closing/receptions. Community programs - The Nicholson Projects develops and presents a variety of programming to educate the public and artistic community and provide accessible and welcoming experiences where the public can interact with artists through studio visits, workshops, artist talks, performances, and more. The Nicholson Project presented six free workshops, one poetry reading, three performances, and one largecommunity event celebrating our third anniversary. Dc art bank - The Nicholson Project received a grant from the dc commission on the arts and humanities (cah) in order for cah to acquire two artworks by resident artists, as part of dc's art bank collection.
$23,362 spent11% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $216,283.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $309k to $447k (+45%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 46% · 2022 61% · 2023 62% · 2024 60%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 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.
Chief executive
Stefanie Reiser
Exec. Director and chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $25k → $38k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 35% 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 THE NICHOLSON PROJECT’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
THE NICHOLSON PROJECT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
73% 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 THE NICHOLSON PROJECT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 66% — 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.
Where its funders are
60% of THE NICHOLSON PROJECT's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $94k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
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In Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE NICHOLSON PROJECT?
- THE NICHOLSON PROJECT (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $265,110 to it, the largest being Cultural Development Corporation of the District of Columbia ($100,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE NICHOLSON PROJECT have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $265,110 in grants to THE NICHOLSON PROJECT, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE NICHOLSON PROJECT?
- Cultural Development Corporation of the District of Columbia is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE NICHOLSON PROJECT find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 6 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing