Nicklies Foundation Inc
Louisville, KY · EIN 20-0520043. Reported 98 grants totalling $555,510 to 61 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Nicklies Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $5,000; the smallest was $225 and the largest $113,063. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21ST Century Parks Inc | Louisville, KY | $163,063 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mackinac Center for Public Policy | Midland, MI | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Georgia Center for Opportunity | Norcross, GA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| USA Cares Inc | Louisville, KY | $21,800 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Red Cross | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| March of Dimes Inc | Arlington, VA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Healthnetwork Foundation | Pepper Pike, OH | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Christopher Iix Game Changers Inc | Louisville, KY | $11,936 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Dare to Care Food Bank | Louisville, KY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Healing Place | Louisville, KY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hildegard House | Louisville, KY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Kentucky Youth Advocates | Louisville, KY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Norton Childrens Hospital Foundation Inc | Louisville, KY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| River Fields Inc | Louisville, KY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Scarlet Hope Inc | Louisville, KY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Hope Buss | Louisville, KY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Waterfront Park | Louisville, KY | $7,046 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters | Louisville, KY | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Children's Hospital Foundation Inc | Louisville, KY | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| 502 Circle Foundation | Jeffersonville, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bellarmine University | Louisville, KY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Home of the Innocents | Louisville, KY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hopes Closet Inc | Shepherdsville, KY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Joshua Community Connectors Inc | Louisville, KY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kentcky Humane Society | Louisville, KY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ramiro Gandara Flood Relief | Jeffersonville, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Francis Desales High School | Louisville, KY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Virginia Chance School | Louisville, KY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St John's Center | Louisville, KY | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Neighborhood House Inc | Louisville, KY | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Univeristy of Louisville Athletics | Louisville, KY | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| CASA Inc | Louisville, KY | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Dream Center Academy Christian School | Louisville, KY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of Oxmoors Foundation Inc | Louisville, KY | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hope's Closet | West Chester, OH | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Louisville Metro Police Foundation | Louisville, KY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Kentuckiana | Louisville, KY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Jackson Chance Foundation | Chicago, IL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fhgr Inc | Louisville, KY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Franciscan Shelter House | Louisville, KY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Little Sisters of the Poor | Louisville, KY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Make a Wish Foundation | Phoenix, AZ | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Operation Parent Inc | Buckner, KY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sowing Seeds of Faith | Louisville, KY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St Jude's Children's | Memphis, TN | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Franciscan Kitchen | Louisville, KY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Clout | Louisville, KY | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Floyd Central Football Booster Club | Flyods Knobs, IN | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of Oxmoor Foundation | Louisville, KY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Vincent De Paul Louisville | Louisville, KY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Center for Women & Families | Louisville, KY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Know Hope Ministries Inc | Taylorsville, KY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kosair Chairities - Child Abuse | Louisville, KY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Louisville Soccer Foundation | Louisville, KY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sleep in Heavenly Peace Inc | Twin Falls, ID | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Queen's Daughters | Louisville, KY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Queens Daughters Inc | Louisville, KY | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Flaget Alumni Association Inc | Louisville, KY | $925 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Floyd Central Football Boosters | Floyds Knobs, IN | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mercy Academy | Louisville, KY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Mary's Center | Louisville, KY | $240 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
29 of 61 (48%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 58%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Mackinac Center for Public Policy
TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION THAT ADVANCES THE PRINCIPLES OF FREEMARKETS AND LIMITED GOVERNMENT. - 21ST Century Parks Inc
PROVIDE FUNDING TO MAINTAIN THE PARKS - American Red Cross
TO SUPPORT THE VICTIMS OF THE KENTUCKY FLOODS - Georgia Center for Opportunity
TO HELP REMOVE BARRIERS TO ENSURE EVERY PERSON HAS ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION, FULFILLING WORK, AND A HEALTHY FAMILY LIFE - USA Cares Inc
PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO MILITARY VETERANS, SERVICE MEMBERS, AND THEIR FAMILIES - Healthnetwork Foundation
TO HELP CREATE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE WORLDWIDE
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 48 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 12 | $137,028 | $1,500 |
| 2022 | 29 | $114,386 | $3,000 |
| 2023 | 19 | $74,346 | $1,500 |
| 2024 | 38 | $229,750 | $3,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 69% of this one's giving went to organizations in Kentucky. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Kentucky.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Nicklies Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 4910 Brownsboro Road Ste 100, Louisville, KY, 40222. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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