Nicklies Foundation Inc
Louisville, KY · EIN 20-0520043. Reported 146 grants totalling $787,010 to 77 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. 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 $1,046 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. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21ST Century Parks Inc | Louisville, KY | $188,063 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Mackinac Center for Public Policy | Midland, MI | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| USA Cares Inc | Louisville, KY | $32,800 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Georgia Center for Opportunity | Norcross, GA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Healthnetwork Foundation | Pepper Pike, OH | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| March of Dimes Inc | Arlington, VA | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Healing Place | Louisville, KY | $23,750 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Louisville Metro Police Foundation | Louisville, KY | $23,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Thrive By 5 Louisville | Louisville, KY | $23,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| American Red Cross | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Christopher Iix Game Changers Inc | Louisville, KY | $16,936 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Hildegard House | Louisville, KY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Kentucky Youth Advocates | Louisville, KY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Dare to Care Food Bank | Louisville, KY | $11,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Scarlet Hope | Louisville, KY | $11,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| 502 Circle Foundation | Jeffersonville, IN | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Hopes Closet Inc | Shepherdsville, KY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Kentcky Humane Society | Louisville, KY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Nativity Academy at St Boniface | Louisville, KY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Norton Childrens Hospital Foundation Inc | Louisville, KY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| River Fields Inc | Louisville, KY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Hope Buss | Louisville, KY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Virginia Chance School | Louisville, KY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Volunteers of America Mid- States | Louisville, KY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters | Louisville, KY | $7,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Children's Hospital Foundation Inc | Louisville, KY | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Waterfront Park | Louisville, KY | $7,046 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Univeristy of Louisville Athletics | Louisville, KY | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| The Center for Women & Families | Louisville, KY | $6,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Neighborhood House Inc | Louisville, KY | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Kentuckiana | Louisville, KY | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| St John's Center | Louisville, KY | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Bellarmine University | Louisville, KY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bluegrass Center for Autism Inc | Louisville, KY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Community Advocates for Resources | Louisville, KY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Home of the Innocents | Louisville, KY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Isaiah House Inc | Harrodsburg, KY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Joshua Community Connectors Inc | Louisville, KY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ramiro Gandara Flood Relief | Jeffersonville, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Francis Desales High School | Louisville, KY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Joseph Children's Home | Louisville, KY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Jackson Chance Foundation | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| CASA Inc | Louisville, KY | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Friends of Oxmoors Foundation Inc | Louisville, KY | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| The Franciscan Kitchen | Louisville, KY | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Twisted Pink | Louisville, KY | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Dream Center Academy Christian School | Louisville, KY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fhgr Inc | Louisville, KY | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Hope's Closet | West Chester, OH | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Little Sisters of the Poor | Louisville, KY | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| St Vincent De Paul Louisville | Louisville, KY | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Ball State University | Muncie, IN | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Marine Corps League Kentuckiana Detachment 729 | Louisville, KY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Clout | Louisville, KY | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Franciscan Shelter House | Louisville, KY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| 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 Queen's Daughters | Louisville, KY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Alzheimer's Association | Louisville, KY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Elderserve | Louisville, KY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Floyd Central Football Booster Club | Flyods Knobs, IN | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of Oxmoor Foundation | Louisville, KY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Louisville Metro Government Senior Nutrition Program | Louisville, KY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Flaget Alumni Association Inc | Louisville, KY | $1,175 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Know Hope Ministries Inc | Taylorsville, KY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kosair Chairities - Child Abuse | Louisville, KY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lesley and Rhyan Prather Foundation Corporation | Valley Station, KY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Louisville Soccer Foundation | Louisville, KY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sleep in Heavenly Peace Inc | Twin Falls, ID | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stutter Navigator Inc | Louisville, KY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Queens Daughters Inc | Louisville, KY | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Floyd Central Football Boosters | Floyds Knobs, IN | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mercy Academy | Louisville, KY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Middletown VFW Post 1170 | Louisville, KY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| St Mary's Center | Louisville, KY | $240 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
40 of 77 (52%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 70%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
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 - Thrive By 5 Louisville
TO HELP PROVIDE FUNDING FOR QUALITY CHILDCARE FOR THREE TO FOUR YEAR OLDS - American Red Cross
TO SUPPORT THE VICTIMS OF THE KENTUCKY FLOODS - Louisville Metro Police Foundation
TO HELP ENHANCE SAFETY IN LOUSIVILLE KY - Georgia Center for Opportunity
TO HELP REMOVE BARRIERS TO ENSURE EVERY PERSON HAS ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION, FULFILLING WORK, AND A HEALTHY FAMILY LIFE
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 71 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
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 |
| 2025 | 48 | $231,500 | $2,750 |
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
75% of its giving went to organizations in Kentucky. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,500. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- 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 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
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.
EIN 20-0520043 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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