Funding search · EIN 363858388 · Winnetka, IL

John D and Alexandra Nichols Family

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$21.3M
in grants paid: 177
grants: 92
recipients: 2022–2025
filing years

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

$3.3M
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$912,750
Music Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$650,000
Writers Theatre · Glencoe, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$200,000
Winnetka Community House · Winnetka, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$158,000
Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$100,000
Harris Theater · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$100,000
Joffrey Ballet · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$35,000
Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$30,000
Ucan · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$25,000
Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$25,000
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2025
Unrestricted
$25,000
Shirley Ryan Ability Lab · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$15,000
Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$12,394
American Red Cross of Chicago & N Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Girl Scouts Gcnwi · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Millennium Park Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Better Government Assn · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Paws Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Ravinia Festival Association · Highland Park, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$5,500
Antiquarian Society - Aic · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$5,000
School of the Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$5,000
Chicago Public Library Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$2,500
Lyric Opera · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$2,500
Friends of the Green Bay Trail · Glencoe, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$2,500
Women'S Board of the Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$2,000
Ita (Institute for Therapy Through the Arts) · Evanston, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$1,500
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2025
Unrestricted
$1,500
New Trier Township Food Pantry · Winnetka, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$1,000
Boys and Girls Club of Chattanooga · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Unrestricted
$1,000
Paws of Honor · Merrifield, VA · 2025
Unrestricted
$1,000
Evans Scholar Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$1,000
Vested Interest in K9'S · East Tauton, MA · 2025
Unrestricted
$1,000
International House · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted
$500
Indian Hill Club (Ihc) Scholarship Foundation · Winnetka, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$500
Friends of the Library Winnetka-Northfield · Northfield, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$100
Veterans of Foreign Wars · Milford, NH · 2025
Unrestricted
$100
Smiling Dog Farms · Houston, TX · 2025
Unrestricted
$3.8M
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$500,000
Writers Theatre · Glencoe, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$400,000
Foundation for Homan Square · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$121,680
Music Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$100,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$75,000
Ucan · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$75,000
Harris Theater for Music and Dance · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$60,000
Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$35,000
Wttwwfmt · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Shirley Ryan Ability Lab · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Marine Corps Scholarship Fdn · Arlington, VA · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Joffrey Ballet · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Wwci · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Better Govt Assn · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
Wfmt · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Boys and Girls Club of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Harriman-Jewell Series · Liberty, MO · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
School of the Art Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
American Red Cross · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Paws Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Ingenuity · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Millennium Park Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Women'S Board of the Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Ita (Institute for Therapy Through the Arts) · Evanston, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Antiquarian Society · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Humane World for Animals International · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Winnetka Community House · Winnetka, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$4,000
Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
Friends of the Green Bay Trail · Glencoe, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
Learn Charter School · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,000
University of Chicago Women'S Board · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,500
Winnetka Historical Society · Winnetka, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
International House · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
The Richard H Driehaus Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Chicago Public Library Fdn · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Boys and Girls Club of Chattanooga · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Unrestricted
$500
Winnetka Parks Foundation · Winnetka, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$500
Spca International · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$500
Friends of the Librarywinn-Nfld · Northfield, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$500
Harvard Magazine · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$300
Indian Hill Club (Ihc) Scholarship Foundation · Winnetka, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$3.3M
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$1.5M
Loomis Chaffee School · Windsor, CT · 2023
Unrestricted
$600,000
Harris Theater · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$381,000
Music Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$250,000
Ucan · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$60,000
Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$50,000
Writers Theatre · Glencoe, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
Wwci · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
Foundation for Homan Square · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
Shirley Ryan Abilitylab · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$24,325
Joffrey Ballet · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
Boys and Girls Club of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$12,000
Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Ingenuity · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
American Red Cross of Chicago and Northern Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Better Government Assn · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Millennium Park Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Urban Gateways · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Friends of the Green Bay Trail · Glencoe, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call. Most private foundations do not accept unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.