Funding search · EIN 391582654 · Madison, WI

Nelson & Vera Hicks Charitable Fdn

Name: Nelson & Vera Hicks Charitable Fdn grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

183
grants reported: $1.0M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

scholarship mortgage reduction administrative alzheimers campaign care hospice

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

7 grants matching “mortgage” · $55,000

$10,000
St Vincent Depaul Beaver Dam · Beaver Dam, WI · 2025
Mortgage reduction
$10,000
St Vincent Depaul Beaver Dam · Beaver Dam, WI · 2024
Mortgage reduction
$5,000
Beaver Dam Family Center · Beaver Dam, WI · 2024
Mortgage reduction
$10,000
St Vincent Depaul Beaver Dam · Beaver Dam, WI · 2023
Mortgage reduction
$5,000
Beaver Dam Family Center · Beaver Dam, WI · 2023
Mortgage reduction
$10,000
St Vincent Depaul Beaver Dam · Beaver Dam, WI · 2022
Mortgage reduction
$5,000
Beaver Dam Family Center · Beaver Dam, WI · 2022
Mortgage reduction

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

St Ambrose Academy4 grants · $85,000
Church Health Services4 grants · $60,000
Moraine Park Technical College4 grants · $56,000
Beaver Dam Scholarship Foundation4 grants · $48,000
Madison Area Technical College4 grants · $46,000
Green Valley Enterprises & Alzheimer Unit4 grants · $42,000
St Vincent Depaul Beaver Dam4 grants · $40,000
Rawhide Boys Ranch4 grants · $40,000
Charish Classical Academy3 grants · $30,000
World Orphan Fund4 grants · $30,000

Giving over time

$258,500

2022

$240,000

2023

$261,000

2024

$259,000

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 183 grants.

$26,000
Ymca of Dodge County · Beaver Dam, WI · 2025
General funding
$25,000
St Ambrose Academy · Madison, WI · 2024
General funding
$25,000
St Ambrose Academy · Madison, WI · 2022
General funding
$20,000
St Ambrose Academy · Madison, WI · 2025
General funding
$20,000
Moraine Park Technical College · Beaver Dam, WI · 2022
General funding
$15,000
Church Health Services · Beaver Dam, WI · 2025
Administrative support campaign
$15,000
Church Health Services · Beaver Dam, WI · 2024
Administrative support campaign
$15,000
Church Health Services · Beaver Dam, WI · 2023
Administrative support campaign
$15,000
St Ambrose Academy · Madison, WI · 2023
General funding
$15,000
Church Health Services · Beaver Dam, WI · 2022
Administrative support campaign
$15,000
Pave · Beaver Dam, WI · 2022
General funding
$12,500
Beaver Dam Scholarship Foundation · Beaver Dam, WI · 2025
Scholarship programs
$12,500
Beaver Dam Scholarship Foundation · Beaver Dam, WI · 2024
Scholarship programs
$12,500
Beaver Dam Scholarship Foundation · Beaver Dam, WI · 2023
Scholarship programs
$12,000
Green Valley Enterprises & Alzheimer Unit · Beaver Dam, WI · 2025
General funding - alzheimers unit
$12,000
Madison Area Technical College · Madison, WI · 2025
Scholarship programs
$12,000
Moraine Park Technical College · Beaver Dam, WI · 2025
General funding
$12,000
Madison Area Technical College · Madison, WI · 2024
Scholarship programs
$12,000
Moraine Park Technical College · Beaver Dam, WI · 2024
General funding
$12,000
Madison Area Technical College · Madison, WI · 2023
Scholarship programs
$12,000
Moraine Park Technical College · Beaver Dam, WI · 2023
General funding
$10,500
Beaver Dam Scholarship Foundation · Beaver Dam, WI · 2022
Scholarship programs
$10,000
Charish Classical Academy · Madison, WI · 2025
General funding
$10,000
Rawhide Boys Ranch · New London, WI · 2025
General funding
$10,000
St Vincent Depaul Beaver Dam · Beaver Dam, WI · 2025
Mortgage reduction
$10,000
World Orphan Fund · Randolph, WI · 2025
General funding
$10,000
Beaver Dam Public Library · Beaver Dam, WI · 2024
General funding
$10,000
Charish Classical Academy · Madison, WI · 2024
General funding
$10,000
Green Valley Enterprises & Alzheimer Unit · Beaver Dam, WI · 2024
General funding - alzheimers unit
$10,000
Rawhide Boys Ranch · New London, WI · 2024
General funding
$10,000
St Vincent Depaul Beaver Dam · Beaver Dam, WI · 2024
Mortgage reduction
$10,000
World Orphan Fund · Randolph, WI · 2024
General funding
$10,000
Charish Classical Academy · Madison, WI · 2023
General funding
$10,000
Green Valley Enterprises & Alzheimer Unit · Beaver Dam, WI · 2023
General funding - alzheimers unit
$10,000
Rawhide Boys Ranch · New London, WI · 2023
General funding
$10,000
St Vincent Depaul Beaver Dam · Beaver Dam, WI · 2023
Mortgage reduction
$10,000
Green Valley Enterprises & Alzheimer Unit · Beaver Dam, WI · 2022
General funding - alzheimers unit
$10,000
Madison Area Technical College · Madison, WI · 2022
Scholarship programs
$10,000
Rawhide Boys Ranch · New London, WI · 2022
General funding
$10,000
St Vincent Depaul Beaver Dam · Beaver Dam, WI · 2022
Mortgage reduction
$7,500
St Mark'S Episcopal Church · Beaver Dam, WI · 2022
General funding
$5,000
Central Wisconsin Christian School · Waupun, WI · 2025
General funding
$5,000
Dodge County Center for the Arts · Beaver Dam, WI · 2025
General funding
$5,000
Fox Lake Public Library · Fox Lake, WI · 2025
General funding
$5,000
Gathering Source · Juneau, WI · 2025
General funding
$5,000
Hustiford Public Library · Hustiford, WI · 2025
General funding
$5,000
Hutchinson Memorial Library · Randolph, WI · 2025
General funding
$5,000
Iron Ridge Public Library · Iron Ridge, WI · 2025
General funding
$5,000
Juneau Public Library · Juneau, WI · 2025
General funding
$5,000
Lomira Public Library · Lomira, WI · 2025
General funding
$5,000
New Beginnings Care Center · Wisconsin Dells, WI · 2025
General funding
$5,000
Pave · Beaver Dam, WI · 2025
135general funding
$5,000
Pediatrics Oncology Research Fund · Madison, WI · 2025
General funding
$5,000
Salvation Army of Dane County · Madison, WI · 2025
General funding
$5,000
St Katharine Drexel Parish School Libraries · Beaver Dam, WI · 2025
General funding
$5,000
St Stephens Luthern School Library · Beaver Dam, WI · 2025
General funding
$5,000
Theresa Public Library · Theresa, WI · 2025
General funding
$5,000
University of Wisconsin Foundation Cancer Center · Madison, WI · 2025
Research funding
$5,000
Beaver Dam Family Center · Beaver Dam, WI · 2024
Mortgage reduction
$5,000
Central Wisconsin Christian School · Waupun, WI · 2024
General funding
$5,000
Dodge County Center for the Arts · Beaver Dam, WI · 2024
General funding
$5,000
Fox Lake Public Library · Fox Lake, WI · 2024
General funding
$5,000
Gathering Source · Juneau, WI · 2024
General funding
$5,000
Horicon Public Library · Horicon, WI · 2024
General funding
$5,000
Hustiford Public Library · Hustiford, WI · 2024
General funding
$5,000
Hutchinson Memorial Library · Randolph, WI · 2024
General funding
$5,000
Iron Ridge Public Library · Iron Ridge, WI · 2024
General funding
$5,000
Juneau Public Library · Juneau, WI · 2024
General funding
$5,000
Lomira Public Library · Lomira, WI · 2024
General funding
$5,000
New Beginnings Care Center · Wisconsin Dells, WI · 2024
General funding
$5,000
Pave · Beaver Dam, WI · 2024
135general funding
$5,000
Pediatrics Oncology Research Fund · Madison, WI · 2024
General funding
$5,000
Reeseville Public Library · Reeseville, WI · 2024
General funding
$5,000
St Katharine Drexel Parish School Libraries · Beaver Dam, WI · 2024
General funding
$5,000
St Stephens Luthern School Library · Beaver Dam, WI · 2024
General funding
$5,000
Theresa Public Library · Theresa, WI · 2024
General funding
$5,000
Waupun Public Library · Waupun, WI · 2024
General funding
$5,000
Beaver Dam Family Center · Beaver Dam, WI · 2023
Mortgage reduction
$5,000
Beaver Dam Public Library · Beaver Dam, WI · 2023
General funding
$5,000
Central Wisconsin Christian School · Waupun, WI · 2023
General funding
$5,000
Dodge County Center for the Arts · Beaver Dam, WI · 2023
General funding
$5,000
Fox Lake Public Library · Fox Lake, WI · 2023
General funding
$5,000
Gathering Source · Juneau, WI · 2023
General funding
$5,000
Horicon Public Library · Horicon, WI · 2023
General funding
$5,000
Hustiford Public Library · Hustiford, WI · 2023
General funding
$5,000
Hutchinson Memorial Library · Randolph, WI · 2023
General funding
$5,000
Iron Ridge Public Library · Iron Ridge, WI · 2023
General funding
$5,000
Juneau Public Library · Juneau, WI · 2023
General funding
$5,000
Lomira Public Library · Lomira, WI · 2023
General funding
$5,000
New Beginnings Care Center · Wisconsin Dells, WI · 2023
General funding
$5,000
Pave · Beaver Dam, WI · 2023
135general funding
$5,000
Pediatrics Oncology Research Fund · Madison, WI · 2023
General funding
$5,000
Reeseville Public Library · Reeseville, WI · 2023
General funding
$5,000
St Katharine Drexel Parish School Libraries · Beaver Dam, WI · 2023
General funding
$5,000
St Stephens Luthern School Library · Beaver Dam, WI · 2023
General funding
$5,000
Theresa Public Library · Theresa, WI · 2023
General funding
$5,000
Waupun Public Library · Waupun, WI · 2023
General funding
$5,000
World Orphan Fund · Randolph, WI · 2023
General funding
$5,000
Beaver Dam Family Center · Beaver Dam, WI · 2022
Mortgage reduction
$5,000
Beaver Dam Public Library · Beaver Dam, WI · 2022
General funding

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