Funding search · EIN 411572346 · St Paul, MN

Nicholson Family Foundation

Name: Nicholson Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

485
grants reported: $2.5M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $2,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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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.

Top recipients

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

Ramsey County Historical Society3 grants · $185,446
Park Square Theater Company3 grants · $113,716
Wilder Foundation Amherst H3 grants · $107,685
Saint Paul and Minnesota Foundation3 grants · $106,606
Mn Historical Society3 grants · $83,439
Commonbond Communities3 grants · $76,571
Metro State University Foundation3 grants · $67,337
Friends of the St Paul Public Library3 grants · $62,406
St Paul Parks and Conservancy3 grants · $60,750
Allina Health Foundation2 grants · $55,010

Giving over time

$798,594

2022

$843,942

2023

$902,138

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 485 grants.

$64,606
Saint Paul and Minnesota Foundation · Available Upon Request, MN · 2022
General operations
$64,109
Ramsey County Historical Society · Available Upon Request, MN · 2023
Capital campaign
$61,687
Park Square Theater Company · Available Upon Request, MN · 2024
General operations
$61,556
Ramsey County Historical Society · Available Upon Request, MN · 2024
Capital campaign
$60,373
Wilder Foundation Amherst H · Available Upon Request, MN · 2023
Endowment
$59,781
Ramsey County Historical Society · Available Upon Request, MN · 2022
Capital campaign
$43,237
Mn Historical Society · Available Upon Request, MN · 2024
General operations
$36,906
Friends of the St Paul Public Library · Available Upon Request, MN · 2022
General operations
$36,170
Commonbond Communities · Available Upon Request, MN · 2023
General operations
$36,029
Park Square Theater Company · Available Upon Request, MN · 2023
General operations
$34,401
Commonbond Communities · Available Upon Request, MN · 2024
General operations
$32,312
Wilder Foundation Amherst H · Available Upon Request, MN · 2024
Endowment
$30,543
Allina Health Foundation · Available Upon Request, MN · 2023
General operations
$30,000
Metro State University Foundation · Available Upon Request, MN · 2023
General operations
$29,837
Metro State University Foundation · Available Upon Request, MN · 2024
General operations
$28,000
Saint Paul and Minnesota Foundation · Available Upon Request, MN · 2023
General operations
$27,802
Mn Historical Society · Available Upon Request, MN · 2022
General operations
$27,750
St Paul Parks and Conservancy · Available Upon Request, MN · 2024
General operations
$26,909
St Paul Academy and Summit School · Available Upon Request, MN · 2022
Capital campaign
$25,000
George Washington University · Available Upon Request, DC · 2024
Planet forward fund
$25,000
Listening House of St Paul · Available Upon Request, MN · 2024
General operations
$25,000
Listening House of St Paul · Available Upon Request, MN · 2023
General operations
$25,000
Oceanites · Available Upon Request, MD · 2023
General operations
$25,000
Oceanites · Available Upon Request, MD · 2022
General operations
$24,467
Allina Health Foundation · Available Upon Request, MN · 2024
General operations
$20,908
Mn State Fair Foundation · Available Upon Request, MN · 2022
Endowment
$19,100
Como Friends · Available Upon Request, MN · 2024
General operations
$19,000
St Paul Parks and Conservancy · Available Upon Request, MN · 2023
General operations
$18,000
Ordway Center for the Performing Art · Available Upon Request, MN · 2024
General operations
$17,600
Twin Cities Public Television · Available Upon Request, MN · 2024
Endowment
$17,500
History Theatre · Available Upon Request, MN · 2024
General operations
$16,600
Twin Cities Public Television · Available Upon Request, MN · 2023
Endowment
$16,500
Mounds Park Academy · Available Upon Request, MN · 2023
General operations
$16,000
Mounds Park Academy · Available Upon Request, MN · 2024
General operations
$16,000
Park Square Theater Company · Available Upon Request, MN · 2022
General operations
$15,000
Mn Museum of American Art · Available Upon Request, MN · 2024
General operations
$15,000
Greater Twin Cities United Way · Available Upon Request, MN · 2023
General operations
$15,000
Historic Summit Avenue · Available Upon Request, MN · 2023
General operations
$15,000
Greater Twin Cities United Way · Available Upon Request, MN · 2022
General operations
$15,000
Nature Conservancy · Available Upon Request, VA · 2022
General operations
$15,000
Ordway Center for the Performing Art · Available Upon Request, MN · 2022
General operations
$15,000
Wilder Foundation Amherst H · Available Upon Request, MN · 2022
Endowment
$14,000
Friends of the St Paul Public Library · Available Upon Request, MN · 2024
General operations
$14,000
People Incorporated · Available Upon Request, MN · 2024
General operations
$14,000
Saint Paul and Minnesota Foundation · Available Upon Request, MN · 2024
General operations
$14,000
People Incorporated · Available Upon Request, MN · 2023
General operations
$14,000
Mn Public Radio · Available Upon Request, MN · 2022
General operations
$14,000
People Incorporated · Available Upon Request, MN · 2022
General operations
$14,000
St Paul Parks and Conservancy · Available Upon Request, MN · 2022
General operations
$14,000
Twin Cities Public Television · Available Upon Request, MN · 2022
Endowment
$13,100
Como Friends · Available Upon Request, MN · 2022
General operations
$13,000
Como Friends · Available Upon Request, MN · 2023
General operations
$12,500
Minnesota Transportation Museum · Available Upon Request, MN · 2023
General operations
$12,400
Mn Historical Society · Available Upon Request, MN · 2023
General operations
$12,000
Mounds Park Academy · Available Upon Request, MN · 2022
General operations
$11,500
Friends of the St Paul Public Library · Available Upon Request, MN · 2023
General operations
$11,500
Science Museum of Mn · Available Upon Request, MN · 2022
Endowment
$11,000
St Paul Police Foundation · Available Upon Request, MN · 2022
General operations
$10,500
History Theatre · Available Upon Request, MN · 2022
General operations
$10,175
Mn Boy Choir · Available Upon Request, MN · 2024
General operations
$10,100
National Trust for Historic Preservation · Available Upon Request, DC · 2024
General operations
$10,100
University of St Thomas · Available Upon Request, MN · 2024
General operations
$10,100
National Trust for Historic Preservation · Available Upon Request, DC · 2023
General operations
$10,100
National Trust for Historic Preservation · Available Upon Request, DC · 2022
General operations
$10,000
Canvas Health · Available Upon Request, MN · 2024
General operations
$10,000
Greater Twin Cities United Way · Available Upon Request, MN · 2024
General operations
$10,000
Planned Parenthood · Available Upon Request, MN · 2024
General operations
$10,000
History Theatre · Available Upon Request, MN · 2023
General operations
$10,000
Mn Museum of American Art · Available Upon Request, MN · 2023
General operations
$10,000
Neighborhood House · Available Upon Request, MN · 2023
General operations
$10,000
Mn Museum of American Art · Available Upon Request, MN · 2022
General operations
$10,000
University of Northwestern · Available Upon Request, MN · 2022
Scholarship
$9,500
Science Museum of Mn · Available Upon Request, MN · 2023
Endowment
$9,250
Schubert Club · Available Upon Request, MN · 2023
General operations
$8,500
Boys and Girls Club of the Twin Cities · Available Upon Request, MN · 2024
General operations
$8,500
Ymca of the Greater Twin Cities · Available Upon Request, MN · 2024
General operations
$8,500
Boys and Girls Club of the Twin Cities · Available Upon Request, MN · 2023
General operations
$8,500
Boys and Girls Club of the Twin Cities · Available Upon Request, MN · 2022
General operations
$8,500
Neighborhood House · Available Upon Request, MN · 2022
General operations
$8,200
Ordway Center for the Performing Art · Available Upon Request, MN · 2023
General operations
$8,100
Science Museum of Mn · Available Upon Request, MN · 2024
Endowment
$7,725
St Paul Rotary Foundation · Available Upon Request, MN · 2022
General operations
$7,500
Landmark Center · Available Upon Request, MN · 2024
General operations
$7,500
Liberty Classical Academy · Available Upon Request, MN · 2024
Scholarship
$7,500
Mn State Fair Foundation · Available Upon Request, MN · 2024
Endowment
$7,500
Northern Star Council · Available Upon Request, MN · 2024
General operations
$7,500
Regions Hospital Foundation · Available Upon Request, MN · 2024
General operations
$7,500
Northern Star Council · Available Upon Request, MN · 2023
General operations
$7,500
Regions Hospital Foundation · Available Upon Request, MN · 2023
General operations
$7,500
Metro State University Foundation · Available Upon Request, MN · 2022
General operations
$7,500
Northern Star Council · Available Upon Request, MN · 2022
General operations
$7,000
Project for Pride in Living · Available Upon Request, MN · 2023
General operations
$6,500
Mn Public Radio · Available Upon Request, MN · 2024
General operations
$6,500
Friends of the Mississippi River · Available Upon Request, MN · 2022
General operations
$6,300
Mn Public Radio · Available Upon Request, MN · 2023
General operations
$6,000
American Red Cross Twin Cities Area · Available Upon Request, MN · 2024
General operations
$6,000
Dodge Nature Center Thomas Irvine · Available Upon Request, MN · 2024
General operations
$6,000
Project for Pride in Living · Available Upon Request, MN · 2024
General operations
$6,000
American Red Cross Twin Cities Area · Available Upon Request, MN · 2023
General operations
$6,000
Lower Phalen Creek Project · Available Upon Request, MN · 2023
General operations

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