Funding search · EIN 473740674 · Topeka, KS
Nichols Charitable Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 31
- grants reported
- $892,232
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $25,000
- 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.
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Grant history
All 31 reported grants, largest first.
- $100,300
Central City Opera · Central City, CO · 2023
Arts
- $100,000
Hands of a Carpenter · Golden, CO · 2024
Service to the needy
- $100,000
Middle Park Health Foundation · Winter Park, CO · 2024
Medical care
- $47,500
Capital City Opera · Central City, CO · 2024
Arts
- $45,000
Central Baptist Church · Great Bend, KS · 2024
Religion
- $45,000
Central Baptist Church · Great Bend, KS · 2023
Religion
- $45,000
Central Baptist Church · Great Bend, KS · 2022
Religion
- $42,582
Medicine Lodge Indian Peace Treaty Assoc · Medicine Lodge, KS · 2024
Historical pageant - Bleacher donation
- $40,000
Friends of the Rgv Reef · Pharr, TX · 2023
Environmental
- $35,000
Kansas Grazing Lands Coalition · Salina, KS · 2024
Grass management
- $32,000
Fishing'S Future · South Padre Island, TX · 2024
ADA Boatlift
- $30,000
Central City Opera · Central City, CO · 2022
Arts
- $25,000
Center for Hearing Access · Eugene, OR · 2024
Assisting with hearing losss
- $25,000
City of Great Bend · Great Bend, KS · 2024
Airport Impr
- $25,000
The John G Shedd Institute for the Arts · Eugene, OR · 2024
Arts
- $25,000
Grand Kids Child Care · Fraser, CO · 2022
Child care
- $25,000
Mountain Family Center · Granby, CO · 2022
Hunger relief and housing
- $20,000
Friends of Animal Rescue · South Padre Island, TX · 2024
Assist with purpose od charity
- $15,000
Colorado Ballett · Denver, CO · 2022
Arts
- $10,000
Golden Belt Trail Assoc · Great Bend, KS · 2024
Trail development
- $10,000
Prescribed Burn Associations · Cottonwood Falls, KS · 2024
Land management
- $10,000
Red Dirt Relief Fund · Tulsa, OK · 2024
Assisting critical individuals
- $10,000
Wilson Tourism Hub · Wilson, KS · 2024
Promote
- $10,000
Lovegrass Music Festival · Sylvan Grove, KS · 2022
Arts
- $5,000
Angels With Paws · Lakewood, CO · 2024
Pet Adoption
- $5,000
Lovegrass Music Festival · Sylvan Grove, KS · 2024
Arts
- $5,000
South Padre C of C · South Padre, TX · 2023
Civic
- $2,000
Hearing Loss Assoc Okc Chapter · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
Loss of Hearing
- $1,250
Central Kansas Casa · Great Bend, KS · 2024
Court Appt Adovates
- $1,000
Lovegrass Music Festival · Sylvan Grove, KS · 2023
Arts
- $600
Denver Center for the Performing Art · Denver, CO · 2024
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