Funding search · EIN 363858388 · Winnetka, IL

John D and Alexandra Nichols Family

Name: John D and Alexandra Nichols Family grants, 2022–2025
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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.

177
grants reported: $21.3M
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.

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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.

Art Institute of Chicago4 grants · $10.6M
Loomis Chaffee School2 grants · $3.0M
Music Institute of Chicago4 grants · $1.6M
Ucan4 grants · $1.6M
Writers Theatre4 grants · $1.3M
Harris Theater3 grants · $750,000
Foundation for Homan Square3 grants · $480,000
Wttw3 grants · $243,000
Winnetka Community House3 grants · $210,000
Joffrey Ballet4 grants · $179,325

Giving over time

$3.9M

2022

$6.4M

2023

$5.4M

2024

$5.6M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 177 grants.

$3.8M
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$3.3M
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$3.3M
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$1.5M
Loomis Chaffee School · Windsor, CT · 2023
Unrestricted
$1.5M
Loomis Chaffee School · Windsor, CT · 2022
Unrestricted
$1.2M
Ucan · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$912,750
Music Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$650,000
Writers Theatre · Glencoe, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$600,000
Harris Theater · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$500,000
Writers Theatre · Glencoe, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$400,000
Foundation for Homan Square · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$381,000
Music Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$300,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$250,000
Ucan · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$220,000
Music Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$200,000
Winnetka Community House · Winnetka, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$158,000
Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$121,680
Music Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$105,000
Community House (Winnetka Comm Hse) · Winnetka, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$100,000
Harris Theater · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$100,000
Joffrey Ballet · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$100,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$80,000
Writers Theatre · Glencoe, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$75,000
Harris Theater for Music and Dance · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$75,000
Ucan · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$60,000
Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$60,000
Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$55,000
Foundation for Homan Square · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$50,000
Writers Theatre · Glencoe, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$50,000
Harris Theater · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$35,000
Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$35,000
Wttwwfmt · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$30,000
Ucan · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$30,000
Joffrey Ballet · Chicago, IL · 2022
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
$25,000
Better Govt Assn · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Joffrey Ballet · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Marine Corps Scholarship Fdn · Arlington, VA · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Shirley Ryan Ability Lab · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Wwci · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
Foundation for Homan Square · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
Shirley Ryan Abilitylab · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
Wwci · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
After School Matters · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$25,000
Boys and Girls Club of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$25,000
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$25,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$25,000
Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$24,325
Joffrey Ballet · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
Wfmt · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
Urban Gateways · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$15,000
Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$15,000
Boys and Girls Club of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Boys and Girls Club of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
Wfmt · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$12,394
American Red Cross of Chicago & N Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$12,000
Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Better Government Assn · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Girl Scouts Gcnwi · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Millennium Park Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Paws Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Ravinia Festival Association · Highland Park, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
American Red Cross · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Harriman-Jewell Series · Liberty, MO · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Ingenuity · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Ita (Institute for Therapy Through the Arts) · Evanston, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Millennium Park Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Paws Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
School of the Art Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Women'S Board of the Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024
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
Ingenuity · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Millennium Park Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Urban Gateways · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
American Red Cross of Chicago and Northern Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Better Government Assn · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Chicago Botanic Garden · Glenco, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Ingenuity · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Millennium Park Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Unicef USA · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Wings · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,500
Antiquarian Society - Aic · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$5,275
Antiquarian Society - Aic · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Chicago Public Library Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$5,000
School of the Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
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
$5,000
Antiquarian Society - Aic · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Chicago Dancers United · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Friends of the Green Bay Trail · Glencoe, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Heifer International · Little Rock, AR · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Humane Society of the United States · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Keynote Productions Nfp · Northbrook, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Open Lands Project · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted

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