Funding search · EIN 364108737 · Rockford, IL
Nancy Nichols Olson 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.
- 43
- grants reported
- $112,800
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $2,000
- 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
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Marsh Cemetary Association4 grants · $23,500
- Second Congregational Church4 grants · $21,000
- Keith Country Day School4 grants · $20,000
- Boy Scouts of America2 grants · $6,000
- Rock Valley College Foundation1 grant · $5,250
- Society for the Preservation of1 grant · $5,000
- Ymca of Rock River Valley2 grants · $5,000
- Tunnel To Towers2 grants · $4,000
- Rosecrance Foundation2 grants · $3,500
- Children'S Cancer Research Fund2 grants · $3,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 43 reported grants, largest first.
- $10,000
Keith Country Day School · Rockford, IL · 2024
Civic
- $10,000
Second Congregational Church · Rockford, IL · 2024
Civic
- $9,500
Marsh Cemetary Association · Rockford, IL · 2024
Civic
- $5,250
Rock Valley College Foundation · Rockford, IL · 2022
Civic
- $5,000
Boy Scouts of America · Irving, TX · 2025
Civic
- $5,000
Marsh Cemetary Association · Rockford, IL · 2025
Civic
- $5,000
Second Congregational Church · Rockford, IL · 2025
Civic
- $5,000
Society for the Preservation of · Champaign, IL · 2024
Civic
- $5,000
Keith Country Day School · Rockford, IL · 2023
Civic
- $5,000
Marsh Cemetary Association · Rockford, IL · 2023
Civic
- $4,000
Second Congregational Church · Rockford, IL · 2023
Civic
- $4,000
Marsh Cemetary Association · Rockford, IL · 2022
Civic
- $3,000
Keith Country Day School · Rockford, IL · 2025
Civic
- $3,000
Ymca of Rock River Valley · Rockford, IL · 2024
Civic
- $3,000
Blackhawk Valley Region Boy Scouts · Rockford, IL · 2022
Civic
- $2,000
Friends of Coranado Foundation · Rockford, IL · 2025
Civic
- $2,000
Tunnel To Towers · Staten Island, NY · 2025
Civic
- $2,000
Ymca of Rock River Valley · Rockford, IL · 2025
Civic
- $2,000
Rosecrance Foundation · Rockford, IL · 2024
Civic
- $2,000
Tunnel To Towers · Staten Island, NY · 2024
Civic
- $2,000
Children'S Cancer Research Fund · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Civic
- $2,000
Alpha Tau Omega Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Charity
- $2,000
Keith Country Day School · Rockford, IL · 2022
Civic
- $2,000
Second Congregational Church · Rockford, IL · 2022
Civic
- $1,500
Rosecrance Foundation · Rockford, IL · 2023
Civic
- $1,000
Catholic Diocese of Rockford · Rockford, IL · 2025
Civic
- $1,000
Hope Village - Tiny Housing Alterna · Chippewa Falls, WI · 2025
Civic
- $1,000
Boy Scouts of America · Irving, TX · 2024
Civic
- $1,000
Children'S Cancer Research Fund · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Civic
- $1,000
Gigi'S Playhouse · Machesney Park, IL · 2024
Civic
- $1,000
Hope Village - Tiny Housing Alterna · Chippewa Falls, WI · 2024
Civic
- $1,000
Gigi'S Playhouse · Machesney Park, IL · 2022
Civic
- $600
Shatter Our Silence · Rockford, IL · 2024
Civic
- $500
Red Shed School · Roscoe, IL · 2025
Civic
- $500
Shatter Our Silence · Rockford, IL · 2025
Civic
- $500
St Peter Catholic Church · South Beloit, IL · 2025
Civic
- $500
St Vincent De Paul · Rockford, IL · 2024
Civic
- $500
Shatter Our Silence · Rockford, IL · 2023
Civic
- $500
Shatter Our Silence · Rockford, IL · 2022
Civic
- $400
Ramp Disability Resources & Service · Rockford, IL · 2024
Civic
- $250
Red Shed School · Roscoe, IL · 2024
Civic
- $200
Red Shed School · Roscoe, IL · 2022
Civic
- $100
Red Shed School · Roscoe, IL · 2023
Civic
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