Funding search · EIN 446015538 · Kansas City, MO

Nichols Company Charitable Trust

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

67
grants reported
$654,000
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

civicoperaingeducationculturehumanserviceoperting

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Police Foundation of Kansas City3 grants · $100,000
  • Operation Breakthrough2 grants · $45,000
  • Junior Achievement of Greater Kansas City2 grants · $40,000
  • Kansas City Public Schools2 grants · $25,000
  • Lead To Read1 grant · $25,000
  • Assistance League of Kansas City1 grant · $25,000
  • Newhouse1 grant · $25,000
  • Starlight Theatre Association of Kansas City2 grants · $20,000
  • Salvation Army1 grant · $20,000
  • Kansas City Parks Foundation1 grant · $20,000

Giving over time

$175,000
2022
$160,000
2023
$319,000
2025

Grant history

All 67 reported grants, largest first.

  • $50,000

    Police Foundation of Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    General operating - civic

  • $25,000

    Police Foundation of Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    General operaing support - civic

  • $25,000

    Assistance League of Kansas City · Gladstone, MO · 2022

    General operaing support - civic

  • $25,000

    Lead To Read · Kansas City, MO · 2022

    General operating support - education

  • $25,000

    Newhouse · Kansas City, MO · 2022

    General operting support - civic

  • $25,000

    Operation Breakthrough · Kansas City, MO · 2022

    General operating support - education

  • $25,000

    Police Foundation of Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2022

    General operating support - civic

  • $20,000

    Kansas City Parks Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    General operating - civic

  • $20,000

    Operation Breakthrough · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    General operating - civic

  • $20,000

    Salvation Army · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    General operating - civic

  • $20,000

    The Nelson Gallery Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    General operating - culture

  • $20,000

    Junior Achievement of Greater Kansas City · Kansas City, KS · 2023

    General operating support - education

  • $20,000

    Junior Achievement of Greater Kansas City · Kansas City, KS · 2022

    General operating support - education

  • $16,000

    Historic Kansas City Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    General operating - civic

  • $15,000

    Kansas City Public Schools · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    General operating support - education

  • $10,000

    Belles of the American Royal Organization · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    General operating - civic

  • $10,000

    City of Fountains Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    General operating - civic

  • $10,000

    City Union Mission · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    General operating - civic

  • $10,000

    Community Linc · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    General operating - civic

  • $10,000

    Giving the Basics · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    General operating - human service

  • $10,000

    Hope Faith Ministries · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    General operating - human service

  • $10,000

    Junior League of Kansas City Missouri · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    General operating - civic

  • $10,000

    Kansas City Public Library · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    General operating - civic

  • $10,000

    Kansas City Symphony · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    General operating - civic

  • $10,000

    Kc Common Good · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    General operating - civic

  • $10,000

    Kc Repertory Theater · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    General operating - culture

  • $10,000

    Midtown Kc Now · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    General operating - civic

  • $10,000

    The Nia Project · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    General operating - civic

  • $10,000

    Uli - the Urban Land Institute · Washington, DC · 2025

    General operating - civic

  • $10,000

    United Way of Greater Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    General operating - civic

  • $10,000

    Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    General operating support - culture

  • $10,000

    Starlight Theatre Association of Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    General operating support - culture

  • $10,000

    Kansas City Public Schools · Kansas City, MO · 2022

    General operating support - education

  • $10,000

    Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art · Kansas City, MO · 2022

    General operating support - culture

  • $10,000

    Starlight Theatre Association of Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2022

    General operating support - culture

  • $5,000

    Mayors Christmas Tree Association · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    General operating - civic

  • $5,000

    American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2023

    General operaing support - civic

  • $5,000

    Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kc · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    General operaing support - civic

  • $5,000

    Giving the Basics · Kansas City, KS · 2023

    General operaing support - civic

  • $5,000

    Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    General operaing support - civic

  • $5,000

    Harvesters the Community Food Network · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    General operaing support - civic

  • $5,000

    Hope Faith Ministries · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    General operaing support - civic

  • $5,000

    Kansas City Public Library · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    General operating support - education

  • $5,000

    Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    General operating support - education

  • $5,000

    Northland Animal Welfare Society · Gladstone, MO · 2023

    General operaing support - civic

  • $5,000

    Pawsperity · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    General operaing support - civic

  • $5,000

    Sleepyhead Beds · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    General operaing support - civic

  • $5,000

    The Farmer'S House · Platte City, MO · 2023

    General operaing support - civic

  • $5,000

    The Shadow Buddy Foundation · Lenexa, KS · 2023

    General operaing support - civic

  • $5,000

    United Way of Greater Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    General operaing support - civic

  • $5,000

    Wayside Waifs · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    General operaing support - civic

  • $5,000

    Ymca of Greater Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    General operting support - civic

  • $1,500

    Breakthrough T1d · New York, NY · 2025

    General operating - civic

  • $1,500

    Hope House · Lees Summit, MO · 2025

    General operating - human service

  • $1,500

    Level Up Kids · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    General operating - civic

  • $1,500

    Professional Women of Color · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    General operating - civic

  • $1,500

    Synergy Services · Parkville, MO · 2025

    General operating - civic

  • $1,500

    Valley Hope Foundation · Norton, KS · 2025

    General operating - civic

  • $1,000

    Bike Walk Kc · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    General operating - civic

  • $1,000

    Emmanuel Family and Child Development Center & Emergency Shelter for Childr · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    General operating - human service

  • $1,000

    Habitat for Humanity of Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    General operating - human service

  • $1,000

    Happy Bottoms · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    General operating - human service

  • $1,000

    Kc Can Compost · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    General operating - civic

  • $1,000

    Pawsperity · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    General operating - civic

  • $1,000

    The Rabbit Hole Kc · North Kansas City, MO · 2025

    General operating - culture

  • $1,000

    Unbound · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    General operating - civic

  • $1,000

    Universal Health Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    General operating - civic

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.