Funding search · EIN 823715061 · Santa Fe, NM

Thomas R Nickoloff Family Foundation

Name: Thomas R Nickoloff Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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.

42
grants reported: $1.1M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
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.

What they fund

dance initial performances charter growth long plan school

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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.

New Mexico Literacy Institute4 grants · $557,958
May Center2 grants · $148,519
Ndi New Mexico4 grants · $105,000
Excellent Schools New Mexico3 grants · $80,000
Nm School for the Arts4 grants · $57,500
Reading Quest3 grants · $35,450
The Learning Alliance2 grants · $35,000
Think Nm4 grants · $20,000
Santa Fe Christian2 grants · $20,000
Colorado School of Mines1 grant · $16,000

Giving over time

$304,000

2022

$278,000

2023

$266,795

2024

$282,832

2025

Grant history

All 42 reported grants, largest first.

$230,500
New Mexico Literacy Institute · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Program support/initial funding
$209,000
New Mexico Literacy Institute · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Program support/initial funding
$103,458
New Mexico Literacy Institute · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Program support/initial funding
$76,382
May Center · Santa Fe, NM · 2025
Program support
$72,137
May Center · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Program support
$40,000
Ndi New Mexico · Santa Fe, NM · 2025
Funding dance performances
$30,000
Excellent Schools New Mexico · Albuquerque, NM · 2025
Long-term strategic growth plan for charter school
$25,450
Reading Quest · Santa Fe, NM · 2025
Program support
$25,000
The Learning Alliance · Vero Beach, FL · 2025
Program support
$25,000
Excellent Schools New Mexico · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
Long-term strategic growth plan for charter school
$25,000
Ndi New Mexico · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Funding dance performances
$25,000
Excellent Schools New Mexico · Albuquerque, NM · 2022
Long-term strategic growth plan for charter school
$25,000
Ndi New Mexico · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Funding dance performances
$25,000
Nm School for the Arts · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Program support
$16,000
Colorado School of Mines · Golden, CO · 2025
Program support
$15,000
New Mexico Literacy Institute · Santa Fe, NM · 2025
Program support/initial funding
$15,000
Ndi New Mexico · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Funding dance performances
$12,500
Nm School for the Arts · Santa Fe, NM · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Santa Fe Christian · Santa Fe, NM · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Blaze Christian Fellowship · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Catalyst Education · Dallas, TX · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Nm School for the Arts · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Nm School for the Arts · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Program support
$10,000
The Learning Alliance · Vero Beach, FL · 2023
Program support
$10,000
Santa Fe Christian · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Program support
$10,000
Think Nm · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Program support
$6,000
Breakthrough Santa Fe · Santa Fe, NM · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Growing Up Nm · Santa Fe, NM · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Tailhead Institute · Denver, CO · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Teach Plus · Roswell, NM · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Think Nm · Santa Fe, NM · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Reading Quest · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Reading Quest · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Program support
$3,000
Rio Grande School · Santa Fe, NM · 2025
Program support
$2,500
Chama Valley Arts · Charma, NM · 2025
Program support
$2,500
Chama Valley Arts · Charma, NM · 2024
Program support
$2,500
Think Nm · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Program support
$2,500
Chama Valley Arts · Charma, NM · 2023
Program support
$2,500
Growing Up Nm · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Program support
$2,500
Think Nm · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Program support
$1,200
Growing Up Nm · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Program support
$1,000
Bridge House Boulder · Boulder, CO · 2025
Program support

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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.