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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 36-4108737

Nancy Nichols Olson Foundation

A private foundation in Rockford, IL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 12 grants and $27,500 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $27,500

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $93,653

  • Tax year 2024

    $47,250

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $121,090

  • Tax year 2023

    $18,100

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $174,256

  • Tax year 2022

    $19,950

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $162,784

  • Tax year 2021

    $25,500

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $199,475

  • Tax year 2020

    $7,250

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $204,975

  • Tax year 2019

    $8,600

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $202,690

  • Tax year 2018

    $5,760

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $201,104

Grants paid in 2025

12 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Marsh Cemetary AssociationRockford, IL

    Civic

    $5,000
  2. Second Congregational ChurchRockford, IL

    Civic

    $5,000
  3. Boy Scouts of AmericaIrving, TX

    Civic

    $5,000
  4. Keith Country Day SchoolRockford, IL

    Civic

    $3,000
  5. Tunnel to TowersStaten Island, NY

    Civic

    $2,000
  6. YMCA of Rock River ValleyRockford, IL

    Civic

    $2,000
  7. Friends of Coranado FoundationRockford, IL

    Civic

    $2,000
  8. Hope Village - Tiny Housing AlternaChippewa Falls, WI

    Civic

    $1,000
  9. Catholic Diocese of RockfordRockford, IL

    Civic

    $1,000
  10. Shatter Our SilenceRockford, IL

    Civic

    $500
  11. Red Shed SchoolRoscoe, IL

    Civic

    $500
  12. St Peter Catholic ChurchSouth Beloit, IL

    Civic

    $500

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education1 grant $2,00050% of the total
  2. Human services1 grant $2,00050% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois9 grants $19,500
  2. Texas1 grant $5,000
  3. New York1 grant $2,000
  4. Wisconsin1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Nobel D OlsonDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $30,000

The return

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