How to apply
Accepts applications
The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.
- Contact
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Lynn Nicholas Nicholas Family Found
10309 North River Road
Mequon, WI 53092
(262) 242-3040
[email protected] - Form and materials
- Type written letter with history and purpose of organization
- Deadlines
- None
- Restrictions
- To 501 (c)(3) exempt organizations
Assets and giving by year
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Tax year 2025
$3,880,000
- Grants listed
- 51
- Assets, end of year
- $51,656,462
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Tax year 2024
$3,352,000
- Grants listed
- 49
- Assets, end of year
- $50,860,597
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Tax year 2023
$3,371,167
- Grants listed
- 50
- Assets, end of year
- $50,337,386
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Tax year 2022
$3,372,167
- Grants listed
- 49
- Assets, end of year
- $50,676,320
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Tax year 2021
$2,954,467
- Grants listed
- 60
- Assets, end of year
- $51,918,535
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Tax year 2020
$2,970,333
- Grants listed
- 57
- Assets, end of year
- $47,878,448
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Tax year 2019
$2,700,333
- Grants listed
- 56
- Assets, end of year
- $50,545,011
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Tax year 2018
$2,835,733
- Grants listed
- 58
- Assets, end of year
- $49,163,029
Grants paid in 2025
As listed on the return.
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Rockford Park District FoundationRockford, IL
Annual campaign. Supports enhancements and programming at the nicholas conservatory and gardens.
$500,000 -
Children's Wi FoundationMilwaukee, WI
Annual campaign. To advance the work of pediatric patient care, research and teaching by children's hospital.
$400,000 -
Williams Heart FoundationNorthfield, IL
Annual campaign. Dedicated research to help fight heart disease.
$350,000 -
United Way of Greater MilwaukeeMilwaukee, WI
Annual campaign. Serves the community by developing and maximizing resources to enable positive change in the lives of people in milwaukee.
$325,000 -
Historic Haymarket MilwaukeeMilwaukee, WI
Capital campaign. Supports permanent or special exhibit habitats, educational programs, or names for a curatorial chair for the milwaukee public museum.
$200,000 -
Church of the AtonementFish Creek, WI
Capital campaign.
$150,000 -
Peninsula School of Art & GalleryFish Creek, WI
Capital campaign. To provide enriching art educational experiences for participants of all ages and abilities to inspire creativity and build community.
$100,000 -
Prevent Blindness WisconsinMilwaukee, WI
Annual campaign. Promote health vision and eye safety.
$100,000 -
The Samaritan Family Wellness Foundation IncMadison, WI
Annual campaign. To support program for psycho therapy at UW madison. Committed to serving individuals, families and organizations through whole person wellness services including coaching, consultation and psycho therapy.
$100,000 -
UW Foundation - Guarding Against CancerMadison, WI
Guarding against cancer event. Dedicated to cancer elimination through research, education, advocacy and service.
$100,000 -
Wisconsin Humane SocietyMilwaukee, WI
Annual campaign. To support abused, neglected and forgotten animals.
$95,000 -
ALS Association Se Wi ChapterWauwatosa, WI
Annual campaign. Dedicated to the fight against ALS through research, patient support and information awareness.
$75,000 -
American Red Cross Greater Milw ChapterMilwaukee, WI
Annual campaign. To provide relief to victims of disasters and help people prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies.
$75,000 -
Lad Lakest Rose CenterMilwaukee, WI
Annual campaign. Changing heartache to hope for women, girls and families in need by providing residential care, stabilization placement and respite care.
$75,000 -
Macc FundMilwaukee, WI
Annual campaign. Supports research into effecive treatments and cure for childhood cancer.
$75,000 -
Elmbrook Humane SocietyBrookfield, WI
Annual campaign. To provide shelter for homeless animals, promote the human animal bond and prevent animal cruelty and neglect.
$50,000 -
Family Promise of Ozaukee CountyPRT Washingtn, WI
Capital campaign. To provide emergency shelter, meals & expert MGMT to homeless children and their families.
$50,000 -
Haws of Waukesha CountyWaukesha, WI
Annual campaign. No-kill shelter dedicated to strengthing the relationship between animals and humans through adoptions and education.
$50,000 -
Madison Area Music AssociationMadison, WI
Annual campaign. To provide leadership and support for school music programs that encourage lifelong involvement in music for all students and promote music as an integral part of a school curriculum.
$50,000 -
Nativity Jesuit AcademyMilwaukee, WI
Annual campaign. To address the needs of latino community, where there is a demand for quality catholic schools.
$50,000 -
Rawhide Youth ServicesNew London, WI
Annual campaign. To support residential treatment and counseling services dedicated to changing the lives of at risk youth and their families.
$50,000 -
The Dove ProjectLos Angeles, CA
Annual campaign. To support the end of the dog meat trade in south korea. To place rescued dogs in forever homes.
$50,000 -
The La Belle FoundationLos Angeles, CA
Annual campaign. Devoted to saving, rehibilitating and advocating for dogs.
$50,000 -
UW FoundationMilwaukee, WI
Annual canpaign. Supporting the educational, literary and scientific endeavors of uw-milwaukee.
$50,000 -
Uwm Foundation - AthleticsMilwaukee, WI
Capital campaign. To promote the welfare of and advance the objectives of uw-madison by encouraging the interest, engagement, and financial support of alumni, donors and friends.
$50,000 -
Versiti Blood Research Institute FoundationMilwaukee, WI
Annual campaign. Support blood research. Blood health innovators who enhance lives through integration of science, medicine and service.
$50,000 -
Wags and WalksLos Angeles, CA
Annual campaign. To reduce euthanasia in local shelters and to increase awareness of rescue dogs being wonderful pets.
$50,000 -
The Gathering of Southeastern WisconsinMilwaukee, WI
Annual campaign. Provides food for the hungry. Also sponsors job task forces, children's tutoring, community-based bible study and social service referrals.
$40,000 -
Sojourner FoundationMilwaukee, WI
Annual campaign. Prevent and eliminate violence in a family setting by providing shelter for battered women and children.
$35,000 -
Balance IncGrafton, WI
Annual campaign. Dedicated to improving the quality of life for persons with developmental disabilities.
$25,000 -
Birch Creek Music Performance Center IncEgg Harbor, WI
Annual campaign. Summer music academy in door cty wi for advanced young musicans.
$25,000 -
Bridge to BrighterElm Grove, WI
Annual campaign. Provides vital services to support and strengthen youth in and aging out of the foster system in milwaukee.
$25,000 -
Exceptional Children's FoundationCulver City, CA
Annual campaign. Offers specialized educational and therapeutic programs and services to children, youth and young adults challenged by learning, developmental, emotional or medical disabilities.
$25,000 -
First Stage Children's TheaterMilwaukee, WI
Annual campaign. Provide exceptional, professional theater experiences and serve as theater arts-in-education resource for educators.
$25,000 -
Make-A-Wish Foundation of WisconsinWauwatosa, WI
Annual campaign. Grants the wishes of children with life-threatening illnesses to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy.
$25,000 -
Oshkosh Area Humane SocietyOshkosh, WI
Annual campaign. To provide compassionate care and comfort to animals in need and to build community that promotes humane treatment of all animals.
$25,000 -
Our Next Generation IncMilwaukee, WI
Annual campaign. Enhancing education & life skills of children through programs such as the homework club.
$25,000 -
Peninsula Golf AssociatesEphriam, WI
Annual campaign. Support of the improvements that make peninsula golf course a special place.
$25,000 -
Peninsula Players Theater FoundationFish Creek, WI
Capital campaign. To support a tradition of theatrical excellence and natural beauty on shorefront property in door county.
$25,000 -
St Coletta Day School of MilwaukeeMilwaukee, WI
Annual campaign. Provide an academic curriculum designed to meet the special learning needs of each student to help prepare them to reach full learning potential.
$25,000 -
The Grand Avenue ClubMilwaukee, WI
Annual campaign. To provide employment, educational, and enrichment training to adults of greater milwaukee who experience mental illness.
$25,000 -
The Northwest Dog ProjectEugene, OR
Annual campaign. Rescue, rehome and enhance the lives of neglected, abused and homeless dogs while advocating for responsible pet ownership. Provide a forever sanctuary for senior abandoned dogs.
$25,000 -
The Ridges SanctuaryBaileys Harbor, WI
Annual campaign. To promote positive environmental behaviors through impactful educational experiences, land management and protection and ecological research.
$25,000 -
The Salvation ArmyMilwaukee, WI
Annual campaign. Preaching the gospel of jesus and meet the human needs in his name without discrimination.
$25,000 -
Vision Forward AssociationMilwaukee, WI
Annual campaign. Provides services from birth to adulthood to people with visual impairments helping them with personal, educational and professional goals.
$25,000 -
Zoological Society of MilwaukeeMilwaukee, WI
Annual campaign. Support, educate & conserve programs for animals at the zoo.
$25,000 -
The Little Warrior FoundationBrookfield, WI
Annual campaign. To promote research for children with cancer.
$15,000 -
The Occupaws Guide Dog AssociationMadison, WI
Annual campaign. To place fully trained guide dogs with visually impaired residents of wi at no charge through an in-home training program.
$15,000 -
Waunakee Hoops ClubWaunakee, WI
Annual campaign. To support the ab nicholas basketball tournament.
$15,000 -
St Jude Children's Research HospitalMemphis, TN
Annual campaign. Dedicated to providing the best care for patients and research that leads to cures.
$10,000 -
Green Tree Garden ClubMequon, WI
Annual campaign. To promote greater understanding of the interdependence of horticulture, entironmental protection and community improvement.
$5,000
Where the money goes
By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.
- Environment2 grants $505,00026% of the total
- Medical research1 grant $350,00018% of the total
- Animals8 grants $345,00018% of the total
- Arts and culture3 grants $275,00014% of the total
- Health4 grants $160,0008% of the total
- Mental health1 grant $100,0005% of the total
- 6 other causes9 grants $230,00012% of the total
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
- Wisconsin43 grants $2,820,000
- Illinois2 grants $850,000
- California4 grants $175,000
- Oregon1 grant $25,000
- Tennessee1 grant $10,000
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- Nancy J NicholasTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
- Lynn S NicholasPRESIDENT - TRUSTEE Hours 25Pay $120,000
- Susan N FascianoTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
- David O NicholasTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
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