Nickless Family Charitable
Saginaw, MI · EIN 38-3501091. Reported 61 grants totalling $1,265,640 to 39 organizations across tax years 2023-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Nickless Family Charitable did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,500 and $25,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $150,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guardian Group | Bend, OR | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bay Area Soccer Association | Bay City, MI | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boys and Girls Club of North Lake Tahoe | Kings Beach, CA | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hope Community Services | New Rochelle, NY | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alternatives | Chicago, IL | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rye Youth Council | Rye, NY | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mclaren Bay Medical Foundation | Bay City, MI | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bay City Central High School | Bay City, MI | $55,350 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Nouvel Catholic Central High School | Saginaw, MI | $46,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Munson Healthcare Foundation | Traverse City, MI | $45,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tri-Star Charitable Foundation | Saginaw, MI | $40,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Underground Railroad Inc | Saginaw, MI | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bay Area Community Foundation | Bay City, MI | $31,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Assistance League of Reno-Sparks | Reno, NV | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boys and Girls Club of the Great Lakes Bay Region | Bay City, MI | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Helen Nickless Volunteer Clinic Mclaren Bay Medical Foundation | Bay City, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hidden Harvest | Saginaw, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Can Council | Saginaw, MI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy | Saginaw, MI | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Eddy House | Reno, NV | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Women of Quail Creek | Green Valley, AZ | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Herbert Henry Dow High School | Midland, MI | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Midland High School | Midland, MI | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lakeside Club of Manistee County | Manistee, MI | $10,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bullock Creek High School | Midland, MI | $7,290 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| John Glenn High School | Bay City, MI | $7,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Michigan Office of Financial Aid-Scholarship Unit | Ann Arbor, MI | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Central Michigan University | Mount Pleasant, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Disability Services Resource Center | Bay City, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Michigan Technological University | Houghton, MI | $5,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | Terre Haute, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Saginaw Valley State University | Saginaw, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Service and Learning Together | Highland Park, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $3,500 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Virginia Tech | Blacksburg, VA | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Freeland High School | Freeland, MI | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Michigan State University | East Lansing, MI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Purdue University | West Lafayette, IN | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Frankenmuth High School | Frankenmuth, MI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
14 of 39 (36%) received money in more than one year over the 2 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 52%, across 1 year-to-year transition. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Bay Area Soccer Association
BASA MAPLEWOOD PARK SPORTS COMPLEX PROJECT - Boys and Girls Club of North Lake Tahoe
IN SUPPORT OF STAFF NEEDS, FOOD OVERAGES, AND TRANSPORTATION - Alternatives
PEACE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM EXPANSION - Mclaren Bay Medical Foundation
REMODEL OF EXISTING SPACE IN FACILITY FOR NICKLESS VOLUNTEER CLINIC - Hope Community Services
FOR CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FOR A NEW BUILDING - Bay City Central High School
PROGRAM GRANTS FOR CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 21 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 29 | $624,350 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 32 | $641,290 | $8,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 53% of this one's giving went to organizations in Michigan. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Michigan.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Nickless Family Charitable's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 1004 N Michigan Avenue, Saginaw, MI, 48602. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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