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Nicholas Family Foundation Trust: 51 grants to organizations, $3.9 million (tax year ended December 2025)
Nicholas Family Foundation Trust, a private foundation in Mequon, WI, paid 51 grants to organizations totaling $3,880,000 in its tax year ended December 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on May 14, 2026. The largest was $500,000 to Rockford Park District Foundation in Rockford, IL for annual campaign. supports enhancements and programming at the nicholas conservatory and gardens..
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- EIN
- 396589261
- Based in
- Mequon, WI
- Assets
- $81,076,251
- Grants paid
- $3,880,000
- Tax year ended
- December 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed May 14, 2026, IRS object ID 202631349349104958. It reported $3,880,000 in grants paid; 51 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockford Park District Foundation | Rockford, IL | Annual campaign. supports enhancements and programming at the nicholas conservatory and gardens. | Environment | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Children's Wi Foundation | Milwaukee, WI | Annual campaign. to advance the work of pediatric patient care, research and teaching by children's hospital. | $400,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Williams Heart Foundation | Northfield, IL | Annual campaign. dedicated research to help fight heart disease. | Medical research | $350,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| United Way of Greater Milwaukee | Milwaukee, WI | Annual campaign. serves the community by developing and maximizing resources to enable positive change in the lives of people in milwaukee. | $325,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Historic Haymarket Milwaukee | Milwaukee, WI | Capital campaign. supports permanent or special exhibit habitats, educational programs, or names for a curatorial chair for the milwaukee public museum. | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Church of the Atonement | Fish Creek, WI | Capital campaign. | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Peninsula School of Art & Gallery | Fish 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 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Prevent Blindness Wisconsin | Milwaukee, WI | Annual campaign. promote health vision and eye safety. | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Samaritan Family Wellness Foundation Inc | Madison, 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, consultati | Mental health and crisis intervention | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Uw Foundation - Guarding Against Cancer | Madison, WI | Guarding against cancer event. dedicated to cancer elimination through research, education, advocacy and service. | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Wisconsin Humane Society | Milwaukee, WI | Annual campaign. to support abused, neglected and forgotten animals. | Animal-related | $95,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Als Association Se Wi Chapter | Wauwatosa, WI | Annual campaign. dedicated to the fight against als through research, patient support and information awareness. | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Red Cross Greater Milw Chapter | Milwaukee, WI | Annual campaign. to provide relief to victims of disasters and help people prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies. | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lad Lakest Rose Center | Milwaukee, 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 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Macc Fund | Milwaukee, WI | Annual campaign. supports research into effecive treatments and cure for childhood cancer. | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Elmbrook Humane Society | Brookfield, WI | Annual campaign. to provide shelter for homeless animals, promote the human animal bond and prevent animal cruelty and neglect. | Animal-related | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Family Promise of Ozaukee County | Port Washington, WI | Capital campaign. to provide emergency shelter, meals & expert mgmt to homeless children and their families. | Public and societal benefit | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Haws of Waukesha County | Waukesha, WI | Annual campaign. no-kill shelter dedicated to strengthing the relationship between animals and humans through adoptions and education. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Madison Area Music Association | Madison, 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. | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Nativity Jesuit Academy | Milwaukee, WI | Annual campaign. to address the needs of latino community, where there is a demand for quality catholic schools. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rawhide Youth Services | New 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 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Dove Project | Los Angeles, CA | Annual campaign. to support the end of the dog meat trade in south korea. to place rescued dogs in forever homes. | Animal-related | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The La Belle Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | Annual campaign. devoted to saving, rehibilitating and advocating for dogs. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Uw Foundation | Milwaukee, WI | Annual canpaign. supporting the educational, literary and scientific endeavors of uw-milwaukee. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Uwm Foundation - Athletics | Milwaukee, 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 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Versiti Blood Research Institute Foundation | Milwaukee, WI | Annual campaign. support blood research. blood health innovators who enhance lives through integration of science, medicine and service. | Health care | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wags and Walks | Los Angeles, CA | Annual campaign. to reduce euthanasia in local shelters and to increase awareness of rescue dogs being wonderful pets. | Animal-related | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Gathering of Southeastern Wisconsin | Milwaukee, 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 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Sojourner Foundation | Milwaukee, WI | Annual campaign. prevent and eliminate violence in a family setting by providing shelter for battered women and children. | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Balance Inc | Grafton, WI | Annual campaign. dedicated to improving the quality of life for persons with developmental disabilities. | Human services | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Birch Creek Music Performance Center Inc | Egg Harbor, WI | Annual campaign. summer music academy in door cty wi for advanced young musicans. | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bridge To Brighter | Elm Grove, WI | Annual campaign. provides vital services to support and strengthen youth in and aging out of the foster system in milwaukee. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Exceptional Children's Foundation | Culver 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 | apps.irs.gov | |
| First Stage Children's Theater | Milwaukee, WI | Annual campaign. provide exceptional, professional theater experiences and serve as theater arts-in-education resource for educators. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Wisconsin | Wauwatosa, WI | Annual campaign. grants the wishes of children with life-threatening illnesses to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy. | Health care | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Oshkosh Area Humane Society | Oshkosh, WI | Annual campaign. to provide compassionate care and comfort to animals in need and to build community that promotes humane treatment of all animals. | Animal-related | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Our Next Generation Inc | Milwaukee, WI | Annual campaign. enhancing education & life skills of children through programs such as the homework club. | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Peninsula Golf Associates | Ephriam, WI | Annual campaign. support of the improvements that make peninsula golf course a special place. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Peninsula Players Theater Foundation | Fish Creek, WI | Capital campaign. to support a tradition of theatrical excellence and natural beauty on shorefront property in door county. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| St Coletta Day School of Milwaukee | Milwaukee, 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. | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Grand Avenue Club | Milwaukee, WI | Annual campaign. to provide employment, educational, and enrichment training to adults of greater milwaukee who experience mental illness. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Northwest Dog Project | Eugene, 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. | Animal-related | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Ridges Sanctuary | Baileys Harbor, WI | Annual campaign. to promote positive environmental behaviors through impactful educational experiences, land management and protection and ecological research. | Animal-related | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Salvation Army | Milwaukee, WI | Annual campaign. preaching the gospel of jesus and meet the human needs in his name without discrimination. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Vision Forward Association | Milwaukee, WI | Annual campaign. provides services from birth to adulthood to people with visual impairments helping them with personal, educational and professional goals. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Zoological Society of Milwaukee | Milwaukee, WI | Annual campaign. support, educate & conserve programs for animals at the zoo. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Little Warrior Foundation | Brookfield, WI | Annual campaign. to promote research for children with cancer. | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Occupaws Guide Dog Association | Madison, WI | Annual campaign. to place fully trained guide dogs with visually impaired residents of wi at no charge through an in-home training program. | Human services | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Waunakee Hoops Club | Waunakee, WI | Annual campaign. to support the ab nicholas basketball tournament. | Recreation and sports | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | Annual campaign. dedicated to providing the best care for patients and research that leads to cures. | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Green Tree Garden Club | Mequon, WI | Annual campaign. to promote greater understanding of the interdependence of horticulture, entironmental protection and community improvement. | Environment | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed May 13, 2025, IRS object ID 202501339349101795. It reported $3,352,000 in grants paid; 49 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockford Park District Foundation | Rockford, IL | Annual endowment. supports enhancements and programming at the nicholas conservatory and gardens. | Environment | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Children's Hospoital of Wi Foundation | Milwaukee, WI | Annual campaign. advance the work of pediatric patient care, reasearch and teaching. | $400,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Macc Fund | Milwaukee, WI | Annual campaign and hope team. supports research, effecive treatment and cure for childhood cancer. | $237,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| United Way of Greater Milwaukee | Milwaukee, WI | Annual campaign. serves the community by developing and maximizing resources to enable positive change in the lives of people in milwaukee. | $225,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Historic Haymarket Milwaukee | Milwaukee, WI | Capital campaign. supports permanent or special exhibit habitats, educational programs, or names for a curatorial chair for the milwaukee public museum. | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Peninsula School of Art | Fish Creek, WI | Capital campaign. to provide enriching visual art educational experiences for participants of all ages and abilities to inspire creativity and build community. | Arts, culture and humanities | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Prevent Blindness Wisconsin | Milwaukee, WI | Annual campaign. promote health vision and eye safety. | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Samaritan Family Wellness Foundation Inc | Madison, WI | 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 therap | Mental health and crisis intervention | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Uw Foundation - Guarding Against Cancer | Madison, WI | Annual campaign. dedicated to cancer elimination through research, education, advocacy and service. | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Wisconsin Humane Society | Milwaukee, WI | Annual campaign. to support abused, neglected and forgotten animals. | Animal-related | $90,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Als Association Se Wi Chapter | Wauwatosa, WI | Bought table at ball. dedicated to fight against als through research, patient support and information awareness. | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lad Lakest Rose Center | Milwaukee, 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 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Red Cross Greater Milw Chapter | Milwaukee, WI | Annual campaign. to provide relief to victijs of disasters and help people prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Delta Gamma Foundation - Omega House Corporation | Columbus, GA | Capital campaign. promote education, nuture meaningful friendships and build women with strong ideals. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Family Promise of Ozaukee County | Port Washington, WI | Annual campaign - to provide emergency shelter, meals & expert mgmt to homeless children and their families. | Public and societal benefit | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Madison Area Music Association | Madison, WI | Alternative statewide music competition. to provide leadership and support for school music programs that encourage lifelong involvement in music. | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Nativity Jesuit Academy | Milwaukee, WI | Capital campaign. to address the needs of latino community, where there is a demand for quality catholic schools. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rawhide Boys Ranch | New London, WI | Support the counseling services. residential treatment and counseling services dedicated to changing the lives of at risk youth and their families. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Dove Project | Los Angeles, CA | Annual campaign. to support the end of the dog meat trade in south korea. to place rescued dogs in forever homes. | Animal-related | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The La Belle Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | Annual campaign. devoted to saving, rehibilitating and advocating for dogs. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Ridges Sanctuary | Baileys Harbor, WI | Annual campaign. to promote positive environmental behaviors through impactful educational experiences, land management and protection and ecological research. | Animal-related | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Versiti Blood Research Institute | Milwaukee, WI | Support blood research. blood health innovators who enhance lives through integration of science, medicine and service. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Wags and Walks | Los Angeles, CA | Annual campaign. to reduce euthanasia in local shelters and to increase awareness of rescue dogs being wonderful pets. | Animal-related | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Gathering of Southeastern Wisconsin | Milwaukee, 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 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Sojourner Family Peace Center | Milwaukee, WI | Annual campaign. prevent and eliminate violence in a family setting by providing shelter for battered women and children. | Human services | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Balance Inc | Grafton, WI | Annual campaign. dedicated to improving the quality of life for persons with developmental disabilities. | Human services | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Elmbrook Humane Society | Brookfield, WI | Annual campaign. to provide shelter for homeless animals, promote the human animal bond and prevent animal cruelty and neglect. | Animal-related | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Exceptional Children's Foundation | Culver 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 | apps.irs.gov | |
| First Stage Children's Theater | Milwaukee, WI | Annual campaign. provide exceptional, professional theater experiences and serve as theater arts-in-education resource for educators. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Haws of Waukesha County | Waukesha, WI | Annual campaign. no-kill shelter dedicated to strengthing the relationship between animals and humans through adoptions and education. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Oshkosh Area Humane Society | Oshkosh, WI | Annual campaign. to provide compassionate care and comfort to animals in need and to build community that promotes humane treatment of all animals. | Animal-related | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Our Next Generation Inc | Milwaukee, WI | Annual campaign. enhancing education & life skills of children through programs such as the homework club. | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Peninsula Golf Associates | Ephriam, WI | Capital campaign. support of the improvements that make peninsula golf course a special place. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Peninsula Players Theater Foundation | Fish Creek, WI | Annual campaign. to support a tradition of theatrical excellence and natural beauty on shorefront property in door county. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| St Coletta Day School of Milwaukee | Milwaukee, 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. | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Grand Avenue Club | Milwaukee, WI | Annual campaign. to provide employment, educational, and enrichment training to adults of greater milwaukee who experience mental illness. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Northwest Dog Project | Eugene, 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. | Animal-related | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Salvation Army | Milwaukee, WI | Annual campaign. preaching the gospel of jesus and meet the human needs in his name without discrimination. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Uwm Foundation | Milwaukee, WI | Annual campaign. supporting the university of wisconsin- milwaukee through gifts. benefiting the uw-milwaukee business school. | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Uwm Foundation - Athletics | Milwaukee, 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. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Vision Forward Association | Milwaukee, WI | Annual campaign. provides services from birth to adulthood to people with visual impairments helping them with personal, educational and professional goals. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Zoological Society of Milwaukee | Milwaukee, WI | Annual campaign. support, educate & conserve programs for animals at the zoo. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Birch Creek Music Performance Center Inc | Egg Harbor, WI | Annual campaign. summer music academy in door cty wi for advanced young musicans. | Arts, culture and humanities | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Wisconsin | Butler, WI | Annual campaign. grants the wishes of children with life-threatening illnesses to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy. | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Little Warrior Foundation | Brookfield, WI | Annual campaign. to promote research for children with cancer. | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Occupaws Guide Dog Association | Madison, WI | Annual campaign. to place fully trained guide dogs with visually impaired residents of wi at no charge through an in-home training program. | Human services | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Waunakee Hoops Club | Waunakee, WI | Annual campaign. to support the ab nicholas basketball tournament. | Recreation and sports | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bridge To Brighter | Elm Grove, WI | Annual campaign. provides vital services to support and strengthen youth in and aging out of the foster system in milwaukee. | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Green Tree Garden Club | Mequon, WI | Annual campaign. to promote greater understanding of the interdependence of horticulture, entironmental protection and community improvement. | Environment | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Environment | $1,010,000 |
| Animal-related | $635,000 |
| Medical research | $350,000 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $245,000 |
| Mental health and crisis intervention | $200,000 |
| Human services | $115,000 |
| Public and societal benefit | $100,000 |
| Health care | $75,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Wisconsin | $5,422,000 |
| Illinois | $1,350,000 |
| California | $350,000 |
| Oregon | $50,000 |
| Georgia | $50,000 |
| Tennessee | $10,000 |
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Updated May 14, 2026. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.