Grants awarded
Who does Nickless Family Charitable Foundation fund?
Nickless Family Charitable Foundation has awarded $4.0 million across 205 grants to 99 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in foundations & grantmakers. Its typical grant is $10,000, with most between $2,500 and $25,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $10,000 versus $8,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$4.0M
Typical grant
$10K
Grantees
99
Grants
205
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Guardian Group
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$321K | 6 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | OR | |
| C Can Council | $207K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Munson Healthcare Foundation | $177K | 5 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$163K | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MI | |
Bay Area Soccer Association
|
$150K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MI | |
Bay Area Community Foundation
|
$136K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
| T Tennyson Center for Children | $125K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Boys and Girls Club of North Lake Tahoe
|
$120K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| G Great Lakes Bay Health Center | $117K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| B Bay City Central High School | $116K | 7 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A Alternatives | $115K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| S Sierra Community House | $114K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| B Bay County Habitat for Humanity | $100K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| D Dow Bay Area Family YMCA | $100K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| H Habitat for Humanity | $99K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| H Hope Community Services | $90K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Food Bank of Eastern Michigan INC
|
$80K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | MI | |
| B Boys and Girls Club of North Lake T | $75K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| S Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy | $71K | 8 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$70K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$70K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MI | |
Eddy House
|
$65K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NV | |
| 5 5 Steps to 5 INC | $60K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| T Tri-Star Charitable Foundation | $60K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
| B Boys Girls Club of the Great Lakes | $56K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| M Midland High School | $56K | 8 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Great Lakes Bay Health Center Admin | $51K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| B Boys & Girls Clubs of the Great Lakes Bay Region | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N Nouvel Catholic Central High School | $49K | 5 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
| F Foster Families Navigation and Reso | $45K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $40K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Childrens Cabinet INC | $40K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| U Underground Railroad INC | $40K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Bay Area Community Foundation | $32K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Foster Families Navigation and Resource Center | $30K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A Assistance League of Reno-Sparks | $30K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| B Boys and Girls Club of the Great Lakes Bay Region | $30K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| F Freeland High School | $30K | 9 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Munson Healthcare Manistee Hospital | $30K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| U University of Michigan House Officers Association | $29K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
| M Manistee County Child Advocacy Cent | $28K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| F Five Steps to Five INC | $25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| H Helen Nickless Volunteer Clinic McLaren Bay Medical Foundation | $25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| E Endex | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Herbert Henry Dow High School | $24K | 11 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Bay Area Veteran's Foundation | $20K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| P Part of the Solution | $20K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$20K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | MI | |
| T Tri-County Community Adjucation Program | $20K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Women of Quail Creek
|
$20K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | AZ | |
| B Bullock Creek High School | $18K | 5 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| J John Glenn High School | $18K | 4 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| W Women of Qual Creek | $15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Svsu Foundation | $15K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
The Sharing Shelf INC
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$15K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| F Food Bank of Northern Nevada | $15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| K Kaleva Norman Dickson Schools | $15K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Infuse Great Lakes Bay | $13K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | MI | |
| T Tri-Star Charitable Foundation | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| L Lakeside Club of Manistee County | $10K | 2 | 2024 | 2024 | MI | |
| C Community Resource Center | $10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| U University of Michigan | $8K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Handy Middle School | $8K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C Central Michigan University | $8K | 2 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
| S Saginaw Valley State University | $8K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| U University of Michigan Office of Fi | $8K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| U University of Michigan Office of Financial Aid-Scholarship Unit | $6K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| B Brigham Young University-Idaho | $6K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | ID | |
| G Grand Valley State University | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | MI | |
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$5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | MI | |
| U U of M Office of Financial Aid | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| U United States Military Academy West | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Disability Services Resource Center
|
$5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MI | |
| S Staircase Youth Services | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| S Service and Learning Together | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| R Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | $5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| G Grand Valley State University Offic | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| D Delta College | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| M Madonna University | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Michigan Technological University | $5K | 2 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| M Massachusetts Institute of Technolo | $5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| M Michigan State University | $4K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $4K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T Truckee Church of the Mountains Uni | $3K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| N Northwestern Michigan College Cashier's Office | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| D Delta College Office of Financial Aid | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Purdue University | $2K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Hope College
|
$2K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | MI | |
Lebanon Valley College
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$2K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | PA | |
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$2K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | PA | |
| I Individual recipient | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| R Reese High School | $1K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| U University of Notre Dame | $1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| U University of Toronto Engineering | $1K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| M Marquette University - Marquette Ce | $1K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| F Frankenmuth High School | $1K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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