How to apply
No formal application process Contact: David W Nicklies, 6060 Ducthmans Lane Ste 100, Louisville, Ky, 5024127638 Deadlines: NONE Restrictions: NONE
Quoted from Part XV of the foundation's 2025 Form 990-PF; the full text is in the filing. Confirm on the foundation's website before you write.
Grants paid in 2025
48 grants, all shown · from Form 990-PF Part XV
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 21st Century Parks IncLouisville, KY | Provide funding to maintain the parks | $25K |
| Thrive By 5 LouisvilleLouisville, KY | To help provide funding for quality childcare for three to four year olds | $23K |
| Louisville Metro Police FoundationLouisville, KY | To help enhance safety in lousiville ky | $20K |
| Healing PlaceLouisville, KY | To provide food, shelter, and clothing to people in need | $14K |
| USA Cares IncLouisville, KY | Provide financial assistance to military veterans, service members, and their families | $11K |
| Healthnetwork FoundationPepper Pike, OH | To help create access to healthcare worldwide | $10K |
| Nativity Academy at St BonifaceLouisville, KY | Seeks to impart its students the highest spiritual ideas, moral values, knowledge, learning skills, discipline, character formation and per… | $10K |
| Volunteers of America Mid- StatesLouisville, KY | To provide funds to meet urgent needs in the community | $10K |
| 502 Circle FoundationJeffersonville, IN | Provide additional funds for athletes | $5,000 |
| Bluegrass Center for Autism IncLouisville, KY | To provide funding to empower individuals on the autism spectrum | $5,000 |
| Christopher Iix Game Changers IncLouisville, KY | To provide funding to promote early childhood education, parental involvement, mentoring, and community involvement. | $5,000 |
| Community Advocates for ResourcesLouisville, KY | Provide funding to help care for unsheltered individuals and those experiencing housing instability | $5,000 |
| Hildegard HouseLouisville, KY | To provide financial support to provide care for individuals at the end of lie | $5,000 |
| Hopes Closet IncShepherdsville, KY | To help provide funding for foster and adoptive children to have clothes and other necessities | $5,000 |
| Isaiah House IncHarrodsburg, KY | To provide funds to be able to provide essentials services to kentuckians facing homelessness, food insecurity, or struggling with substanc… | $5,000 |
| Kentcky Humane SocietyLouisville, KY | To provide financial support for the care of animals | $5,000 |
| Kentucky Youth AdvocatesLouisville, KY | To provide support to advocate for policies that give children the best opportunities for a brighter future | $5,000 |
| March of Dimes IncArlington, VA | To improve the health of mothers and babies | $5,000 |
| St Joseph Children's HomeLouisville, KY | Provide financial support to provide children a safe and loving home | $5,000 |
| The Center for Women & FamiliesLouisville, KY | Provide financial support to disrupt the cycle of sexual violence | $5,000 |
| Virginia Chance SchoolLouisville, KY | To help enhance current programs and the school's socioeconomic divsersity | $5,000 |
| Twisted PinkLouisville, KY | To provide financial support to help individuals battling metastatic breast cancer with resources and community | $3,500 |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of KentuckianaLouisville, KY | Financial support to help provide a "home away from home" for families with children receiving healthcare at area medical facilities | $3,000 |
| Univeristy of Louisville AthleticsLouisville, KY | To provide financial support to the univeristy of louisville baseball team | $3,000 |
| Ball State UniversityMuncie, IN | Student financial aid | $2,500 |
| Marine Corps League Kentuckiana Detachment 729Louisville, KY | Provide funds for local marine junior rotc programs | $2,500 |
| The Jackson Chance FoundationChicago, IL | Provide financial support to nicu families | $2,500 |
| Neighborhood House IncLouisville, KY | To support families by creating a community of opportunity | $2,000 |
| The Franciscan KitchenLouisville, KY | To provide financial support to feed the hungry | $2,000 |
| Alzheimer's AssociationLouisville, KY | Provide funds for research in alzheimer's and dementia | $1,500 |
| Big Brothers Big SistersLouisville, KY | To create and support one to one mentorships | $1,500 |
| CASA IncLouisville, KY | To provide funding to pair volunteers to be the voice for abused and neglected children in family court | $1,500 |
| Children's Hospital Foundation IncLouisville, KY | Pediatric services at norton women's & children's hospital to support programs, equipment, new technologies, clinical research, child advoc… | $1,500 |
| Dare to Care Food BankLouisville, KY | Provide financial support to provide meals to those in needs | $1,500 |
| ElderserveLouisville, KY | Provide funding for senior adults to live with dignity | $1,500 |
| Friends of Oxmoors Foundation IncLouisville, KY | Provide funding to maintain oxmoor farm | $1,500 |
| Louisville Metro Government Senior Nutrition ProgramLouisville, KY | To help provide seniors a nutritous meal | $1,500 |
| Scarlet HopeLouisville, KY | Provide funds to support exploited and trafficked women | $1,500 |
| St John's CenterLouisville, KY | Provide financial support to help people experiencing homelessness | $1,500 |
| St Vincent de Paul LouisvilleLouisville, KY | Provide financial support to serve individuals and families who are homeless and suffering from various situations. | $1,500 |
| Fhgr IncLouisville, KY | Provide funding for those suffering loss | $1,000 |
| Lesley and Rhyan Prather Foundation CorporationValley Station, KY | To provide financial support for the caring of women, children and families dealing with tragedies | $1,000 |
| Little Sisters of the PoorLouisville, KY | To help serve the elderly poor in over 30 countries | $1,000 |
| Stutter Navigator IncLouisville, KY | Provide funds to help provide support for those in need of speech language therapy | $1,000 |
| The Queen's DaughtersLouisville, KY | To help support and serve the spiritual, social, and humanitarian needs of our community | $1,000 |
| CloutLouisville, KY | Provide funding to help solve critical community problems | $500 |
| Middletown VFW Post 1170Louisville, KY | Provide funds to support connection, healing, recovery, housing assistance, and vocational training to veteran and first responder community | $500 |
| Flaget Alumni AssociationLouisville, KY | Provide funding for needy and local area charities | $250 |
By state: Kentucky 43 · Ohio 1 · Indiana 2 · Virginia 1 · Illinois 1
About this foundation
Nicklies Foundation Inc is a private grantmaking foundation in Louisville, Kentucky, administered in care of David W Nicklies, tax-exempt since 2004. Private foundations must pay out roughly 5% of their assets each year, mostly as grants to 501(c)(3) public charities.
Does Nicklies Foundation Inc accept grant applications?
Yes. On its 2025 Form 990-PF the foundation indicates it accepts applications. No formal application process Deadlines: NONE.
How much does Nicklies Foundation Inc give each year?
In tax year 2025 it paid $232K across 48 grants, a median of $2,750.
Where does Nicklies Foundation Inc give?
Kentucky (43 grants), Ohio (1 grants), Indiana (2 grants) and elsewhere, per its latest filing.
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