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Nickless Family Charitable Foundation Grants

Private foundation · EIN 38-3501091 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025

Total grants paid
$1.3M
Grants reported
61
Typical grant
$11K
Future commitments

Reported commitments not yet paid.

$45K

How to apply

This foundation publishes application instructions on its latest 990-PF and does not report restricting giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.

Contact
Jack Kidwell
Deadlines
Not stated here. Consult the original filing and current funder guidelines.
Application materials
Innovation award applications are available on the website at www.ahninnovationaward.com no format for grant requests, but application should show 501(c)(3) status
Restrictions
The a.h. Nickless innovation award competition is open to high school students ages 13 to 18 in bay, midland, saginaw and tuscola counties in michigan. Other grants are awarded primarily to those charitable entities located in the bay region of michigan and the areas where the directors reside.
Original filing text
Contact
JACK KIDWELL
Address
1004 N MICHIGAN AVENUE SAGINAW, MI, 48602
Phone
9899210010
Email
JACK.KIDWELL@TRISTARTRUST.COM
Deadlines
NONE
Application materials
INNOVATION AWARD APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE AT WWW.AHNINNOVATIONAWARD.COM NO FORMAT FOR GRANT REQUESTS, BUT APPLICATION SHOULD SHOW 501(C)(3) STATUS
Restrictions
THE A.H. NICKLESS INNOVATION AWARD COMPETITION IS OPEN TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AGES 13 TO 18 IN BAY, MIDLAND, SAGINAW AND TUSCOLA COUNTIES IN MICHIGAN. OTHER GRANTS ARE AWARDED PRIMARILY TO THOSE CHARITABLE ENTITIES LOCATED IN THE BAY REGION OF MICHIGAN AND THE AREAS WHERE THE DIRECTORS RESIDE.

Reported organization name: NICKLESS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

Giving by tax year

Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.

Tax yearGrants paidAmount
202529$621.9K
202432$641.3K

Where Nickless Family Charitable Foundation gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

Michigan$858.7KOregon$100KNew York$100KNevada$100KIllinois$45K

Largest reported grants

Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.

Bay Area Soccer Association

BAY CITY, MI

$150KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Basa maplewood park sports complex project

Guardian Group

BEND, OR

$100KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

For operational support

Can Council

SAGINAW, MI

$100KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Building renovations in bay city

Rye Youth Council

RYE, NY

$60KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

For various purposes

Munson Healthcare Foundation

TRAVERSE CITY, MI

$50KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Cardiac ultrasound echocardiography

Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (61 reported in all).

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About this data

Figures are aggregated from Nickless Family Charitable Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.

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