Nativity Jesuit Academy
Milwaukee, WI
$600KTax year 2025
Designated for the nicholas family field
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The Lori and David Nicholas Family Foundation Inc Grants
Private foundation · EIN 87-1448344 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.
How to apply
Open to applications: its latest 990-PF publishes how to apply and does not limit giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.
- Contact
- Lori Nicholas
- Phone
- (414) 659-8348
- Application materials
- Type written letter with history and purpose of organization
- Restrictions
- To 501 (c)(3) exempt organizations and government units
Deadlines, materials and limits are not in the filing; check with the foundation.
Original filing text
- Contact
- LORI NICHOLAS
- Address
- 11501 N PORT WASHINGTON RD STE 220 MEQUON, WI, 53092
- Phone
- 4146598348
- LNICHOLAS2401@GMAIL.COM
- Deadlines
- NONE
- Application materials
- TYPE WRITTEN LETTER WITH HISTORY AND PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION
- Restrictions
- TO 501 (C)(3) EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS AND GOVERNMENT UNITS
Reported organization name: THE LORI AND DAVID NICHOLAS FAMILY FOUNDATION INC
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 year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | $2.8M |
| 2024 | 24 | $2.5M |
Where The Lori and David Nicholas Family Foundation Inc gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Afar Inc
Milwaukee, WI
$350KTax year 2024
To support the universal park project.
Friends of Peninsula State Park Inc
Fish Creek, WI
$300KTax year 2025
Designated for the mountain bike trail project.
Nativity Jesuit Academy
Milwaukee, WI
$300KTax year 2024
Designated for the green space initiative.
The Ridges Sanctuary Inc
Baileys Harbor, WI
$270KTax year 2024
To support phase 0 of the master plan implementation and purchase of equipment to use in the research project with uw madison.
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (51 reported in all).
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Start freeAbout this data
Figures are aggregated from The Lori and David Nicholas Family Foundation Inc'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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