Neal C Nichols Family Foundation

• If your organisation is a 501(c)(3) charity working in Arlington, Virginia, the foundation's stated priority fits well, since it gives preference to community-based charities there, though the filing does not say that charities elsewhere are excluded.
• Most of its grants fall between $10,000 and $120,000, and half of its grants to organisations are $25,000 or less, so a modest request in the lower part of that range is the realistic size to ask for; its largest grant was $1,000,000, so that band is not a ceiling.
• Its paid giving this year was $401,000, well below a typical year of about $940,000, so expect fewer awards.
• Because 95% of its grant dollars went to organisations it had also funded in earlier filings, the foundation appears to favour existing relationships, so a short letter request that makes a clear Arlington case and builds on any prior contact is the sensible route, as no deadlines are given.
• Organisations that are not section 501(c)(3) charities should not apply, as the filing specifies that requests come from those charities.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Evergreen Christian School · Charitable
  $120,0002024 tax year
• Capital Caring · Charitable
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Christian Broadcasting Network · Charitable
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Virginia Hospital Center · Charitable
  $60,0002024 tax year
• Cru · Charitable
  $20,0002024 tax year
• National Capital · Charitable
  $1,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.