Nicklies Foundation Inc
Historical FunderLouisville, Kentucky · EIN 20-0520043 · Private foundation
Grants paid (2025)$232K
Organizations funded48
Typical grant$2,500
Total assets$4.9M
Half of its grants to organizations were between $1,500 and $5,000.
From the return
How to apply
The foundation filed the following application information (Form 990-PF Part XV, tax year 2025):
| Contact | DAVID W NICKLIES |
|---|---|
| Address | 6060 DUCTHMANS LANE STE 100, LOUISVILLE KY 40205 |
| Phone | 5024127638 |
| Form and materials | NO FORMAL APPLICATION PROCESS |
| Deadlines | NONE |
| Restrictions | NONE |
Copied as filed. Deadlines on a tax return describe the foundation's usual process; they are not confirmation of a current open cycle.
What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
10% of grants went outside Kentucky.
Grants paid in tax year 2025
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21St Century Parks Inc | Louisville, KY | Provide funding to maintain the parks | $25,000 |
| Thrive by 5 Louisville | Louisville, KY | To help provide funding for quality childcare for three to four year olds | $23,000 |
| Louisville Metro Police Foundation | Louisville, KY | To help enhance safety in lousiville ky | $20,000 |
| Healing Place | Louisville, KY | To provide food, shelter, and clothing to people in need | $13,750 |
| USA Cares Inc | Louisville, KY | Provide financial assistance to military veterans, service members, and their families | $11,000 |
| Healthnetwork Foundation | Pepper Pike, OH | To help create access to healthcare worldwide | $10,000 |
| Nativity Academy at St Boniface | Louisville, KY | Seeks to impart its students the highest spiritual ideas, moral values, knowledge, learning skills, discipline, character formation and… | $10,000 |
| Volunteers of America Mid- States | Louisville, KY | To provide funds to meet urgent needs in the community | $10,000 |
| 502 Circle Foundation | Jeffersonville, IN | Provide additional funds for athletes | $5,000 |
| Bluegrass Center for Autism Inc | Louisville, KY | To provide funding to empower individuals on the autism spectrum | $5,000 |
| Christopher Iix Game Changers Inc | Louisville, KY | To provide funding to promote early childhood education, parental involvement, mentoring, and community involvement. | $5,000 |
| Community Advocates for Resources | Louisville, KY | Provide funding to help care for unsheltered individuals and those experiencing housing instability | $5,000 |
| Hildegard House | Louisville, KY | To provide financial support to provide care for individuals at the end of lie | $5,000 |
| Hopes Closet Inc | Shepherdsville, KY | To help provide funding for foster and adoptive children to have clothes and other necessities | $5,000 |
| Isaiah House Inc | Harrodsburg, KY | To provide funds to be able to provide essentials services to kentuckians facing homelessness, food insecurity, or struggling with… | $5,000 |
| Kentcky Humane Society | Louisville, KY | To provide financial support for the care of animals | $5,000 |
| Kentucky Youth Advocates | Louisville, KY | To provide support to advocate for policies that give children the best opportunities for a brighter future | $5,000 |
| March of Dimes Inc | Arlington, VA | To improve the health of mothers and babies | $5,000 |
| St Joseph Children's Home | Louisville, KY | Provide financial support to provide children a safe and loving home | $5,000 |
| The Center for Women & Families | Louisville, KY | Provide financial support to disrupt the cycle of sexual violence | $5,000 |
| Virginia Chance School | Louisville, KY | To help enhance current programs and the school's socioeconomic divsersity | $5,000 |
| Twisted Pink | Louisville, KY | To provide financial support to help individuals battling metastatic breast cancer with resources and community | $3,500 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Kentuckiana | Louisville, 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 Athletics | Louisville, KY | To provide financial support to the univeristy of louisville baseball team | $3,000 |
| Ball State University | Muncie, IN | Student financial aid | $2,500 |
| Marine Corps League Kentuckiana Detachment 729 | Louisville, KY | Provide funds for local marine junior rotc programs | $2,500 |
| The Jackson Chance Foundation | Chicago, IL | Provide financial support to nicu families | $2,500 |
| Neighborhood House Inc | Louisville, KY | To support families by creating a community of opportunity | $2,000 |
| The Franciscan Kitchen | Louisville, KY | To provide financial support to feed the hungry | $2,000 |
| Alzheimer's Association | Louisville, KY | Provide funds for research in alzheimer's and dementia | $1,500 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters | Louisville, KY | To create and support one to one mentorships | $1,500 |
| Casa Inc | Louisville, 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 Inc | Louisville, KY | Pediatric services at norton women's & children's hospital to support programs, equipment, new technologies, clinical research, child… | $1,500 |
| Dare to Care Food Bank | Louisville, KY | Provide financial support to provide meals to those in needs | $1,500 |
| Elderserve | Louisville, KY | Provide funding for senior adults to live with dignity | $1,500 |
| Friends of Oxmoors Foundation Inc | Louisville, KY | Provide funding to maintain oxmoor farm | $1,500 |
| Louisville Metro Government Senior Nutrition Program | Louisville, KY | To help provide seniors a nutritous meal | $1,500 |
| Scarlet Hope | Louisville, KY | Provide funds to support exploited and trafficked women | $1,500 |
| St John's Center | Louisville, KY | Provide financial support to help people experiencing homelessness | $1,500 |
| St Vincent de Paul Louisville | Louisville, KY | Provide financial support to serve individuals and families who are homeless and suffering from various situations. | $1,500 |
| Fhgr Inc | Louisville, KY | Provide funding for those suffering loss | $1,000 |
| Lesley and Rhyan Prather Foundation Corporation | Valley Station, KY | To provide financial support for the caring of women, children and families dealing with tragedies | $1,000 |
| Little Sisters of the Poor | Louisville, KY | To help serve the elderly poor in over 30 countries | $1,000 |
| Stutter Navigator Inc | Louisville, KY | Provide funds to help provide support for those in need of speech language therapy | $1,000 |
| The Queen's Daughters | Louisville, KY | To help support and serve the spiritual, social, and humanitarian needs of our community | $1,000 |
| Clout | Louisville, KY | Provide funding to help solve critical community problems | $500 |
| Middletown VFW Post 1170 | Louisville, KY | Provide funds to support connection, healing, recovery, housing assistance, and vocational training to veteran and first responder community | $500 |
| Flaget Alumni Association | Louisville, KY | Provide funding for needy and local area charities | $250 |
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $231,500 | 48 |
| 2024 | $229,750 | 38 |
| 2023 | $74,346 | 19 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2025, filed May 12, 2026 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202631329349100318
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 20-0520043
- Profile updated Nov 4, 2026
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