Funder directory Wisconsin NELSON & VERA HICKS CHARITABLE FDN

Private foundation · MADISON, WI · EIN 391582654

NELSON & VERA HICKS CHARITABLE FDN

✓ Accepts unsolicited applications

Typical grant

$1,100–$12,000

median $5,000

Giving (latest FY)

$259,000

42 grants · FY2025

Assets

$7,480,402

gives in WI, IL

Human services · 57%Religion · 22%Food & agriculture · 7%Mutual benefit · 4%
How to apply — from their own filing

Application form & materials: INFORMAL

Deadlines: NONE

Restrictions: CHURCHES,CHARITABLE,SCIENTIFIC & EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS PREFERABLY LOCATED IN BEAVER DAM, WISCONSIN

Contact: JOHN KARSTEN · 4 FOND DU LAC STREET, WAUPUN, WI, 53963 · 9203248658

Recent grants (from FY2025 filing)
Grantee Purpose Amount
YMCA OF DODGE COUNTY · BEAVER DAM, WI GENERAL FUNDING $26,000
ST AMBROSE ACADEMY · MADISON, WI GENERAL FUNDING $20,000
CHURCH HEALTH SERVICES · BEAVER DAM, WI ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT CAMPAIGN $15,000
BEAVER DAM SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION · BEAVER DAM, WI SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS $12,500
GREEN VALLEY ENTERPRISES & ALZHEIMER UNIT · BEAVER DAM, WI GENERAL FUNDING - ALZHEIMERS UNIT $12,000
MADISON AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE · MADISON, WI SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS $12,000
MORAINE PARK TECHNICAL COLLEGE · BEAVER DAM, WI GENERAL FUNDING $12,000
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION CANCER CENTER · MADISON, WI RESEARCH FUNDING $5,000
WORLD ORPHAN FUND · RANDOLPH, WI GENERAL FUNDING $10,000

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file disclosure, fiscal year 2025 (public record under 26 U.S.C. §6104). Filings lag by their nature — verify current priorities and procedures with the foundation before applying. Represent this foundation and see an error? Tell us with the correction and source filing.