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Accepts applications
The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
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The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
Application policy: Accepts applications, as stated on the FY2025 return.
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
This is a count from past returns. It does not say the foundation will consider a new request. How it is counted: names are compared as written on the returns, without "The" at the start, without endings such as "Inc" or "LLC", and without spaces and punctuation. A recipient also counts as already listed when our records link it to the same organization as an earlier recipient, or when its name is almost the same as an earlier name (a trigram similarity of 0.8 or more, where 1 means identical). The state on the grant row is not compared. Grants that the foundation marked as paid to an individual, such as a scholarship, are left out of both numbers, and no count is shown when most of its grants are marked that way. A person whom the foundation did not mark as an individual is still counted as a recipient. A recipient can still look new when its name is written very differently from year to year, and two different recipients with almost the same name can be counted as one.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
No parsed e-filed return is on record for this organization yet, so year-by-year financials are not available.
Asset, income and revenue figures come from the IRS master file (the IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File), a coarse annual extract. Year-by-year figures appear once the organization's e-filed returns are in the database.
Recipient focus areas
Where recipients are
Based on the 25% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COPPER PEAK INCIRONWOOD, MI | FUNDS REDEVELOPMENT OF COPPER PEAK SKI JUMP. | $12,000 | 2017 | |
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed. Some links come from other funders' returns: when three or more of them wrote the same name and state with one EIN, and the city on this row matches, we use that EIN. The name on this row is still shown as this funder wrote it.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Nicklaus | PRESIDENT | 1.00 | $0 |
| Todd Nicklaus | VICE PRESIDENT AND TREASURER | 1.00 | $0 |
| Todd Nagel | SECRETARY | 1.00 | $0 |
| Michael Nicklaus | DIRECTOR | 0.50 | $0 |
| Tanner Nicklaus | DIRECTOR | 0.50 | $0 |
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
| SIGNAGE |
| $10,000 |
| 2023 |
| GREATER WAUSAU PROSPERITY PARTNERSHIPWAUSAU, WI | HISTORIC DEPOT RESTORATION PROJECT | $10,000 | 2025 |
| MARQUETTE UNIVERSITYMILWAUKEE, WI | E-LEAD - ENGINEERING EDUCATION PROGRAM. | $10,000 | 2017 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE WAUSAU AREAWAUSAU, WI | PRAIRIE RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL SITE | $10,000 | 2024 |
| ST NORBERT COLLEGEDEPERE, WI | SCHOLARSHIP. | $10,000 | 2017 |
| ASPIRUS HEALTH FOUNDATIONWAUSAU, WI | FAMILY HOUSE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN | $10,000 | 2023 |
| YMCA OF MARQUETTE COUNTYMatched to this organization because 3 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2023. Counted Oct 9, 2026.MARQUETTE, MI | FIELD HOUSE CAMPAIGN | $10,000 | 2025 |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSINWAUSAU, WI | COVID-19 RESPONSE FUND | $10,000 | 2020 |
| MCDEVCOWAUSAU, WI | COVID-19 FUND | $10,000 | 2020 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSSBOONE, IA | HURRICANE IAN RELIEF | $10,000 | 2022 |
| ASPIRUS HEALTH FOUNDATIONWAUSAU, WI | CAPITAL CAMPAIGN | $10,000 | 2022 |
| GUARDIAN ANGELS FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONSCAPE CORAL, FL | ACCESSIBLE EXERCISE EQUIPMENT | $10,000 | 2024 |
| HOWARD YOUNG FOUNDATION INCMINOCQUA, WI | LAKELAND STAR ACADEMY | $10,000 | 2021 |
| WISCONSIN VFW FOUNDATION INCCAMP DOUGLAS, WI | NORTHWOODS VETERANS POST | $10,000 | 2024 |
| WISCONSIN VFW FOUNDATION INCCAMP DOUGLAS, WI | NORTHWOODS VETERANS POST | $10,000 | 2022 |
| WISCONSIN VFW FOUNDATION INCCAMP DOUGLAS, WI | NORTHWOODS VETERANS POST | $10,000 | 2021 |
| MAIN STREET CALUMETCALUMET, MI | FARMERS MARKET COLLECTIVE | $10,000 | 2022 |
| LEIGH YAWKEY WOODSON ART MUSEUMWAUSAU, WI | EXHIBIT DONATION | $10,000 | 2020 |
| ST NORBERT COLLEGEDEPERE, WI | SCHOLARSHIP. | $10,000 | 2018 |
| FIREBIRD FOUNDATIONMINOCQUA, WI | NINJA WARRIOR COURSE AND TECH ED EXPANSIONS | $10,000 | 2025 |
| YMCA OF MARQUETTE COUNTYMatched to this organization because 3 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2023. Counted Oct 9, 2026.MARQUETTE, MI | DONATION FOR FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS | $10,000 | 2018 |
| ASPIRUS HEALTH FOUNDATIONWAUSAU, WI | HOSPICE HOUSE | $10,000 | 2023 |
| MARQUETTE UNIVERSITYMILWAUKEE, WI | E-LEAD - ENGINEERING EDUCATION PROGRAM. | $10,000 | 2020 |
| YMCA OF MARQUETTE COUNTYMatched to this organization because 3 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2023. Counted Oct 9, 2026.MARQUETTE, MI | DONATION FOR FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS | $10,000 | 2017 |
Nearest by size, location and giving pattern in the database. Geography weighs heavily. Treat it as a starting list, not a ranking of fit.