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Lucy D Nisbet Charitable Fund

Accepts applications Dallas, Texas · EIN 066519058

Lucy D Nisbet Charitable Fund is a private foundation in Dallas, Texas. In tax year 2024 it gave $155,000 in 21 grants; the typical grant was $7,500 and the largest $12,500. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was down from $160,000 the year before.

38% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$160,00016$4.2 million
2024$155,00021$4.5 million

How to apply

ContactBank of America
101 E River Dr, East Hartford, CT 06108
Phone or email(860) 244-4870
What to submitwww.bankofamerica.com/grantmaking

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Lucy D Nisbet Charitable Fund funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 2 states, the most to Vermont.

StateGrantsAmount
Vermont20$150,000
Massachusetts1$5,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 21 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Cots - Committee on Temporary Shelter
Burlington, VT
Unrestricted general$12,500
Central Vermont Adult Basic Education
Barre, VT
Unrestricted general$10,000
Steps to End Domestic Violence
Burlington, VT
Unrestricted general$10,000
Woodstock Area Council on Aging
Woodstock, VT
Unrestricted general$10,000
Hunger Free Vermont
South Burlington, VT
Unrestricted general$10,000
Aware
Hardwick, VT
Unrestricted general$10,000
Vermont Works for Women
Winooski, VT
Unrestricted general$10,000
Governors Institutes of Vermont
Winooski, VT
Unrestricted general$7,500
Resource
Burlington, VT
Unrestricted general$7,500
Womens' Dismas House
Rutland, VT
Unrestricted general$7,500
Audubon Vermont
Huntington, VT
Unrestricted general$7,500
Easter Seals of Vermont
Barre, VT
Unrestricted general$7,500
Lund Family Center
Burlington, VT
Unrestricted general$5,000
Camp Thorpe
Goshen, VT
Unrestricted general$5,000
Vermont Symphony Orchestra
Burlington, VT
Unrestricted general$5,000
Community Sailing Center
Burlington, VT
Unrestricted general$5,000
Connecticut River Conservancy
Greenfield, MA
Unrestricted general$5,000
Reinbow Riding Center
Shrewsbury, VT
Unrestricted general$5,000
Pathways Vermont
S Burlington, VT
Unrestricted general$5,000
The Safety Team
S Burlington, VT
Unresticted general support$5,000
Sharing Housing
E Dummerston, VT
Unrestricted general$5,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Lucy D Nisbet Charitable Fund accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Lucy D Nisbet Charitable Fund give?

$155,000 in tax year 2024, across 21 grants, with a typical grant of $7,500.

Who runs Lucy D Nisbet Charitable Fund?

Its 2024 filing lists Bank of America (Trustee) and Ward Cleary Esq (Co-Trustee).

What does Lucy D Nisbet Charitable Fund fund?

Based on its grants, mainly housing and homelessness, human services and environment and conservation.

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