Private foundation · Daly City, CA
Thelma Doelger Charitable Trust
Typical grant size
$5K – $8K – $25K
25th · median · 75th percentile
Unique recipients
23
Repeat grantees
22
funded 2+ years
Application procedures · from 2024 990-PF
DeadlinesTHERE ARE NO SUBMISSION DEADLINES.
ContactJOHN NICOLAI · 6507552333
MaterialsTHE ATTACHED GRANT APPLICATION FORM REFLECTS ALL REQUIREMENTS. SEE ATTACHMENT 32 application form for grants.
RestrictionsAWARDS ARE LIMITED TO CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS OPERATING WITHIN CALIFORNIA AND SUBJECT TO JURISDICTION OF ITS ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Leadership · from 2024 990-PF
John F Nicolai
TRUSTEE
$71K
Claudette M Nicolai
TRUSTEE
$71K
Charles E Cross
TRUSTEE
$25K
John R Violet
TRUSTEE
$57K
D Eugene Richard
TRUSTEE
$12K
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part VII. Officers, directors, and trustees as reported by the foundation.
Payout rate · TY 2024
8.0%
grants paid ÷ assets · ~5% IRS minimum
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24
233
Total grants awarded
$5.3M
Total amount
$23K
Average grant
$145K
Largest grant
Giving by year
2024
$730K
35 grants
2023
$780K
34 grants
2022
$785K
32 grants
2021
$785K
33 grants
2020
$784K
33 grants
2019
$734K
33 grants
2018
$734K
33 grants
Top recipients
Dr Norman Shumway Endowed Family of Funds
7 grants · CA
$915K
7 grants · CA · ✓ Exact match
$525K
San Francisco Spca
7 grants · CA
$525K
7 grants · CA · ≈ likely match
$525K
7 grants · CA · ≈ likely match
$465K
6 grants · CA · ✓ Exact match
$330K
7 grants · CA · ≈ likely match
$250K
7 grants · CA · ✓ Exact match
$230K
7 grants · CA · ✓ Exact match
$200K
Curi Odyssey (formerly Coyote Point Museum)
7 grants · CA
$175K
Recipient names are as reported on the 990-PF. ✓ Exact match = EIN matched to IRS records by exact name + state; ≈ likely match = EIN inferred from a closely similar name. The recipient EIN is never stated on the form — it is DoubleNine’s match.
Recent grants · most recent filings first
Dr Norman Shumway Endowed Family of Funds
Charitable Contribution to support charity's mission to improve patient health through continual scientific innovation, …
CA · TY 2024
$145K
Marin Humane Society
Charitable Contribution to support charity's mission to improve the lives of animals and people through advocacy, educat…
CA · TY 2024
$75K
Peninsula Humane Society
Charitable Contribution to support charity's mission to support humane service to needy animals
CA · TY 2024
$75K
San Francisco Spca
Charitable Contribution to support charity's mission to save and protect animals, and provide care and treatment
CA · TY 2024
$75K
St Anthony's Foundation
Charitable Contribution to support charity's mission to provide shelter, housing, meals, medical care, clothing and furn…
CA · TY 2024
$40K
Marine Mammal Center
Charitable Contribution to support charity's mission to expand knowledge about marine mammals and inspire their global c…
CA · TY 2024
$40K
Samaritan House
Charitable Contribution to support charity's mission to provide services to help meet the essential daily needs of low-i…
CA · TY 2024
$30K
Meals on Wheels of San Francisco
Charitable Contribution to support charity's mission to provide isolated homebound seniors in San Francisco with nutriti…
CA · TY 2024
$25K
Curi Odyssey (formerly Coyote Point Museum)
Charitable Contribution to support charity's mission to help children acquire the tools to deeply understand the changin…
CA · TY 2024
$25K
Supporters of the Doelger Senior Center
Charitable Contribution to support charity's mission to improve the quality of life for seniors and adults in Daly City …
CA · TY 2024
$25K
All May See Foundation
All May See is dedicated to curing and preventing blindness, serious eye diseases, and visual impairment so that everyon…
CA · TY 2024
$15K
San Mateo County Health Foundation
Charitable Contribution to support charity's mission to promote and champion the health and well being of all residents …
CA · TY 2024
$10K
Daly City Youth Health Center
Charitable Contribution to support charity's mission to provide services that support young people's mental and physical…
CA · TY 2024
$10K
Mid-peninsula Boys & Girls Club Inc
Charitable Contribution to support charity's mission to inspire and enable all young people to reach their full potentia…
CA · TY 2024
$10K
Alive & Free
Charitable Contribution to support youth people unharmed by violence, and free from incarceration.
CA · TY 2024
$10K
Girl Scouts of Northern California
Charitable Contribution to support charity's mission to build girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the w…
CA · TY 2024
$10K
Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco
Charitable Contribution to support charity's mission to build courage, confidence, and character who make the world a be…
CA · TY 2024
$10K
Humane Society Wildlife Land Trust
Charitable Contribution to support charity's mission to celebrate and protect wild animals by creating permanent sanctua…
DC · TY 2024
$10K
Salvation Army
Charitable Contribution to support charity's mission to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His…
CA · TY 2024
$8K
Police Athletic League of Daly City
Charitable Contribution to support charity's mission to help the youth through healthy athletics
CA · TY 2024
$8K
California Academy of Sciences
Charitable Contribution to support charity's mission to explore, explain, and sustain life on Earth
CA · TY 2024
$5K
Caminar
Charitable Contribution to support charity's mission to provide community-based services for adults with disabilities an…
CA · TY 2024
$5K
Star Vista - Youth & Family Enrichment Services
Charitable Contribution to support charity's mission to strengthen communities by empowering children, youth, adults and…
CA · TY 2024
$5K
Landpaths
Charitable Contribution to support charity's mission to foster a love of the land in Sonoma County
CA · TY 2024
$5K
Peninsula Family Service
Charitable Contribution to support charity's mission to strengthen and maintain local families
CA · TY 2024
$5K
San Francisco Suicide Prevention
Charitable Contribution to support charity's mission to provide emotional support, education, assistance and interventio…
CA · TY 2024
$5K
Larkin Street Youth Services
Larkin Street Youth Services' mission is to create a continuum of services that inspires youth to move beyond the street…
CA · TY 2024
$5K
San Mateo County Historical Association
Charitable Contribution to support charity's mission to enrich, excite and educate through understanding, preserving and…
CA · TY 2024
$5K
Daly City Public Library
Charitable Contribution to support charity's mission to provide residents in Daly City with access to a variety of books
CA · TY 2024
$5K
Peninsula Association for Retarded Childrenadults
Charitable Contribution to support charity's mission to enrich the lives of people with developmental disabilities and t…
CA · TY 2024
$5K
The San Francisco-marin Food Bank
The San Francisco-Marin Food Bank's mission is to end hunger in San Francisco and Marin.
CA · TY 2024
$5K
YMCA Camp Jones Gulch
Charitable Contribution to support charity's mission to ensure that kids of all ages, and families of all configurations…
CA · TY 2024
$5K
Pacific Skyline Council Boy Scouts of America
Charitable Contribution to support charity's mission to build stronger family bonds and help youth reach their full pote…
CA · TY 2024
$5K
San Francisco Bay Area Boy Scouts of America
Charitable Contribution to support charity's mission to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over thei…
CA · TY 2024
$5K
Operation Santa Claus
Charitable Contribution to support charity's mission to spread the good cheer of Santa.
CA · TY 2024
$5K
Dr Norman Shumway Endowed Family of Funds
Charitable Contribution to support charity's mission to improve patient health through continual scientific innovation, …
CA · TY 2023
$135K
San Francisco Spca
Charitable Contribution to support charity's mission to save and protect animals, and provide care and treatment
CA · TY 2023
$75K
Marin Humane Society
Charitable Contribution to support charity's mission to improve the lives of animals and people through advocacy, educat…
CA · TY 2023
$75K
Peninsula Humane Society
Charitable Contribution to support charity's mission to support humane service to needy animals
CA · TY 2023
$75K
San Francisco Zoological Society
Charitable Contribution to support charity's mission to connect people with wildlife, inspire caring for nature and adva…
CA · TY 2023
$55K
Supporters of the Doelger Senior Center
Charitable Contribution to support charity's mission to improve the quality of life for seniors and adults in Daly City …
CA · TY 2023
$50K
St Anthony's Foundation
Charitable Contribution to support charity's mission to provide shelter, housing, meals, medical care, clothing and furn…
CA · TY 2023
$40K
Marine Mammal Center
Charitable Contribution to support charity's mission to expand knowledge about marine mammals and inspire their global c…
CA · TY 2023
$40K
Samaritan House
Charitable Contribution to support charity's mission to provide services to help meet the essential daily needs of low-i…
CA · TY 2023
$30K
Curi Odyssey (formerly Coyote Point Museum)
Charitable Contribution to support charity's mission to help children acquire the tools to deeply understand the changin…
CA · TY 2023
$25K
Meals on Wheels of San Francisco
Charitable Contribution to support charity's mission to provide isolated homebound seniors in San Francisco with nutriti…
CA · TY 2023
$25K
Girl Scouts of Northern California
Charitable Contribution to support charity's mission to build girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the w…
CA · TY 2023
$10K
Daly City Youth Health Center
Charitable Contribution to support charity's mission to provide services that support young people's mental and physical…
CA · TY 2023
$10K
Alive & Free
Charitable Contribution to support youth people unharmed by violence, and free from incarceration.
CA · TY 2023
$10K
Mid-peninsula Boys & Girls Club Inc
Charitable Contribution to support charity's mission to inspire and enable all young people to reach their full potentia…
CA · TY 2023
$10K
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV. Up to 50 most recent grants shown.