· Private foundation
Amb John Rakolta Jr and Terry L Rakolta Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2024 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k12 grants · $44k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $120k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
- $250k+1 grant · $710k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS | $709,806 |
| MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY | $50,000 |
| EVERGLADES FOUNDATION | $30,000 |
| THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES | $25,000 |
| BROTHER RICE HIGH SCHOOL | $25,000 |
| UNIVERSTY OF MICHIGAN - EVA FELDMAN | $20,000 |
| HENRY FORD HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| HOUSE OF HOUNDS USA | $10,000 |
| HEALTH CORPS INC | $5,000 |
| MICHIGAN HUMANE SOCIETY | $5,000 |
| GREAT LAKES CENTER OF THE ARTS | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| NATIONAL ALLIANCE EATING DISORDER | $5,000 |
| NEW DETROIT | $5,000 |
| KRACH INSTITUTE FOR TECH DIPLOMACY AT PURDUE | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY24–25, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, against an area that typically sits at 15%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 100% of Amb John Rakolta Jr and Terry L Rakolta Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 5% of the giving stays in FL; by stated purpose, 0%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $850 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MUMarquette University2× · 2024–2025 · $100k · revenue +12%
THE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC2× · 2024–2025 · $60k · revenue +44%- HIHEALTHCORPS INC2× · 2024–2025 · $10k · revenue +51%
Funded once
- DCDETROIT CATHOLIC CENTRALone grant, 2025 · $500
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2025 · $350
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.
Georgian court university (gcu), provides a comprehensive liberal arts education and is open to students of all faiths, delivers a curriculum that promotes scholarship, service, and personal development.
Michigan Colleges Alliance is a collective of excellent independent colleges and universities located throughout Michigan. MCA helps students pursue their educational goals by organizing on campus tours, funding scholarships and connecting…
The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…
(msh) saves lives and improves the health of the world's poorest (see schedule o) and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.
Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…
Seattle University is dedicated to educating the whole person, to professional formation, and to empowering leaders for a just and humane world.
Partners In Health (PIH) is a non-profit, global health organization that fights social injustice by bringing the benefits of modern medical science first and foremost to the most vulnerable communities worldwide. In Haiti, Malawi, Rwanda,…
The mission of the institute has remained constant since its founding in 1953. as its restated articles of incorporation state the primary purpose and objective of the howard hughes medical institute shall be the promotion of human…
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
Chartered by a unanimous act of congress, the museum is america's national institution for the documentation, study, interpretation, and education of holocaust history and serves as our country's memorial to the victims of the holocaust.…
To address organizational and personal biases within animal welfare. to bring diverse voices to animal welfare while also advocating for a more inclusive path to pet adoption. to use evidence-based tools, narratives and insights to inspire…
How this is measured
9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 20 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
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How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Amb John Rakolta Jr and Terry L Rakolta Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Amb John Rakolta Jr and Terry L Rakolta Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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