North Carolina · Private foundation
Grace Richardson Fund
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.
- $139k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $125,450
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Grace Richardson Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $134k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $48k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $62k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $49k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $32k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $18k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $5k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $18k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Reason Foundation | $238,241 | 5 | 1% |
| American Conservation Coalition Action Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 13% |
| Tholos Foundation | $28,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Students for Liberty Inc | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Arei Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Earth Day Texas Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| R Street Institute | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New Civil Liberties Alliance | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rocky Mountain Institute | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Reason Foundation | $238,241 | 5 | 1% |
| American Conservation Coalition Action Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 13% |
| Tholos Foundation | $28,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Students for Liberty Inc | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Arei Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Earth Day Texas Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| R Street Institute | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New Civil Liberties Alliance | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rocky Mountain Institute | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Conservative Coalition for Climate Solutions | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Colorado Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($24k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Grace Richardson Fund supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Atlas Economic Research Foundation · Charles Koch Foundation · Donors Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Grace Richardson Fund
- How much does Grace Richardson Fund give?
- Grace Richardson Fund reported 4 grants totaling $139,450 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Grace Richardson Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Benefit (72%), Environment (13%), Philanthropy (9%).
- Who are Grace Richardson Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Reason Foundation ($238k), American Conservation Coalition Action Inc ($30k), Tholos Foundation ($29k).
- Does Grace Richardson Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Grace Richardson Fund accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Grace Richardson Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Atlas Economic Research Foundation, Charles Koch Foundation, Donors Trust Inc.
- Where is Grace Richardson Fund based?
- Grace Richardson Fund is based in NC.
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