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Kevin and Holly Ricklefs Family Foundation at a glance

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Kevin and Holly Ricklefs Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$30k
Granted FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.

International$26kEducation$22kPhilanthropy$20kPublic Safety & Disaster$15kEnvironment$13kHuman Services$6kHealth$6kArts & Culture$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$941k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$5,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$3,000
PG CHAMBER SCHOOL$2,500
SAVE THE CHILDREN$2,496
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY IMMIGRANT LEGAL DEF$1,500
DIRECT RELIEF$1,500
Individual grant recipient$1,500
AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION$1,500
LOTUS LAND BOTANICAL GARDENS$1,288
ST GEORGE MUSICAL THEATER$1,000
WILDFIRE RESEARCH CENTER$1,000
SAVE THE BAY$1,000
RISE UP SCHOOL OF DANCE$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
UTAH FOOD BANK$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY23–23, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AMERICAN INDIAN SERVICES: $2k → 8%THE ROAD HOME: $1k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
TN
DC
HI
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

57%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$74k · 20 repeat orgs$56k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +10% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
32

Total granted

$74k
$46k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+10%
0%

Still filing today

55%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’23’24’25
InternationalArts & CultureHuman ServicesEnvironmentHealthAnimalsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $12k · revenue +36%
  • Save The Children Federation Inc
    3× · 2023–2025 · $7k · revenue +0%
  • PC
    PG CHAMBERS SCHOOL
    3× · 2023–2025 · $7k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • IR
    International Rescue Committee INC
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -2%
  • JD
    JUAN DIEGO CHS TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRA
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • UT
    UNICEF - TURKEYSYRIA RELIEF
    one grant, 2023 · $4k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
2
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
3
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
4
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
5
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
6
Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah

Heal utah's mission is to protect utah's environment and its people by promoting clean air, clean energy, and comprehensive solutions to radioactive and toxic waste.

Environment
7
Ocean Conservancy

Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.

Environment
8
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
9
Oceana Inc

To advocate for policy changes by governments and corporations in order to preserve ocean life and return the oceans to their former abundance.

Environment
10
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
11
Rainforest Foundation Inc

The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.

Environment
12
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Medical Mission Board Inc; the most unlike its peers is Making a Difference Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

29 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. 29 of the 60 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/29
Grantees still filing
19/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DAN PLACE SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $10,000 · OtherDAN PLACE SCHOLARSHIP FUNDPG CHAMBERS SCHOOL: $6,500 · OtherPG CHAMBERS SCHOOLJUAN DIEGO CHS TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRA: $5,000 · OtherJUAN DIEGO CHS TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUNICEF - TURKEYSYRIA RELIEF: $4,000 · OtherLOTUS LAND BOTANICAL GARDENS: $3,788 · OtherUTAH FOOD BANK: $3,000 · Other+33 more: $39,003 · Other+33 moreWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $11,500 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INCSave The Children Federation Inc: $7,496 · InternationalSave The Children Federati…International Rescue Committee INC: $5,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue Commi…UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $3,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNI…CATHOLIC MEDICAL MISSION BOARD INC: $2,000 · InternationalCATHOLIC MEDICAL MISSION B…DIRECT RELIEF: $2,000 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEF+1 more: $257 · InternationalEAST BAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3,000 · PhilanthropyMAKING A DIFFERENCE FOUNDATION: $3,000 · PhilanthropyHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,000 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION: $4,565 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC: $500 · HealthAmerican Indian Services: $2,000 · Human ServicesRESCUE MISSION OF SALT LAKE INC: $1,809 · Human ServicesTHE ROAD HOME: $1,000 · Human ServicesSave The Bay: $4,000 · EnvironmentUTAH OPEN LANDS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC: $500 · EnvironmentRISE UP SCHOOL OF DANCE: $3,000 · Arts & CultureST GEORGE MUSICAL THEATER: $1,000 · Arts & CulturePIERRE CLAEYSSENS VETERANS FOUNDATION: $500 · Arts & Culture
Other$76,291International$31,253Philanthropy$8,000Health$5,065Human Services$4,809Environment$4,500Arts & Culture$4,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $11,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $7,496 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPG CHAMBERS SCHOOL: $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION: $4,565 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Bay: $4,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUTAH FOOD BANK: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRISE UP SCHOOL OF DANCE: $3,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetEAST BAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMAKING A DIFFERENCE FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCATHOLIC MEDICAL MISSION BOARD INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Indian Services: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFoodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRESCUE MISSION OF SALT LAKE INC: $1,809 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWildfire Research Center: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGLOBAL EMPOWERMENT MISSION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ROAD HOME: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIERRA CLUB: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF SOUTHERN UTAH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetUTAH OPEN LANDS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ACCESS FUND: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPIERRE CLAEYSSENS VETERANS FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.6% of budget
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.

  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
  • Who funds PG CHAMBERS SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Save The Bay ↗
  • Who funds UTAH FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
  • Who funds RISE UP SCHOOL OF DANCE ↗
  • Who funds EAST BAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC MEDICAL MISSION BOARD INC ↗
  • Who funds American Indian Services ↗
  • Who funds DIRECT RELIEF ↗
  • Who funds Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc ↗
  • Who funds HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds RESCUE MISSION OF SALT LAKE INC ↗
  • Who funds Wildfire Research Center ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL EMPOWERMENT MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds ST GEORGE MUSICAL THEATER ↗

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.

American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Endowment FoundationOH9.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Kevin and Holly Ricklefs Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kevin and Holly Ricklefs Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Global Empowerment Mission Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to Kevin and Holly Ricklefs Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Kevin and Holly Ricklefs Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 60 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home