· Private foundation
Paul and Takako Richards 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, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE JOYCE THEATER | $5,000 |
| JACOB'S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL | $5,000 |
| THE PHYSICIANS FOUNDATION | $4,000 |
| METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART | $4,000 |
| BUGLISI DANCE THEATER (TRESHOLD DANCE PROJECT INC) | $3,500 |
| WEILL CORNELL MEDICINE | $3,000 |
| PERFORMANCE GARAGE | $3,000 |
| MAYO CLINIC | $2,500 |
| PORTLAND OPERA REPERTORY THEATRE | $2,000 |
| RIVERSIDE PARK CONSERVANCY | $1,500 |
| PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL | $1,500 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MUSEUM OF ART | $1,000 |
| METROPOLITAN OPERA ASSOCIATION | $1,000 |
| PARKINSON RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $500 |
| DISABLE AMERICAN VETERANS | $100 |
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 (FY18–25, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 6% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
59 repeat relationships: 45 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TVTHE VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC5× · 2020–2024 · $19k · revenue +64%
- MMMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART6× · 2017–2025 · $14k · revenue +58%
- CPCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC5× · 2017–2022 · $12k · revenue +76%
Funded once
- EBEDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING CORP-CH 13one grant, 2019 · $10k
WNETone grant, 2017 · $6k · revenue -15%
PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +109%
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.
Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.
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;…
Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.
Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…
Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.
Brightfocus foundation funds exceptional research worldwide to defeat alzheimer's disease, macular degeneration, and glaucoma and provides expert information on these heartbreaking diseases. please refer to schedule o for a complete…
Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.
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."
The climate institute is organized for the purpose of educating the general public and policy makers as to the gravity of potential climate change, exploring the policy implications of the latest scientific findings on climate modelling…
Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…
Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.
The mission of lowell observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach…
How this is measured
55 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. 55 of the 106 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.
- Who funds THE VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC ↗
- Who funds GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
- Who funds RIVERSIDE PARK CONSERVANCY INC ↗
- Who funds PERFORMANCE GARAGE INC ↗
- Who funds WNET ↗
- Who funds FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds JACOB'S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL INC ↗
- Who funds PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
- Who funds Metropolitan Opera Association Inc ↗
- Who funds Threshold Dance Projects Inc ↗
- Who funds Parkinson Research Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
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: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Paul and Takako Richards Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Paul and Takako Richards Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inc: 1% of income from government
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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