Virginia · Private foundation
Rackham Foundation Limited
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.
- $161k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $72,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 8% of the organizations Rackham Foundation Limited 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; $1k 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 | 15 | $159k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $207k | 8% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $260k | 23% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $120k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $101k | 53% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $22k | 78% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $14k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $161k | 50% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Sheffield in America Inc | $1,263,618 | 9 | 20% |
| Resolution Systems Institute | $187,812 | 4 | 10% |
| Brem Foundation to Defeat Breast Cancer | $19,400 | 5 | 0% |
| The Clifton Institute Inc | $10,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Freedom House | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pro Publica Inc | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Center for Science in the Public Interest | $6,750 | 9 | 0% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American University | $5,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Sheffield in America Inc | $1,263,618 | 9 | 20% |
| Resolution Systems Institute | $187,812 | 4 | 10% |
| Brem Foundation to Defeat Breast Cancer | $19,400 | 5 | 0% |
| The Clifton Institute Inc | $10,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Freedom House | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pro Publica Inc | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Center for Science in the Public Interest | $6,750 | 9 | 0% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American University | $5,000 | 4 | 0% |
| National Public Radio Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United States Association for UNHCR | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wikimedia Foundation Inc | $2,701 | 3 | 0% |
| Cosmos Club Foundation | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Pbs Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Blue Swallow Farm Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The American College of Construction Lawyers Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Inova Health System Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Bar Association | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| International Documentary Foundation Inc | $180 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($149k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Rackham Foundation Limited 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.
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How this is measured
About Rackham Foundation Limited
- How much does Rackham Foundation Limited give?
- Rackham Foundation Limited reported 16 grants totaling $161,143 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Rackham Foundation Limited fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (76%), Crime & Legal (11%), Community Improvement (4%).
- Who are Rackham Foundation Limited's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Sheffield in America Inc ($1.3M), Resolution Systems Institute ($188k), Brem Foundation to Defeat Breast Cancer ($19k).
- Does Rackham Foundation Limited fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Rackham Foundation Limited 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 Rackham Foundation Limited?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Rackham Foundation Limited based?
- Rackham Foundation Limited is based in VA.
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