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Radke Family Foundation at a glance

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Radke Family Foundation

Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$126k
Granted FY2026still arriving
7
Grants FY2026still arriving
3
States reached
$64k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$451kHuman Services$182kHealth$8kEnvironment$4kPhilanthropy$2kReligion$2kEducation$2kFood & Nutrition$2kOther$0
02FY2026 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k4 grants · $9k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $54k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $64k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$2k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ARIZONA THEATRE CO$63,500
FOX TUCSON THEATRE$33,750
PENUBSCOT THEATRE COMPANY$20,000
STONINGTON OPERA HOUSE$5,000
MISC 500 OR LESS$1,500
BROOKLYN ME FIRE CO$1,000
NATIONAL PARK SERVICES$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $182k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%MERCY CENTERSISTERS ACADEMY: $67k → 6%MERCY CENTERSISTERS ACADEMY: $40k → 6%MERCY CENTERSISTERS ACADEMY: $39k → 6%MERCY CENTERSISTERS ACADEMY: $25k → 6%MERCY CENTERSISTERS ACADEMY: $11k → 6%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.
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$736k · 9 repeat orgs$48k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2026, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
13

Total granted

$736k
$47k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+17%

Still filing today

44%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25’26
Arts & CultureEducationHealthHuman ServicesFood & NutritionEnvironmentOther
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

  • MC
    MERCY CENTER CORPORATION
    5× · 2021–2025 · $182k · revenue +567%
  • PT
    PENOBSCOT THEATRE COMPANY
    4× · 2023–2026 · $55k · revenue +37%
  • WH
    WALNUT HILL CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $7k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • CB
    COUNT BASIE THEATRE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue +91%
  • TR
    TWO RIVER THEATRE
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • TB
    THE BLUE HILL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL NORTHERN LIGHT BLUE HILL HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2025 · $7k · revenue 0%
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
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
2
Morristown-Beard School

Morristown beard school is an educational college preparatory school in grades 6 to 12 located in morristown, new jersey.

Education
3
Kennebunk Land Trust

Kennebunk Land Trust's mission is to permanently conserve and steward land to benefit natural and human communities.

Environment
4
Saint Anselm College

Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…

Education
5
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
6
Kennebunk Free Library Association

To inspire and enable our communities to discover, learn and connect.

—
7
Broadway By the Bay

To inspire, educate, and engage the community and local talent through the power of musical theater.

—
8
Monterey Peninsula Ballet Theatre Corp

Fostering the passion and development of local youth through the performing arts, where talents and life skills may grow in an inspiring and nurturing environment.

Arts & Culture
9
Save Barnegat Bay Inc

Our mission is to restore and protect barnegat bay and its ecosystem. we advance our mission by being a strong and independent voice for the bay throughout the watershed, including all of ocean and part of monmouth counties. we do this…

Environment
10
Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc

The nantucket conservation foundation owns, protects, and stewards over 9,000 acres of land and coastal shoreline, conserves nantucket's rare and significant natural resources, and engages in impactful ecological research to inform…

Environment
11
Bristol Riverside Theatre Co Inc

To engage audiences and artists alike with exceptional performances, inspired writing and superior productions that motivate us to think harder, to feel more deeply, to laugh more fully and to reflect on ourselves and the world in which we…

Arts & Culture
12
Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems

The northeastern regional association of coastal and ocean observing systems' (neracoos) mission is to produce, integrate and communicate high-quality information that helps ensure safety, economic and environmental resilience, and…

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Walnut Hill Center for the Arts Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Blue Hill Memorial Hospital Northern Light Blue Hill Hospital. 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

11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 23 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
9/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ARIZONA THEATRE CO: $286,000 · OtherARIZONA THEATRE COFOX TUCSON THEATRE: $167,250 · OtherFOX TUCSON THEATRESTONINGTON OPERA HOUSE: $30,000 · OtherSTONINGTON OPERA HOUSE+11 more: $28,626 · Other+11 moreMERCY CENTER CORPORATION: $182,165 · Human ServicesMERCY CENTER CORPORATIONPENOBSCOT THEATRE COMPANY: $55,000 · Arts & CulturePENOBSCOT …COUNT BASIE THEATRE INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureCOUNT BASI…WALNUT HILL CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $7,000 · EducationKIMBALL UNION ACADEMY: $2,000 · EducationTHE BLUE HILL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL NORTHERN LIGHT BLUE HILL HOSPITAL: $7,000 · HealthHOPE SHEDS LIGHT INC: $1,000 · HealthLUNCH BREAK INC: $1,500 · Food & NutritionCLEAN OCEAN ACTION INC: $1,000 · Environment
Other$511,876Human Services$182,165Arts & Culture$70,000Education$9,000Health$8,000Food & Nutrition$1,500Environment$1,000

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 budgetMERCY CENTER CORPORATION: $182,165 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetPENOBSCOT THEATRE COMPANY: $55,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetCOUNT BASIE THEATRE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWALNUT HILL CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BLUE HILL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL NORTHERN LIGHT BLUE HILL HOSPITAL: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKIMBALL UNION ACADEMY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOVE THY NEIGHBOR: $2,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetLUNCH BREAK INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCLEAN OCEAN ACTION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE SHEDS LIGHT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 MERCY CENTER CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds PENOBSCOT THEATRE COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds COUNT BASIE THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds WALNUT HILL CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BLUE HILL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL NORTHERN LIGHT BLUE HILL HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds KIMBALL UNION ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds LOVE THY NEIGHBOR ↗
  • Who funds LUNCH BREAK INC ↗
  • Who funds CLEAN OCEAN ACTION INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HOPE SHEDS LIGHT 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.

New Jersey Natural Ga…Manasquan Bank Charit…Oceanfirst FoundationMorgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
New Jersey Natural Gas Company Charity IncNJ15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: New Jersey Natural Gas Company Charity Inc · Manasquan Bank Charitable Foundation Inc · Oceanfirst Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Radke Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Radke Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Mercy Center Corporation: 21% of income from government
  • Hope Sheds Light Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Lunch Break Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Count Basie Theatre Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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.

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 23 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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