· Private foundation
Ran & Carol Ricks Family Foundation
Its FY2024 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 2021.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2021
- Under $10k3 grants · $15k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PIVOT INC | $50,000 |
| SMART START OF CENTRAL OK | $10,000 |
| POSITIVE TOMORROWS | $5,000 |
| PEPPERS RANCH | $5,000 |
| SPECIAL CARE INC | $5,000 |
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 (FY18–21, $108k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
6 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2021, 2 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (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 FY2021, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
PIVOT INC3× · 2019–2021 · $70k · revenue +227%- PTPOSITIVE TOMORROWS INC2× · 2020–2021 · $10k · revenue +82%
SMILE TRAIN INC2× · 2017–2018 · $2k · revenue +19%
Funded once
- AHAmerican Heart Association Incgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $4k · revenue +26%
- CCCITY CARE INCgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue +82%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $1k
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.
To prevent child abuse and neglect through education, treatment, and advocacy. the parent child center of tulsa (pcct) has been serving the tulsa community and surrounding areas since 1990. in 2024, pcct served more than 96,000 infants,…
To improve school readiness outcomes in oklahoma.
Located in kitale, kenya, the precious kids center ("pkc") serves children with disabilities to provide the support they need to learn, grow, and reach their full potential. each child is cared for according to their individual needs.…
Phoenix children's hospital foundation supports phoenix children's hospital through fundraising ensuring that the hospital continues to stay on the leading edge of pediatric medicine and is equipped to fulfill its mission to advance hope,…
The children's home of pittsburgh, established in 1893, is an independent, non-profit licensed organization whose purpose is to promote the health and well-being of infants and children through services which establish and strengthen the…
To provide children and youth in arizona a safe environment, free from abuse and neglect, by creating strong and successful families.
Peaceful family solutions dba peaceful family oklahoma (pfo) offers free trauma-informed, age-appropriate, evidence-based, hope-centered programs through day camp and school-based models for children aged 4-18. a key component of the…
New hope teaches children of prisoners to become positive, productive, contributing members of society. we do this by providing after school programs, weekend retreats, holiday parties and summer camps to children who have or have had a…
Partnering for safe and healthy communities.
Orlando health is a trusted leader inspiring hope through the advancement of health. our mission as a community-owned organization is to improve the health and quality of life of the individuals and communities we serve.
Our mission is to build brighter futures for children and adults with disabilities by providing comprehensive medical, therapeutic, educational, and vocational services.
Oklahoma children and youth coalition, inc. was established in 2012 to create programs and projects for children, youth and their families and those who support them. we worect to mental health, social and intellectual development, and…
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 11 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.
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: Communities Foundation of Oklahoma · Rainbolt Family Foundation · Wegener Foundation Inc · Sarkeys Foundation · The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation · Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc · Aaron & Gertrude Karchmer Memorial Foundation · Wilshire Charitable Foundation · Fred Jones Family Foundation · The Merrick Foundation · Cresap Family Foundation · Harris Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Ran & Carol Ricks Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ran & Carol Ricks Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Pivot Inc: 2% of income from government
- Special Care Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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