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Rice Family 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.

$690k
Granted FY2025still arriving
70
Grants FY2025still arriving
17
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$1.2MReligion$751kEnvironment$686kHuman Services$657kHealth$544kArts & Culture$530kRecreation & Sports$403kAnimals$147kOther$0
02FY2025 · 70 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k39 grants · $139k
  • $10k–50k31 grants · $551k
$6,000
Median grant
17
States reached
$7.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF PETOSKEY$40,000
MADISON COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL$40,000
MINNEHAHA ACADEMY$40,000
SALVATION ARMY OF MINNESOTA - NORTHERN DIVISION$30,000
ASU FOUNDATION$25,000
SALEM COVENANT CHURCH$20,000
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC$20,000
MC LAX ASSOCIATION - WOLFPACK LACROSSE$20,000
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND CLINICS OF MINNESOTA$20,000
ELEPHANT VOICES$20,000
ST PAUL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA$18,000
NORTHMEN DEN YOUTH PANTRIES INC$18,000
NATIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION$16,000
TWIN CITIES OPERA GUILD$15,000
SPARE KEY FOUNDATION$15,000
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 (FY17–25, $300k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 81% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%WATSON'S CHILDREN'S SHELTER: $3k → 9%DOMESTIC ABUSE INTERVENTION SERVICES: $8k → 10%WATSON'S CHILDREN'S SHELTER: $3k → 9%DOMESTIC ABUSE INTERVENTION SERVICES: $5k → 10%DOMESTIC ABUSE INTERVENTION SERVICES: $5k → 10%DOMESTIC ABUSE INTERVENTION SERVICES: $5k → 10%DOMESTIC ABUSE INTERVENTION SERVICES: $5k → 10%DOMESTIC ABUSE INTERVENTION SERVICES: $5k → 10%DOMESTIC ABUSE INTERVENTION SERVICES: $3k → 10%DOMESTIC ABUSE INTERVENTION SERVICES: $3k → 10%HELPLINE HOUSE: $4k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $7k → 14%BAINBRIDGE YOUTH SERVICES: $3k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $7k → 14%HELPLINE HOUSE: $3k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $7k → 14%YWCA MISSOULA: $3k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 14%NORTHMEN DEN YOUTH PANTRIES INC: $18k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $3k → 14%THE HAGER HOUSE: $2k → 11%THE HAGER HOUSE: $2k → 11%HELPLINE HOUSE: $3k → 10%NORTHMEN DEN YOUTH PANTRIES INC: $5k → 9%WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN: $5k → 9%HELPLINE HOUSE: $3k → 10%WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN: $5k → 9%HELPLINE HOUSE: $3k → 10%NORTHMEN DEN YOUTH PANTRIES INC: $5k → 9%HELPLINE HOUSE: $3k → 10%WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN: $5k → 9%WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN: $3k → 9%BAINBRIDGE YOUTH SERVICES: $2k → 10%NORTHMEN DEN YOUTH PANTRIES INC: $3k → 9%BAINBRIDGE YOUTH SERVICES: $2k → 10%HELPLINE HOUSE: $2k → 10%BAINBRIDGE YOUTH SERVICES: $2k → 10%BARRINGTON AREA COUNCIL ON AGING: $20k → 14%BARRINGTON AREA COUNCIL ON AGING: $20k → 14%BARRINGTON AREA COUNCIL ON AGING: $20k → 14%JOURNEYCARE: $16k → 14%JOURNEYCARE: $14k → 14%BARRINGTON AREA COUNCIL ON AGING: $10k → 14%BARRINGTON AREA COUNCIL ON AGING: $10k → 14%BARRINGTON AREA COUNCIL ON AGING: $8k → 14%JOURNEYCARE: $6k → 14%BARRINGTON AREA COUNCIL ON AGING: $5k → 14%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

VT
WA
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
WY
IA
IN
PA
CT
CA
CO
WV
VA
MD
AZ
DC
AL
TX
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.5M · 133 repeat orgs$198k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

133 repeat relationships: 65 still active in FY2025, 68 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

133
24

Total granted

$5.5M
$158k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+12%

Still filing today

59%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesHealthEnvironmentRecreation & SportsAnimalsOther
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

  • MA
    MINNEHAHA ACADEMY
    5× · 2021–2025 · $180k · revenue +9%
  • TS
    The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society
    9× · 2017–2025 · $168k · revenue +16%
  • CH
    CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE
    7× · 2017–2025 · $146k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • FC
    FLINT CREEK WILDLIFE REHABILITATION
    one grant, 2022 · $35k · revenue +12%
  • MG
    MIDDLETON GATOR SWIM & DIVE TEAM
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
  • RM
    REWILD MICHIGAN ARCTIC GREYLING INITIATIVE
    one grant, 2018 · $15k
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
Minnesota Land Trust

The minnesota land trust protects and restores minnesota's most vital natural lands in order to provide wildlife habitat, clean water, outdoor experiences and scenic beauty for generations to come.

Environment
2
Minnesota Business Partnership

The minnesota business partnership's mission is to maintain a high quality of life for all minnesotans by ensuring that the state's economy remains strong, globally competitive and its prospects for growth bright by working with elected…

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3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
4
Conservation Minnesota

Conservation minnesota's mission is to turn our shared conservation values into state priorities and provide you with the information you need to make decisions for your family, community and future.

Environment
5
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
6
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
7
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

To effectively and efficiently mitigate risks to the reliability and security of the western interconnection's bulk power system.

Public Benefit
8
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
9
National Association of Clean Water Agencies

Nacwa is the national voice of public clean water utilities, shaping water policy, convening a vibrant peer network, and empowering water leaders.

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10
Wildlands Trust Inc

The wildlands trust works throughout southeastern massachusetts to conserve and permanently protect native habitats, farmland, and lands of high ecologic and scenic value that serve to keep our communities healthy and our residents…

Environment
11
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
12
President and Trustees of Bates College

Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Park Foundation; the most unlike its peers is National Geographic Society. 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

96 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. 96 of the 164 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
23
Early backer (in before they grew)
93/96
Grantees still filing
72/96
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMUNITY CHURCH OF BARRINGTON: $302,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY CHURCH OF BARRINGTONCAMP MANITO-WISH YMCA INC: $226,000 · OtherCAMP MANITO-WISH YMCA INCMINNEHAHA ACADEMY ANNUAL FUND: $145,000 · Other+111 more: $2,619,500 · Other+111 moreMINNEHAHA ACADEMY: $180,000 · EducationMINNEHAHA ACADEM…THE TRUSTEES OF THE SMITH COLLEGE: $134,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF …MADISON COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $110,000 · EducationMADISON COUNTRY …ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $95,000 · EducationARIZONA STATE UN…PEO Foundation: $93,000 · EducationPEO FoundationHOPE COLLEGE: $61,000 · EducationHOPE COLLEGENORTH PARK UNIVERSITY: $40,000 · Education+6 more: $93,000 · Education+6 moreCHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE: $146,000 · HealthThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $109,000 · HealthFred Hutchinson Cancer Center: $55,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $42,000 · HealthCASTING 4 A CURE INC: $27,500 · HealthPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $21,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MICHIGAN: $15,000 · Health+3 more: $16,000 · HealthNANTUCKET LAND & WATER COUNCIL INC: $109,000 · EnvironmentNANTUCKET CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC: $109,000 · EnvironmentLittle Traverse Conservancy Inc: $83,000 · EnvironmentFLINT CREEK WILDLIFE REHABILITATION: $35,000 · EnvironmentCITIZENS FOR CONSERVATION INC: $26,000 · EnvironmentFIVE VALLEYS LAND TRUST: $18,000 · Environment+3 more: $15,500 · EnvironmentBARRINGTON AREA COUNCIL ON AGING INC: $93,500 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $55,000 · Human ServicesYOUTH HOMES: $40,000 · Human ServicesDOMESTIC ABUSE INTERVENTION SERVICES INC: $37,500 · Human ServicesElea Institute: $36,000 · Human ServicesNORTHMEN DEN YOUTH PANTRIES INC: $31,000 · Human ServicesHELPLINE HOUSE: $22,500 · Human ServicesWomens Resource Center of Northern Michigan Inc: $18,000 · Human Services+5 more: $27,500 · Human ServicesThe Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society: $168,000 · Arts & CultureTwin Cities Opera Guild: $101,000 · Arts & CultureSPARE KEY: $64,000 · Community ImprovementISLAND VOLUNTEER CAREGIVERS: $22,500 · Community ImprovementBOULDER JUNCTION COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $16,000 · Community Improvement
Other$3,292,500Education$806,000Health$431,500Environment$395,500Human Services$361,000Arts & Culture$269,000Community Improvement$102,500

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 budgetCAMP MANITO-WISH YMCA INC: $226,000 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetMINNEHAHA ACADEMY: $180,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society: $168,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE: $146,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF THE SMITH COLLEGE: $134,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMADISON COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $110,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetNANTUCKET LAND & WATER COUNCIL INC: $109,000 over 9y, 2.3% of budgetNANTUCKET CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC: $109,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $109,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetBARRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $102,000 over 9y, 31% of budgetTwin Cities Opera Guild: $101,000 over 9y, 12% of budgetARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $95,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBARRINGTON AREA COUNCIL ON AGING INC: $93,500 over 8y, 3.7% of budgetPEO Foundation: $93,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetLittle Traverse Conservancy Inc: $83,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $79,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCalvin Christian School of Minneapolis: $72,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF KITSAP COUNTY: $66,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetSPARE KEY: $64,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetAMERICA SHARE USA INC: $63,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetHOPE COLLEGE: $61,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFred Hutchinson Cancer Center: $55,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $55,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPITALITY HOUSE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT: $52,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetELEPHANTVOICES: $50,000 over 3y, 5.4% of budgetEVERY MEAL: $49,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetEarthcorps: $46,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetSAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER: $45,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $42,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTH HOMES: $40,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH PARK UNIVERSITY: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDOMESTIC ABUSE INTERVENTION SERVICES INC: $37,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetElea Institute: $36,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFLINT CREEK WILDLIFE REHABILITATION: $35,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetBALLARD FOOD BANK: $31,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHMEN DEN YOUTH PANTRIES INC: $31,000 over 4y, 27% of budgetGALAPAGOS CONSERVANCY INC: $29,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCASTING 4 A CURE INC: $27,500 over 8y, 20% of budgetUNION GOSPEL MISSION INC: $27,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetCITIZENS FOR CONSERVATION INC: $26,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetTHE COLORADO COLLEGE: $26,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTWIN CITIES HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $26,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDePauw University: $24,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHELPLINE HOUSE: $22,500 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetISLAND VOLUNTEER CAREGIVERS: $22,500 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $21,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBAINBRIDGE SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY: $18,000 over 5y, 0.0% 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 CAMP MANITO-WISH YMCA INC ↗
  • Who funds MINNEHAHA ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF THE SMITH COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds MADISON COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds NANTUCKET LAND & WATER COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds NANTUCKET CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds BARRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds Twin Cities Opera Guild ↗
  • Who funds ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds BARRINGTON AREA COUNCIL ON AGING INC ↗
  • Who funds PEO Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Little Traverse Conservancy Inc ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Calvin Christian School of Minneapolis ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF KITSAP COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds SPARE KEY ↗
  • Who funds AMERICA SHARE USA INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds HOSPITALITY HOUSE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ↗
  • Who funds ELEPHANTVOICES ↗
  • Who funds EVERY MEAL ↗
  • Who funds Earthcorps ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER ↗

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 loosely connected circle, clustered around a few shared anchors.

Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin IncWI25.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 7 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin Inc · Otto Bremer Trust · Incrediblebank Foundation Inc · Judd S Alexander Foundation · One Call for All · Ba & Esther Greenheck Foundation · Montana Community Foundation Inc · Wisconsin Public Service Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Church Mutual Insurance Company Foundation Inc · Run Wild Missoula Inc · Clovis 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 Rice Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rice Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc: 4% of income from government
  • The Trustees of the Smith College: 1% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
24report 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.

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 164 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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