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Rice Family Foundation at a glance

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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.

$70k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$346kPhilanthropy$200kEducation$92kCrime & Legal$72kInternational$44kEmployment$38kCivil Rights$26kHealth$21kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $62k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$521k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION$25,000
NORTHSIDE ACHIEVEMENT ZONE$16,750
NY WOMEN IN FILM & TELEVISION$10,000
ASPEN INSTITUTE$10,000
ST JUDE OF THE LAKE CHURCH$5,000
HUNT HILL NATURE CENTER$1,000
WISCONSIN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA$1,000
THREE RIVER PARK FOUNDATION$1,000
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS$248
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–20, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 8% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%VALLEY OUTREACH: $10k → 6%FAMILY MEANS: $1k → 6%FRASER: $1k → 11%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

MN
WI
NY
IA
CA
VA
DC
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$754k · 14 repeat orgs$216k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
22

Total granted

$754k
$189k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+25%

Still filing today

57%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k 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
Human ServicesEnvironmentInternationalHealthAnimalsReligionOther
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

  • NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION
    6× · 2019–2025 · $298k · revenue +10%
  • A
    ALIGHT
    2× · 2020–2022 · $20k · revenue +48%
  • WR
    WILD RIVERS CONSERVANCY OF THE ST CROIX & NAMEKAGON
    3× · 2018–2020 · $16k · revenue +67%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WI EAU CLAIRE
    one grant, 2023 · $91k
  • SMILE NETWORK INTERNATIONAL
    one grant, 2020 · $19k · revenue -40%
  • CC
    CHRISTIAN CUPBOARD EMERGENCY FOOD SHELF DBA OPEN CUPBOARDgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $13k · revenue +239%
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 Council on Foundations

MCF is a vibrant philanthropic community connecting, strengthening and mobilizing the power of philanthropy to advance prosperity and equity.

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3
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and Industry

The minnesota chamber of commerce proactively leads the business community statewide to: advance pro-business, responsible minnesota public policy that creates jobs and grows the econony; provde member services to address evolving business…

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4
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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5
Minnesota Medical Association

To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.

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6
Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce

Creating powerful advocacy to enhance economic vitality in the minneapolis-st. paul region.

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7
United Way of Ne Minnesota

United way of northeastern minnesota invests in nonprofits, programs, and collaborations that equip and empower, creating opportunities for people to thrive in our communities.

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8
The Minneapolis Foundation

The foundation cultivates generosity by taking action on the greatest civic, social, and economic needs partnering with nonprofits, facilitating grantmaking, driving research and advocacy, and providing services to donors seeking to make a…

Philanthropy
9
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
10
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
11
Mn Community Measurement

Mn community measurement empowers stakeholders with meaningful information to drive improvement.

Health
12
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Aspen Institute Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Foolproof Foundation Inc. 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

24 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. 24 of the 43 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
14/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HILL-MURRAY FOUNDATION: $200,000 · OtherHILL-MURRAY FOUNDATIONUNIVERSITY OF WI EAU CLAIRE: $90,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WI EAU CLAIRELEAD MN: $32,500 · OtherLEAD MNASSOCIATION FOR NONSMOKERS RIGHTS (ANSR): $25,500 · OtherWILD RIVERS CONSERVANCY: $22,788 · Other+27 more: $108,613 · Other+27 moreNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $297,565 · EnvironmentNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATI…WILD RIVERS CONSERVANCY OF THE ST CROIX & NAMEKAGON: $16,050 · Environment+1 more: $9,000 · EnvironmentNORTHSIDE ACHIEVEMENT ZONE: $71,750 · Crime & LegalTHE FOOLPROOF FOUNDATION INC: $38,000 · EmploymentSMILE NETWORK INTERNATIONAL: $18,500 · HealthVINLAND NATIONAL CENTER: $5,200 · HealthALIGHT: $20,000 · InternationalWORLD WITHOUT GENOCIDE INC: $2,000 · InternationalMINNESOTA ZOO FOUNDATION: $15,000 · AnimalsHUNT HILL NATURE CENTER INC: $1,000 · Animals
Other$479,901Environment$322,615Crime & Legal$71,750Employment$38,000Health$23,700International$22,000Animals$16,000

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 budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $297,565 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetNORTHSIDE ACHIEVEMENT ZONE: $71,750 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE FOOLPROOF FOUNDATION INC: $38,000 over 2y, 7.7% of budgetALIGHT: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWILD RIVERS CONSERVANCY OF THE ST CROIX & NAMEKAGON: $16,050 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetMINNESOTA ZOO FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCHRISTIAN CUPBOARD EMERGENCY FOOD SHELF DBA OPEN CUPBOARD: $12,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNEW YORK WOMEN IN FILM & TELEVISION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetValley Outreach: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCAMP MANITO-WISH YMCA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER: $9,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetVINLAND NATIONAL CENTER: $5,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHREE RIVERS PARK DISTRICT FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetGENERATION CITIZEN INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WITHOUT GENOCIDE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSUITUP INCORPORATED: $1,300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILYMEANS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRASER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWISCONSIN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,000 over 1y, 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.

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.

Mightycause Charitabl…Saint Paul & Minnesot…The Minneapolis Found…Xcel Energy FoundationFred C and Katherine …The Jamf Nation Globa…Otto Bremer TrustSit Investment Associ…Allina Health SystemHardenbergh FoundationMortenson Family Foun…Ch Robinson Worldwide…
Mightycause Charitable FoundationFL20.8× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Fred C and Katherine B Andersen Foundation · The Jamf Nation Global Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Sit Investment Associates Foundation · Allina Health System · Hardenbergh Foundation · Mortenson Family Foundation · Ch Robinson Worldwide 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 · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 43 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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