Iowa · Private foundation
Richards 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.
- $29k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $16,187
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 0% of the organizations Richards Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 7 | $29k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $5k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $5k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $135k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professionals for Charity | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Nazareth Sisters of Annunciation | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| West Des Moines Community Schools Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| West Des Moines Police Benevolent Association | $500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($163k), not named here.
About Richards Family Foundation
- How much does Richards Family Foundation give?
- Richards Family Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $29,437 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Richards Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (52%), Education (6%), Public Benefit (4%).
- Who are Richards Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Professionals for Charity ($8k), Nazareth Sisters of Annunciation ($3k), West Des Moines Community Schools Foundation ($1k).
- Does Richards Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Richards Family Foundation 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.
- Where is Richards Family Foundation based?
- Richards Family Foundation is based in IA.
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