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Richter 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.

$95k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
46
Grants FY2025
34
Organizations funded FY2024
26%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
5 to 34
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
18
Total assets, FY2025
$597k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 26% of the organizations Richter Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthInternationalArts & CultureEducationRecreation & SportsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving45$91k40%
FY202434$59k26%
FY202324$38k29%
FY202228$38k18%
FY202128$38k50%
FY202032$35k63%
FY201930$32k87%
FY20185$7k100%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$107kInternational$74kHuman Services$31kArts & Culture$31kFood & Nutrition$26kPublic Safety & Disaster$26kRecreation & Sports$19kEducation$16kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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CO
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AR
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 70 grantees
All grantees of Richter Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Touchstone Mental Health$21,50070%
Bone Health and Osteoporosis Foundation$21,50070%
Blood Cancer United Inc$16,00050%
Minneapolis Parks Foundation$16,00060%
Young Mens Christian Association of the North$14,00030%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$14,00050%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$11,00020%
Feed My People Inc$10,00020%
Second Harvest Heartland$6,00070%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$5,00020%
United States Fund for Unicef$5,00010%
Iowa College Foundation$5,00050%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$4,50020%
Facing History & Ourselves Inc$4,50060%
Equal Justice Initiative$4,00060%
Every Meal$3,50050%
Minnesota Public Radio American Public Media$3,50070%
World Central Kitchen Inc$3,0001n/a
Justice and Mercy International$3,00010%
Mercy Corps$3,00010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$3,00010%
Shining Hope for Communities Inc$2,90020%
Children's Home Society of Minnesota$2,50040%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$2,50020%
Sahan Journal$2,50050%
National Park Foundation$2,00020%
National Parks Conservation Association$2,00010%
Define American Inc$2,00040%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$2,00020%
Friends of the Hennepin County Library$2,00030%
Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota$2,00040%
Lift Up$2,00010%
Avivo$1,70010%
Mental Health Resources Inc$1,70010%
Points of Light Foundation$1,65010%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$1,50020%
The Peregrine Fund Inc$1,50030%
Rape Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)$1,00020%
Share Our Strength$1,00010%
National Public Radio Inc$1,00010%
People for Parks$1,00021%
United Way of North Carolina$1,00010%
826 National Inc$1,00010%
Lutheran Services in Iowa Inc$1,0001n/a
Albert Lea Art Center$1,00012%
The Trustees of Reservations$1,00010%
Meals on Wheels Inc$1,00010%
Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts Dba Minneapolis Institute of Arts$1,00020%
Adventure Cycling Association$1,00010%
Trees Forever Inc$1,00010%
Seva Foundation$1,00010%
Free Bikes 4 Kidz Mn$1,00020%
International Owl Center$1,00010%
K9s for Warriors Inc$1,0001n/a
Habitat for Humanity Inc$1,0001n/a
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation$1,00010%
Alight$1,00020%
Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop$50010%
Martin W Richard Charitable Foundation Inc$50010%
Worldreaderorg$50010%
Bikes Not Bombs Inc$50010%
Reach Out and Read Minnesota$50010%
Cycle Kids Inc$50010%
Trips for Kids National$50010%
The Commemorative Air Force$5001n/a
Newton Community Farm Inc$50010%
Storycorps Inc$50010%
National Disaster Search Dog Foundation$50010%
Friends of Cold Spring Park Inc$2501n/a
Newton Conservators Inc$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 45 recipients with no EIN on record ($110k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Richter Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTouchstone Mental Health: $21,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBone Health and Osteoporosis Foundation: $21,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $16,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMinneapolis Parks Foundation: $16,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Association of the North: $14,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $14,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFeed My People Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSecond Harvest Heartland: $6,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIowa College Foundation: $5,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFacing History & Ourselves Inc: $4,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $4,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEvery Meal: $3,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMinnesota Public Radio American Public Media: $3,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetJustice and Mercy International: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMercy Corps: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShining Hope for Communities Inc: $2,900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Home Society of Minnesota: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSahan Journal: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Parks Conservation Association: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDefine American Inc: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPartners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Hennepin County Library: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLift Up: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAvivo: $1,700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMental Health Resources Inc: $1,700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPoints of Light Foundation: $1,650 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Peregrine Fund Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRape Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN): $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetShare Our Strength: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Public Radio Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPeople for Parks: $1,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetUnited Way of North Carolina: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget826 National Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAlbert Lea Art Center: $1,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetThe Trustees of Reservations: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMeals on Wheels Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMinneapolis Society of Fine Arts Dba Minneapolis Institute of Arts: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAdventure Cycling Association: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrees Forever Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 64.

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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 Charitable FoundationFL21.2× affinity12 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 · Otto Bremer Trust · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Pohlad Family Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Land O'Lakes Foundation · Allina Health System · The Graco Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Independent Charitable Gift Fund

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.

Compare Richter Family Foundation with peer funders

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How do I get to Richter Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Richter Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Richter Family Foundation

How much does Richter Family Foundation give?
Richter Family Foundation reported 46 grants totaling $95,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 34 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Richter Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (28%), International (19%), Human Services (8%).
Who are Richter Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Touchstone Mental Health ($22k), Bone Health and Osteoporosis Foundation ($22k), Blood Cancer United Inc ($16k).
Does Richter Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Richter 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.
Which funders back the same organizations as Richter Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Mightycause Charitable Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, The Minneapolis Foundation.
Where is Richter Family Foundation based?
Richter Family Foundation is based in WI.

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 116 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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