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Rickert Family Foundation at a glance

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Rickert 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.

$4k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2024.

Religion$37kHousing & Shelter$5kEducation$5kHuman Services$3kHealth$3kEnvironment$3kCivil Rights$3kFood & Nutrition$800Other$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$149k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY LIVING CENTER$1,500
LIGHTHOUSE WORSHIP CENTER$1,000
THE ROCK CHURCH$1,000
COMMUNITY BIBLE CHURCH$500
NOAH PROJECT$250
THE ARMORY YOUTH CENTER$150
02The need
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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 (FY17–24, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 12% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BOYS TOWN: $50 → 12%ARBOR HOSPICE: $200 → 14%BOYS TOWN: $50 → 12%COMMUNITY LIVING CENTER: $2k → 8%COMMUNITY LIVING CENTER INC: $500 → 8%COMMUNITY LIVING CENTER INC: $500 → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $35 → 14%EASTER SEALS MICHIGAN INC: $50 → 8%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
IL
MI
NY
OR
IN
CA
NE
VA
AR
TN
NC
DC
OK
GA
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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$48k · 21 repeat orgs$14k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
29

Total granted

$48k
$12k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+9%

Still filing today

76%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthInternationalHuman ServicesReligionPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • CC
    CASS COMMUNITY SOCIAL SERVICES INC
    5× · 2017–2023 · $5k · revenue +59%
  • IT
    IN TOUCH MINISTRIES INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $5k · revenue +40%
  • CL
    COMMUNITY LIVING CENTERS INC
    3× · 2017–2024 · $3k · revenue +109%

Funded once

  • WB
    WOODSIDE BIBLE CHURCH OF TROY
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • IW
    INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +29%
  • CB
    CHRISTIAN BIBLE CHURCH
    one grant, 2018 · $500
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
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
2
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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3
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

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4
University of Minnesota Physicians

University of minnesota physicians serves as the integrated group practice for the university of minnesota medical school full-time faculty to provide the highest quality healthcare to patients and their families.university of minnesota…

Health
5
City of Hope

City of Hope's mission is to make hope a reality for all touched by cancer and diabetes. PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE O FOR A CONTINUATION OF OUR MISSION

Health
6
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
7
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
8
City of Hope National Medical Center

City of Hope National Medical Center's mission is to make hope a reality for all touched by cancer and diabetes. PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE O FOR A CONTINUATION OF OUR MISSION

Health
9
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
10
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
11
Unmc Physicians

Our mission is to lead the world in transforming lives to create a healthy future for all individuals and communities through premier educational programs, innovative research and extraordinary patient care.

Health
12
American Bible Society

Since 1816, american bible society has been fulfilling its mission of making the bible available to every person in a language and format each can understand and afford so all people may experience its life-changing message.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Enchanted Peach Children's Foundation; the most unlike its peers is American Diabetes Association. 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

37 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. 37 of the 53 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/37
Grantees still filing
25/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMUNITY BIBLE CHURCH: $23,800 · OtherCOMMUNITY BIBLE CHURCHWOODSIDE BIBLE CHURCH OF TROY: $5,200 · OtherWOODSIDE BIBLE CHURCH OF TROYCASS COMMUNITY SOCIAL SERVICES INC: $4,800 · OtherCASS COMMUNITY SOCIAL SERVICES INCTHE NOAH PROJECT CUMC: $3,100 · OtherTHE NOAH PROJECT CUMCFREEDOM CENTER: $2,500 · OtherFREEDOM CENTER+26 more: $5,406 · Other+26 moreIN TOUCH MINISTRIES INC: $4,750 · ReligionIN TOUCH M…BOYS AND GIRLS BIBLE CLUBS: $565 · ReligionBOYS AND G…TURNING POINT COUNSELING INC: $400 · ReligionTURNING PO…SAMARITAN'S PURSE: $300 · ReligionINDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $4,700 · EducationCOMMUNITY LIVING CENTERS INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesArbor Hospice Inc: $200 · Human ServicesFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $100 · Human Services+2 more: $85 · Human ServicesANOTHER WAY PREGNANCY CENTER: $1,300 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $550 · HealthDetroit Rescue Mission Ministries: $350 · HealthBEAUMONT HEALTH FOUNDATION: $150 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $125 · HealthThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $120 · Health+4 more: $78 · HealthSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $550 · Recreation & SportsNOAH PROJECT: $450 · Animals
Other$44,806Religion$6,015Education$4,700Human Services$2,885Health$2,673Recreation & Sports$550Animals$450

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 budgetCASS COMMUNITY SOCIAL SERVICES INC: $4,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetIN TOUCH MINISTRIES INC: $4,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetINDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $4,700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY LIVING CENTERS INC: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetANOTHER WAY PREGNANCY CENTER: $1,300 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGRACE CENTERS OF HOPE: $650 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS BIBLE CLUBS: $565 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $550 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $550 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNOAH PROJECT: $450 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTURNING POINT COUNSELING INC: $400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDetroit Rescue Mission Ministries: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARMORY YOUTH PROJECT: $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetArbor Hospice Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFORGOTTEN HARVEST INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBEAUMONT HEALTH FOUNDATION: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $135 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $125 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $120 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetADOPT A PLATOON SOLDIER SUPPORT EFFORT INC: $66 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Corps: $65 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $60 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEASTERSEALS MORC HEALTH CARE INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH FUND: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSoldier's Wish: $35 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $35 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMacular Degeneration Association: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENCHANTED PEACH CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $20 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA: $13 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.

Raymond James Charita…The Bank of America C…Natl Christian Charit…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Raymond James Charitable Endowment FundFL9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Rickert Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rickert Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 47%
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 53 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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