Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Riggs Family Foundation
Its FY2022 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $111k
- Granted FY2021
- 36
- Grants FY2021
- 36
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Riggs Family Foundation’s FY2022 grant dollars went to Community Foundation Of Greater Johnstown, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2022 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year Riggs Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 19 organizations, $111k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2021
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $15,664
- Organizations funded a year
- 35 to 42
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 2
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 17% of the organizations Riggs Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 36 | $111k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 35 | $95k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 40 | $103k | 13% |
| FY2018 | 42 | $94k | 52% |
| FY2017 | 38 | $95k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laurel Arts Inc | $34,800 | 5 | 2% |
| The Challenge Program Inc | $25,300 | 5 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Somerset County Inc | $21,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Sipesville Volunteer Fire Company | $19,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Zion Hoffman Lutheran Church | $17,850 | 5 | n/a |
| Somerset County Rails to Trails | $17,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Johnstown Symphony Orchestra | $16,800 | 5 | 2% |
| Boswell Volunteer Fire Department | $10,500 | 5 | 1% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| United Way of the Southern Alleghenies Inc | $8,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 31 grantees
Plus 45 recipients with no EIN on record ($250k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Riggs Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Greater Johnstown · The Wheeler Family Charitable Foundation · 1889 Foundation Inc · Nisource Charitable Foundation · The Jacob Fend Foundation · David a Glosser Foundation · Lee Initiatives Inc · United Way of the Southern Alleghenies Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Riggs Family Foundation
- How much does Riggs Family Foundation give?
- Riggs Family Foundation reported 36 grants totaling $111,334 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 35 and 42 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Riggs Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Philanthropy (48%), Animals (8%), Arts & Culture (8%).
- Who are Riggs Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Laurel Arts Inc ($35k), The Challenge Program Inc ($25k), Boys & Girls Club of Somerset County Inc ($21k).
- Does Riggs Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Riggs Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Riggs Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Greater Johnstown, The Wheeler Family Charitable Foundation, 1889 Foundation Inc.
- Where is Riggs Family Foundation based?
- Riggs Family Foundation is based in PA.
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