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Riordan 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.

$675k
Granted FY2024still arriving
47
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$50k
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, FY2018 to 2024.

Human Services$1.0MHealth$852kHousing & Shelter$577kFood & Nutrition$519kInternational$386kEnvironment$347kEducation$325kReligion$198kOther$0
02FY2024 · 47 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k16 grants · $68k
  • $10k–50k30 grants · $557k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEW COMMUNITY SHELTER INC$50,000
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF LOS ANGELES$45,000
GREEN LAKE ASSOCIATION$30,000
LITERACY GREEN BAY INC$30,000
THE RIGHTWAY FOUNDATION$30,000
CASA$30,000
FREEDOM HOUSE MINISTRIES$25,000
PAULS PANTRY$25,000
LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK$25,000
FAMILY SERVICES OF NORTHEAST WI$20,000
GOLDEN HOUSE$20,000
FEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONSIN - APPLETON FOOD BANK$20,000
CURATIVE CONNECTIONS$20,000
MUSIC FORWARD FOUNDATION$20,000
NAMI OSHKOSH INC$20,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $1.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 39% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE PEOPLE CONCERN: $50k → 14%MIND AND LIFE INSTITUTE: $100k → 8%MIND AND LIFE INSTITUTE: $100k → 8%MIND AND LIFE INSTITUTE: $100k → 8%MIND AND LIFE INSTITUTE: $45k → 8%MIND AND LIFE INSTITUTE: $35k → 8%THE ROAD HOME: $20k → 10%MIND AND LIFE INSTITUTE: $20k → 8%MIND & LIFE INSTITUTE: $10k → 8%FATHER CARR'S PLACE: $30k → 11%THE ROAD HOME: $10k → 10%FATHER CARR'S PLACE: $25k → 11%THE ROAD HOME: $10k → 10%FATHER CARR'S PLACE: $25k → 11%THE ROAD HOME: $7k → 10%FATHER CARR'S PLACE: $20k → 11%THE ROAD HOME: $5k → 10%GREEN LAKE COUNTY BASIC NEEDS FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%PATH: $20k → 14%YWCA MADISON: $5k → 10%PATH: $10k → 14%CENTRO HISPANO OF DANE COUNTY: $12k → 10%PATH (PEOPLE ASSISTING THE HOMELESS): $3k → 14%CENTRO HISPANO OF DANE COUNTY: $10k → 10%CENTRO HISPANO OF DANE COUNTY: $10k → 10%UNITY HOSPICE: $10k → 10%CENTRO HISPANO OF DANE COUNTY: $10k → 10%CENTRO HISPANO OF DANE COUNTY: $8k → 10%THE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $25k → 14%THE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $25k → 14%THE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $20k → 14%THE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $15k → 14%THE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $15k → 14%UNITY HOSPICE: $5k → 10%UNITY HOSPICE: $5k → 10%UNITY HOSPICE: $5k → 10%UNITY HOSPICE: $5k → 10%FAMILY SERVICES OF NORTHEAST WI: $20k → 10%FAMILY SERVICES OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN: $20k → 10%GOLDEN HOUSE: $20k → 10%GOLDEN HOUSE: $20k → 10%GOLDEN HOUSE: $20k → 10%GOLDEN HOUSE: $20k → 10%GOLDEN HOUSE: $20k → 10%GOLDEN HOUSE: $20k → 10%GOLDEN HOUSE: $20k → 10%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
WI
NY
MA
IN
OH
NJ
CT
CA
CO
NE
VA
NC
SC
DC
AL
GA
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.1M · 60 repeat orgs$495k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

60 repeat relationships: 31 still active in FY2024, 29 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

60
26

Total granted

$4.1M
$335k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+4%

Still filing today

70%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $160k 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 ServicesInternationalHousing & ShelterHealthFood & NutritionEnvironmentOther
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

  • GL
    GREEN LAKE ASSOCIATION INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $215k · revenue +650%
  • CH
    Children's Hospital Los Angeles
    7× · 2018–2024 · $210k · revenue +27%
  • NO
    Nami Oshkosh Inc
    7× · 2018–2024 · $170k · revenue +53%

Funded once

  • TP
    THE PEOPLE CONCERNgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +41%
  • RT
    RAINFOREST TRUST
    one grant, 2022 · $35k · revenue +4%
  • TB
    THE BELLIN HEALTH FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +262%
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
The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri

The food bank for central & northeast missouri is a regional disaster and hunger relief network that acquires and distributes millions of meals each year to help neighbors get the food they need to thrive. (continued on schedule o)the…

Food & Nutrition
2
Second Harvest North Central Food Bank

Engaging the community to end hunger

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3
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
4
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
5
Goodwill Industries of North Central Wisconsin Inc

Eliminating barriers to employment by providing pathways for those who are underserved, underrepresented and disadvantaged who have a goal of building skills that lead to sustained employment and improved financial stability.

Human Services
6
Alight

Alight builds a meaningful life for and with the displaced. not simply addressing basic needs, but building a life filled with joy, dignity, connection, and purpose. we walk with them along their entire journey of displacement and deliver…

International
7
Partners in Food Solutions

Improve the food value chain in developing countries by mobilizing corporate volunteers to share knowledge and expertise with small and growing food processors.

International
8
Earthenable Inc

Earthenable works to solve the housing crisis in africa by revolutionizing the rural housing industry through innovative, affordable, and sustainable home-building solutions. its mission is to create healthier, safer, and climate-resilient…

International
9
Goodwill Industries of South Central Wisconsin Inc

Goodwill of south central wisconsin's mission is to help people in our community to live, work and thrive through housing, employment and supportive services. see schedule o for continuationsupported employment and job skills training are…

Employment
10
Nourishing Hope

Nourishing hope provides food, mental health support, and social services to help all our neighbors thrive.

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11
Midwest Dairy Association

Midwest dairy works with others to give consumers an excellent dairy experience increasing sales, fostering innovation, and inspiring consumer confidence of dairy products and practices.

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12
The Global FoodBanking Network

To nourish the world's hungry through uniting and advancing food banks.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Feed My Starving Children Inc; the most unlike its peers is Formidable Joy. 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

68 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. 68 of the 102 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
66/68
Grantees still filing
45/68
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MAYO CLINIC FOUNDATION: $230,000 · OtherMAYO CLINIC FOUNDATIONNami Oshkosh Inc: $170,000 · OtherNami Oshkosh IncLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $132,500 · OtherLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANKNOTRE DAME DE LA BAIE ACADEMY INC: $125,000 · OtherNOTRE DAME DE LA BAIE ACADEMY INCHOUSE OF HOPE: $125,000 · OtherHOUSE OF HOPEFIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $82,500 · Other+58 more: $1,129,500 · Other+58 moreMIND & LIFE INSTITUTE: $410,000 · Human ServicesMIND & LIFE INSTITUTEGOLDEN HOUSE INC: $140,000 · Human ServicesGOLDEN HOUSE INCTHE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $100,000 · Human ServicesTHE MIDNIGHT MISSIONFATHER CARRS PLACE 2-B LTD: $100,000 · Human ServicesFATHER CARRS PLACE 2-B L…THE ROAD HOME DANE COUNTY INC: $52,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY SERVICES OF NORTHEAST WI INC: $50,500 · Human ServicesTHE PEOPLE CONCERN: $50,000 · Human ServicesCENTRO HISPANO INC: $49,500 · Human Services+4 more: $72,500 · Human Services+4 moreInternational Rescue Committee INC: $138,000 · InternationalInternatio…AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $90,000 · InternationalAMERICARES…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $60,000 · InternationalMEDECINS S…THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $35,000 · InternationalTHE UNION …RAINFOREST TRUST: $35,000 · InternationalRAINFOREST…CAMFED USA FOUNDATION: $20,000 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEF: $15,000 · International+3 more: $22,500 · International+3 moreFREEDOM HOUSE MINISTRIES INC: $160,000 · Housing & ShelterNEW COMMUNITY SHELTER INC: $112,500 · Housing & ShelterST JOHN THE EVANGELIST HOMELESS SHELTER INC: $40,000 · Housing & ShelterPORCHLIGHT INC: $20,000 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterGREEN LAKE ASSOCIATION INC: $215,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $97,000 · Environment+1 more: $10,000 · EnvironmentChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $210,000 · HealthCOMBAT BLINDNESS INTERNATIONAL INC: $52,500 · HealthGLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE INC: $30,000 · Health+1 more: $10,000 · HealthPAUL'S PANTRY INC: $131,000 · Food & NutritionFEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONSIN INC: $97,500 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN WI: $25,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $5,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$1,994,500Human Services$1,024,500International$415,500Housing & Shelter$337,500Environment$322,000Health$302,500Food & Nutrition$258,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMIND & LIFE INSTITUTE: $410,000 over 7y, 3.3% of budgetGREEN LAKE ASSOCIATION INC: $215,000 over 7y, 3.8% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $210,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNami Oshkosh Inc: $170,000 over 7y, 23% of budgetFREEDOM HOUSE MINISTRIES INC: $160,000 over 7y, 3.0% of budgetGOLDEN HOUSE INC: $140,000 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $138,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $132,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPAUL'S PANTRY INC: $131,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetNEW COMMUNITY SHELTER INC: $112,500 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetTHE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $100,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetFATHER CARRS PLACE 2-B LTD: $100,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetFEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONSIN INC: $97,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $97,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $90,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $82,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $60,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLITERACY GREEN BAY INC: $55,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetLIVING COMPASSION: $54,500 over 7y, 16% of budgetCOMBAT BLINDNESS INTERNATIONAL INC: $52,500 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetTHE ROAD HOME DANE COUNTY INC: $52,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetFAMILY SERVICES OF NORTHEAST WI INC: $50,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCURATIVE CONNECTIONS INC: $50,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE PEOPLE CONCERN: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRO HISPANO INC: $49,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCASA OF THE FOX CITIES INC: $45,000 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetHollywood Schoolhouse Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetST JOHN THE EVANGELIST HOMELESS SHELTER INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetEYE HEART WORLD INC: $38,500 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRAINFOREST TRUST: $35,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPATH: $32,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFORMIDABLE JOY: $32,500 over 4y, 7.4% of budgetThe Rightway Foundation: $30,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetUNITY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP: $30,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE BELLIN HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetUniversity of South Carolina Educational Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN WI: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF DANE COUNTY INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPORCHLIGHT INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCAMFED USA FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHUNGER TASK FORCE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetLIVENATIONORG FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGreen Lake Renewal Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR RIPON MEDICAL CENTER INC: $11,000 over 1y, 12% 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.

  • Who funds MIND & LIFE INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds GREEN LAKE ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Los Angeles ↗
  • Who funds Nami Oshkosh Inc ↗
  • Who funds FREEDOM HOUSE MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds GOLDEN HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds PAUL'S PANTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW COMMUNITY SHELTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MIDNIGHT MISSION ↗
  • Who funds FATHER CARRS PLACE 2-B LTD ↗
  • Who funds FEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONSIN INC ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds LITERACY GREEN BAY INC ↗
  • Who funds LIVING COMPASSION ↗
  • Who funds COMBAT BLINDNESS INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ROAD HOME DANE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY SERVICES OF NORTHEAST WI INC ↗
  • Who funds CURATIVE CONNECTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PEOPLE CONCERN ↗
  • Who funds CENTRO HISPANO INC ↗
  • Who funds CASA OF THE FOX CITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Hollywood Schoolhouse Inc ↗
  • Who funds NORTH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST HOMELESS SHELTER INC ↗
  • Who funds EYE HEART WORLD INC ↗
  • Who funds THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC ↗
  • Who funds RAINFOREST TRUST ↗
  • Who funds PATH ↗
  • Who funds FORMIDABLE JOY ↗
  • Who funds The Rightway Foundation ↗

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.

Green Bay Packers Fou…Greater Green Bay Com…John and Engrid Meng …George Kress Foundati…Wisconsin Public Serv…Community Foundation …K C Stock Foundation …Cornerstone Foundatio…Schneider National Fo…Otto Bremer TrustDe Pere Christian Out…Little Rapids Corpora…
Green Bay Packers FoundationWI40.2× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Green Bay Packers Foundation · Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc · John and Engrid Meng Inc · George Kress Foundation Inc · Wisconsin Public Service Foundation · Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Inc · K C Stock Foundation Inc · Cornerstone Foundation of Northeastern Wisconsin Inc · Schneider National Foundation Inc · Otto Bremer Trust · De Pere Christian Outreach · Little Rapids Corporation - Egan Family Foundation Inc

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 Riordan Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Riordan Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
23report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 102 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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