· Private foundation
Robert Richardson 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k5 grants · $13k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $180k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| YOUNG LIFE | $40,000 |
| YOUNG LIFE | $40,000 |
| COLUMBIA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY | $25,000 |
| BLYTHEWOOD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | $20,000 |
| COLUMBIA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY | $20,000 |
| RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY CHURCH | $20,000 |
| BLYTHEWOOD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | $15,000 |
| TEACHBEYOND INC | $5,000 |
| WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | $5,000 |
| BROAD STREET METHODIST CHURCH | $2,000 |
| WELVISTA | $500 |
| CITY YEAR INC | $350 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY22–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 97% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 20% of Robert Richardson Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +18% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
3 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- YLYOUNG LIFE3× · 2022–2025 · $230k · revenue +18%
- BPBLYTHEWOOD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH4× · 2022–2025 · $86k
- WWELVISTA2× · 2024–2025 · $3k · revenue -5%
Funded once
- VMVILLAGE MISSIONSone grant, 2024 · $15k · revenue +40%
- CPCOLUMBIA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHone grant, 2024 · $10k
Compassion International Incorporatedone grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue +16%
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.
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.
Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.
Union university provides christ-centered education that promotes excellence and character development in service to church and society.
Greenville college d/b/a greenville university empowers students for lives of character and service through a transforming christ-centered education in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies.
Protect Connecticuts farmland for agricultural use by purchasing and accepting donations of agricultural conservation easements
Through christian love and excellence, we are dedicated to providing a fulfilling lifestyle and promoting independence to those we serve
Financial planning ministry, inc. (fpm) is a not-for-profit organization devoted to assisting in the performance of the functions of christian churches by serving their financial needs.
Cadence international is an evangelical mission agency dedicated to reaching the military of the united states and of the world with the good news of jesus christ. we share the gospel and our lives with the military community.
The mission of the lake champlain land trust is to save the scenic beauty, natural communities, and recreational amenities of lake champlain by permanently preserving significant islands, shoreline areas, and natural communities in the…
Through christian love and excellence, we are dedicated to providing a fulfilling lifestyle and promoting independence to those we serve.
Central christian college of the bible (central) exists to develop servant-leaders for the church. as a traditional undergraduate bible college of the restoration movement, central equips faithful men and women for leadership ministry.
To conserve the unique character of tennessee's natural and historic landscapes and sites for future generations.
Christian living communities enriches the quality and dignity of life for older adults through services and care that reflect christian love, respect, and compassion toward each individual.
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 23 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 COLUMBIA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
- Who funds VILLAGE MISSIONS ↗
- Who funds Compassion International Incorporated ↗
- Who funds PEE DEE LAND TRUST ↗
- Who funds CROSSOVER COMMUNICATIONS INTL ↗
- Who funds WELVISTA ↗
- Who funds CONGAREE LAND TRUST ↗
- Who funds UPPER SAVANNAH LAND TRUST ↗
- Who funds PROVIDENCE HOME ↗
- Who funds CITY YEAR INC ↗
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: Central Carolina Community Foundation · Columbia International University · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Robert Richardson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert Richardson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
How this is measured
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