Kansas · Private foundation
The Bill & Erma Riley 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.
- $13k
- Granted FY2023
- 21
- Grants FY2023
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
71% of The Bill & Erma Riley Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Greater Manhattan Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 5 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year The Bill & Erma Riley Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 8 organizations, $13k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $2,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 33
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 5
- Total assets, FY2023
- $398
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations The Bill & Erma Riley Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 68% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 32% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 21 | $13k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $7k | 28% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $7k | 28% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $5k | 8% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $2k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 33 | $6k | 27% |
| FY2017 | 27 | $4k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas 4-H Foundation Inc | $6,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Ksds Assistance Dogs Inc | $1,350 | 5 | 0% |
| Lawrence Schools Foundation | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Indian College Fund | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Manhattan Library Foundation Inc | $650 | 8 | 0% |
| Be Able Inc | $600 | 2 | 0% |
| Denver Urban Gardens | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Kansas Land Trust Inc | $350 | 8 | 0% |
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Manhattan Arts Center Inc | $200 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas 4-H Foundation Inc | $6,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Ksds Assistance Dogs Inc | $1,350 | 5 | 0% |
| Lawrence Schools Foundation | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Indian College Fund | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Manhattan Library Foundation Inc | $650 | 8 | 0% |
| Be Able Inc | $600 | 2 | 0% |
| Denver Urban Gardens | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Kansas Land Trust Inc | $350 | 8 | 0% |
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Manhattan Arts Center Inc | $200 | 2 | 0% |
| Emberhope Inc | $125 | 5 | 0% |
| Flint Hills Community Clinic Inc | $100 | 2 | 0% |
| Crisis Center Inc | $100 | 2 | 0% |
| Riley County 4-H Foundation Inc | $100 | 2 | n/a |
| Good Shepherd Homecare & Hospice Inc | $75 | 2 | 0% |
| Big Lakes Developmental Center Inc | $75 | 2 | 0% |
| The House Cafe Inc | $75 | 2 | 0% |
| Kansas Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| No Stone Unturned Foundation Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Flinthills Breadbasket Inc | $25 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 36 recipients with no EIN on record ($32k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Bill & Erma Riley Family Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Greater Manhattan Community Foundation · Manhattan Fund - Caroline F Peine Charitable · Memorial Hospital Association Inc · Konza United Way Inc · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Daniel Keating Foundation · Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare The Bill & Erma Riley Family Foundation with peer funders
About The Bill & Erma Riley Family Foundation
- How much does The Bill & Erma Riley Family Foundation give?
- The Bill & Erma Riley Family Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $12,700 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 33 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Bill & Erma Riley Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (32%), Education (23%), Youth Development (13%).
- Who are The Bill & Erma Riley Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Kansas 4-H Foundation Inc ($6k), Ksds Assistance Dogs Inc ($1k), Lawrence Schools Foundation ($1k).
- Does The Bill & Erma Riley Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Bill & Erma Riley 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 The Bill & Erma Riley Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Manhattan Community Foundation, Manhattan Fund - Caroline F Peine Charitable, Memorial Hospital Association Inc.
- Where is The Bill & Erma Riley Family Foundation based?
- The Bill & Erma Riley Family Foundation is based in KS.
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