Michigan · Private foundation
The Rakka 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.
- $7k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $250
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $4,075
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $32k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 67% of the organizations The Rakka Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 7 | $6k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $9k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $2k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $5k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $2k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $1k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $2k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $3k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy-Usa for Aid & Developmentinc | $7,800 | 4 | 0% |
| Beaumont Health Foundation | $2,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $1,500 | 4 | 0% |
| United States Association for UNHCR | $800 | 4 | 0% |
| Islamic Relief USA | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| Beaumont Health | $500 | 2 | n/a |
| Karam Foundation | $260 | 1 | 0% |
| Syrian American Rescue Network | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Democracy Now Productions Inc | $140 | 1 | 0% |
| A Jewish Voice for Peace | $50 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($17k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Rakka Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
About The Rakka Foundation
- How much does The Rakka Foundation give?
- The Rakka Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $6,515 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Rakka Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (46%), International (35%), Health (11%).
- Who are The Rakka Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Mercy-Usa for Aid & Developmentinc ($8k), Beaumont Health Foundation ($3k), Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($2k).
- Does The Rakka Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Rakka 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.
- Where is The Rakka Foundation based?
- The Rakka Foundation is based in MI.
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