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The Richlin 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.

$104k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
28
Grants FY2025
32
Organizations funded FY2024
38%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$15,000
Organizations funded a year
29 to 33
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
10
Total assets, FY2025
$604k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 38% of the organizations The Richlin Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 50% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $83k 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
Civil RightsCrime & LegalHealthHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterEnvironmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving28$104k0%
FY202432$164k38%
FY202329$87k7%
FY202230$116k13%
FY202133$142k9%
FY202030$93k3%
FY201930$88k7%
FY201832$70k13%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$470kPublic Benefit$110kEducation$94kEnvironment$88kCivil Rights$51kCrime & Legal$43kArts & Culture$31kHousing & Shelter$17kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
MA
IA
NJ
CT
MD
TN
DC
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 39 grantees
All grantees of The Richlin Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Wesleyan University$85,00090%
The Voter Participation Center$75,00020%
Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation$65,00090%
Blood Cancer United Inc$57,50090%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$40,0008n/a
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$40,00090%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$40,00080%
The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Inc$36,00090%
Voter Registration Project$30,00010%
The American Independent Foundation$30,00010%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$20,00020%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$20,00090%
Our American Future Foundation$20,00010%
Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Inc$20,00020%
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc$20,00020%
American Heart Association Inc$16,00070%
Cutaneous Lymphoma Foundation$15,00031%
Hospice of Martha's Vineyard Inc Dba Hospice and Palliative Care of Martha's$12,50081%
Farm Neck Foundation Inc$12,00091%
American Cancer Society Inc$11,00080%
Martha's Vineyard Community Services Inc$9,00040%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Mid-Atlantic Inc$9,00090%
Martha's Vineyard Cerebral Palsy Camp Inc$9,00090%
Sheriff's Meadow Foundation$7,00070%
Island Housing Trust Corporation$7,00070%
National Brain Tumor Society Inc$5,00050%
The Arnold Gold Foundation$5,00020%
Georgetown University$5,00090%
Summer Search$5,00050%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$5,00010%
Rosie's Place Inc$4,50080%
The Johns Hopkins Hospital$2,00020%
Hebrew Senior Life Inc$1,50020%
Johns Hopkins University$1,00010%
Mothers Against Drunk Driving$1,00020%
Martha's Vineyard Film Society Inc$1,00020%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$50020%
The Foundation for AIDS Research$50010%
Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($204k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Richlin Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWesleyan University: $85,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe Voter Participation Center: $75,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease Research Foundation: $65,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $57,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $40,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $40,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Inc: $36,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetVoter Registration Project: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe American Independent Foundation: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $20,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetOur American Future Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEverytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEverytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $16,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCutaneous Lymphoma Foundation: $15,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetHospice of Martha's Vineyard Inc Dba Hospice and Palliative Care of Martha's: $12,500 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetFarm Neck Foundation Inc: $12,000 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $11,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMartha's Vineyard Community Services Inc: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of the Mid-Atlantic Inc: $9,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMartha's Vineyard Cerebral Palsy Camp Inc: $9,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetSheriff's Meadow Foundation: $7,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetIsland Housing Trust Corporation: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNational Brain Tumor Society Inc: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Arnold Gold Foundation: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGeorgetown University: $5,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSummer Search: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRosie's Place Inc: $4,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Johns Hopkins Hospital: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHebrew Senior Life Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMothers Against Drunk Driving: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMartha's Vineyard Film Society Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Foundation for AIDS Research: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoston Symphony Orchestra Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 38.

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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.

Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN10.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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.

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About The Richlin Family Foundation

How much does The Richlin Family Foundation give?
The Richlin Family Foundation reported 28 grants totaling $103,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 33 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Richlin Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (49%), Public Benefit (12%), Education (10%).
Who are The Richlin Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Wesleyan University ($85k), The Voter Participation Center ($75k), Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation ($65k).
Does The Richlin Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Richlin 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 Richlin Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
Where is The Richlin Family Foundation based?
The Richlin Family Foundation is based in MD.

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 62 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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