Michigan · Private foundation
The Rick Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $14k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $7,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $327k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations The Rick Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $14k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $16k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $17k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $11k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $16k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $14k | 45% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $13k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $7k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Michigan | $28,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Mosaic Counseling | $11,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Whitworth University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fruitport Community Church | $8,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Volunteer for Dental | $3,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Lakeshore Pregnancy Center Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Focus on the Family | $3,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Feeding America West Michigan | $2,515 | 3 | 0% |
| Caribbean Christian Centre for the Deaf | $2,511 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Michigan | $28,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Mosaic Counseling | $11,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Whitworth University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fruitport Community Church | $8,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Volunteer for Dental | $3,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Lakeshore Pregnancy Center Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Focus on the Family | $3,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Feeding America West Michigan | $2,515 | 3 | 0% |
| Caribbean Christian Centre for the Deaf | $2,511 | 3 | 0% |
| Mission for Area People | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The People Center Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Muskegon Rescue Mission | $1,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Noah Project | $1,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Mercy Ships International | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Every Woman's Place Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Michigan Sportsmen Against Hunger | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| American Legion Post 0028 | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| First Priority of Muskegon | $500 | 1 | 1% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Kids' Food Basket Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($18k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Rick Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for Muskegon County · United Way of the Lakeshore · Consumers Energy Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Rick Family Foundation
- How much does The Rick Family Foundation give?
- The Rick Family Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $14,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Rick Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (51%), Religion (20%), Education (11%).
- Who are The Rick Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: University of Michigan ($28k), Mosaic Counseling ($11k), Whitworth University ($10k).
- Does The Rick Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Rick Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Rick Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc, Community Foundation for Muskegon County, United Way of the Lakeshore.
- Where is The Rick Family Foundation based?
- The Rick Family Foundation is based in MI.
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