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The Rick Family Foundation at a glance

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The Rick Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$14k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$7k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Health$55kReligion$21kEducation$12kHuman Services$6kFood & Nutrition$4kAnimals$3kHousing & Shelter$2kInternational$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$327k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$7,000
FRUITPORT COMMUNITY CHURCH$5,000
COVENANT HOUSE$1,000
MISSION FOR AREA PEOPLE$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–20, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 33% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%EVERY WOMEN'S PLACE: $1k → 15%PEOPLE CENTER: $1k → 8%PEOPLE CENTER: $1k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$79k · 16 repeat orgs$29k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +72% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
16

Total granted

$79k
$29k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+72%
+20%

Still filing today

56%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesInternationalReligionEducationFood & NutritionOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • UO
    University of Michigan
    4× · 2022–2025 · $28k · revenue +92%
  • MC
    MOSAIC COUNSELING
    6× · 2018–2024 · $11k · revenue +213%
  • VF
    VOLUNTEER FOR DENTAL
    3× · 2019–2021 · $3k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • WU
    WHITWORTH UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +16%
  • RO
    REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    one grant, 2021 · $7k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $2k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Michigan Humane Society

To improve and save lives through compassionate care, community engagement and advocacy for animals.

Animals
2
Mymichigan Medical Center Midland

Creating healthy communities - together

Health
3
Food Bank of Eastern Michigan

The Food Bank of Eastern Michigan's mission is to be the Food Source for people in need. Partnering with organizations to feed the hungry, we advocate and build a community solution to a community problem. By leveraging an abundance of…

Food & Nutrition
4
Muskegon County Cooperating Churches

To minister to the physical, emotional and spirtual needs of people within the muskegon area, without regard to race, creed, color or religious affiliation.

—
5
Hope Medical Clinic Inc

Hope is a not-for-profit interdenominational christian medical, dental, and social service organization. hope's goal is to provide compassionate and practical help, ministering to the whole person with dignity and respect. this includes…

—
6
United Food & Commercial Workers Union Local 876

Labor union representing food and commercial workers, primarily in southeast michigan.

—
7
Movement West Michigan

Uniting christian faith leaders to serve with humility and love for the flourishing of all in our community.

Religion
8
Michigan Chamber of Commerce

To promote conditions favorable to job creation and business success in michigan.

—
9
Mymichigan Medical Group

Creating healthy communities - together

Health
10
Michigan Pharmacists Association

To encourage and support its members as professionals responsible for the delivery of patient-focused care.

—
11
Business Leaders for Michigan

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

—
12
Michigan Dental Association

To encourage the improvement of the oral health of the public; to enhance members' ability to provide ethical care to the public through education, training and service; and to promote the science of dentistry.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Kids' Food Basket Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Legion Post 0028. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 32 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
15/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

University of Michigan: $28,000 · OtherUniversity of MichiganMOSAIC COUNSELING: $11,000 · OtherMOSAIC COUNSELINGFRUITPORT COMMUNITY CHURCH: $8,000 · OtherFRUITPORT COMMUNITY CHURCHREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: $7,000 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANNEW CREATIONS IN CHRIST CHURCH: $6,500 · OtherNEW CREATIONS IN CHRIST CHURCHFOCUS ON THE FAMILY: $3,000 · Other+13 more: $15,815 · Other+13 moreWHITWORTH UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · EducationWHITWORTH …VOLUNTEER FOR DENTAL: $3,000 · HealthLAKESHORE PREGNANCY CENTER INC: $3,000 · HealthCARIBBEAN CHRISTIAN CENTRE FOR THE DEAF: $2,511 · HealthTHE PEOPLE CENTER INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesEVERY WOMAN'S PLACE INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesMICHIGAN SPORTSMEN AGAINST HUNGER: $1,000 · Human ServicesMISSION FOR AREA PEOPLE: $2,000 · ReligionFIRST PRIORITY OF MUSKEGON: $500 · ReligionNOAH PROJECT: $1,500 · AnimalsMercy Ships International: $1,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $500 · InternationalKIDS' FOOD BASKET INC: $500 · Food & Nutrition
Other$79,315Education$10,000Health$8,511Human Services$4,000Religion$2,500Animals$1,500International$1,500Food & Nutrition$500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Michigan: $28,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetMOSAIC COUNSELING: $11,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetWHITWORTH UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVOLUNTEER FOR DENTAL: $3,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetLAKESHORE PREGNANCY CENTER INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFEEDING AMERICA WEST MICHIGAN: $2,515 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCARIBBEAN CHRISTIAN CENTRE FOR THE DEAF: $2,511 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMISSION FOR AREA PEOPLE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE PEOPLE CENTER INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetNOAH PROJECT: $1,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMercy Ships International: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEVERY WOMAN'S PLACE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMICHIGAN SPORTSMEN AGAINST HUNGER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAMERICAN LEGION POST 0028: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFIRST PRIORITY OF MUSKEGON: $500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKIDS' FOOD BASKET INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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 University of Michigan ↗
  • Who funds MOSAIC COUNSELING ↗
  • Who funds WHITWORTH UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds VOLUNTEER FOR DENTAL ↗
  • Who funds LAKESHORE PREGNANCY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds FEEDING AMERICA WEST MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds CARIBBEAN CHRISTIAN CENTRE FOR THE DEAF ↗
  • Who funds MISSION FOR AREA PEOPLE ↗
  • Who funds THE PEOPLE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds NOAH PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds Mercy Ships International ↗
  • Who funds EVERY WOMAN'S PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds MICHIGAN SPORTSMEN AGAINST HUNGER ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN LEGION POST 0028 ↗
  • Who funds FIRST PRIORITY OF MUSKEGON ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds KIDS' FOOD BASKET 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.

Grand Haven Area Comm…Community Foundation …United Way of the Lak…Consumers Energy Foun…Natl Christian Charit…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Grand Haven Area Community Foundation IncMI17.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Rick Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Rick Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 32 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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