· Private foundation
Von Rickenbach Family 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k11 grants · $36k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $60k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $110k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MCLEAN HOSPITAL | $110,000 |
| ST ANTHONY SHRINE | $20,000 |
| LIFE SCIENCES CARES INC | $20,000 |
| PRESIDENTS & FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE | $10,000 |
| NETWORK FOR EXCELLENCE IN HEALTH INNOVATION | $10,000 |
| CATHOLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION | $7,500 |
| BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE CAREERS PROGRAM | $5,000 |
| HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL | $5,000 |
| THE IMMIGRANT LEARNING CENTER | $5,000 |
| ST BRIGID PARISH | $5,000 |
| SCIENCE HISTORY INSTITUTE | $3,000 |
| ROOM TO GROW | $1,000 |
| NATIONAL ASSOC OF RARE DISEASE | $1,000 |
| WALTHAM BOYS & GIRLS CLUB | $1,000 |
| PAN MASS CHALLENGE | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $57k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +54% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.
14 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- LSLIFE SCIENCE CARES INC5× · 2020–2024 · $101k · revenue +122%
- NINEHI INC4× · 2020–2024 · $37k · revenue +38%
BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC3× · 2020–2022 · $35k · revenue +54%
Funded once
- GBGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INCone grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue +1%
- GFGLOBAL FUND FOR CHILDRENone grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue -21%
- IHIsaiah House Incgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue +27%
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.
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.
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.
The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide access to and conduct activities in furtherance of higher education.
Wentworth institute of technology is a nationally recognized private coeducational and residential university of higher education with a mission to empower, inspire and innovate through experiential learning with a core purpose of career…
Mcphs university prepares students for careers in health care through teaching, scholarship, research, professional service and community engagement.
Neighborhealth's mission is to promote and sustain healthy communities, families, and individuals by providing accessible, person-centered, and compassionate, high-quality health care services to all who live and work in our service area,…
Brighton marine, inc. provides military and veteran families with comprehensive campus-based quality health care, as well as affordable and supportive housing for at-risk veterans and their families.
Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.
Mass general brigham health plan's mission is to promote the health and wellness of our members, and to help ensure equitable, affordbale health care for the diverse communities we serve.
Massbio is committed to advancing massachusetts' leadership in the life sciences to grow the industry, add value to the health care system and improve patient lives.
Bridgespan's mission is to build a better world by strengthening the ability of mission-driven organizations and philanthropists to achieve breakthrough results in addressing society's most important challenges and opportunities.
Our mission is to ensure that the people of greater boston benefit from a vibrant, resilient, and inclusive waterfront, harbor, and islands; these spaces are equitable, accessible, and adapted to climate change; and to ensure our public,…
How this is measured
20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 31 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 LIFE SCIENCE CARES INC ↗
- Who funds NEHI INC ↗
- Who funds BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE CAREERS PROGRAM INC ↗
- Who funds THE IMMIGRANT LEARNING CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds GLOBAL FUND FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds Isaiah House Inc ↗
- Who funds WALTHAM BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC ↗
- Who funds SCIENCE HISTORY INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
- Who funds Winston-Salem Mixxer Inc ↗
- Who funds PAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC ↗
- Who funds WOMEN'S MONEY MATTERS INC ↗
- Who funds PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND ↗
- Who funds Children's Hospital Corporation ↗
- Who funds DOC WAYNE INC ↗
- Who funds ROOM TO GROW NATIONAL INC ↗
- Who funds GI Go Fund 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.
Open a dossier: Eastern Bank Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Boger Family Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for MetroWest Inc · Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Von Rickenbach Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Von Rickenbach Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Immigrant Learning Center Inc: 34% of income from government
- Waltham Boys & Girls Club Inc: 29% of income from government
- Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
- Doc Wayne Inc: 15% of income from government
- Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
- Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc: 8% of income from government
- President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
- Perkins School for the Blind: 7% of income from government
- Women's Money Matters Inc: 1% of income from government
- Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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