Alabama · Private foundation
W Earl Richards Charitable Foundation Inc
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.
- $1.9M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $950,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 18
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $11M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 19% of the organizations W Earl Richards Charitable Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k 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 | 15 | $1.9M | 13% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $1.9M | 19% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $1.3M | 8% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $1.6M | 15% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $1.3M | 27% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $1.2M | 28% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $1.2M | 41% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $675k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Church of the Highlands Inc | $2,648,731 | 6 | n/a |
| Highlands College | $1,083,333 | 3 | n/a |
| Vapor Ministries Inc | $734,608 | 8 | 4% |
| Second Wind Programs Inc | $525,000 | 5 | 2% |
| EQUIP Leadership Inc | $275,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Riverchase United Methodist Church | $220,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Milos Foundation Inc | $211,000 | 6 | 100% |
| United Way of Central Alabama Inc | $190,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Grace House Ministries Inc | $175,000 | 8 | 2% |
| The Wellhouse Inc | $126,000 | 6 | 1% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Church of the Highlands Inc | $2,648,731 | 6 | n/a |
| Highlands College | $1,083,333 | 3 | n/a |
| Vapor Ministries Inc | $734,608 | 8 | 4% |
| Second Wind Programs Inc | $525,000 | 5 | 2% |
| EQUIP Leadership Inc | $275,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Riverchase United Methodist Church | $220,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Milos Foundation Inc | $211,000 | 6 | 100% |
| United Way of Central Alabama Inc | $190,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Grace House Ministries Inc | $175,000 | 8 | 2% |
| The Wellhouse Inc | $126,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Christ Health Center Inc | $95,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Union University | $85,000 | 4 | 0% |
| High Point University | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bok Tower Gardens Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Samford University | $11,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Breakthrough T1d | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Campus Outreach | $7,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Arlington Partners Charitable Foundation Inc | $7,173 | 2 | 1% |
| James E Hughes Jr Foundation | $5,200 | 1 | 3% |
| Every Nation Churches & Ministries | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tipping Point Community | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Trivela Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Mountain Brook City Schools Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of The Plateau Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
W Earl Richards Charitable Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Servant Foundation · The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · Campbell Estelle S Char Foundation · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Signatry Charitable Trust · Arlington Partners Charitable Foundation Inc · Altecstyslinger Foundation · Community Foundation of Greater Huntsville · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation
How this is measured
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About W Earl Richards Charitable Foundation Inc
- How much does W Earl Richards Charitable Foundation Inc give?
- W Earl Richards Charitable Foundation Inc reported 15 grants totaling $1,941,092 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does W Earl Richards Charitable Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (64%), Education (11%), International (6%).
- Who are W Earl Richards Charitable Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Church of the Highlands Inc ($2.6M), Highlands College ($1.1M), Vapor Ministries Inc ($735k).
- Does W Earl Richards Charitable Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does W Earl Richards Charitable Foundation Inc 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 W Earl Richards Charitable Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Servant Foundation, The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham, Campbell Estelle S Char Foundation.
- Where is W Earl Richards Charitable Foundation Inc based?
- W Earl Richards Charitable Foundation Inc is based in AL.
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