California · Nonprofit
RICE RESEARCH TRUST
RICE RESEARCH TRUST (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $85,000 to it, the largest being The Eddie Williamson Family Foundation ($85,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $85k
- Net assets
- $18M
What Rice Research Trust does
Mission
The trust was formed to provide funds from investment of trust assets to support research activities for agriculture.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
During the year the trust provided grant funding to the california cooperative rice research foundation, inc., #94-1230307, a 501(c) (5) organization, in the amount of $265,294.additionally, the trust provides scholarships. These scholarships are given to full-time graduate or undergraduate students enrolled in the university of california or california state university systems with demonstrated interest in pursuing studies in rice improvement, protection, management or utilization. Additional eligibility requirements include u.s. Citizenship and a grade point average that qualifies for entrance to graduate school. Two scholarship were awarded this year.
$271,294 spentof which $271,294 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $271,294.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $13M to $17M (+39%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
3% of RICE RESEARCH TRUST’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Dustin Harrell
Executive director
Board chair
Steve Willey
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $5k → $10k.
From the IRS filings of RICE RESEARCH TRUST’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of RICE RESEARCH TRUST's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
RICE RESEARCH TRUST runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 605 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 605 food & nutrition nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like RICE RESEARCH TRUST
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Calif Cooperative Rice Research Fn · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for RICE RESEARCH TRUST: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds RICE RESEARCH TRUST?
- RICE RESEARCH TRUST (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $85,000 to it, the largest being The Eddie Williamson Family Foundation ($85,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RICE RESEARCH TRUST have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $85,000 in grants to RICE RESEARCH TRUST, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RICE RESEARCH TRUST?
- The Eddie Williamson Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $85,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RICE RESEARCH TRUST find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing