California · Nonprofit
Riekes Center for Human Enhancement
Riekes Center for Human Enhancement (California) receives grants from 44 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,093,639 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($3,300,860). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 87% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.2M
- Funders on record
- 44
- Grants received
- $14M
- Net assets
- $6.9M
What Riekes Center for Human Enhancement does
Mission
Athletic Fitness and Nature Awareness, in an environment of non-judgment and mutual respect. Each persons uniqueness and potential is celebrated. The Riekes Center thrives on providing transformational outcomes for our students.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The Riekes Center focuses on achievable and measurable results. Students benefit from individualized programs that build strength, speed, flexibility and endurance, while preventing injury. Our athletic programs rely on evaluations and video-based bio-mechanical analysis to measure improvement. Our programs are individually tailored to meet each of our students needs and goals, in an atmosphere where all students, goals, and interests are equally important.Our comprehensive approach creates better athletes, stronger team players, and more motivated and confident individuals. Our programs utilize the best technologies, highly developed learning theories, and latest advancements in areas such as physiology, nutrition and the mechanics of movement.
$1,894,232 spentof which $165,338 as grants$616,290 earned by the program47% of program spendingThe Riekes Center Nature Awareness Department provides nature immersion opportunities that focus on fun, adventure, and life-long learning. We strive to build strong affinities between people and the natural world. We provide participants from age 0 (yes we have pregnant moms in our programs) to 99 with the opportunity to explore an interest or pursue a passion in wilderness living, outdoor study, and recreation. Whether you want to backpack in the desert of Death Valley, surf the Pacific Ocean, study the natural history of California, track weasels along a river bank, make fire by rubbing two sticks together, teach your classroom more about their schools back yard or enrich your personal nature hikes, we have the program for you.
$960,985 spentof which $190,896 as grants$970,134 earned by the program24% of program spendingThe Riekes Center Creative Arts Department is committed to providing the best possi- ble opportunity for participants to define and accomplish their goals in the Creat- ive Arts. Guided by a professional staff of artist-educators, students are able to explore their interests and pursue their passions in an environment of support and mutual respect. We offer Music Instruction, Video Production, Visual Art, Photo- graphy, Ezine (digital magazine publishing), Electronic Music, Hip Hop and Spoken Word programs. Creative Arts students have (1) Shown their work on PBS, (2) Entered and won awards at film festivals, (3) Made a trailer that was chosen for a Star Wars Movie, (4) Gone on to UCLA and USC Film Schools, (5) Attended Musicians Institute in Hollywood, (6)Been cast on the hit TV series Glee as a regular band member, (7) Started their own film festivals, (8) Written/arranged/produced their own CDs.
$676,659 spentof which $98,339 as grants$526,926 earned by the program17% of program spendingOTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: The Student Services Department offers Riekes Center students useful opportunities to become more involved with the community. Students can gain valuable leadership and life skills while working in a fun environment with a supportive team. Participants can volunteer, receive accredited community service hours, work in trade for program tuition, or train towards becoming a future Riekes Center staff member. As a student worker, participants receive all of the benefits of being a Riekes Center student, as well as the joys of being a peer mentor and role model for others. We have many positions available, and we can tailor the program to meet students' needs.[continued on Schedule O] OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: Student Services (continued)Student workers at the Riekes Center learn communication skills by giving tours of the Center, taking lunch orders, and helping other students to achieve their goals. They learn how to run a grill and cook pizza in our outdoor oven. Students also manage the live sound at our monthly concerts, answer phones, assist at the front desk, and help take care of the gardens at the Riekes Center.
$464,500 spentof which $48,124 as grants$245,456 earned by the program12% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,996,376.
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 2021 to 2022, from $8.5M to $11M (+26%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2019 2% · 2020 13% · 2021 0% · 2022 6% · 2023 13% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
38% of Riekes Center for Human Enhancement’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 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
Mark Newton
Exec Director
Board chair
Caroline McNally
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 22 funders, grant income rose $1.9M → $2.7M.
17 of 44 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 87% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Riekes Center for Human Enhancement’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 44 funders by total. 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.
How concentrated its funding is
Riekes Center for Human Enhancement has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
89% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Riekes Center for Human Enhancement.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 45% · 2018 41% · 2019 40% · 2020 24% · 2021 26% · 2022 29% · 2023 46% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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.
How long its funders stay
55% of Riekes Center for Human Enhancement's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
87% of Riekes Center for Human Enhancement's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $1.8M that is directly attributable, 68% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $12M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
Riekes Center for Human Enhancement's revenue grew 28% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,752 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding Riekes Center for Human Enhancement receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $497k on record.
- Department of Veterans Affairs$497k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like Riekes Center for Human Enhancement
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
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Riekes Center for Human Enhancement: 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 Riekes Center for Human Enhancement?
- Riekes Center for Human Enhancement (California) receives grants from 44 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,093,639 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($3,300,860). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 87% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Riekes Center for Human Enhancement have?
- IRS filings report 44 organizations giving $14,093,639 in grants to Riekes Center for Human Enhancement, 32 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Riekes Center for Human Enhancement?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,300,860 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Riekes Center for Human Enhancement 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 44 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