California · Nonprofit
Runnin For Rhett
Runnin For Rhett (California) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $251,911 to it, the largest being Sacramento Region Community Foundation ($92,055). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $911k
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $252k
- Net assets
- $439k
What Runnin For Rhett does
Mission
Our goal is to let rhett's story inspire those who feel defeated, uplift those who feel down and encourage all to take that first step, like beth did in the spring of 2005, and move into life.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Youth fitness program - approximately 1 in 9 california children and 1 in 3 teens are overweight or obese. Between 40-80 of overweight children will become overweight adults. As a direct result of the obesity epidemic, doctors are seeing a significant rise in chronic illness in children. Not only is childhood obesity a huge issue that needs to be addressed, but physical inactivity is a serious problem. Health-risk behaviors such as substance use, violence, and physical inactivity are consistently linked to academic failure and often affect students' attendance, grades, test scores, and ability to pay attention. R4r's youth fitness program is in alignment with the vision of the california obesity plan: californians will understand the importance of physical activity and healthy eating, and they will make healthier choices based on their understanding. We hope to expand the yfp to more schools, gaining greater outreach to those populations at highest risk for obesity and inactivity in the 4-county region.
$631,615 spent$46,428 earned by the program80% of program spendingRunnin' for rhett r4r of elk grove, california, is a not-for-profit organization that was founded on december 7, 2007, in honor of rhett seevers, a little boy with severe cerebral palsy who couldn't run or walk. Our mission is to inspire people to move into life. Runnin' for rhett's adult program is designed to combat obesity in at-risk people by educating adults and their families on fitness and nutrition. Known as the blue crew, adults, and their families' members meet regularly to train for targeted races, participate in a variety of exercise activities, connect with others through social events, volunteer for programs and events, and raise funds for our youth fitness program.
$157,332 spent$46,076 earned by the program20% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $788,947.
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 2020 to 2021, from $484k to $628k (+30%).
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: 2021 12% · 2022 1% · 2023 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
62% of Runnin For Rhett’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Board chair
Tina Lee-Vogt
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income fell $39k → $27k.
3 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 41% 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 Runnin For Rhett’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.
How concentrated its funding is
Runnin For Rhett leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
49% 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 Runnin For Rhett.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 74% · 2018 87% · 2019 77% · 2020 47% · 2021 79% · 2022 93% · 2023 56% — diversifying over time.
“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
43% of Runnin For Rhett's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
76% of Runnin For Rhett's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $103k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
Runnin For Rhett has grown faster than half of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Runnin For Rhett
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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Runnin For Rhett: 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 Runnin For Rhett?
- Runnin For Rhett (California) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $251,911 to it, the largest being Sacramento Region Community Foundation ($92,055). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Runnin For Rhett have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $251,911 in grants to Runnin For Rhett, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Runnin For Rhett?
- Sacramento Region Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $92,055 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Runnin For Rhett 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 14 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