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THE LIONEL RICHIE FOUNDATION

THE LIONEL RICHIE FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being WE ARE THE WORLD FOUNDATION ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$8k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$0
Net assets
$5k
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What The Lionel Richie Foundation does

Program

Not applicable

The first program described on its most recent Form 990-PF.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 0 ($0) Expenses 100 ($6k) Net assets 100 ($111k)2018 Revenue 0 ($0) Expenses 219 ($12k) Net assets 93 ($104k)2019 Revenue 0 ($0) Expenses 948 ($53k) Net assets 46 ($51k)2020 Revenue 0 ($0) Expenses 824 ($46k) Net assets 5 ($5k)2021 Revenue 0 ($0) Expenses 10 ($553) Net assets 4 ($5k)2022 Revenue 100 ($17k) Expenses 240 ($13k) Net assets 7 ($8k)2023 Revenue 42 ($7k) Expenses 201 ($11k) Net assets 12 ($13k)2024 Revenue 91 ($15k) Expenses 51 ($3k) Net assets 20 ($23k)2025 Revenue 50 ($8k) Expenses 469 ($26k) Net assets 4 ($5k)
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Revenue (50)Expenses (469)Net assets (4)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $104k to $51k (−51%).

$111k
$104k
$51k
$5k
$5k
$8k
$13k
$23k
$5k
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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.

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03Who funds it
04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE LIONEL RICHIE FOUNDATION receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it.

Months of reserve1.0mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−21% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,748 philanthropy nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE LIONEL RICHIE FOUNDATION?
THE LIONEL RICHIE FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being WE ARE THE WORLD FOUNDATION ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE LIONEL RICHIE FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $0 in grants to THE LIONEL RICHIE FOUNDATION.
Who is the largest funder of THE LIONEL RICHIE FOUNDATION?
WE ARE THE WORLD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $0 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE LIONEL RICHIE FOUNDATION 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