Ma Rikard Charitable Trust
Nashville, TN · EIN 63-6231842. Reported 225 grants totalling $1,137,300 to 74 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Ma Rikard Charitable Trust did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,500 and $5,000; the smallest was $200 and the largest $65,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oglethorpe University | Atlanta, GA | $260,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Kekula Ni'ihau O Kekaha - Preschool | Kekaha, HI | $82,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Belmont University | Nashville, TN | $65,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Kekula Ni'ihau O Kekaha | Kekaha, HI | $55,000 | 3 | 1 | 2020 |
| Alderwood Elementary School | Bellingham, WA | $43,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| National Tropical Botanical Gardens | Kalaheo, HI | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Alabama Children's Hospital Foundation | Birmingham, AL | $36,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Kula Aupuni Niihau Kahelelani Aloha | Kekaha, HI | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Historic Waimea Theater and Cultural Arts Center | Waimea, HI | $25,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Monroe Carell JR Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt | Nashville, TN | $24,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Big Oak Ranch Inc | Springville, AL | $23,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Storybook Theatre of Hawaii | Hanapepe, HI | $23,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Library of Hawaii | Aiea, HI | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Salvation Army | Eleele, HI | $19,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Baldwin County Heritage Museum | Elberta, AL | $19,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| City of Foley Alabama Fire Dept | Foley, AL | $19,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Kauai Humane Society | Lihue, HI | $19,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| City of Foley Alabama | Foley, AL | $17,500 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| Kilohana Canoe Club | Waimea, HI | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| St Andrew By the Sea | Gulf Shores, AL | $15,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Kekula Ni'ihau O Kekaha - Hope Strickland | Kekaha, HI | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Riverside Military Academy | Gainesville, GA | $13,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Community Hospice of Baldwin County | Foley, AL | $12,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Salvation Army | Birmingham, AL | $12,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| South Baldwin Literacy Council | Foley, AL | $11,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Ecumenical Ministries Inc | Foley, AL | $10,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Be Bold Ministries | Salem, OR | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Sturdivant Museum Association | Selma, AL | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| United Way of Baldwin County | Foley, AL | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| United Way of Central Alabama | Birmingham, AL | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Williamson County Rescue Squad | Franklin, TN | $9,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Williamson County Sheriff's Office | Franklin, TN | $9,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth | Bellingham, WA | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Habitat for Humanity of Baldwin Cty | Summerdale, AL | $7,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Monroe County Heritage Museum | Monroeville, AL | $6,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Buena Vista Memorial Association | Beatrice, AL | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Let's Get Free | Pittsburgh, PA | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Northwest Washington Steelheaders | Bellingham, WA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pelham City Schools | Pelham, AL | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| She Jumps | Salt Lake City, UT | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Harpeth Conservancy | Brentwood, TN | $5,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Wolf Bay Watershed Watch | Foley, AL | $5,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| City of Foley Alabama Police Dept | Foley, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Core Community Resources | Bayfield, WI | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Explorations Academy | Bellingham, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| First United Methodist Church | Alabaster, AL | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Friends of North Fork Com Library | Maple Falls, WA | $5,000 | 3 | 2 | 2021 |
| One World Surgery | Deerfield, IL | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| St Jude Childrens Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Battle of Franklin Trust | Franklin, TN | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Foley Al Woman's Club | Foley, AL | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Friends of the Foley Al Library | Foley, AL | $4,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The David & Sue Vosloh Charitable Foundation | Foley, AL | $4,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mt Baker High School | Maple Falls, WA | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Nashville Public Library Foundation | Nashville, TN | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Peace Lutheran Church | Gulf Shores, AL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cullman County Board of Education | Cullman, AL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Helena Elementary School | Helena, AL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Helena High School | Helena, AL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Helena Intermediate School | Helena, AL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Helena Middle School | Helena, AL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kendall PTA | Maple Falls, WA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Disable American Veterans (dav) | Cincinnati, OH | $1,600 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| City of Foley Alabama Marketing Dept | Foley, AL | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Friends of Deming Library | Deming, WA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kekahu Foundation Inc | Hanalei, HI | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| American Cancer Society | Birmingham, AL | $1,100 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| American Heart Association | Phoenix, AZ | $1,100 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| American Lung Assoc of Alabama | Hoover, AL | $1,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Concord Baptist Church | Monroeville, AL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Alzheimer's Disease Research | Clarksburg, MD | $900 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| March of Dimes | Birmingham, AL | $900 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| American Institutecancer Research | Washington, DC | $700 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Hanapepe Public Library | Hanapepe, HI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
56 of 74 (76%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 87%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 82 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 65 | $318,000 | $2,500 |
| 2021 | 56 | $241,000 | $2,000 |
| 2022 | 51 | $253,500 | $2,500 |
| 2023 | 53 | $324,800 | $3,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 31% of this one's giving went to organizations in Hawaii. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Hawaii.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Ma Rikard Charitable Trust's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 1033 Demonbreun Street 2ND Floor, Nashville, TN, 37203. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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