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Anita B and Howard S Richmond

New York, NY · EIN 13-6180873. Reported 298 grants totalling $2,643,550 to 98 organizations across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$1,500median grant
$2,643,550granted, 2020-2024
98organizations funded
70%of grantees funded again the next year
$25.8Massets, latest filing

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. Anita B and Howard S Richmond did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $1,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $3,500; the smallest was $300 and the largest $300,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
20 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
205 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
23 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
16 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
19 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
8 grants
$100,000 and Up
7 grants

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Ma CenterSan Ramon, CA$300,000442024
Sanford Burnham PrebysLa Jolla, CA$300,000112023
Loomis Chafee School Annual FundWindsor, CT$270,000332024
The Loomis Chafee SchoolWindsor, CT$150,000222024
California Institute of the ArtsValencia, CA$140,000332024
Children's Discovery MuseumSan Jose, CA$130,000442024
Doctors Without BordersHagerstown, MD$130,000332024
World Central KitchenWashington, DC$125,000222024
American Red CrossNew York, NY$85,500552024
Direct ReliefSanta Barbara, CA$85,000222024
American Near East Refugee Aid (anera)Washington, DC$60,000222024
American Jewish Joint Distribution CommitteeNew York, NY$55,000222024
Jewish Federation of Palm Springs & Desert AreaRancho Mirage, CA$55,000442024
Baylor Women's Golf Excellence FundWaco, TX$50,000222024
Menlo SchoolAtherton, CA$50,000222024
The Maggy Haves SchoolNorth Hollywood, CA$35,000222024
The Bighorn InstitutePalm Desert, CA$27,500442024
Kauai Independent Food BankLihue, HI$27,000112020
California Association of Food BanksOakland, CA$25,000112020
Israel Parasport CenterNorthfield, IL$25,000222024
Smu Women's Golf Excellence FundDallas, TX$25,000112024
Un Refugee Agency USA for UnhcrWashington, DC$25,000112024
Angel View Crippled Children's FoundationPalm Springs, CA$19,000442024
Huntington's Disease Society of AmericaNew York, NY$18,500332024
Spectrum Design FoundationPort Washington, NY$18,000332023
Williston Northampton SchoolEasthampton, MA$16,000442024
Family YMCA of the DesertPalm Desert, CA$15,000442024
Feeding America Covid-19 Response FundWashington, DC$15,000112020
Legal Aid Foundation of Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA$15,000112020
Arthritis FoundationLos Angeles, CA$14,000442024
Eisenhower Medical CenterRancho Mirage, CA$13,500442024
Wilcox Health FoundationLihue, HI$13,000112020
Nicholas CenterPort Washington, NY$10,000222024
The Ed FoundationPort Washington, NY$9,500442024
Humane Society of the USNew York, NY$7,500442024
American Lung AssociationNew York, NY$7,000332024
The Living DesertPalm Desert, CA$6,500442024
Alzheimers AssociationChicago, IL$5,500442024
American Cancer SocietyNew York, NY$5,500442024
American Diabetes AssociationAlexandria, VA$5,500442024
American Society for TechnionNew York, NY$5,500442024
Barbara Sinatra ChildrensRancho Mirage, CA$5,500442024
Betty Ford CenterRancho Mirage, CA$5,500442024
Care IncBaldwin, MI$5,500442024
Center for Biological DiversityTucson, AZ$5,500442024
College of the Desert FoundationPalm Desert, CA$5,500442024
Compassion & ChoiceNew York, NY$5,500442024
Desert AIDS ProjectPalm Springs, CA$5,500442024
Desert Cancer FoundationPalm Desert, CA$5,500442024
Desert Special OlympicsThousand Palms, CA$5,500442024
Earth Justice Legal Defense FundOakland, CA$5,500442024
Easter SealsChicago, IL$5,500442024
Eastman School of MusicRochester, NY$5,500442024
Epilepsy Foundation of AmericaLandover, MD$5,500442024
Friends of the Palm Springs LibraryPalm Springs, CA$5,500442024
GreenpeaceWashington, DC$5,500442024
Habitat for HumanityPalm Desert, CA$5,500442024
International Rescue CommittteeNew York, NY$5,500442024
Mayo ClinicMontvale, NJ$5,500442024
Mccallum Theatre for the Performing ArtPalm Desert, CA$5,500442024
Memorial Sloan KetteringNew York, NY$5,500552024
National Center for Missing & Exploited ChildrenAlexandria, VA$5,500442024
National Resources Defense CouncilArlington, VA$5,500442024
Provincetown Art AssociationProvincetown, MA$5,500442024
Rancho Mirage Public LibraryRancho Mirage, CA$5,500442024
Shelter From the StormPalm Desert, CA$5,500442024
The Nature ConservancyArlington, VA$5,500442024
The Sierra Club FoundationSan Francisco, CA$5,500442024
United Negro College FundFairfax, VA$5,500442024
US Fund for UnicefNew York, NY$5,500442024
Wildlife Conservation SocietyBronx, NY$5,500442024
Alsacst Jude Children's Research HospitalMemphis, TN$5,000112020
Friends of American Song Archives Woody Guthrie CenterTulsa, OK$5,000112023
Interlochen Center for the ArtsInterlochen, MI$5,000112024
Mercy ShipsLindale, TX$5,000112020
North Shore University HospitalManhasset, NY$5,000112021
Woody Gothrie CenterTulsa, OK$5,000222024
Animal SamaritansThousand Palms, CA$4,000442024
Landmark CollegePutney, VT$4,000442024
Pegasus Therpeutic Riding All Special NeedsPhiladelphia, PA$4,000442024
Salvation Army of RiversideRiverside, CA$4,000332023
Virginia Waring Intl PianoPalm Desert, CA$4,000332023
American Heart AssociationDallas, TX$3,500332024
ASPCANew York, NY$3,000442024
Neuro Vitality CenterPalm Springs, CA$3,000442024
Operation RespectLinwood, NJ$3,000442024
United Cerebral PalsyNew York, NY$3,000442024
Jewish Family ServiceSan Diego, CA$2,750442024
Eisenhower Auxiliary Holiday VoicesPalm Desert, CA$2,500332024
Girl Scouts of Nassau County IncGarden City, NY$2,500112024
Visiting Nurse AssociationWashington, DC$2,500222024
Friends of Braille Institute Rancho MirageLos Angeles, CA$2,000222023
Braille Institute of America IncLos Angeles, CA$1,500112024
Palm Springs International Piano CompetitionPalm Springs, CA$1,500112024
American Friends of the IsraelNew York, NY$1,000112021
Make-a-Wish Metro New YorkNew York, NY$1,000112023
Spgc Scholarship FundSands Point, NY$1,000112020
Ms SocietyPort Washington, NY$300112020

78 of 98 (80%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 70%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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 113 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Education
18 grants
International Affairs
16 grants
Animal Welfare
16 grants
Diseases & Disorders
14 grants
Environment
12 grants
Human Services
10 grants
Health Care
9 grants
Crime & Legal
5 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202078$618,550$1,000
20216$61,000$2,000
202259$391,000$2,000
202375$774,750$1,000
202480$798,250$1,500

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.

Already committed for future years

Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Anita B and Howard S Richmond has 2 of them, worth $950,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.

OrganizationLocationApproved
Loomis Chafee School Annual FundWindsor, CT$700,000
California Institute of the ArtsValencia, CA$250,000

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 50% of this one's giving went to organizations in California. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

California
$1.3M
Connecticut
$420K
New York
$272K
District of Columbia
$233K
Maryland
$136K
Texas
$84K
Hawaii
$40K
Illinois
$36K

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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.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Anita B and Howard S Richmond's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 266 West 37TH Street, New York, NY, 10018. 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.

EIN 13-6180873 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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