FundersMissouri

Gladys M Rickard Charitable Trust

Maryville, MO · EIN 34-7182531. Reported 65 grants totalling $1,721,185 to 41 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$15,000median grant
$1,721,185granted, 2021-2024
41organizations funded
29%of grantees funded again the next year
$8,697,220assets, 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. Gladys M Rickard 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.

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 $15,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $6,472 and $42,500; the smallest was $1,500 and the largest $140,800. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
7 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
17 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
15 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
13 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
11 grants
$100,000 and Up
2 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
North Nodaway R-VI SchoolHopkins, MO$230,482222023
The Ministry CenterMaryville, MO$215,900422024
Maryville Parks & RecMaryville, MO$138,556222023
Community Services IncMaryville, MO$104,000222024
Hopkins Township Road AssocHopkins, MO$100,000112021
The Ministery CenterMaryville, MO$91,700222022
Coummunity Services IncMaryville, MO$83,500222022
Hopkins Community ClubHopkins, MO$58,951112024
Nodaway County Sheriff DeptMaryville, MO$58,790332023
Nocomo Industries IncMaryville, MO$57,495112024
Habitat for HumanityMaryville, MO$50,942222023
Nodaway County AmbulanceMaryville, MO$45,000112024
Hopkins Community BettermentHopkins, MO$42,907222024
Nen Partners in Education FoundationRavenwood, MO$40,830322024
Maryville Public SafetyMaryville, MO$39,192212021
City of SkidmoreSkidmore, MO$37,085222022
Nodaway County Senior CenterMaryville, MO$36,821322024
Hopkins Ball Assoc & Hopkins Community BettermentHopkins, MO$30,000112023
Nodaway County Economic DevelopmentMaryville, MO$25,000112024
Nodaway County Historical SocietyMaryville, MO$21,261432023
Lettuce DreamMaryville, MO$20,547332024
Skidmore Community BettermentSkidmore, MO$18,975112021
City of HopkinsHopkins, MO$18,394112022
Graham Community BettermentMaitland, MO$17,500112024
City of PickeringPickering, MO$16,612222024
Hopkins Second HarvestHopkins, MO$14,600112024
Hopkins Ball AssociationHopkins, MO$12,838112024
The Source Medical CenterMound City, MO$12,000112022
Northeast Nodaway FoundationRavenwood, MO$11,790112023
Fire Protectino BoardBedford, IA$10,000112021
Barnard Historical SocietyBarnard, MO$8,000112022
North Star Advocacy CenterConceptin Junction, MO$7,400112021
Nw Mo Educational RoboticsConception Junction, MO$7,000112024
Nodaway County Senior Citizens Senate IncMaryville, MO$5,658112023
Nw Mo Regional Dev CorpMaryville, MO$5,500112024
Nodaway Holt R-VII SchoolGraham, MO$5,494112022
DareMaryville, MO$5,000112022
Nnwmo Educational Robotics FoundationRavenwood, MO$5,000112021
Maryville Public Safety-Fire DeptMaryville, MO$4,490112021
Northwest Foundation IncMaryville, MO$4,475112021
City of BarnardBarnard, MO$1,500112022

15 of 41 (37%) 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 29%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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 the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 16 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
12 grants
Recreation & Sports
1 grant
Employment
1 grant
Community Improvement
1 grant
Education
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202119$418,073$7,400
202214$405,385$21,097
202314$410,618$19,552
202418$487,109$16,250

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. 99% of this one's giving went to organizations in Missouri. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Missouri
$1.7M
Iowa
$10K

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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.

American Online Giving Foundation Inc4 shared recipientsThe Community Foundation of Northwest Missouriinc3 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $15,000. 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 Missouri.
  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.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Gladys M Rickard Charitable Trust's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 525 West Grant St, Maryville, MO, 64468. 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 34-7182531 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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