Richey May Cares Foundation
Englewood, CO · EIN 46-3626597. Reported 57 grants totalling $71,475 to 45 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. 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. Richey May Cares Foundation 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 $526. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $806; the smallest was $250 and the largest $7,653. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brothers Redevelopment | Denver, CO | $18,775 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| House of Hope | Englewood, CO | $8,894 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Community First Foundation | Arvada, CO | $7,653 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| A Precious Child | Broomfield, CO | $4,754 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Foundation for Douglas County Schools | Castle Rock, CO | $2,650 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Colorado Homeownership Coalition | Centennial, CO | $2,573 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Operation Gratitude | Encino, CA | $2,274 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Foundation Music School | Fort Collins, CO | $1,600 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New Classroom Building Fund | Denver, CO | $1,569 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Denver Dumb Friends League | Denver, CO | $1,291 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rocky Mountain Fisher House | Aurora, CO | $1,030 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Colorado Feline Foster Rescue | Morrison, CO | $1,021 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Lantern House | Ogden, UT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jeffco Schools Foundation | Golden, CO | $794 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House | Denver, CO | $794 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hayes Tough Foundation | Salt Lake City, UT | $781 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Littleton Public Schools Foundation | Littleton, CO | $780 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Breakthrough T1D | Hagerstown, MD | $760 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Open Hands Food Pantry | Royal Oak, MI | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Days for Girls | Mount Vernon, WA | $526 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Osso | Highland, UT | $525 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Partnership Against Domestic Violence | Atlanta, GA | $525 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sailmaine | Portland, ME | $525 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Taps | Arlington, VA | $520 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Children's Tumor Foundation | New York, NY | $518 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bicycle Colorado | Denver, CO | $516 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| We Don't Waste | Denver, CO | $515 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Special Olympics | Centennial, CO | $512 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wish of a Lifetime | Denver, CO | $512 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alpine School District Foundation | American Fork, UT | $511 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Foundation | Charlotte, NC | $511 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ama Animal Rescue | Brooklyn, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Native American Heritage Association | Rapid City, SD | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Northeast Coonhound Rescue | Lexington, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pancreatic Cancer Action Network | Manhattan Beach, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rheumatoid Arthritis Foundation | Orlando, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rocky Mountain French Bulldog Rescue | Boulder, CO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Shoes 4 the Shoeless | Dayton, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wamos | Aurora, CO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chinese for Affirmative Action | San Francisco, CA | $260 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Safer Foundation | Chicago, IL | $256 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Clayton Contributes | Denver, CO | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Covenant House | New York, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Higher Hope Foundation | Greenwood Village, CO | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wounded Warrior Project | Jacksonville, FL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
8 of 45 (18%) 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 33%, 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.
- Community First Foundation
COLORADO GIVES DAY IS MORE THAN JUST A DAY. IT'S A MOVEMENT THAT INSPIRES AND UNITES THOUSANDS OF DONORS TO GIVE WHERE THEY LIVE AND SUPPORT COLORADO NONPROFITS. THANKS TO FIRSTBANK, OUR SPONSORS, COUNTLESS DONORS AND THOUSANDS OF NONPROFITS, COLORADO GIVES DAY IS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL GIVING DAYS IN THE NATION. - House of Hope
HOUSE OF HOPE IS A RESIDENTIAL FACILITY FOR WOMEN WITH CHILDREN EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS - Brothers Redevelopment
BROTHERS REDEVELOPMENT IS A DENVER-BASED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES HOUSING AND A VARIETY OF HOUSING-RELATED SERVICES FOR THE REGION'S LOW-INCOME, ELDERLY AND DISABLED RESIDENTS. - A Precious Child
ABOUT 250,000 CHILDREN LIVE BELOW THE COLORADO SELF-SUFFICIENCY STANDARD IN A PRECIOUS CHILD'S SERVICE AREA. CHILDREN LIVING IN POVERTY ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE IN POOR HEALTH, LESS LIKELY TO GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL ON TIME AND ARE MORE LIKELY TO LIVE IN POVERTY AS ADULTS. A PRECIOUS CHILD ASSISTS CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FACING DIFFICULT LIFE CHALLENGES SUCH AS ABUSE AND NEGLECT, CRISIS SITUATIONS AND POVERTY. WE WORK WITH MORE THAN 500 AGENCY PARTNERS THROUGHOUT EIGHT COUNTIES, INCLUDING ADAMS, ARAPAHOE, BOULDER, BROOMFIELD, DENVER, DOUGLAS JEFFERSON AND WELD TO IDENTIFY CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN THE MOST NEED OF OUR SERVICES. - Colorado Homeownership Coalition
WE PROVIDE MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE TO COLORADO HOMEOWNERS WHO NEED A HELPING HAND TO OVERCOME HARDSHIPS AND SUSTAIN HOMEOWNERSHIP. - Operation Gratitude
TO PROVIDE A TANGIBLE EXPRESSION OF GRATITUDE TO THE HEROES WHO ARE BRAVELY SERVING OUR COUNTRY.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 38 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 11 | $15,705 | $500 |
| 2022 | 15 | $16,509 | $774 |
| 2023 | 15 | $18,428 | $775 |
| 2024 | 16 | $20,833 | $634 |
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. 81% of this one's giving went to organizations in Colorado. 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 $526. 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 Colorado.
- 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 Richey May Cares Foundation'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: 9780 S Meridian Blvd 500, Englewood, CO, 80112. 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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