Richards Family Foundation
This organization is a private foundation dedicated to supporting community organizations. Its mission centers around enhancing community development, with a particular emphasis on faith-based initiatives, youth development, and human services. The foundation provides grants to a diverse range of recipients, including religious organizations, youth programs, and community service clubs, reflecting its commitment to fostering positive social impact. While it primarily operates in Georgia, its funding extends to various states across the U.S.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Small-to-midsize community or faith-based nonprofits (including youth-serving organizations) with local or regional presence, or intermediaries already visible to the trustees or donor-advised channels.
Good Fit
- • Mission aligns with community, faith-based, or youth development activities as seen in prior grantees.
- • Existing relationship or formal introduction to the trustees or their known intermediaries.
- • Track record of local community programming in Georgia or visibility to national intermediaries used by the foundation.
- • Capacity to receive one-off large grants through intermediary vehicles or donor-advised funds.
Geography
Observed grants span multiple states (eight in 2024) but the dollar flow is heavily concentrated in a single state in the latest year, producing multi-state reach with strong state-level concentration.
Recipient Variety
Across the observed years the foundation funded dozens of independent recipients each year (43 in 2022, 36 in 2023, 29 in 2024) and added many new grantees in the latest year, indicating a broad recipient set rather than a tiny closed circle.
New Applicants
The filings state grants are only to preselected applicants, which limits unsolicited entry, but the high number of new recipients recorded (21 new in 2024) shows the foundation does add new organizations — direct public application does not appear to be the route.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
