Funding search · EIN 832037794 · Fort Myers, FL

The Rist Family Foundation

Name: The Rist Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

44
grants reported: $5.2M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

U-Mass Lowell Foundation2 grants · $2.0M
U-Mass1 grant · $945,000
Florida Southwestern State College2 grants · $900,000
Swfl Institute of Cybersecruity and Information Technology1 grant · $300,000
Florida Gulf Coast University1 grant · $300,000
Harry Chapin Food Bank3 grants · $101,734
Swfl Respiratory Classroom and Simulation Lab1 grant · $100,000
Hope Healthcare1 grant · $100,000
Collier Lee Honor Flight1 grant · $80,000
Swfl Childrens Charaties3 grants · $67,000

Giving over time

$2.0M

2022

$1.5M

2023

$1.7M

2024

Grant history

All 44 reported grants, largest first.

$995,000
U-Mass Lowell Foundation · Lowell, MA · 2022
Charitable
$970,000
U-Mass Lowell Foundation · Lowell, MA · 2023
Charitable
$945,000
U-Mass · Lowell, MA · 2024
Charitable
$500,000
Florida Southwestern State College · Fort Myers, FL · 2022
Charitable
$400,000
Florida Southwestern State College · Fort Myers, FL · 2024
Charitable
$300,000
Florida Gulf Coast University · Fort Myers, FL · 2024
Charitable
$300,000
Swfl Institute of Cybersecruity and Information Technology · Fort Myers, FL · 2023
Charitable
$100,000
Swfl Respiratory Classroom and Simulation Lab · Fort Myers, FL · 2023
Charitable
$100,000
Hope Healthcare · Fort Myers, FL · 2022
Charitable
$80,000
Collier Lee Honor Flight · Naples, FL · 2022
Charitable
$69,234
Harry Chapin Food Bank · Fort Myers, FL · 2022
Charitable
$55,000
Swfl Childrens Charaties · Fort Myers, FL · 2022
Charitable
$50,000
Imag Final Installment · Fort Myers, FL · 2022
Charitable
$50,000
Valerie'S House · Fort Myers, FL · 2022
Charitable
$40,000
Swfl Children Charity Wine Fest · Fort Myers, FL · 2024
Charitable
$30,000
Oasis Charter School STEM Innovation Program · Cape Coral, FL · 2023
Charitable
$30,000
Oasis Charter School STEM Innovation Program · Cape Coral, FL · 2022
Charitable
$25,000
Ja Business Hall of Fame · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Charitable
$25,000
Harry Chapin Food Bank · Fort Myers, FL · 2023
Charitable
$25,000
Junior Achievement · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Lee Bia Builders Care · Fort Myers, FL · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Shell Museum · Sanibel, FL · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Imag Gala · Fort Myers, FL · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Shell Museum · Sanibel, FL · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Swfl Childrens Charaties · Fort Myers, FL · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Builders Care Lbia Event · Fort Myers, FL · 2022
Charitable
$8,500
The It Bootcamp (Katie Glovas) · Lowell, MA · 2022
Charitable
$7,500
Harry Chapin Food Bank · Fort Myers, FL · 2024
Charitable
$7,500
Junior Achievement · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Charitable
$7,500
Pace Center for Girls · Fort Myers, FL · 2022
Charitable
$5,200
Junior Achievement · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Imag · Fort Myers, FL · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Valerie'S House · Fort Myers, FL · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Children'S Education Center of the Islands · Sanibel, FL · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Imag Gala · Fort Myers, FL · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Builders Care Lbia Event · Fort Myers, FL · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Imag - STEM Science Kits · Fort Myers, FL · 2022
Charitable
$3,120
Junior Achievement · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Charitable
$2,500
Ucc Whale Center · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
Charitable
$2,000
Swfl Childrens Charaties · Fort Myers, FL · 2022
Charitable
$1,030
Larc Scholarship · Fort Myers, FL · 2022
Charitable
$520
Dolphin Cycling Cancer Challenge (Darin McMurray) · Miami Gardens, FL · 2022
Charitable
$515
Starability Foundation · Naples, FL · 2024
Charitable
$504
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Swfl · Fort Myers, FL · 2024
Charitable

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.