Funding search · EIN 586035136 · Columbus, GA

The Walter Alan Richards Foundation

Name: The Walter Alan Richards 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.

51
grants reported: $1.7M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $3,000
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.

What they fund

donee education collaborative college department educational honors library

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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.

Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley3 grants · $1.3M
Columbus State University3 grants · $141,000
St Thomas Episcopal Church3 grants · $112,000
Columbus Technical College Foundation3 grants · $23,000
Brookstone School3 grants · $22,000
Springer Academy3 grants · $15,000
St Joseph Child Development Center2 grants · $12,000
Columbus Museum3 grants · $12,000
Youth Orchestra of Greater Columbus3 grants · $9,000
Columbus Symphony Orchestra3 grants · $9,000

Giving over time

$203,000

2022

$1.5M

2024

Grant history

All 51 reported grants, largest first.

$1.3M
Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley · Columbus, GA · 2024
Chattahoochee valley imagination library & walter alan richards fund
$104,000
St Thomas Episcopal Church · Columbus, GA · 2022
$4,000 educational outreach & $100,000 general use of donee
$50,000
Columbus State University · Columbus, GA · 2024
Math collaborative, honors college scholarship, and csu library archives
$48,000
Columbus State University · Columbus, GA · 2024
Math collaborative, honors college scholarship, and csu archives
$43,000
Columbus State University · Columbus, GA · 2022
Math collaborative and honors college scholarship
$8,000
Brookstone School · Columbus, GA · 2024
General use of donee
$8,000
Columbus Technical College Foundation · Columbus, GA · 2024
Vectr project
$7,500
Columbus Technical College Foundation · Columbus, GA · 2024
Student success fund
$7,500
Columbus Technical College Foundation · Columbus, GA · 2022
Student success fund
$7,000
Brookstone School · Columbus, GA · 2024
General use of donee
$7,000
Brookstone School · Columbus, GA · 2022
General use of donee
$6,000
St Joseph Child Development Center · Ft Mitchell, AL · 2024
General use of donee
$6,000
St Joseph Child Development Center · Ft Mitchell, AL · 2022
General use of donee
$5,000
Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley · Columbus, GA · 2024
Chattahoochee valley imagination library
$5,000
Springer Academy · Columbus, GA · 2024
General use of donee
$5,000
Springer Academy · Columbus, GA · 2024
General use of donee
$5,000
Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley · Columbus, GA · 2022
General use of donee
$5,000
Springer Academy · Columbus, GA · 2022
General use of donee
$4,000
Columbus Museum · Columbus, GA · 2024
Education department
$4,000
Columbus Museum · Columbus, GA · 2024
Education department
$4,000
Springer Opera House Arts Association · Columbus, GA · 2024
General use of donee
$4,000
Springer Opera House Arts Association · Columbus, GA · 2024
General use of donee
$4,000
St Thomas Episcopal Church · Columbus, GA · 2024
Educational outreach
$4,000
St Thomas Episcopal Church · Columbus, GA · 2024
Educational outreach
$4,000
Columbus Museum · Columbus, GA · 2022
Education department
$3,000
Columbus Symphony Orchestra · Columbus, GA · 2024
Education
$3,000
Columbus Symphony Orchestra · Columbus, GA · 2024
Education
$3,000
Do Good Fund · Columbus, GA · 2024
General use of donee
$3,000
Do Good Fund · Columbus, GA · 2024
General use of donee
$3,000
Historic Columbus Foundation · Columbus, GA · 2024
General use of donee
$3,000
Historic Columbus Foundation · Columbus, GA · 2024
General use of donee
$3,000
National Infantry Museum Foudation · Columbus, GA · 2024
General use of donee
$3,000
National Infantry Museum Foundation · Columbus, GA · 2024
General use of donee
$3,000
The National Civil War Naval Museum · Columbus, GA · 2024
General use of donee
$3,000
The National Civil War Naval Museum · Columbus, GA · 2024
General use of donee
$3,000
Youth Orchestra of Greater Columbus · Columbus, GA · 2024
General use of donee
$3,000
Youth Orchestra of Greater Columbus · Columbus, GA · 2024
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$3,000
Columbus Symphony Orchestra · Columbus, GA · 2022
Education
$3,000
Do Good Fund · Columbus, GA · 2022
General use of donee
$3,000
Historic Columbus Foundation · Columbus, GA · 2022
General use of donee
$3,000
National Infantry Museum Foudation · Columbus, GA · 2022
General use of donee
$3,000
The National Civil War Naval Museum · Columbus, GA · 2022
General use of donee
$3,000
Youth Orchestra of Greater Columbus · Columbus, GA · 2022
General use of donee
$2,500
Columbus Botanical Gardens · Columbus, GA · 2024
Education
$2,500
Columbus Botanical Gardens · Columbus, GA · 2024
Education
$2,500
Columbus Botanical Gardens · Columbus, GA · 2022
General use of donee
$2,000
Open Door Community Center · Columbus, GA · 2024
General use of donee
$2,000
Open Door Community House · Columbus, GA · 2024
General use of donee
$1,000
Chattahoochee Valley Camellia Society · Columbus, GA · 2024
General use of donee
$1,000
Chattahoochee Valley Camellia Society · Columbus, GA · 2024
General use of donee
$1,000
Open Door Community Center · Columbus, GA · 2022
General use of donee

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