Program areas at Rippleworks
Rippleworks exists to solve problems that matter. Everything we do is intended to unleash people's potential to improve lives. That is why Rippleworks partners with social ventures on short-term, high impact projects that tackle key operational challenges to help ventures deliver impact at scale. Rippleworks helps to identify a critical challenge, provides an expert who knows how to solve it and manages the project with uncompromising commitment.
Capital invests in high-growth social ventures to help scale their impact and improve more lives.
Leaders studio brings together practical experience and effective learning methods to build and deliver learning programs to leaders across the globe.
Interest on program-related investments
Grants made by Rippleworks
Who funds Rippleworks
Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
Personnel at Rippleworks
| Name | Title | Compensation | Date of data |
|---|
| Doug Galen | Cofounder and Chief Executive Officer / President and Chief Executive Officer | $692,921 | 2021-12-21 |
| Sung Hae Kim | Chief People Person | $204,060 | 2021-04-30 |
| Ayesha Wagle | Managing Director , Capital / Head of Investments | $241,308 | 2021-12-21 |
| Sarah Burch | Managing Director , Projects / Head of Venture Growth / Senior Portfolio Man | $230,034 | 2021-12-21 |
| Tim Kunihiro | Managing Director , Projects / Managing Director , V | $277,193 | 2021-12-21 |
| ...and 14 more key personnel |
Financials for Rippleworks
| Revenues | FYE 04/2022 | FYE 04/2021 | % Change |
|---|
| Total grants, contributions, etc. | $400,000 | $234,000 | 70.9% |
| Investment income and dividends | $2,686,965 | $1,476,380 | 82% |
| Net rental income | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets | $193,027,618 | $32,770,168 | 489% |
| Gross sales of inventory | $0 | $0 | - |
| Miscellaneous revenues | $438,341 | $462,156 | -5.2% |
| Total revenues | $196,552,924 | $34,942,704 | 462.5% |
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|---|
| Moody Gardens | 501(c)(3) | Galveston, TX | $59,530,187 |
| The Lanier Theological Library Foundation | 501(c)(3) | Houston, TX | $161,744,141 |
| Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation | 501(c)(3) | Kansas City, MO | $452,428,747 |
| Terra Foundation for American Art | 501(c)(3) | Chicago, IL | $96,843,650 |
| The University Financing Foundation | 501(c)(3) | Marietta, GA | $49,260,677 |
| Bainum Family Foundation | 501(c)(3) | Bethesda, MD | $74,291,632 |
| Kimbell Art Foundation | 501(c)(3) | Fort Worth, TX | $52,320,292 |
| The Richard H. Driehaus Museum | 501(c)(3) | Chicago, IL | $74,810,944 |
| Xq Institute | 501(c)(3) | Oakland, CA | $51,717,404 |
| Packard Humanities Institute | 501(c)(3) | Los Altos, CA | $102,577,308 |
Data update history
August 28, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990PF for fiscal year 2021
May 8, 2023
Used new vendors
Identified 3 new vendors, including , , and
July 8, 2022
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
December 22, 2021
Updated personnel
Identified 5 new personnel
Nonprofit Types
Grantmaking organizationsPrivate foundationsPrivate operating foundationsCharities
Issues
Foreign affairsInternational development
Characteristics
Provides grantsState / local levelTax deductible donations
General information
- Address
- 889 Winslow St 501
- Redwood City, CA 94063
- Metro area
- San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA
- Website URL
- rippleworks.org/Â
- Phone
- (650) 499-3120
IRS details
- EIN
- 46-5604812
- Fiscal year end
- April
- Taxreturn type
- Form 990-PF
- Year formed
- 2015
- Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
- Yes
Categorization
- NTEE code, primary
- T20: Private Foundations
- NAICS code, primary
- 813211: Grantmaking Foundations
- Parent/child status
- Independent
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