The Rives Foundation provides financial support to a broad range of non profit organizations throughout Europe, North America, South America, Asia, and Africa. Support to organizations that choose to name The Rives Foundation as a donor are often granted permission to name a key member of The Rives Family who has shown support to the recipient or its cause such as the Morris Rives Reservation Project, the Matthew E. Rives Prosthetics Laboratory, and the William Rives Bookbinding Fund.
Other recipients include organizations which support the performing and visual arts, wildlife conservation, and medical research.