Richard Golick was a founder and Chairman of the Military Order of the Purple Heart Service Foundation, Inc. He organized the Purple Heart Service Foundation, a philanthropic group that has raised and spent millions on programs related to the service, rehabilitation, and welfare of veterans and their dependents. The Foundation's missions expanded into community action programs, such as disaster relief and arranging for the care of abused and disabled children. His wife, Paula (Filpus) Golick, was the daughter of Nils and Elvira, who had emigrated to the Soviet Union.