Illinois · Private foundation
James T and Michelle a Ryan Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.8M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $650,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations James T and Michelle a Ryan Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $1.8M | 10% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $2.0M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $911k | 58% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $256k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $253k | 44% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $1.6M | 29% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $49k | 57% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $33k | 44% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miami University | $2,050,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Depaul University | $1,875,200 | 8 | 0% |
| Chicago Jesuit Academy | $949,134 | 9 | n/a |
| Miami University Foundation | $200,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Francis de Sales Parish & School | $28,870 | 5 | n/a |
| Salute Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lincoln Park Community Services | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Michaels Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jeffrey Pride Foundation Inc | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Working Bikes | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miami University | $2,050,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Depaul University | $1,875,200 | 8 | 0% |
| Chicago Jesuit Academy | $949,134 | 9 | n/a |
| Miami University Foundation | $200,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Francis de Sales Parish & School | $28,870 | 5 | n/a |
| Salute Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lincoln Park Community Services | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Michaels Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jeffrey Pride Foundation Inc | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Working Bikes | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Barrington Youth & Family Services | $700 | 2 | 0% |
| House of the Good Shepherd | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Lakota Friends Circle | $500 | 1 | 1% |
| The Hap Foundation Inc (F/K/A Journeycare Foundation) | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Saint Viator High School | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Housing Forward | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| American Diabetes Association | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget James T and Michelle a Ryan Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
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About James T and Michelle a Ryan Foundation
- How much does James T and Michelle a Ryan Foundation give?
- James T and Michelle a Ryan Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $1,801,944 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does James T and Michelle a Ryan Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (97%), Philanthropy (2%), Religion (0%).
- Who are James T and Michelle a Ryan Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Miami University ($2.0M), Depaul University ($1.9M), Chicago Jesuit Academy ($949k).
- Does James T and Michelle a Ryan Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does James T and Michelle a Ryan Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as James T and Michelle a Ryan Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation.
- Where is James T and Michelle a Ryan Foundation based?
- James T and Michelle a Ryan Foundation is based in IL.
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