Texas · Public charity
Nolan Ryan Foundation
The foundation is organized to perform charitable and educational activities within the meaning of internal revenue code section 501(c)(3) and texas tax code section 11.1b(c)(1). Specifically, the foundation is organized to provide resources for youth, education and community development.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $969k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $600,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 9
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.9M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 44% of the organizations Nolan Ryan Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k 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 | 14 | $959k | 57% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $157k | 44% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $156k | 63% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $135k | 83% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $60k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $59k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor College of Medicine | $600,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rbi Austin | $215,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Williamson County Crisis Center | $123,163 | 6 | 1% |
| Round Rock Area Serving Center Inc | $102,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Texas A&M Foundation | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Rock Ride on Center for Kids Inc | $33,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Nelson Family Life Foundation Inc | $29,399 | 1 | n/a |
| Young Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Austin Groups for the Elderly | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Huston-Tillotson University | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 28 grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($26k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Nolan Ryan Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 22 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
Open a dossier: Austin Community Foundation Inc · Topfer Family Foundation · The Moody Foundation · Central Texas Community Foundation · United Way for Greater Austin · Georgetown Healthcare System Inc · Charles Schwab Foundation · St David's Foundation · The Roy F & Joann Cole Mitte Foundation · Georgetown Area Community Foundation · Harry E and Eda L Montandon Charitable Tr · A Glimmer of Hope Foundation Austin
How this is measured
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About Nolan Ryan Foundation
- How much does Nolan Ryan Foundation give?
- Nolan Ryan Foundation reported 15 itemized grants totaling $968,699, out of $1,137,957 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 9 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Nolan Ryan Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (45%), Youth Development (16%), Human Services (13%).
- Who are Nolan Ryan Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Baylor College of Medicine ($600k), Rbi Austin ($215k), Williamson County Crisis Center ($123k).
- Does Nolan Ryan Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Nolan Ryan Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Austin Community Foundation Inc, Topfer Family Foundation, The Moody Foundation.
- Where is Nolan Ryan Foundation based?
- Nolan Ryan Foundation is based in TX.
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