Illinois · Private foundation
Patrick G and Shirley W Ryan Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $13M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 89
- Grants FY2024
- 95
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 12%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $5,542,949
- Organizations funded a year
- 89 to 111
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $109M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 12% of the organizations Patrick G and Shirley W Ryan Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $710k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 88 | $13M | 16% |
| FY2023 | 95 | $6.8M | 12% |
| FY2022 | 89 | $9.9M | 11% |
| FY2021 | 92 | $11M | 21% |
| FY2020 | 96 | $8.8M | 18% |
| FY2019 | 103 | $6.2M | 27% |
| FY2018 | 93 | $7.1M | 27% |
| FY2017 | 111 | $6.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago | $19,330,373 | 8 | 1% |
| Big Shoulders Fund | $5,500,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Lyric Opera of Chicago | $3,900,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Accelerate Institute | $2,600,000 | 8 | 43% |
| Chicago Shakespeare Theater | $2,395,000 | 8 | 9% |
| Loyola Academy | $2,000,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Rise Opportunity Foundation | $1,950,000 | 2 | 100% |
| Friends of Notre-Dame de Paris Inc | $1,530,000 | 6 | 8% |
| Northwestern University | $1,424,200 | 5 | 0% |
| Navy Seal Foundation Inc | $1,175,000 | 7 | 1% |
Show all 168 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 67 recipients with no EIN on record ($9.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Patrick G and Shirley W Ryan Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 151 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: Dr Scholl Foundation · Lavin Family Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · The Canning Foundation · The Robert Thomas Bobins Foundation · Carol Bernick Family Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Hobsonlucas Family Foundation · Helen V Brach Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Patrick G and Shirley W Ryan Foundation with peer funders
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About Patrick G and Shirley W Ryan Foundation
- How much does Patrick G and Shirley W Ryan Foundation give?
- Patrick G and Shirley W Ryan Foundation reported 89 grants totaling $12,904,112 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 89 and 111 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Patrick G and Shirley W Ryan Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (34%), Education (21%), Arts & Culture (16%).
- Who are Patrick G and Shirley W Ryan Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago ($19M), Big Shoulders Fund ($5.5M), Lyric Opera of Chicago ($3.9M).
- Does Patrick G and Shirley W Ryan Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Patrick G and Shirley W 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 Patrick G and Shirley W Ryan Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Dr Scholl Foundation, Lavin Family Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust.
- Where is Patrick G and Shirley W Ryan Foundation based?
- Patrick G and Shirley W Ryan Foundation is based in IL.
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