Texas · Private foundation
Ryan and Linda Armstrong 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.
- $5k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $250
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $4,400
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 6
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $115k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Ryan and Linda Armstrong Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 52% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 5 | $5k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $5k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $6k | 75% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $3k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $6k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $5k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $5k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strake Jesuit College Prep | $4,400 | 1 | n/a |
| The Houston Food Bank | $3,262 | 3 | 0% |
| Pin Oak Middle School PTO Inc | $2,546 | 3 | 0% |
| Oakbend Medical Center | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Strake Jesuit Foundation | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Broach Foundation For Brain Cancer Research | $1,300 | 1 | 0% |
| Ex-Students' Association of Ut | $1,200 | 1 | 0% |
| The Rose | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Trinity Valley School | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Southside Place Community Garden Inc | $300 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strake Jesuit College Prep | $4,400 | 1 | n/a |
| The Houston Food Bank | $3,262 | 3 | 0% |
| Pin Oak Middle School PTO Inc | $2,546 | 3 | 0% |
| Oakbend Medical Center | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Strake Jesuit Foundation | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Broach Foundation For Brain Cancer Research | $1,300 | 1 | 0% |
| Ex-Students' Association of Ut | $1,200 | 1 | 0% |
| The Rose | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Trinity Valley School | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Southside Place Community Garden Inc | $300 | 1 | n/a |
| West University Little League | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Niekro Aneurysm and Avm Foundation | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Gigis Playhouse Inc | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Khan Academy Inc | $99 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($17k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ryan and Linda Armstrong 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
Compare Ryan and Linda Armstrong Foundation with peer funders
About Ryan and Linda Armstrong Foundation
- How much does Ryan and Linda Armstrong Foundation give?
- Ryan and Linda Armstrong Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $5,250 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 6 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Ryan and Linda Armstrong Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (57%), Health (13%), Food & Nutrition (10%).
- Who are Ryan and Linda Armstrong Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Strake Jesuit College Prep ($4k), The Houston Food Bank ($3k), Pin Oak Middle School PTO Inc ($3k).
- Does Ryan and Linda Armstrong Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ryan and Linda Armstrong 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 Ryan and Linda Armstrong Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, Baker Hughes Foundation, Shell USA Company Foundation.
- Where is Ryan and Linda Armstrong Foundation based?
- Ryan and Linda Armstrong Foundation is based in TX.
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