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Ryan-Richtsmeier Charitable Foundation Inc at a glance

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Ryan-Richtsmeier Charitable Foundation Inc

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.

$436k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$80k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Youth Development$580kEducation$440kHuman Services$275kRecreation & Sports$175kEnvironment$122kHousing & Shelter$106kArts & Culture$62kHealth$61kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k7 grants · $125k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $311k
$40,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$5.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY$80,000
YMCA OF THE CHESAPEAKE$66,000
PLEASANT BAY COMMUNITY BOATING$65,000
ST MICHAELS COMMUNITY CENTER$50,000
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC$50,000
ALL4LOVE$40,000
SINSINAWA DOMINICANS$20,000
CROSSOVER MISSION$20,000
PARTNERS IN PROGRESS$15,000
NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE CENTER INC$10,000
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS INC$10,000
ROCKVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHEMISTRY$10,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $23k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%YMCA of Centre County: $13k → 16%BROAD STREET MINISTRY: $5k → 22%BROAD STREET MINISTRY: $5k → 22%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 7% of Ryan-Richtsmeier Charitable Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Ryan-Richtsmeier Charitable Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 5.9% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 15 repeat orgs$451k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
11

Total granted

$1.5M
$361k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+19%

Still filing today

87%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $90k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’21’22’23’24
Housing & ShelterRecreation & SportsEducationYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • PY
    PHILADELPHIA YOUTH BASKETBALL INC
    2× · 2017–2021 · $270k · revenue +1000%
  • UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $270k · revenue +32%
  • AM
    AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY
    2× · 2023–2024 · $120k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • BA
    BUILDING AFRICAN AMERICAN MINDS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $150k · revenue +65%
  • TM
    TALBOT MENTORSINC
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue -26%
  • UO
    University of Maryland College Park Found
    one grant, 2017 · $60k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Mentoring Mentors Inc

Mentoring Mentors is a Baltimore-based non-profit dedicated to developing future community leaders through exposure that leads to college and career readiness.

Youth Development
2
Casa of Talbot County Inc

Casa of the mid-shore advocates for the best interest of children who are under the protection of the circuit courts of talbot, dorchester, queen annes and kent counties due to abuse, neglect or abandonment.

Civil Rights
3
Community Mediation Maryland Inc

To advance community mediation in Maryland through educating the public, providing training and quality assurance, conducting research and creatively applying mediation to social challenges.

Crime & Legal
4
Bridges Baltimore Inc

Bridges baltimore, inc. is committed to the long-term success of baltimore city youth and to providing life changing opportunities for independent school students.

Education
5
Mckim Community Association Inc

Provides services to youth and families in low income area of baltimore city. services include after-school programming, organized sports activities, family support, and summer camp.

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6
Mid Atlantic Teen Challange Inc

14 month residential program for young men with substance abuse and other life controlling problems including guidance counseling, education, housing, food and recreation.

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7
The Baltimore Children's Museum Inc

Port discovery children's museum's mission is to connect purposeful play and learning within its walls and beyond.

Arts & Culture
8
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Washington County Maryland Inc

To create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth.

Youth Development
9
Teens in Public Service

Teens in public service produces future leaders committed to their communities by connecting teens with life-changing opportunities and internships at non-profit organizations.

Youth Development
10
Community for Youth

Community for youth employs youth mentoring, community building, leadership development, and career exploration to help youth develop relationships that will support their lives, connect with their internal power, and help them make a…

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11
Maryland Center On Economic Policy Inc

The maryland center on economic policy advances innovative policy ideas to foster broad prosperity and help our state be the standard-bearer for responsible public policy.

Social Science
12
Delmarva Discovery Center & Museum Inc

To foster appreciation of delmarva's unique natural and cultural heritage through education, exploration and enjoyment.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mid Shore Community Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is ALL4LOVE. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

23 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 23 of the 29 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
16/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC: $270,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLL…BUILDING AFRICAN AMERICAN MINDS INC: $150,000 · EducationBUILDING AFRICAN AMERICAN M…MID-SHORE EARLY LEARNING CTR INC: $66,000 · EducationMID-SHORE EARLY LEARNING CT…PHILADELPHIA YOUTH BASKETBALL INC: $270,000 · Recreation & SportsPHILADELPHIA YOUTH BASKET…PLEASANT BAY COMMUNITY BOATING INC: $115,000 · Recreation & SportsPLEASANT BAY COMMUNITY BO…ST MICHAELS COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $50,000 · Recreation & SportsST MICHAELS COMMUNITY CEN…YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CHESAPEAKE INC: $186,000 · OtherYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOC…University of Maryland College Park Found: $60,000 · OtherUniversity of Maryland Col…SINSINAWA DOMINICANS INC: $56,000 · OtherSINSINAWA DOMINICANS INCROCKVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHEMISTRY: $20,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $20,000 · OtherPARTNERS IN PROGRESS INC: $41,000 · OtherPARTNERS IN PROGRESS INCMID SHORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 · OtherMID SHORE COMMUNITY FOUNDA…+5 more: $31,450 · Other+5 moreCROSSOVER MISSION INC: $170,000 · Youth DevelopmentCROSSOVER MISSION…TALBOT MENTORSINC: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentTALBOT MENTORSINCALL4LOVE: $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentALL4LOVEAMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY: $120,000 · Science & TechTALBOT INTERFAITH SHELTER INC: $70,000 · Housing & ShelterNEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE CENTER INC: $27,000 · Housing & ShelterSTATE COLLEGE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST INC: $5,500 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $3,000 · Housing & ShelterCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS: $58,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $2,500 · Arts & Culture
Education$486,000Recreation & Sports$435,000Other$454,450Youth Development$310,000Science & Tech$120,000Housing & Shelter$105,500Arts & Culture$60,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPHILADELPHIA YOUTH BASKETBALL INC: $270,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC: $270,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CHESAPEAKE INC: $186,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCROSSOVER MISSION INC: $170,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetBUILDING AFRICAN AMERICAN MINDS INC: $150,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetAMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY: $120,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPLEASANT BAY COMMUNITY BOATING INC: $115,000 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetTALBOT MENTORSINC: $100,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetTALBOT INTERFAITH SHELTER INC: $70,000 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetMID-SHORE EARLY LEARNING CTR INC: $66,000 over 2y, 8.4% of budgetCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS: $58,000 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetST MICHAELS COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $50,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetPARTNERS IN PROGRESS INC: $41,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMID SHORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetALL4LOVE: $40,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE CENTER INC: $27,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRE COUNTY: $13,200 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBROAD STREET MINISTRY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSTATE COLLEGE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST INC: $5,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetHOUSING TRANSITIONS INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFRIEND OF PLEASANT BAY INC: $1,750 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetAVALON FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGETTYSBURG FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Dock Street FoundationMid Shore Community F…The Seip Family Found…The Llandaff Family T…Grayce B Kerr Fund IncDalton Family Foundat…Watson Stone Family F…Clark Charitable Foun…Talbot County Arts Co…The Michael and Nancy…Putnam Family Foundat…Ruth and Robert St Jo…
Dock Street FoundationMD24.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Dock Street Foundation · Mid Shore Community Foundation Inc · The Seip Family Foundation Limited Eevercore Trust CO C/O Ashley Ferriello · The Llandaff Family Trust · Grayce B Kerr Fund Inc · Dalton Family Foundation · Watson Stone Family Foundation Inc · Clark Charitable Foundation Inc Dba a James & Alice B Clark Foundation · Talbot County Arts Council Inc · The Michael and Nancy Klein Foundation Inc · Putnam Family Foundation Inc · Ruth and Robert St John Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Ryan-Richtsmeier Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ryan-Richtsmeier Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • St Michaels Community Center Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Building African American Minds Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Avalon Foundation Inc: 6% of income from government
  • American Meteorological Society: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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Find your warmest path to Ryan-Richtsmeier Charitable Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 29 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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