· Private foundation
Ryan Smith 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k5 grants · $19k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $124k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $50,000 |
| CARLOS BELTRAN BASEBALL ACADEMY FOUNDATION | $45,000 |
| FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY | $25,000 |
| CRISTO REY BROOKLYN HIGN SCHOOL | $22,000 |
| LORAS COLLEGE | $11,000 |
| JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA | $10,600 |
| GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY | $10,000 |
| EOD WARRIOR FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| PROVINCE OF MARY | $5,000 |
| MISERACORDIA HEART OF MERCY | $5,000 |
| ARTIS OF NAPLES | $2,500 |
| LADIES OF CHARITY | $1,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
13 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 31% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $133k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY5× · 2019–2025 · $270k · revenue +35%- LCLORAS COLLEGE3× · 2020–2025 · $61k · revenue +12%
- JAJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC2× · 2024–2025 · $18k · revenue +5%
Funded once
- CRCRISTO REY HIGH SCHOOLone grant, 2019 · $148k
- SAST AQUINAS COLLEGEone grant, 2024 · $10k
- POPROVENCE OF ST MARYone grant, 2024 · $5k
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.
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.
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…
At sarah lawrence college, our mission is to graduate citizens of the world who are diverse in every definition of the word, who take intellectual and creative risks, and who are able to focus exceptional intellectual discipline (continued…
The baruch college fund is an organization engaged in generating, encouraging and promoting the educational welfare of the students of the bernard m. baruch college of the city university of new york.
Saint andrew's school is an independent school founded in the episcopal tradition. our mission is to build a community of learners, provide excellence in education, and nurture each student in mind, body, and spirit.
The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…
Molloy university, an independent catholic university, rooted in the dominican tradition of study, spirituality, service, and community, is committed to academic excellence with respect for each person. through transformative education,…
The bolles school prepares students for college and life by inspiring excellence, courage, integrity and compassion in an academic community dedicated to nurturing mind, body and soul.
Promote educational excellence, leadership, & service via a strong commitment to our students.
Canterbury school is pk3-12, coeducational, college preparatory day school with approximately 650 students. the school is dedicated to academic excellence within a caring and supportive community emphasizing character, leadership and…
La roche university advances learning informed by ethical and service-oriented values, reflecting its catholic heritage and the charism of the sisters of divine providence.
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 26 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds CRISTO REY BROOKLYN HIGH SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds LORAS COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds CARLOS BELTRAN BASEBALL ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds EOD WARRIOR FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC ↗
- Who funds LADIES OF CHARITY ↗
- Who funds ST FRANCIS COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds ARTIS-NAPLES INC ↗
- Who funds PLAY FOR PINK INC ↗
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: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Ryan Smith Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ryan Smith Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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