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Ryder Family Foundation at a glance

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Ryder Family 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.

$98k
Granted FY2024still arriving
19
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$16k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0187% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$351kFood & Nutrition$87kHuman Services$58kEducation$37kAnimals$28kYouth Development$6kInternational$200Public Benefit$100Other$0
02FY2024 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k17 grants · $66k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $32k
$3,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MAYO CLINIC$16,000
GEORGE MARK CHILDREN'S HOUSE$16,000
FOOD BANK OF CONTRA COSTA$9,000
JOHN MUIR HEALTH FOUNDATION$8,000
GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND$5,100
ANIMAL RESCUE FOUNDATION$5,000
CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY$5,000
STANFORD UNIVERSITY$4,000
NATIONAL MS SOCIETY$4,000
Individual grant recipient$3,000
MUTTVILLE SENIOR DOG RESCUE$3,000
MAKE A WISH$3,000
MEALS ON WHEELS OF CONTRA$3,000
MONUMENT CRISIS CENTER$3,000
SALVATION ARMY$3,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $37k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $5k → 8%Guide Dogs for the Blind: $5k → 8%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $4k → 8%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $4k → 8%Guide Dogs for the Blind: $3k → 8%Guide Dogs for the Blind: $3k → 8%Guide Dogs for the Blind: $1k → 8%MONUMENT CRISIS CENTER: $3k → 9%MONUMENT CRISIS CENTER: $3k → 9%Monument Crisis Center: $2k → 9%Monument Crisis Center: $2k → 9%Monument Crisis Center: $1k → 9%MONUMENT CRISIS CENTER: $1k → 9%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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$573k · 26 repeat orgs$7k to everyone else

26 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
6

Total granted

$573k
$5k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+118%

Still filing today

42%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesAnimalsFood & NutritionEducationCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • GM
    George Mark Childrens Fund
    8× · 2017–2024 · $113k · revenue +88%
  • FB
    FOOD BANK OF CONTRA COSTA AND SOLANO
    8× · 2017–2024 · $77k · revenue +136%
  • JM
    JOHN MUIR HEALTH FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $26k · revenue +126%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $2k
  • SK
    Sloan Kettering
    one grant, 2019 · $1k
  • BG
    Boys Girls Club of Napa
    one grant, 2021 · $1k
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
Sutter Bay Hospitals

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
2
Sutter Bay Medical Foundation

Mission statement: mission: caring for our patients first and our people always. vision: to be the most comprehensive, integrated and connected health system for getting and staying well. values: excellence - we deliver high-quality,…

Health
3
California Pacific Medical Center Foundation

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
4
Sutter Health

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
5
John Muir Health

The mission of john muir is to improve the health of the communities we serve with quality and compassion.

Health
6
Ucsf Health Community Hospitals Fka Saint Francis Memorial Hospital

Ucsf health community hospital's mission statement is caring, healing, teaching, and discovering.

Health
7
Scripps Health

Founded in 1924 by philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps, Scripps Health is a $4.9 billion, private not-for-profit integrated health system in San Diego, Ca. (see Sch O)

Health
8
Pasadena Hospital Association Ltd

Huntington Health stands for community. We stand for compassion. But more than anything, Huntington stands for health. Providing world-class health care is our specialty, and it's what we've been doing for the San Gabriel Valley since…

Health
9
The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

To ensure every companion animal has access to quality medical care, compassionate shelter, and a loving home.

Animals
10
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
11
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
12
Ucsf Health Medical Foundation

See schedule othe mission of ucsf health medical foundation is threefold: 1) to establish, operate and maintain medical clinics for the provision of healthcare services in california; 2) to promote health by providing, coordinating,…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is John Muir Health Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Paws for Purple Hearts. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

14 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. 14 of the 34 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
10/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

George Mark Childrens Fund: $112,500 · HealthGeorge Mark Childrens FundNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $84,500 · HealthNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETYJOHN MUIR HEALTH FOUNDATION: $26,100 · HealthJOHN MUIR HEALTH FOUNDATION+1 more: $3,000 · HealthMAYO CLINIC: $67,500 · OtherMAYO CLINICTHE SALVATION ARMY: $21,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMAKE A WISH: $17,000 · OtherMAKE A WISHCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY: $15,000 · OtherCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITYHumane Society of US: $13,250 · OtherHumane Society of USCancer Support Community Golf: $12,500 · OtherCancer Support Community GolfIndividual grant recipient: $10,750 · OtherMEALS ON WHEELS OF CONTRA: $9,429 · Other+13 more: $28,450 · Other+13 moreFOOD BANK OF CONTRA COSTA AND SOLANO: $77,250 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF C…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $36,750 · EducationTHE BOARD…UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $17,500 · EducationUNIVERSIT…GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $24,550 · Human ServicesMONUMENT CRISIS CENTER: $12,000 · Human ServicesALTERNATIVES IN ACTION: $5,000 · Community ImprovementBerkeley East Bay Humane Society Inc dba Berkeley Humane: $2,500 · AnimalsEAST BAY SPCA: $300 · Animals
Health$226,100Other$214,879Food & Nutrition$77,250Education$54,250Human Services$36,550Community Improvement$5,000Animals$2,800

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGeorge Mark Childrens Fund: $112,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $84,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF CONTRA COSTA AND SOLANO: $77,250 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $36,750 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetJOHN MUIR HEALTH FOUNDATION: $26,100 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $24,550 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $17,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMONUMENT CRISIS CENTER: $12,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetALTERNATIVES IN ACTION: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEisenhower Medical Center: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBerkeley East Bay Humane Society Inc dba Berkeley Humane: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEAST BAY SPCA: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRISE AGAINST HUNGER INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $100 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.

  • Who funds George Mark Childrens Fund ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF CONTRA COSTA AND SOLANO ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds JOHN MUIR HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MONUMENT CRISIS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ALTERNATIVES IN ACTION ↗
  • Who funds Eisenhower Medical Center ↗
  • Who funds Berkeley East Bay Humane Society Inc dba Berkeley Humane ↗
  • Who funds EAST BAY SPCA ↗
  • Who funds RISE AGAINST HUNGER INC ↗
  • Who funds PAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS ↗

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.

East Bay Community Fo…Marin Community Found…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
East Bay Community FoundationCA13.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: East Bay Community Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Ryder Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ryder Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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.

    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 34 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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