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Ryder System Charitable Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
58
Grants FY2025still arriving
22
States reached
$459k
Largest
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Philanthropy$2.7MEducation$2.4MHealth$2.2MPublic Safety & Disaster$1.6MCommunity Improvement$935kYouth Development$354kFood & Nutrition$232kInternational$213kOther$0
02FY2025 · 58 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k26 grants · $88k
  • $10k–50k22 grants · $333k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $505k
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.1M
$10,000
Median grant
22
States reached
$268k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY MIAMI$459,470
AMERICAN RED CROSS$350,000
JACKSON HEALTH FOUNDATION$250,000
Individual grant recipient$100,000
US CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION$100,000
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE FOUNDATION$80,000
EASTERSEALS SOUTH FLORIDA$75,000
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI$50,000
GEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION$50,000
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI$50,000
FORGOTTEN HARVEST$30,000
TRUCKERS AGAINST TRAFFICKING$25,000
WOMEN IN TRUCKING ASSN FOUNDATION$25,000
FOUNDATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN CUBA$20,000
DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF MIAMI$20,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $1.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%GUIDE DOGS OF AMERICA: $5k → 14%BALD RIDGE LODGE: $3k → 4%GUIDE DOGS OF AMERICA: $5k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $350k → 14%BALD RIDGE LODGE: $3k → 4%GUIDE DOGS OF AMERICA: $5k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $308k → 14%BALD RIDGE LODGE INC: $3k → 4%GUIDE DOGS OF AMERICA: $5k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $308k → 14%GUIDE DOGS OF AMERICA: $5k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $300k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $277k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $3k → 14%DADE DELTAS FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 15%DADE DELTAS FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 15%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.

Which US states its grants reach

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ID
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IL
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NY
MA
IA
OH
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CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
AZ
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
AL
GA
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FL
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 21% of Ryder System Charitable Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Ryder System Charitable Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.6M · 73 repeat orgs$2.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

73 repeat relationships: 39 still active in FY2025, 34 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

73
113

Total granted

$7.6M
$1.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+7%

Still filing today

66%
26%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $88k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionInternationalHuman 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

  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    5× · 2021–2025 · $1.6M · revenue +27%
  • JH
    JACKSON HEALTH FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +26%
  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $544k · revenue +74%

Funded once

  • UW
    United Way Of Miami Dade
    one grant, 2020 · $425k
  • JH
    Jackson Health Foundation
    one grant, 2020 · $200k
  • UC
    U.S. Chamber Of Commerce Foundation
    one grant, 2020 · $100k
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.

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University of Miami
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
3
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc

Embry-riddle is the world leader in aviation and aerospace higher education. its mission is to teach the science, practice and business of aviation and aerospace, preparing students for productive careers and leadership roles in business,…

Education
4
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
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Lehigh University

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…

Education
6
Atlantic University Inc

Provide post-secondary education of excellence.

Education
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Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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8
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
9
The Florida State University Foundation Inc

The florida state university foundation enhances the academic mission and vision of florida state university through its organized fundraising activities and funds management. the fsu foundation accomplishes its mission by fostering…

Education
10
Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education
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Aacsb International - the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

Aacsb international provides quality assurance of business school programs, the latest in business education intelligence, thought leadership, and learning and development services.

Education
12
Trustees of Boston University

Organization's mission: boston university is an international, comprehensive, private research university, committed to educating students to be reflective, resourceful individuals ready to live, adapt, and lead in an interconnected world.…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Georgia Tech Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Educather. 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

89 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. 89 of the 201 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)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
87/89
Grantees still filing
56/89
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $510,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUnited Way Of Miami Dade: $425,000 · OtherUnited Way Of Miami DadeHOWARD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS: $288,000 · OtherHOWARD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF BUSINESSJackson Health Foundation: $200,000 · OtherSKILLSUSA: $150,025 · OtherNORTH CAROLINA A&T STATE UNIVERSITY: $130,000 · Other+128 more: $2,055,370 · Other+128 moreUNITED WAY MIAMI INC: $2,203,332 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY MIAMI INC+3 more: $30,000 · PhilanthropyJACKSON HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $1,063,000 · HealthJACKSON HEALTH FOU…EASTER SEALS SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $345,000 · HealthEASTER SEALS SOUTH…American Heart Association Inc: $131,500 · HealthAmerican Heart Ass…Down Syndrome Association of Miami Inc: $100,000 · HealthDaughters Against Alzheimer's Inc: $80,000 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA INC: $70,000 · Health+12 more: $145,250 · Health+12 moreTHE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE FOUNDATION INC: $544,000 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF…US Chamber of Commerce Foundation: $400,000 · EducationUS Chamber of Com…University of Miami: $274,000 · EducationUniversity of Mia…TRUCKERS AGAINST TRAFFICKING: $130,000 · EducationTRUCKERS AGAINST …+25 more: $477,870 · Education+25 moreAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,550,288 · Human ServicesAmerican Nation…+3 more: $47,500 · Human ServicesGOOD360: $123,400 · InternationalFOUNDATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN CUBA: $80,000 · InternationalJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER MIAMI INC: $10,000 · International+3 more: $8,000 · InternationalFORGOTTEN HARVEST INC: $150,000 · Food & NutritionFEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $47,500 · Food & NutritionFeeding America: $10,000 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $10,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $3,014 · Food & Nutrition
Other$3,758,395Philanthropy$2,233,332Health$1,934,750Education$1,825,870Human Services$1,597,788International$221,400Food & Nutrition$220,514

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNITED WAY MIAMI INC: $2,203,332 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,550,288 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJACKSON HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $1,063,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE FOUNDATION INC: $544,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUS Chamber of Commerce Foundation: $400,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetEASTER SEALS SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $345,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $274,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFORGOTTEN HARVEST INC: $150,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $131,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTRUCKERS AGAINST TRAFFICKING: $130,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetGOOD360: $123,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetST THOMAS UNIVERSITY INC: $100,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDown Syndrome Association of Miami Inc: $100,000 over 5y, 20% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN CUBA: $80,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetDaughters Against Alzheimer's Inc: $80,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetCAMILLUS HOUSE INC: $80,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGIRL SCOUT COUNCIL OF TROPICAL FLORIDA INC: $70,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA INC: $70,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLegal Services of Greater Miami Inc: $60,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMarquette University: $58,950 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFlorida Agricultural & Mechanical Univ Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $50,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN IN TRUCKING ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetFEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $47,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCASA FAMILIA INC: $45,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $44,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF GREATER MIAMI-DADE FOR POCTA AAP: $40,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetWellesley College: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF MIAMI INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSAMARITANS INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $27,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WOMEN'S EDGE: $25,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetInternational Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDavidson College: $23,975 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD: $22,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA PUBLIC MEDIA GROUP INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPHILANTHROPY MIAMI INC: $17,500 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetWreaths Across America: $15,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBIG CHILDRENS FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetDADE DELTAS FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetOrange Blossom Football Classic Inc: $12,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $11,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $10,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Kansas University Endowment Association: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BUONICONTI FUND TO CURE PARALYSIS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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 UNITED WAY MIAMI INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds JACKSON HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds US Chamber of Commerce Foundation ↗
  • Who funds EASTER SEALS SOUTH FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds University of Miami ↗
  • Who funds FORGOTTEN HARVEST INC ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds TRUCKERS AGAINST TRAFFICKING ↗
  • Who funds GOOD360 ↗
  • Who funds ST THOMAS UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds Down Syndrome Association of Miami Inc ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN CUBA ↗
  • Who funds Daughters Against Alzheimer's Inc ↗
  • Who funds CAMILLUS HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUT COUNCIL OF TROPICAL FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds Legal Services of Greater Miami Inc ↗
  • Who funds Marquette University ↗
  • Who funds GEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Florida Agricultural & Mechanical Univ Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN IN TRUCKING ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION 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.

The Miami Foundation IncFL32.8× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Miami Foundation Inc · United Way Miami Inc · The Batchelor Foundation Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Peacock Foundation Inc · The Kirk Foundation · Cobb Family Foundation Inc · Assurant Foundation · The Frederick a Deluca Foundation Inc · Medina Family Foundation Inc · Dunspaugh Dalton Foundation Inc · Coral Gables Community 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 Ryder System Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ryder System Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 170%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Casa Familia Inc: 53% of income from government
  • Samaritans Inc: 31% of income from government
  • Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba: 29% of income from government
  • United Way Miami Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Girl Scout Council of Tropical Florida Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Northeastern University: 7% of income from government
  • Feeding South Florida Inc: 5% of income from government
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • Camillus House Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Legal Services of Greater Miami Inc: 2% of income from government
  • University of Hartford: 1% of income from government
  • Easter Seals South Florida Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Wellesley College: 1% of income from government
  • Jackson Health Foundation Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Truckers Against Trafficking: 0% of income from government
  • St Thomas University Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
17get no government money at all
14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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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How do I get to Ryder System Charitable Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Ryder System 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 201 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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