Illinois · Private foundation
Ryerson 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.
- $103k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 57
- Grants FY2025
- 52
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $4,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 38 to 52
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 22
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 60% of the organizations Ryerson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 54% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $51k 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 | 56 | $101k | 41% |
| FY2024 | 52 | $94k | 60% |
| FY2023 | 43 | $77k | 56% |
| FY2022 | 40 | $68k | 55% |
| FY2021 | 38 | $72k | 63% |
| FY2020 | 42 | $74k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depaul University | $14,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Wilmington College | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Benedictine University | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Rockhurst University | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Denison University | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Mobile | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Bluffton University | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Mount Olive Inc | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Spartanburg Methodist College | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Franklin & Marshall College | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depaul University | $14,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Wilmington College | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Benedictine University | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Rockhurst University | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Denison University | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Mobile | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Bluffton University | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Mount Olive Inc | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Spartanburg Methodist College | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Franklin & Marshall College | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Daemen University | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Michigan State University | $4,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of St Thomas | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Saint Francis University | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Oglethorpe University Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Aurora University | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pennsylvania State University | $4,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of South Alabama | $4,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Roosevelt University | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Loyola University of Chicago | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Miles College Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of San Diego | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Arkansas State University | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Presbyterian College | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hiram College | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of the Cumberlands Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Texas at El Paso | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Coe College | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sam Houston State University | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Baylor University | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Goldey-Beacom College | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mississippi State University | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Wisconsin | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Miami University | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trustees of Purdue University | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Louisiana State University | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cornell University | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Utah | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Texas Womans University | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Berry College Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mount Vernon Nazarene University | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Grand Valley State University | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oberlin College | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The University of Tampa Incorporated | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Western Michigan University | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Georgetown College | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Pittsburgh | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Elmhurst University | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 116 recipients with no EIN on record ($332k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ryerson 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.
Open a dossier: Ibm International Foundation · Council of Independent Colleges · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Folds of Honor Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges · Ge Aerospace Foundation · John Q Shunk Association · Culver's Foundation Inc · Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Inc · Verizon Foundation
How this is measured
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About Ryerson Foundation
- How much does Ryerson Foundation give?
- Ryerson Foundation reported 57 grants totaling $103,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 38 and 52 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Ryerson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (99%), Recreation & Sports (1%).
- Who are Ryerson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Depaul University ($14k), Wilmington College ($12k), Benedictine University ($8k).
- Does Ryerson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ryerson 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 Ryerson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ibm International Foundation, Council of Independent Colleges, National Collegiate Athletic Association.
- Where is Ryerson Foundation based?
- Ryerson Foundation is based in IL.
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