Illinois · Private foundation
Sarah Ryan 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.
- $8k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $7,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2019 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $33k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 100% of the organizations Sarah Ryan Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $8k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $5k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $7k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suburban Access Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| South Suburban Humane Society | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Elim Christian Services | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Flossmoor Community Church | $500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($5k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About Sarah Ryan Foundation
- How much does Sarah Ryan Foundation give?
- Sarah Ryan Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $7,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2020.
- What does Sarah Ryan Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (40%), Religion (28%), Animals (27%).
- Who are Sarah Ryan Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Suburban Access Inc ($8k), South Suburban Humane Society ($5k), Elim Christian Services ($1k).
- Does Sarah Ryan Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sarah Ryan 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 Sarah Ryan Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Sarah Ryan Foundation based?
- Sarah Ryan Foundation is based in IL.
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