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The Frank J Ryan and Jane E Ryan Family 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.

$424k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
1
Grants FY2025
1
Organizations funded FY2024
100%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$424,012
Largest grant, FY2025
$424,012
Organizations funded a year
1 to 51
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$7.4M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 100% of the organizations The Frank J Ryan and Jane E Ryan Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $375k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureEnvironmentCrime & LegalPhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving1$424k0%
FY20241$375k100%
FY202335$257k11%
FY202251$391k49%
FY202146$416k41%
FY202034$252k26%
FY201942$361k48%
FY201838$457k71%
90% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$1.1MPhilanthropy$830kHealth$367kScience & Tech$279kReligion$182kArts & Culture$89kEnvironment$84kYouth Development$73kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
RI
VA
DE
AZ
NC
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 54 grantees
All grantees of The Frank J Ryan and Jane E Ryan Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Villanova University$504,30070%
The Da Vinci Discovery Center of Science and Technology Inc$258,42571%
The Woodlynde School Corporation$227,96570%
Duke University$148,19470%
Lehigh Valley Health Network$114,00041%
Desales University$76,00030%
Boys and Girls Club of Allentown Inc$62,00071%
The Watershed Institute Inc$53,80041%
Moravian Academy$42,00060%
Historic Morven Inc$26,85051%
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation$20,50050%
The Wetlands Institute$13,00050%
University of Chicago$12,50040%
Center at 353 Inc$11,50040%
McCarter Theatre Company$10,60030%
C-Change Conversations$10,50034%
Homefront Inc$8,00030%
Diocese of Allentown$8,0002n/a
Share My Meals Inc$7,50020%
Princeton Nursery School$7,00040%
The American School of Paris Foundation$6,50012%
Allentown Art Museum$6,50030%
Princeton Symphony Orchestra Inc$5,55030%
Fund to Benefit Children and Youth Inc$4,75061%
Hope for Depression Research Foundation$4,00030%
Centurion Ministries Inc$3,50020%
Arm in Arm Inc$3,30030%
Travis Manion Foundation$3,30040%
Stone Harbor Rescue Squad Inc$3,00041%
The Petey Greene Program Inc$2,50010%
Second Harvest$2,00020%
Communities in Schools of Eastern Pennsylvania Inc$2,00020%
Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania Inc$1,60010%
Good Shepherd Corporation$1,50028%
Canine Partners for Life$1,5003n/a
Historical Society of Princeton$1,25020%
Mercy Special Learning Center Inc$1,0001n/a
Salesian Missions Inc$1,0001n/a
American Heart Association Inc$1,00010%
Princeton Day School Inc$1,00010%
The Literacy Center$1,00010%
American Museum of Natural History$1,00010%
Allentown Rescue Mission Inc$1,00010%
Animal Food Bank Services$1,00010%
Wildlands Conservancy Inc$1,00010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$1,00010%
Lexington Presbyterian Church Inc$1,0001n/a
Mount Saint Joseph Academy$7502n/a
New York Botanical Garden$75010%
The Ironman Foundation Inc$50010%
Darien EMS Post 53 Inc$50010%
Lung Cancer Research Foundation$50010%
Allentown Central Catholic High School$5001n/a
Metropolitan Museum of Art$21010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 81 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.6M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Frank J Ryan and Jane E Ryan Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVillanova University: $504,300 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Da Vinci Discovery Center of Science and Technology Inc: $258,425 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetThe Woodlynde School Corporation: $227,965 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetDuke University: $148,194 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLehigh Valley Health Network: $114,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetDesales University: $76,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Allentown Inc: $62,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetThe Watershed Institute Inc: $53,800 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetMoravian Academy: $42,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHistoric Morven Inc: $26,850 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetInstitute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation: $20,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Wetlands Institute: $13,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $12,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCenter at 353 Inc: $11,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMcCarter Theatre Company: $10,600 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetC-Change Conversations: $10,500 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetHomefront Inc: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetShare My Meals Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPrinceton Nursery School: $7,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetThe American School of Paris Foundation: $6,500 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetAllentown Art Museum: $6,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPrinceton Symphony Orchestra Inc: $5,550 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFund to Benefit Children and Youth Inc: $4,750 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetHope for Depression Research Foundation: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCenturion Ministries Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetArm in Arm Inc: $3,300 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTravis Manion Foundation: $3,300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetStone Harbor Rescue Squad Inc: $3,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetThe Petey Greene Program Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSecond Harvest: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCommunities in Schools of Eastern Pennsylvania Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGirl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania Inc: $1,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGood Shepherd Corporation: $1,500 over 2y, 8.0% of budgetHistorical Society of Princeton: $1,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPrinceton Day School Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Literacy Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAllentown Rescue Mission Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Food Bank Services: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWildlands Conservancy Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Botanical Garden: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Ironman Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDarien EMS Post 53 Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLung Cancer Research Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan Museum of Art: $210 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 47.

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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.

Lehigh Valley Community FoundationPA34.1× affinity14 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lehigh Valley Community Foundation · United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley · Harry C Trexler Estate · Air Products Foundation · The Century Fund Trust · Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc · Ppl Foundation · Butz Foundation · Ross J Born and Wendy G Born Charitable Trust · Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc · Curtis W McGraw Foundation · Chubb Charitable 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.

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About The Frank J Ryan and Jane E Ryan Family Foundation

How much does The Frank J Ryan and Jane E Ryan Family Foundation give?
The Frank J Ryan and Jane E Ryan Family Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $424,012 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 51 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Frank J Ryan and Jane E Ryan Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (35%), Philanthropy (26%), Health (11%).
Who are The Frank J Ryan and Jane E Ryan Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Villanova University ($504k), The Da Vinci Discovery Center of Science and Technology Inc ($258k), The Woodlynde School Corporation ($228k).
Does The Frank J Ryan and Jane E Ryan Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Frank J Ryan and Jane E Ryan Family 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 The Frank J Ryan and Jane E Ryan Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lehigh Valley Community Foundation, United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley, Harry C Trexler Estate.
Where is The Frank J Ryan and Jane E Ryan Family Foundation based?
The Frank J Ryan and Jane E Ryan Family Foundation is based in PA.

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 136 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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