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The Jack and Tricia Ryan Family Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Jack and Tricia Ryan Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$143k
Granted FY2024still arriving
20
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$532kReligion$228kPublic Safety & Disaster$94kInternational$90kYouth Development$40kHealth$18kFood & Nutrition$15kHuman Services$12kOther$0
02FY2024 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k14 grants · $38k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $105k
$5,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$2.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ELON UNIVERSITY$35,000
CORNELL UNIVERSITY$30,000
SAVE THE CHILDREN$10,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$10,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$10,000
ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN OF NEW YORK INC$10,000
NAMBALE SCHOLARS FOUNDATION$5,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA INC$5,000
CHRISTIAN MISSION TO GAZA$5,000
THE ROB PURSLEY FOUNDATION$5,000
FULL COURT PEACE$5,000
FRIENDSHIP PLACE$3,000
MINDS MATTER$2,500
SEND IT FOUNDATION$2,500
EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE$2,000
02The need
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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 (FY17–24, $88k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 53% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%CRANBERRY SUNSET FARM: $5k → 8%SEND IT FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%CAMP KESEM: $1k → 14%SEND IT FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%CAMP KESEM: $514 → 14%CHRISTIAN MISSION TO GAZA: $5k → 14%CHRISTIAN MISSION TO GAZA: $5k → 14%CHRISTIAN MISSION TO GAZA: $5k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%GREENWICH CENTER FOR HOPE AND RENEWAL: $1k → 9%CHRISTIAN MISSION TO GAZA: $10k → 9%CHRISTIAN MISSION TO GAZA: $5k → 9%CARVER FOUNDATION OF NORWALK: $10k → 9%CARVER CENTER OF NORWALK: $5k → 9%CARVER FOUNDATION OF NORWALK: $500 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
NY
MA
IA
OH
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
NC
DC
AL
GA
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$985k · 28 repeat orgs$116k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +30% for those funded once.

28 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
30

Total granted

$985k
$101k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+30%

Still filing today

75%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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
InternationalHuman ServicesHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • Elon University
    7× · 2018–2024 · $240k · revenue +42%
  • Cornell University
    7× · 2017–2024 · $175k · revenue +59%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    3× · 2017–2024 · $40k · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $20k
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF NAMBALE INC
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -33% · 28% of their budget
  • BUILDON INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +39%
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
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
2
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
3
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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4
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
5
Council On Foreign Relations Inc

The council on foreign relations (cfr) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and…

International
6
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
7
Blood Cancer United Inc

Our mission is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.

Health
8
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
9
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
10
Us Middle East Project Inc

The organization's mission is to engage in non partisan analysis of u.s. foreign policy in the middle east, with special emphasis on the middle east peace process, and to present policymakers in the united states, in the region and in the…

International
11
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc

Susan g. komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting breast cancer across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the u.s. and in countries worldwide. we advocate for policies to protect patients, drive…

Health
12
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

We educate the next generation of leaders to improve the health of our society.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Feed My Starving Children Inc; the most unlike its peers is Apollo Pact Inc. 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

43 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. 43 of the 61 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
43/43
Grantees still filing
34/43
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Elon University: $240,425 · EducationElon UniversityCornell University: $175,000 · EducationCornell UniversityAUBURN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $130,000 · EducationAUBURN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY+2 more: $8,000 · EducationFCA: $61,100 · OtherFCAAMERICAN RED CROSS: $50,000 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSSST LUIES FOUNDATION: $37,200 · OtherST LUIES FOUNDATIONROB PURSLEY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherROB PURSLEY FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientST LUIES SCHOOL: $20,000 · OtherST LUIES SCHOOLK NAMBALE SCHOLARS: $15,000 · Other+24 more: $73,180 · Other+24 moreAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $40,000 · Human ServicesAmerican N…CHRISTIAN MISSION TO GAZA: $30,000 · Human ServicesCHRISTIAN …THE CARVER INC: $15,500 · Human ServicesTHE CARVER…SEND IT: $5,063 · Human ServicesCRANBERRY SUNSET FARM INC: $5,000 · Human Services+2 more: $2,541 · Human ServicesSave The Children Federation Inc: $30,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $10,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF NAMBALE INC: $10,000 · InternationalBUILDON INC: $10,000 · InternationalNAMBALE SCHOLARS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SOROKA MEDICAL CENTER INC: $5,000 · InternationalFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC: $5,000 · International+1 more: $1,000 · InternationalBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentFULL COURT PEACE INC: $10,460 · Youth DevelopmentMINDS MATTER OF NYC INC: $7,608 · Youth DevelopmentSHATTERPROOF A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $5,040 · HealthTHE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC: $5,000 · HealthTRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS INC: $2,000 · HealthDARIEN EMS POST 53 INC: $1,500 · HealthApollo Pact Inc: $1,000 · Health+1 more: $259 · HealthAdvocates for Children of New York: $10,000 · Crime & Legal
Education$553,425Other$301,480Human Services$98,104International$76,000Youth Development$48,068Health$14,799Crime & Legal$10,000

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 budgetElon University: $240,425 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $175,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAUBURN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $130,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC: $30,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTIAN MISSION TO GAZA: $30,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetTHE CARVER INC: $15,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFULL COURT PEACE INC: $10,460 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAdvocates for Children of New York: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF NAMBALE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetUKRAINIAN CONGRESS COMMITTEE OF AMERICA: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBUILDON INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFeeding America: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFriendship Place: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMINDS MATTER OF NYC INC: $7,608 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FUND OF DARIEN: $6,730 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSEND IT: $5,063 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSHATTERPROOF A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $5,040 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $5,030 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThurgood Marshall College Fund: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAMBALE SCHOLARS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 10.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SOROKA MEDICAL CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetELENAS LIGHT INC: $3,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetThe Noroton Fire Department Incorporated: $2,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCamp Kesem National: $1,541 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDARIEN EMS POST 53 INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetApollo Pact Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPROJECT ANGEL HEART: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoston Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR THE NEW JERSEY HALL OF FAME INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREENWICH CENTER FOR HOPE AND RENEWAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWORLD CONNECT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ATLANTA WOMENS FOUNDATION INC: $618 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALI FORNEY CENTER INC: $530 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDARIEN POLICE ASSOCIATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLIBERATION PROGRAMS INC: $259 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.

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.

Fairfield County's Co…Schaefer-Phillips Fou…Bassler Family Founda…Pieter and Yvette Een…The Goodnow FundGs Donor Advised Phil…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Pfizer Foundation…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…
Fairfield County's Community Foundation IncCT15.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Schaefer-Phillips Foundation Inc · Bassler Family Foundation Inc · Pieter and Yvette Eenkema Van Dijk Foundation · The Goodnow Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 The Jack and Tricia Ryan Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Jack and Tricia Ryan Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Liberation Programs Inc: 24% of income from government
  • The Carver Inc: 16% of income from government
  • The Community Fund of Darien: 9% of income from government
  • Shatterproof a Nonprofit Corporation: 2% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Boston Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 61 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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grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home