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The James B and Eileen Ryan Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$47k
Granted FY2022
23
Grants FY2022
2
States reached
$20k
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, FY2019 to 2022.

Philanthropy$63kEducation$59kReligion$18kYouth Development$5kAnimals$4kHousing & Shelter$4kHealth$3kRecreation & Sports$2kOther$0
02FY2022 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k22 grants · $27k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
$500
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MCGUIRE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION$20,000
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY$8,670
SACRED HEART CHURCH$5,500
ELK COUNTY CATHOLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM$3,662
VARIOUS CHARITIES$1,624
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB ST MARYS$1,500
UNITED WAY$1,000
SETON HILL UNIVERSITY$1,000
ELK COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$918
Individual grant recipient$600
GEIBEL CAHTOLIC MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL$500
ST VINCENT COLLEGE$500
ST MARYS AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE$300
ELK COUNTY CATHOLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM PTO$298
KEYSTONE ELK COUNTRY ALLIANCE$200
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–19, $100) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $100 → 14%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.
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$154k · 27 repeat orgs$8k to everyone else

27 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2022, 8 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
5

Total granted

$154k
$6k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+53%

Still filing today

44%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22
PhilanthropyEducationHealthEnvironmentRecreation & SportsHuman 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

  • MM
    MCGUIRE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION
    3× · 2019–2022 · $50k · revenue +22%
  • SETON HILL UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2019–2022 · $4k · revenue +16%
  • SM
    ST MARYS AREA UNITED WAY
    3× · 2019–2021 · $3k · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • CY
    CORNERSTONE YOUTH HOME
    one grant, 2021 · $4k · revenue -51%
  • BC
    BUCKTAIL COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICAgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $1k · revenue +71%
  • CF
    CHRISTIAN FOOD BANK INC
    one grant, 2021 · $1k · revenue +6%
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
St Marys County Historical Society Inc

To collect, preserve, research and interpret the history of st marys county, maryland holding these collections in trust for the use and education of the public.

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2
Elk Regional Health Center

Elk regional health center d/b/a penn highlands elk will be the healthcare provider of choice for our communities through a commitment to service, quality, people, finance and growth.

Health
3
St Mary Medical Center

We, st. mary medical center and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. as a community of caring people, we are committed to extending and…

Health
4
St Marys Healthcare System for Children Inc

To serve as the sole member of the various health care and supporting organizations that comprise st. mary's healthcare system for children

Health
5
Seton Health System Inc

We, st. peter's health partners and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. founded in community-based legacies of compassionate healing, we…

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6
DuBois Regional Medical Center

To provide the patient with exceptional care through our community-based health system while maintaining a reverence for life. it's the vision of the system to be the integrated health system of choice through excellent quality, service…

Health
7
St Mary's University

St. marys university, as a catholic marianist university, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence.

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8
St Mary's County Chamber of Commerce Inc

The chamber encourages business and industrial investment in the community, supports education at all levels, promotes local tourism, and strives toward the creation of more jobs in st. mary's county.

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9
St Marys Hospital for Children Inc

St. mary's hospital for children ("smh"), the flagship of st. mary's healthcare system for children, is committed to improving the health and quality of life for children and young adults with special healthcare needs. a nationally…

Health
10
Saint Mary Home Incorporated

We, mercy community health and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming presence within our communities. saint mary home is a member of mercy community health and trinity health.

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11
St Mary's Sacred Heart Hospital Inc

We, trinity health georgia and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. st. mary's sacred heart hospital is a member of trinity health georgia…

Health
12
Monongahela Valley Hospital Inc

The mission of penn highlands mon valley is to enhance the health of the residents of the mid-monongahela valley area by providing outstanding healthcare services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mcguire Memorial Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Seton Hill University. 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

17 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. 17 of the 36 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
13/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ELK COUNTY CATHOLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM: $34,142 · OtherELK COUNTY CATHOLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMSACRED HEART CHURCH: $17,910 · OtherSACRED HEART CHURCHPENN STATE UNIVERSITY: $16,066 · OtherPENN STATE UNIVERSITYVARIOUS CHARITIES: $7,221 · OtherVARIOUS CHARITIESBOYS & GIRLS CLUB ST MARYS: $3,935 · Other+22 more: $14,151 · Other+22 moreMCGUIRE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $50,480 · PhilanthropyMCGUIRE MEMORIAL FOUNDATIONST MARYS AREA UNITED WAY: $3,000 · PhilanthropyST MARYS AREA UNITED WAYSETON HILL UNIVERSITY: $3,500 · EducationSAINT VINCENT COLLEGE: $1,800 · EducationCORNERSTONE YOUTH HOME: $4,100 · Housing & ShelterPenn Highlands Healthcare Inc: $2,710 · HealthCOVENANT HOUSE INC: $300 · HealthKEYSTONE ELK COUNTRY ALLIANCE: $2,285 · EnvironmentST MARYS SPORTSMEN'S CLUB: $600 · Recreation & Sports
Other$93,425Philanthropy$53,480Education$5,300Housing & Shelter$4,100Health$3,010Environment$2,285Recreation & Sports$600

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 budgetMCGUIRE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $50,480 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetCORNERSTONE YOUTH HOME: $4,100 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetSETON HILL UNIVERSITY: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetST MARYS AREA UNITED WAY: $3,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetPenn Highlands Healthcare Inc: $2,710 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKEYSTONE ELK COUNTRY ALLIANCE: $2,285 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSAINT VINCENT COLLEGE: $1,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBUCKTAIL COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $1,015 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHRISTIAN FOOD BANK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetST MARYS AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $720 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetST MARYS SPORTSMEN'S CLUB: $600 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE INC: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHistorical Society of St Marys & Benzinger Township: $300 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetST MARYS PUBLIC LIBRARY: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetELK COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKANE FISH & GAME CLUB: $70 over 3y, 0.1% 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 MCGUIRE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CORNERSTONE YOUTH HOME ↗
  • Who funds SETON HILL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ST MARYS AREA UNITED WAY ↗
  • Who funds Penn Highlands Healthcare Inc ↗
  • Who funds KEYSTONE ELK COUNTRY ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds BUCKTAIL COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTIAN FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds ST MARYS AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ↗
  • Who funds ST MARYS SPORTSMEN'S CLUB ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds Historical Society of St Marys & Benzinger Township ↗
  • Who funds ST MARYS PUBLIC LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds ELK COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds KANE FISH & GAME CLUB ↗

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 Stackpole-Hall FoundationPA17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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.

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 36 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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