Iowa · Private foundation
The Joseph and Edward Ryan Memorial
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $333k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $125,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.9M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations The Joseph and Edward Ryan Memorial funded were first-time grantees, receiving 57% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $170k 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 | 7 | $333k | 71% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $299k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $191k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $211k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $306k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $159k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $218k | 71% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $240k | 80% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Liberty Heritage Foundation | $55,000 | 1 | n/a |
| We Lead | $50,000 | 2 | 16% |
| Muscatine County Fair | $44,000 | 1 | 6% |
| First Church United | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Focusing Philanthropy Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Golden Years Housing Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Eulenspigel Puppet Theatre | $13,650 | 3 | 9% |
| West Liberty Chamber of Commerce | $13,500 | 1 | n/a |
| West Liberty Area Arts Council | $12,000 | 3 | n/a |
| West Liberty Community Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Liberty Heritage Foundation | $55,000 | 1 | n/a |
| We Lead | $50,000 | 2 | 16% |
| Muscatine County Fair | $44,000 | 1 | 6% |
| First Church United | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Focusing Philanthropy Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Golden Years Housing Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Eulenspigel Puppet Theatre | $13,650 | 3 | 9% |
| West Liberty Chamber of Commerce | $13,500 | 1 | n/a |
| West Liberty Area Arts Council | $12,000 | 3 | n/a |
| West Liberty Community Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Joseph Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Our Redeemer Lutheran Church | $3,500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 35 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.9M), 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.
Open a dossier: H Filmore and Marjory M Melick Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Joseph and Edward Ryan Memorial
- How much does The Joseph and Edward Ryan Memorial give?
- The Joseph and Edward Ryan Memorial reported 7 grants totaling $332,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Joseph and Edward Ryan Memorial fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (27%), Arts & Culture (14%), Public Safety & Disaster (13%).
- Who are The Joseph and Edward Ryan Memorial's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: West Liberty Heritage Foundation ($55k), We Lead ($50k), Muscatine County Fair ($44k).
- Does The Joseph and Edward Ryan Memorial fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Joseph and Edward Ryan Memorial accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Joseph and Edward Ryan Memorial?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include H Filmore and Marjory M Melick Foundation.
- Where is The Joseph and Edward Ryan Memorial based?
- The Joseph and Edward Ryan Memorial is based in IA.
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