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The Ryan Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$475k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
73
Grants FY2024
74
Organizations funded FY2023
11%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$400
Largest grant, FY2024
$191,701
Organizations funded a year
74 to 86
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
21
Total assets, FY2024
$146k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 11% of the organizations The Ryan Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $51k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthInternationalHuman ServicesArts & CultureEducationEnvironmentOther
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
FY2024still arriving72$470k7%
FY202374$500k11%
FY202274$647k5%
FY202180$738k16%
FY202086$553k20%
FY201986$790k21%
FY201881$511k27%
FY201778$328kn/a
88% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$2.2MEducation$1.2MPhilanthropy$898kHealth$434kRecreation & Sports$383kReligion$102kHuman Services$94kSocial Science$85kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
NH
MT
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
MO
WV
VA
MD
AZ
NC
SC
DC
OK
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra$505,000336%
St Vincents Academy$270,0005n/a
Central Vermont Medical Center Inc$200,00010%
Northwell Health Foundation$150,00030%
Saint Edward's School Inc$92,80070%
Branch Brook Park Alliance Inc$65,000314%
Providence College$50,00010%
West Virginia University Foundation Inc$50,00010%
Youth Sports Foundation$50,00015%
The Learning Alliance Inc$50,00011%
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All grantees of The Ryan Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra$505,000336%
St Vincents Academy$270,0005n/a
Central Vermont Medical Center Inc$200,00010%
Northwell Health Foundation$150,00030%
Saint Edward's School Inc$92,80070%
Branch Brook Park Alliance Inc$65,000314%
Providence College$50,00010%
West Virginia University Foundation Inc$50,00010%
Youth Sports Foundation$50,00015%
The Learning Alliance Inc$50,00011%
The Citizens Campaign Inc$45,00033%
Pg Chambers School$40,00060%
Quail Valley Charities Inc$37,74971%
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Newark Inc$31,25040%
Greater Newark Conservancy Inc$25,00031%
The Irish American Partnership Inc$18,50080%
Diocese of Palm Beach$17,0003n/a
Glassroots Inc$13,00060%
It Happened to Alexa Foundation Inc$11,000211%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$7,10080%
Safe Water Network$6,00020%
Indian River Hospital Foundation Inc$5,00030%
American Seniors Housing Association Inc$5,00010%
For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST)$4,00020%
Covenant House$3,40080%
American Kidney Fund Inc$3,10080%
Environmental Learning Center Inc$3,00030%
Breakthrough T1d$3,00030%
United Against Poverty Inc$2,75050%
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc$2,75040%
Parkinson Research Foundation Inc$2,64080%
Finca International Inc$2,60080%
Rutgers University Foundation$2,50010%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$2,45080%
Food for the Poor Inc$2,40580%
Feed the Children Inc$2,40070%
Salesian Missions Inc$2,4008n/a
American Leprosy Missions Inc$2,40080%
St Labre Indian School$2,4008n/a
Perkins School for the Blind$2,40080%
Habitat for Humanity$2,40082%
The Seeing Eye Inc$2,35070%
United States Fund for Unicef$2,20070%
American Heart Association Inc$2,10070%
Cato Institute$2,00020%
Udt - Seal Museum Association Inc$2,00010%
Reading Is Fundamental Inc$1,95040%
St Jude Shrine$1,8008n/a
Save The Children Federation Inc$1,67560%
Society for Creative Anachronism Inc$1,60030%
Autism Speaks Inc$1,55080%
The Children's Hospital Foundation at Saint Francis$1,35050%
Kids Wish Network Inc$1,30070%
The Student Conservation Association Inc$1,15020%
The National Children's Cancer Society$1,10040%
Donald M Payne Sr Global Foundation Inc$1,00011%
Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc$92540%
Children's National$90030%
Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc$90040%
American Cancer Society Inc$80040%
Guiding Eyes for the Blind Inc$77540%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$75030%
Abandoned Childrens Fund$70030%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$65030%
Childrens Hunger Relief Fund Inc$5002n/a
New Community Corporation$50020%
Americares Foundation Inc$50010%
The Sandridge Foundation$40010%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$40020%
The Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc$25010%
First Step of Wichita Falls Inc$25010%
Handicap International$20010%
American Foundation for the Blind Inc$20010%
Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc$10010%
March of Dimes Inc$10010%
Senior Resource Association Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 89 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.7M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Ryan Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 70 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNew Jersey Symphony Orchestra: $505,000 over 3y, 36% of budgetCentral Vermont Medical Center Inc: $200,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNorthwell Health Foundation: $150,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSaint Edward's School Inc: $92,800 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBranch Brook Park Alliance Inc: $65,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetProvidence College: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWest Virginia University Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYouth Sports Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetThe Learning Alliance Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetThe Citizens Campaign Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetPg Chambers School: $40,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetQuail Valley Charities Inc: $37,749 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetThe Boys & Girls Clubs of Newark Inc: $31,250 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetGreater Newark Conservancy Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetThe Irish American Partnership Inc: $18,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetGlassroots Inc: $13,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetIt Happened to Alexa Foundation Inc: $11,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetPartners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: $7,100 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSafe Water Network: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetIndian River Hospital Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Seniors Housing Association Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFor Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST): $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCovenant House: $3,400 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Kidney Fund Inc: $3,100 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Learning Center Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBreakthrough T1d: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Against Poverty Inc: $2,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetManhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc: $2,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetParkinson Research Foundation Inc: $2,640 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFinca International Inc: $2,600 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetRutgers University Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $2,450 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFood for the Poor Inc: $2,405 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFeed the Children Inc: $2,400 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Leprosy Missions Inc: $2,400 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPerkins School for the Blind: $2,400 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHabitat for Humanity: $2,400 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetThe Seeing Eye Inc: $2,350 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $2,200 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,100 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCato Institute: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUdt - Seal Museum Association Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetReading Is Fundamental Inc: $1,950 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $1,675 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSociety for Creative Anachronism Inc: $1,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAutism Speaks Inc: $1,550 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Children's Hospital Foundation at Saint Francis: $1,350 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetKids Wish Network Inc: $1,300 over 7y, 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 70.

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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.

The McJ Amelior FoundationNJ21.8× affinity8 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The McJ Amelior Foundation · Victoria Foundation Inc · The Prudential Foundation · Turrell Fund · Community Foundation of New Jersey · George a Ohl Jr Trust · Pseg Foundation Inc · Arthur M Goldberg and Veronica Goldberg Foundation Inc · Lipper Family Charitable Foundation · Colton Family Foundation · The Kahle Foundation Inc · Archie S Wingfield Jr Charitable Trust U/A/D 5/15/1995

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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How do I get to The Ryan Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Ryan Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About The Ryan Family Foundation

How much does The Ryan Family Foundation give?
The Ryan Family Foundation reported 73 grants totaling $474,961 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 74 and 86 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Ryan Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (38%), Education (22%), Philanthropy (16%).
Who are The Ryan Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: New Jersey Symphony Orchestra ($505k), St Vincents Academy ($270k), Central Vermont Medical Center Inc ($200k).
Does The Ryan Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The 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 Ryan Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The McJ Amelior Foundation, Victoria Foundation Inc, The Prudential Foundation.
Where is The Ryan Family Foundation based?
The Ryan Family Foundation is based in NY.

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 167 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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