· Private foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k1 grant · $5k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
- $50k–250k6 grants · $476k
- $250k+2 grants · $566k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION | $315,250 |
| YEAR UP PROVIDENCE | $251,060 |
| NORTON CHILDRENS HOSPITAL | $101,083 |
| THE JOEY FUND | $100,156 |
| OPERATION TEAMWORK | $100,000 |
| LOST TREE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | $75,000 |
| COMMUNITY PREPARATORY SCHOOL | $50,000 |
| THE JOHNNY CAKE CENTER | $50,000 |
| RISE | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 83% of The Ryan Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +277% since the first grant, against +57% for those funded once.
4 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $416k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION & ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT5× · 2017–2024 · $6.9M · revenue +277%- YUYEAR UP PROVIDENCE4× · 2018–2024 · $401k
- LTLOST TREE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION3× · 2019–2024 · $105k
Funded once
- CCCONNECTICUT CHILDREN'Sone grant, 2017 · $10k
- NYNEW YORK WOMEN'S FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue -47%
- LALOWCOUNTRY AIDS SERVICES CHILDSgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +278%
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.
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.
The only law school in Rhode Island, Roger Williams University School of Law offers future attorneys a rigorous, hands-on legal education in a supportive, personalized environment. Preparing students for success in the public and private…
At Roger Williams University, students are prepared to be thinkers and doers ready to solve challenging problems with innovative solutions. RWU offers robust offerings of undergraduate, graduate and professional programs across eight…
The french american school of rhode islands (fasri) multilingual experience cultivates globally-minded, confident, creative learners.
Compass charter school is a safe and nurturing educational environment that honors the individuality of each learner. by engaging in a process of inquiry, our graduates will be equipped with the necessary skills to lead fulfilling personal…
Inspiring minds empowers students to succeed in school and life by supporting them with trusted relationships, tutoring and mentoring from inspired community members.
The rhode island foundation mobilizes generosity and motivates change that makes a difference
We engage and connect people through shared experiences that positively transform individuals, organizations, and communities. we see a rhode island that is flourishing- economically, civically, culturally- built on a foundation of…
Running a private school.
Rippowam Cisqua School creates independent thinkers, confident communicators, and engaged leaders who respect and contribute meaningfully to a diverse and increasingly complex global society.
The williams school builds with each child the foundation for academic, moral and social success. a williams school student embodies confidence, integrity and a love of learning.
To be a college preparatory school of academic excellence rooted in the faith, values and caring of the judeo-christian tradition.
Education of high school (grades 9-12) students in a boarding and day school format for the purpose of college preparation and placement.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 18 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION & ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT ↗
- Who funds OPERATION TEAMWORK ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY PREPARATORY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds Rhode Islanders Sponsoring Education ↗
- Who funds NEW YORK WOMEN'S FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds LOWCOUNTRY AIDS SERVICES CHILDS ↗
- Who funds CHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds FEED MORE INC ↗
- Who funds TRIDENT ACADEMY INC ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Ryan Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ryan Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus
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.
Play a game based on Ryan Family’s filings →