Texas · Public charity
The Ryan Foundation Inc
The primary activity of the foundation is the making of grants to qualifying individuals and to other charitable, religious, and education organizations that are exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the code.
- $1.4M
- Granted FY2023
- 21
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2023
- $906k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 26
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 7
- Total assets, FY2023
- $98k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 30% of the organizations The Ryan Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $362k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 20 | $896k | 30% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $999k | 54% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $410k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $276k | 36% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $449k | 43% |
| FY2018 | 26 | $453k | 58% |
| FY2017 | 18 | $298k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Communities in Schools of the Dallas Regioninc | $493,334 | 7 | 2% |
| Horatio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Folds of Honor - North Texas Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 5% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $230,194 | 5 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Collin County Inc | $220,274 | 7 | 3% |
| North Texas Food Bank | $218,570 | 6 | 0% |
| Junior League of Dallas Inc | $185,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity Inc | $163,271 | 5 | 1% |
| Ronald McDonald House of Dallas Inc | $129,900 | 6 | 1% |
| Values Essential Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 54% |
Show all 73 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
The Ryan Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 65 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · The Dallas Foundation · The Perot Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · W P & Bulah Luse Foundation · Hillcrest Foundation · Texas Women's Foundation · Hoblitzelle Foundation · Rainwater Charitable Foundation · Celanese Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation
How this is measured
About The Ryan Foundation Inc
- How much does The Ryan Foundation Inc give?
- The Ryan Foundation Inc reported 21 itemized grants totaling $905,667, out of $1,363,771 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 26 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Ryan Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (35%), Health (16%), Human Services (8%).
- Who are The Ryan Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Communities in Schools of the Dallas Regioninc ($493k), Horatio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc ($250k), Folds of Honor - North Texas Inc ($250k).
- Does The Ryan Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Ryan Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, The Dallas Foundation, The Perot Foundation.
- Where is The Ryan Foundation Inc based?
- The Ryan Foundation Inc is based in TX.
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