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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
Grants FY2023
7
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Education$1.3MHealth$620kHuman Services$290kPhilanthropy$282kCommunity Improvement$254kYouth Development$240kHousing & Shelter$234kFood & Nutrition$219kOther$0
02FY2023 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 21 grants below total $905,667, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,363,771 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $458,104 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k3 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $241k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $397k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$20,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$98k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FOLDS OF HONOR - NORTH TEXAS INC$250,000
CISDR$196,667
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF COLLIN COUNTY$100,000
VEF-BENEFIT FOR CHILDREN$50,000
EDUCATION IS FREEDOM$50,000
PROJECT DESTINED$30,000
NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK$30,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE$25,000
HELPING HANDS FOR SINGLE MOMS DALLAS$25,000
SOUTHWESTERN DIABETIC FOUNDATION INC$25,000
AMERICA'S CHARITIES$20,000
SPECIAL OLYMPICS OF GEORGIA$16,500
SHAQUILLE ONEAL FOUNDATION$15,000
NUSTAR FOUNDATION$14,000
CHILDREN'S CANCER FUND$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $195k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%GNC LIVE WELL FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%THE CARING FOUNDATION OF TEXAS: $10k → 5%JOHNNY MAC SOLDIERS FUND: $15k → 4%SOLES4SOULS: $20k → 14%SALESMANSHIP CLUB CHARITABLE GOLF OF DALLAS INC: $25k → 14%METRO DALLAS HOMELESS ALLIANCE: $25k → 14%VOGEL ALCOVE: $5k → 14%VOGEL ALCOVE: $5k → 14%VOGEL ALCOVE: $5k → 14%VOGEL ALCOVE: $5k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS-DALLAS: $10k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%HELICOPTERS FOR HEROES: $20k → 14%HELICOPTERS FOR HEROES: $20k → 14%SM WRIGHT FOUNDATION: $10k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
NY
NV
OH
PA
NJ
CO
VA
AZ
NM
TN
NC
DC
LA
GA
TX
FL
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.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.6M · 30 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.

30 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2023, 16 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
37

Total granted

$2.6M
$818k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+27%

Still filing today

90%
92%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $362k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationPhilanthropyHuman ServicesHealthCommunity ImprovementRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • CI
    COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF THE DALLAS REGIONINC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $493k · revenue +131%
  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    5× · 2017–2021 · $230k · revenue +33%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF COLLIN COUNTY INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $220k · revenue +83%

Funded once

  • HA
    HORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $250k · revenue +36%
  • CD
    CITIZENS DEVELOPMENT CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue +119%
  • TC
    TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $45k · revenue +38%
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
Dallas College Foundation Inc

Dallas college foundation enhances the level of achievement and excellence of dallas college by providing scholarships, eliminating barriers that prevent students from attending and graduating, and supporting innovation.

Education
2
Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation

To recognize the accomplishments and contributions of our outstanding Texas business leaders and to perpetuate and inspire the values of entrepreneurial spirit, personal integrity, and community leadership in all generations of Texans.

Community Improvement
3
Dallas Citizens Council

To lead and serve in the moments that matter the most for the people of dallas.

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4
Md Anderson Foundation
Philanthropy
5
Texas a&M Research Foundation

To facilitate research and development within the texas a&m university system and selected other entities.

Education
6
Trellis Foundation

We believe every texas student deserves the opportunity to earn a postsecondary credential or degree that helps them achieve the future they envision for themselves and their families. we invest in the programs, practices, and policies…

Human Services
7
The Leadership Foundation

The leadership foundation, inc. (the foundation), established in 1990, is the mechanism by which iwf members advance the next generation of women leaders. the foundation accelerates the careers of top-performing women by offering…

—
8
Forty First Foundation

The forty first foundation supports and advances the university of texas at austin in its pursuit of excellence. we work closely with the office of the president to identify, fund, and implement strategic initiatives that enhance the…

Education
9
Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council

The mission of the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council is to drive evidence-based improvement in patient care and health equity throughout the region.

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10
American Society of Clinical Oncology Inc

See schedule o:asco is a professional oncology society committed to conquering cancer through research, education, and promotion of the highest quality patient care.

Health
11
The University of TexasTexas a&M Investment Management Company

To generate superior long-term investment returns to support The University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems as they provide world-class teaching, push the boundaries of discovery, and achieve excellence in patient healthcare for…

Education
12
The Association of Former Students of Texas a&M University

To strengthen the association of former students, promote the interests and welfare of texas a&m university, perpetuate ties of affection and esteem formed in university or college days, and serve the student body.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Helping Hands for Single Moms; the most unlike its peers is Gene & Jerry Jones Family Foundation. 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

72 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. 72 of the 76 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
70/72
Grantees still filing
47/72
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF THE DALLAS REGIONINC: $493,334 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF THE DALLAS R…HORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS INC: $250,000 · EducationHORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTINGUISHED AM…FOLDS OF HONOR - NORTH TEXAS INC: $250,000 · EducationFOLDS OF HONOR - NORTH TEXAS INCHELPING HANDS FOR SINGLE MOMS DALLAS: $90,000 · EducationHELPING HANDS FOR SINGLE MOMS DALLASEDUCATION IS FREEDOM FOUNDATION: $50,000 · EducationTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $44,548 · Education+6 more: $115,500 · Education+6 moreBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF COLLIN COUNTY INC: $220,274 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF COLLIN COUNTY…NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $218,570 · OtherNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANKDallas Area Habitat for Humanity Inc: $163,271 · OtherDallas Area Habitat for Humanity In…Ronald McDonald House of Dallas Inc: $129,900 · OtherRonald McDonald House of Dallas IncVALUES ESSENTIAL FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · OtherVALUES ESSENTIAL FOUNDATION INCUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS: $50,000 · OtherNustar Foundation: $45,585 · OtherCITIZENS DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $50,450 · Other+14 more: $230,452 · Other+14 moreAmerican Heart Association Inc: $230,194 · HealthAmerican Hear…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $98,593 · HealthST JUDE CHILD…BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $56,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER …THE CHILDREN'S CANCER FUND: $20,000 · HealthPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · Health+3 more: $35,000 · Health+3 moreJUNIOR LEAGUE OF DALLAS INC: $185,000 · Community ImprovementTREC SPECIAL EVENTS INC: $40,000 · Community ImprovementHELPING HANDS FOR SINGLE MOMS: $35,000 · Community ImprovementCORPORATE VOLUNTEER COUNCIL OF ATLANTA: $12,000 · Community ImprovementVALERO ENERGY FOUNDATION: $92,000 · PhilanthropyGENE & JERRY JONES FAMILY FOUNDATION: $40,000 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC: $20,000 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN CAMPUS CHARITIES FOUNDATION: $20,000 · PhilanthropyPOPULAR FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyFEDEX PILOTS CHARITABLE FUND: $10,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION BOULDER COUNTY: $10,000 · Philanthropy22KILL: $10,000 · PhilanthropyTHE DALLAS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyTHE COVIA FOUNDATION: $9,800 · Philanthropy+5 more: $29,984 · PhilanthropyHELICOPTERS FOR HEROES: $40,000 · Human ServicesHOUSING FORWARD: $25,000 · Human ServicesSalesmanship Club Charitable Golf of Dallas Inc: $25,000 · Human ServicesSOLES4SOULS INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesVOGEL ALCOVE: $20,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $20,000 · Human ServicesJOHNNY MAC SOLDIERS FUND INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesGNC LIVE WELL FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Human ServicesCaring for Children Foundation of Texas Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesSM Wright Foundation: $10,000 · Human Services+1 more: $5,000 · Human ServicesSPECIAL OLYMPICS GEORGIA INC: $58,000 · Recreation & SportsSOUTHWESTERN DIABETIC FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 · Recreation & SportsSPECIAL OLYMPICS OF TEXAS INC: $11,585 · Recreation & SportsWoodall Rodgers Park Foundation: $10,000 · Recreation & Sports
Education$1,293,382Other$1,208,502Health$459,787Community Improvement$272,000Philanthropy$261,784Human Services$200,000Recreation & Sports$124,585

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 budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF THE DALLAS REGIONINC: $493,334 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetHORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS INC: $250,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR - NORTH TEXAS INC: $250,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $230,194 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF COLLIN COUNTY INC: $220,274 over 7y, 3.2% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $218,570 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJUNIOR LEAGUE OF DALLAS INC: $185,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetDallas Area Habitat for Humanity Inc: $163,271 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetRonald McDonald House of Dallas Inc: $129,900 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetVALUES ESSENTIAL FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 2y, 54% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $98,593 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVALERO ENERGY FOUNDATION: $92,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHELPING HANDS FOR SINGLE MOMS DALLAS: $90,000 over 4y, 34% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS GEORGIA INC: $58,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $56,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCITIZENS DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $50,450 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetEDUCATION IS FREEDOM FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetNustar Foundation: $45,585 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSOUTHWESTERN DIABETIC FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $44,548 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHELICOPTERS FOR HEROES: $40,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetGENE & JERRY JONES FAMILY FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTREC SPECIAL EVENTS INC: $40,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetHELPING HANDS FOR SINGLE MOMS: $35,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetAMERICA'S CHARITIES: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT DESTINED INC: $30,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetOUR DAILY BREAD INC: $25,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetUNTHSC FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetHOLOCAUST MEMORIAL FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOUSING FORWARD: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSalesmanship Club Charitable Golf of Dallas Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S CANCER FUND: $20,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOLES4SOULS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVOGEL ALCOVE: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CRAIG SCHOOL: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBI-LO Holdings Foundation Inc: $18,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetJOHNNY MAC SOLDIERS FUND INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHAQUILLE O'NEAL FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCORPORATE VOLUNTEER COUNCIL OF ATLANTA: $12,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS OF TEXAS INC: $11,585 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGNC LIVE WELL FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetRETINA FOUNDATION OF THE SOUTHWEST: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWoodall Rodgers Park Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

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.

Communities Foundatio…The Dallas FoundationThe Perot FoundationUnited Way of Metropo…Texas Instruments Fou…W P & Bulah Luse Foun…Hillcrest FoundationTexas Women's Foundat…Hoblitzelle FoundationRainwater Charitable …Celanese FoundationJpmorgan Chase Founda…
Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX33.8× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    12report 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 76 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $1.5M of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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