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The Ryan Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Ryan Foundation Inc

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.

$240k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0188% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Human Services$355kHealth$155kFood & Nutrition$75kHousing & Shelter$55kEducation$46kCrime & Legal$25kYouth Development$15kEmployment$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 11 grants below total $210,300, the rows itemized in this filing. The $240,300 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $30,000 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.
$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES ORLANDO$25,000
MEALS ON WHEELS ETC$25,000
ALZHEIMER'S & DEMENTIAL RESOURCE CENTER$20,000
CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA$20,000
LA AMISTAD FOUNDATION, INC.$20,000
LIGHTHOUSE CENTRAL FLORIDA, INC.$20,000
THE MUSTARD SEED OF CENTRAL FLORIDA$20,000
WINTER PARK DAY NURSERY$20,000
IMPOWER$15,300
FOUNDATION FOR SEMINOLE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS$15,000
BASE CAMP CHILDREN'S CANCER FOUNDATION$10,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$600k · 11 repeat orgs$176k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
9

Total granted

$600k
$131k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+9%

Still filing today

73%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesFood & NutritionPhilanthropyEmploymentEducationOther
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

  • TM
    The Mustard Seed of Central Florida Inc
    4× · 2021–2024 · $70k · revenue +35%
  • LA
    LA AMISTAD FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $60k · revenue +32%
  • WP
    WINTER PARK DAY NURSERY INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $55k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • SC
    SEMINOLE CO BAR ASSOC LEGAL AID SOCIETYgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +99%
  • LO
    LIGHTHOUSE OF CENTRAL FLORIDA
    one grant, 2021 · $20k
  • SC
    SEMINOLE COUNTY VICTIMS' RIGHTS COALITION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +9%
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.

03Its 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
Central Florida Commission On Homelessness Inc

The corporation is organized for the purpose of permanently reducing the number of homeless individuals and families in the central florida region.

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2
Florida Alliance of Children's Councils & Trusts Inc

To promote policies that build effective primary prevention and early intervention systems of support for florida's children and families by engaging and enhancing the collective strengths of the individual children's services councils of…

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3
Florida Community Health Centers Inc

Florida community health centers, inc. (fchc) is a federally qualified health center serving medically needy populations in south florida, with an emphasis on serving rural and farm worker communities.

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4
Florida Network of Children's Advocacy Centers Inc

To improve florida's response to child abuse by supporting the development, growth and continuation of the children's advocacy centers around florida.

Human Services
5
Center for Independent Living of North Florida Inc

Ability 1st, the center for independent living of north florida, is a community-based, organization that provides services to persons with varying disabilities. our mission is to empower people with disabilities to live independently and…

Human Services
6
Camelot Community Care Inc

To develop and provide services that enable children and families to realize their fullest potential.

Human Services
7
Childnet Inc

Childnet's mission is to protect broward and palm beach counties' abused, abandoned and neglected children, to ensure their safety and to promptly provide them with a permanent, loving home.

Human Services
8
Family Promise of Southeast Florida Inc

The Organization's mission is to empower families in making their transition from homelessness to sustainable independence.

Religion
9
Family Nurturing Center of Florida Inc

To provide a nurturing environment for families impacted by divorce, custody battles, and domestic violence, by keeping children safe during these challenging times and helping parents foster positive relationships with their children.

Crime & Legal
10
Hope Clubhouse of Southwest Fl Inc

Hope clubhouse's mission is to be a community of support for adults living with a mental illness which provides opportunities for paid employment and access to education, housing and wellness. the clubhouse philosophy believes in the…

Health
11
Fifth Circuit Public Guardian Corporation

Provide guardian and guardianship services to indigent and developmentally disabled citizens with no family or friends to make medical or financial decisions for them in citrus, hernando, lake, sumter and marion counties.

Human Services
12
Volusiaflagler County Coalition for the Homeless Inc

Charitable or educational purposes related to services for persons experiencing homelessness and persons at risk of homelessness in the service area. in pursuance of the foregoing purposes, vfcch shall facilitate and coordinate the…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hope Helps Inc; the most unlike its peers is Employu Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 23 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
9/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES ORLANDO: $90,000 · OtherJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES ORLANDOThe Mustard Seed of Central Florida Inc: $70,000 · OtherThe Mustard Seed of Central Florida IncLA AMISTAD FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 · OtherLA AMISTAD FOUNDATION INCTHE SHARING CENTER: $40,000 · OtherTHE SHARING CENTERALZHEIMER'S & DEMENTIAL RESOURCE CENTER: $35,000 · OtherALZHEIMER'S & DEMENTIAL RESOURCE CENTERSEMINOLE CO BAR ASSOC LEGAL AID SOCIETY: $25,000 · OtherSEMINOLE CO BAR ASSOC LEGAL AID SOCIETYLIGHTHOUSE OF CENTRAL FLORIDA: $20,000 · OtherFOUNDATION SEM. COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $20,000 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $15,000 · Other+2 more: $20,000 · OtherWINTER PARK DAY NURSERY INC: $55,000 · Human ServicesWINTER PARK DAY NURSERY INCHOPE HELPS INC: $55,000 · Human ServicesHOPE HELPS INCIMPOWER INC: $45,300 · Human ServicesIMPOWER INCTHE CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA: $40,000 · Human ServicesTHE CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDAFOUNDATION FOR FOSTER CHILDREN INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesFOUNDATION FOR FOSTER CHILDREN INCSEMINOLE COUNTY VICTIMS' RIGHTS COALITION INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesSEMINOLE COUNTY VICTIMS' RIGHTS COALITIO…LIGHTHOUSE CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesLIGHTHOUSE CENTRAL FLORIDA INCRECOVERY CONNECTIONS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA: $10,000 · Human ServicesMEALS ON WHEELS ETC INC: $75,000 · Food & NutritionMEALS ON W…THE FOUNDATION FOR SEMINOLE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $15,000 · EducationEMPLOYU INC: $10,000 · EmploymentENGINEERS CHARITABLE TRUST: $600 · Philanthropy
Other$395,000Human Services$280,300Food & Nutrition$75,000Education$15,000Employment$10,000Philanthropy$600

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMEALS ON WHEELS ETC INC: $75,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetThe Mustard Seed of Central Florida Inc: $70,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetLA AMISTAD FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetWINTER PARK DAY NURSERY INC: $55,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetHOPE HELPS INC: $55,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetIMPOWER INC: $45,300 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR FOSTER CHILDREN INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSEMINOLE CO BAR ASSOC LEGAL AID SOCIETY: $25,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetSEMINOLE COUNTY VICTIMS' RIGHTS COALITION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR SEMINOLE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $15,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetEMPLOYU INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBASE CAMP CHILDREN'S CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetRECOVERY CONNECTIONS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetENGINEERS CHARITABLE TRUST: $600 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

Heart of Florida Unit…Central Florida Found…Publix Super Markets …Duke Energy FoundationMagruder Chesley G Fd…Williams M M & R P Fd…The Galloway Foundati…Orlando Magic Youth F…Universal Orlando Fou…Edyth Bush Charitable…Westgate Resorts Foun…Harper Family Charita…
Heart of Florida United Way IncFL24.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Heart of Florida United Way Inc · Central Florida Foundation · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Magruder Chesley G Fdn Im · Williams M M & R P Fdn Ta · The Galloway Foundation · Orlando Magic Youth Foundation Inc · Universal Orlando Foundation Inc · Edyth Bush Charitable Foundation Inc · Westgate Resorts Foundation Inc F/K/A Westgate Foundation Inc · Harper Family Charitable Foundation Inc

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.

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 23 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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