How much does The Rydin Foundation give?

The Rydin Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $6,600,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.

What does The Rydin Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (76%), Crime & Legal (23%), Education (1%).

Who are The Rydin Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Conservative Partnership Institute ($10M), America First Legal Foundation ($3.4M), Texas Public Policy Foundation ($375k).

Does The Rydin Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does The Rydin 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 Rydin Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Conservative Partnership Institute, Donors Trust Inc, Servant Foundation.

Where is The Rydin Foundation based?

The Rydin Foundation is based in TX.

Foundation Dossiers

Texas · Private foundation

The Rydin Foundation

THE RYDIN FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO HONOR DR. SOPHIE RYDIN'S LEGACY THROUGH THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF CHARITABLE, LITERARY AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES. 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.

$6.6M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 13
Grants FY2024: 3
Organizations funded FY2023: 67%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2024: $100,000
Largest grant, FY2024: $3,500,000
Organizations funded a year: 1 to 3; FY2022 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 3
Total assets, FY2024: $16M
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 67% of the organizations The Rydin Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	12	$6.6M	75%
FY2023	3	$6.7M	67%
FY2022	1	$1.5M	n/a

94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Public Benefit$11MCrime & Legal$3.4MEducation$120kArts & Culture$35kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Conservative Partnership Institute	$10,000,000	3	26%
America First Legal Foundation	$3,351,000	2	16%
Texas Public Policy Foundation	$375,000	1	1%
The Heritage Foundation	$334,000	2	0%
American Accountability Foundation	$200,000	1	17%
American Moment Inc	$200,000	1	10%
America First Policy Institute Inc	$100,000	1	0%
Foundation for Accountability Integrity & Research in Elections Fund	$100,000	1	3%
American Cornerstone Institute Inc	$20,000	1	0%
Houston Grand Opera Association Inc	$20,000	1	0%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($37k), not named here.

The Rydin Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 10.

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.

Conservative Partnership InstituteDC15.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Conservative Partnership Institute · Donors Trust Inc · Servant Foundation · The Dunn Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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.

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About The Rydin Foundation

How much does The Rydin Foundation give?: The Rydin Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $6,600,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
What does The Rydin Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (76%), Crime & Legal (23%), Education (1%).
Who are The Rydin Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Conservative Partnership Institute ($10M), America First Legal Foundation ($3.4M), Texas Public Policy Foundation ($375k).
Does The Rydin Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Rydin 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 Rydin Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Conservative Partnership Institute, Donors Trust Inc, Servant Foundation.
Where is The Rydin Foundation based?: The Rydin Foundation is based in TX.