Illinois · Private foundation
William G & Mary A Ryan Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $15k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $12,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $12,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 35
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations William G & Mary A Ryan Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $15k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $13k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $123k | 11% |
| FY2021 | 28 | $189k | 61% |
| FY2020 | 34 | $635k | 38% |
| FY2019 | 34 | $573k | 44% |
| FY2018 | 35 | $695k | 49% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern University | $1,006,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation | $285,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Freedom Golf Association | $105,000 | 4 | 12% |
| Catholic Church Extension Society of US of Amer | $101,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Misericordia Home | $63,750 | 4 | 0% |
| Big Shoulders Fund | $61,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Loyola University of Chicago | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Children's Home & Aid Society of Ill | $16,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities Inc | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 44 grantees
Plus 62 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget William G & Mary A Ryan Foundation supplied at peak.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About William G & Mary A Ryan Foundation
- How much does William G & Mary A Ryan Foundation give?
- William G & Mary A Ryan Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $15,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 35 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does William G & Mary A Ryan Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (38%), Religion (21%), Health (16%).
- Who are William G & Mary A Ryan Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Northwestern University ($1.0M), Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation ($285k), Freedom Golf Association ($105k).
- Does William G & Mary A Ryan Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William G & Mary A Ryan 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 William G & Mary A Ryan Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, The Ayco Charitable Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is William G & Mary A Ryan Foundation based?
- William G & Mary A Ryan Foundation is based in IL.
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