California · Nonprofit
THE RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION AND INSTITUTE
THE RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION AND INSTITUTE (California) receives grants from 129 organizations whose IRS filings report $50,607,432 to it, the largest being THE T BOONE PICKENS FOUNDATION ($21,000,000). 77 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $42M
- Funders on record
- 129
- Grants received
- $51M
- Net assets
- $453M
What The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute does
Mission
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute is the sole nonprofit organization created by president reagan charged with advancing his legacy and principles: individual liberty, economic opportunity, freedom and democracy, peace through strength, and national pride.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
[presidential learning center (education programs)]at The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute, our education programs advance president reagan's legacy through leadership, civil discourse, and experiential learning. Each year, we engage students and educators in all 50 states and 11 countries, extending our impact both nationally and internationally, through in-person and digital programs designed to build the next generation of informed, thoughtful leaders.-- see schedule o for continuation >the reagan leadership center engages more than 13,000 students annually in immersive, decision-based simulations. In operation urgent fury, students step into leadership roles during the 1983 grenada rescue mission, navigating real-world challenges of governance and crisis response. In operation 007, based on the korean air lines incident, students explore the balance between liberty and security in high-stakes scenarios. These experiences are expanding beyond the library through our digital leadership simulation, enabling schools nationwide to deliver reagan-inspired leadership training in their own classrooms.>great american leadership program (galp): our flagship leadership…
$3,611,249 spentof which $399,728 as grants10% of program spending[ronald reagan institute (rri)]the ri, located in washington, d.c., operates the following three centers and scholarly initiatives work to build on the legacy and ideas of president reagan:>the center for peace through strength (cpts) promotes u.s. National security policy grounded in president reagan's philosophy that a strong american military is the best deterrent against aggression and a safeguard for peace.>the center for civics, education, and opportunity (cceo) works at the nexus of civics and education policy, answering president reagan's call for an "informed patriotism" to ensure a more prosperous future for america.>the center for freedom and democracy (cfd) champions president reagan's vision of america as a shining city on a hill by helping to restore his optimistic, confident approach to promoting freedom, democracy, and human dignity both at home and abroad.>scholarly initiatives advance the study of president reagan, his presidency, and his era through programming designed to encourage, develop, and showcase new scholarship on these subjects. Reagan institute programs and events:>november 11, 2024, mapp workshop with matt frakes on his book, rogue states: the…
$12,874,974 spent35% of program spending[the museum] the reagan museum vividly tells the story of ronald and nancy reagan and our 40th president's enduring legacy and principles. In addition, the library's temporary gallery space continuously showcases historic and pop-culture influenced exhibits which often serve as a springboard to complementary public affairs programming. Whenever possible, ties are drawn between the temporary exhibit and the life, presidency, and principles of ronald reagan. Collectively, the permanent and temporary exhibits offer a world-class family destination drawing visitors from across our local community and from around the world. -- see schedule o for continuation temporary exhibits>the pope and the president: bringing hope to the world (october 1, 2024 october 27, 2024): this exhibition covered the life of saint john paul ii, from his childhood, to joining the priesthood, to his first meeting with president reagan that set the stage for their long-lasting friendship and partnership. The exhibit also displayed never-before-seen gifts to president ronald reagan from saint john paul ii and the vatican, including documents for the five face-to-face meetings between the two men: the vatican…
$17,358,785 spent$5,905,555 earned by the program48% of program spending[center for public affairs in simi valley, california] a forum of ideas where influential leaders from government, business, the media and academia apply the lessons learned during ronald reagan's remarkable presidency. All speakers and panels are known as "reagan forums," unless specified otherwise. Reagan forum participants in-person>jack carr (author); 10/1/24>talmage boston (author); 10/24/24>mike waltz (congressman, fl); 10/25/24>amy coney barrett (u.s. Supreme court justice); 9/9/25>peggy noonan (wall street journal columnist); 12/4/24>joe uziel (head of the dead sea scroll unit of the iaa); 2/26/25>steve hilton (author); 4/2/25>mark joseph (producer); 4/29/25>mark levin (talk radio host); 8/17/25>gianno caldwell (fox news correspondent); 7/23/25>joe concha (fox news correspondent); 8/13/25reagan forum participants virtual>james patterson and matt eversmann (authors); 11/11/2024>christopher cox (congressman); 11/26/24>trey yingst (fox news correspondent); 1/7/25special events in person>as part of the reagan library's dead sea scrolls exhibit programming, the reagan foundation, in conjunction with the chabad of simi valley, held a menorah lighting ceremony on december 29,…
$2,578,883 spent$986,173 earned by the program7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $36,423,891.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $376M to $422M (+12%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
62% of THE RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION AND INSTITUTE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Frederick J Ryan Jr
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 18 funders to 62 funders, grant income rose $1.0M → $28M.
21 of 129 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of THE RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION AND INSTITUTE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 129 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
THE RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION AND INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 63%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 25% · 2019 17% · 2020 29% · 2021 26% · 2022 24% · 2023 74% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
38% of THE RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION AND INSTITUTE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
THE RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION AND INSTITUTE draws 81% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 28 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
THE RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION AND INSTITUTE is better cushioned than half of the 3,794 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,794 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like THE RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION AND INSTITUTE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
76%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 29 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION AND INSTITUTE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION AND INSTITUTE?
- THE RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION AND INSTITUTE (California) receives grants from 129 organizations whose IRS filings report $50,607,432 to it, the largest being THE T BOONE PICKENS FOUNDATION ($21,000,000). 77 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION AND INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 129 organizations giving $50,607,432 in grants to THE RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION AND INSTITUTE, 77 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION AND INSTITUTE?
- THE T BOONE PICKENS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $21,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION AND INSTITUTE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 129 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing