Ryan Family Foundation Inc
Marco Island, FL · EIN 34-1881438. Reported 129 grants totalling $892,500 to 39 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Ryan Family Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $3,100. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $10,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $37,700. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bgsu Foundation Inc | Bowling Green, OH | $225,000 | 20 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cleveland Clnic Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $112,700 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Akron Childrens Hospital | Akron, OH | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish | Wadsworth, OH | $80,000 | 10 | 4 | 2024 |
| San Marco Catholic Church | Marco Island, FL | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army of Wadsworth | Wadsworth, OH | $48,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tunnels to Towers Foundation | Staten Island, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ryan Family Donor Advised Fund | Orlando, FL | $28,600 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Boy Scouts of America | Akron, OH | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Mississippi School of Law | University, MS | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Feeding Medina County | Medina, OH | $17,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Caleb Andrew Longfield Foundation | Strongsville, OH | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hospice of Visiting Nurse Service | Akron, OH | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Main Street Wadsworth | Wadsworth, OH | $12,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wadsworth Public Library Foundation | Wadsworth, OH | $10,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ohio University Foundation | Athens, OH | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Childrens Institute | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wadsworth Fishmarian's Closet | Wadsworth, OH | $9,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brian Weatherhead Memorial Scholarship Fund | Woodhaven, MI | $7,550 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Island Country Club Charitable Foundation | Marco Island, FL | $7,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Indiana University Foundation | Bloomington, IN | $6,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Antwerp Rotary | Antwerp, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cleveland Clinic Foundation Rogers Hospice Care Center | Akron, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cloverleaf High School | Lodi, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kent State University | Kent, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Miami University | Oxford, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Miller Mcneil Woodruff Foundation | Rogers, AR | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Honor Flight | Springfield, OH | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Flotilla 9-5 US Coast Guard District 7 | Marco Island, FL | $3,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Make a Wish Foundation | Phoenix, AZ | $3,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Holy Family Church | Stow, OH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Saint Vincent Depaul Society | Wadsworth, OH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Folds of Honor | Akron, OH | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Ohio State University | Columbus, OH | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| F Troop Foundation | Marco Island, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Old Trail School | Bath, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wadsworth Community Radio | Wadsworth, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Marco Island Center for the Arts | Marco Island, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wadsworth YMCA | Wadsworth, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
25 of 39 (64%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 88%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Cleveland Clnic Foundation
ANGEL EYE CAMERA FOR NICU UNIT - Bgsu Foundation Inc
GREAT LAKES WATERSHED PROJECT - Ryan Family Donor Advised Fund
RYAN FAMILY DONOR ADVISED FUND - San Marco Catholic Church
UNRESTRICTED FUNDS AND HURRICANE RELIEF - Cloverleaf High School
CLASS OF 1970 SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM - Kent State University
SCHOLARSHIP - ALEXANDER MILLER
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 39 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 32 | $221,500 | $3,000 |
| 2022 | 33 | $252,000 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 28 | $224,000 | $4,250 |
| 2024 | 36 | $195,000 | $2,500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Ryan Family Foundation Inc has 11 of them, worth $407,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Bgsu Foundation Inc | Bowling Green, OH | $66,000 |
| Cleveland Clnic Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $65,000 |
| Bgsu Foundation Inc | Bowling Green, OH | $55,000 |
| Salvation Army of Wadsworth | Wadsworth, OH | $50,000 |
| Salvation Army of Wadsworth | Wadsworth, OH | $40,000 |
| Bgsu Foundation Inc | Bowling Green, OH | $33,000 |
| Cleveland Clnic Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $30,000 |
| Bgsu Foundation Inc | Bowling Green, OH | $30,000 |
| Salvation Army of Wadsworth | Wadsworth, OH | $20,000 |
| Bgsu Foundation Inc | Bowling Green, OH | $10,000 |
| Salvation Army of Wadsworth | Wadsworth, OH | $8,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 81% of this one's giving went to organizations in Ohio. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $3,100. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Ohio.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Ryan Family Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 241 Stillwater Court, Marco Island, FL, 34145. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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