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T Ragan Ryan Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Houston, Texas · EIN 760421278

T Ragan Ryan Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Houston, Texas. In tax year 2024 it gave $33,700 in 36 grants; the typical grant was $450 and the largest $8,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $31,910 the year before.

22% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$31,91035$734,422
2024$33,70036$877,745

How to apply

ContactThomas C Ryan
8580 Woodway Dr 8-1104, Houston, TX 77063
Phone or email(713) 781-1418
What to submitExcellence in education is stressed.
RestrictionsMaximum grants of $20,000, will be distributed.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What T Ragan Ryan Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 14 states, the most to Texas.

StateGrantsAmount
Texas17$19,550
Virginia3$8,500
Illinois3$1,550
New York1$1,000
Michigan1$500
Wisconsin1$500
District of Columbia2$450
Massachusetts2$400
Arkansas1$250
Connecticut1$250

Grants paid in 2024

All 36 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Mary Baldwin University
Stauton, VA
Scholarship fund, athletics, general purpose$8,000
University of St Thomas
Houston, TX
General purpose$5,000
The Buckingham Foundation
Houston, TX
General purpose$3,000
San Jacinto Museum and Battlefield Association
La Porte, TX
General purpose$2,500
Doctors Without Borders
New York, NY
General purpose$1,000
Habitat for Humanity
Houston, TX
General purpose$1,000
Houston Food Bank
Houston, TX
General purpose$1,000
Open Door Mission
Houston, TX
General purpose$1,000
Star of Hope
Houston, TX
General purpose$1,000
The Salvation Army
Houston, TX
General purpose$1,000
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Scholarship fund, athletics, general purpose$1,000
University of Illinois
Champaign, IL
General purpose$1,000
Cristo Rey Jesuit
Houston, TX
General purpose$500
Family Houston
Houston, TX
General purpose$500
Hillsdale College
Hillsdale, MI
General purpose$500
Houston Public Media Foundation
Houston, TX
General purpose$500
Wayland Academy
Beaver Dam, WI
General purpose$500
Yellowstone Schools
Houston, TX
General purpose$500
Special Olympics Texas
Houston, TX
General purpose$400
Northwestern Settlement
Chicago, IL
General purpose$300
Choate Rosemary Hall
Wallingford, CT
General purpose$250
Commemorative Air Force
Dallas, TX
General purpose$250
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home
Boys Town, NE
General purpose$250
Heifer International
Little Rock, AR
General purpose$250
Mercy Home
Chicago, IL
General purpose$250
National Park Foundation
Washington, DC
General purpose$250
The Nature Conservancy
Arlington, VA
General purpose$250
Toys for Tots
Triangle, VA
General purpose$250
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Kansas City, MO
General purpose$250
Faith in Practice
Houston, TX
General purpose$200
Harvard Magazine
Cambridge, MA
General purpose$200
Volunteer Interfaith Caregivers-Southwest
Houston, TX
General purpose$200
Women for Women International
Washington, DC
General purpose$200
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
General purpose$200
St Joseph's Indian School
Chamberlain, SD
General purpose$200
Sacred Heart Southern Missions
Walls, MS
General purpose$50

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does T Ragan Ryan Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does T Ragan Ryan Foundation Inc give?

$33,700 in tax year 2024, across 36 grants, with a typical grant of $450.

Who runs T Ragan Ryan Foundation Inc?

Its 2024 filing lists Kemper D Ryan (President), Emily D Ryan (Vice-Pres), Thomas C Ryan (Secr/Treas) and Mary D Dryselius (Director) among 5 officers and trustees.

What does T Ragan Ryan Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, international and faith communities.

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