Ryerson Foundation
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-6046944. Reported 54 grants totalling $96,000 to 54 organizations across tax years 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. Ryerson Foundation 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 $2,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $2,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $4,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depaul Univeristy | Chicago, IL | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Georgia State University | Atlanta, GA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Arkansas at Little Rock | Little Rock, AR | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Ottowa | Ottowa, Ontario | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Aurora University | Aurora, IL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Benedictine University | Lisle, IL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Denison University | Granville, OH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | Tallahassee, FL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| George Mason University | Fairfax, VA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Illinois State University | Normal, IL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Iowa State University | Ames, IA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Michigan State University | East Lansing, MI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Miles College | Fairfield, AL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Moreno Valley College | Moreno Valley, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ohio State Universitymain Campus | Columbus, OH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pennsylvania State University Main Campus | University Park, PA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rockhurt University | Kansas City, MO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| San Antonio College | San Antonio, TX | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Spartanburg Methodist College | Spartanburg, SC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The University of Tennesseechattanooga | Chattanooga, TN | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The University of Texas at El Paso | El Paso, TX | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Toronto Metropolitan University | Toronto, Ontario | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | Birmingham, AL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Arkansas | Fayetteville, AR | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Georgia | Athens, GA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Iowa | Iowa City, IA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of North Carolina at Greensboro | Greenboro, NC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Notre Dame | Notre Dame, IN | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of South Alabama | Mobile, AL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of South Carolina | Columbia, SC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of South Florida | Tampa, FL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of South Florida | St Paul, MN | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Toronto | Toronto, Ontario | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Wisconsingreen Bay | Green Bay, WI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of the Cumberlands | Williamsburg, KY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Auburn University | Auburn, AL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Baylor University | Waco, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Clovis Community College | Fresno, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Goldeybeacom College | Wilmington, DE | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kennesaw State University | Kennesaw, GA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kent State University at Kent | Kent, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| North Carolina State Universtity at Raleigh | Raleigh, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Presbyterian College | Clinton, SC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Purdue University Main Campus | West Lafayette, IN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Roosevelt University | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Texas State University | San Marcos, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The University of Tennesseeknoxville | Knoxville, TN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Guelph | Guelph, Ontario | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Illinois Chicago | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of North Dakota | Grand Forks, ND | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Oklahomanorman Campus | Norman, OK | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Utah | Salt Lake City, UT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wayne Community College | Goldsboro, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 15 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Ryerson Foundation has 1 of them, worth $19,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Na | Not Available, IL | $19,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 12% of this one's giving went to organizations in Illinois. 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 $2,000. 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 Illinois.
- 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 Ryerson Foundation'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: 227 W Monroe St Fl 27, Chicago, IL, 60606. 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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