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12 funders with a record of paying for “ryder”
Where the money went
Largest: $80,000 to UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE FOUNDATION — ryder pledge payment 5 of 5 for ryder endowed supply chain professorship and ryder nexxus scholarships.
Largest: $31,634 to University of California-Santa Cruz — scholarships for fatima bautista ($1,300), vanessa canchola ($4,034), aileen gordiano ($5,000), naydelin hernandez ($6,300), alexander meda murillo ($5,000), jesus medina ($8,334),…
Largest: $99,750 to RYDER INSTITUTE — community outreach
Largest: $5,000 to MARY RYDER HOME — general operating
Largest: $30,000 to SPACE ON RYDER FARM — general operating support for theatrical productions and activities
Prescott Granite Mountain Hotshot Memorial Ed FounPrescott, AZ
3 matching grants · $40,401 · through 2024Largest: $21,027 to Juliann Ashcraft — ed exp of ryder shiloh tate & choice ashcraft
Largest: $10,000 to Northeastern University — scholarship for stephanie ryder
Largest: $250,000 to SPACE ON RYDER FARM — general tax exempt purposes
St Louis Community FoundationSt Louis, MOCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $77,350 · through 2024Largest: $46,439 to PROVIDENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND MARY RYDER HOME — annual distribution to support the operating expenses associated with the social networking site, www.feelingkindablue.com for young adults dealing with depression and other mental…
Largest: $5,000 to STEPHANIE RYDER — university scholarship
Largest: $1,136 to RYDER FELTON — citc alyeska match general semester scholarship
Largest: $162,650 to Thomas College — scholarships continued - m macdonald, k mann, a marschall, b marsh, o mccorrison, k mcintyre, c micklon, p mitchell, j mooney, p morrison, e nadeau, k neville, m nichols, j nisby, …
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →