Ryman Carroll Foundation

Analysis

Ryman Carroll Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Los Angeles, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Ryman Carroll Foundation reported income of $922k and spending of $1.3m, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.1m to $922k (-19%), an average of -5.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Ryman Carroll Foundation sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile, and in the 79th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stuf United Fund Inc ($922k), National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome ($922k) and Philanthropy Colorado ($921k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 90% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $284k (22% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $498k. At year end it held assets of $4.5m against liabilities of $150k, net assets of $4.3m. It reported 29 employees.