RYAN FOUNDATION: Form 990, tax year 2010

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Organization: RYAN FOUNDATION (EIN 41-2169151)
Tax period: 2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31
Filed: 2011-11-15
IRS object ID: 201133199349308508
Schema version: 2010v3.4
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2011-11-15T15:03:29-06:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2010-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	DEL PIZZO & ASSOCIATES PC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2098 WEST CHESTER PIKE SUITE 101	AddressLine1
City	BROOMALL	City
State	PA	State
ZIP Code	19008	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2010-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	412169151	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THE RYAN FOUNDATION	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	RYAN	NameControl

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	805 BROWER ROAD	AddressLine1
City	WAYNE	City
State	PA	State
ZIP Code	19087	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	COLLEEN SHEEHAN	Name
Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	Title
Date Signed	2011-11-15	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	JACK DEL PIZZO CPA	Name
Phone	6103562590	Phone
Date Prepared	2011-11-15	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2010	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-03-07 17:11:31Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	COLLEEN SHEEHAN	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	805 BROWER ROAD	AddressLine1
City	WAYNE	City
State	PA	State
ZIP Code	19087	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	207997	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	2005	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	PA	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	THE RYAN FOUNDATION SUPPORTS CIVIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING PROJECTS AND CURRICULA THAT PROMOTE THE STUDY OF FREE INSTITUTIONS, CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY, AND RELATED SUBJECTS, AND SUPPORTS VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS, PUBLIC LECTURE AND JUNIOR SCHOLARS PROGRAMS AT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	11	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	11	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	1	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	92980	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	207500	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	2258	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	497	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Current Year	0	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	95238	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	207997	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Current Year	4982	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	73144	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	25303	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	73144	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	30285	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	22094	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	177712	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	52444	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	231465	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities EOY	1309	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	52444	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	230156	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Info In Schedule O Part III	X	InfoInScheduleOPartIII
Mission Description	THE RYAN FOUNDATION SUPPORTS CIVIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING PROJECTS AND CURRICULA THAT PROMOTE THE STUDY OF FREE INSTITUTIONS, CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY, AND RELATED SUBJECTS, AND SUPPORTS VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS, PUBLIC LECTURE AND JUNIOR SCHOLARS PROGRAMS AT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	28650	Expense
Description	IN 2009, THE RYAN FOUNDATION ENGAGED A VISITING SENIOR SCHOLAR TO TEACH AT VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY. THE VISITING SCHOLAR ADVANCED THE MISSION OF THE RYAN FOUNDATION BY: 1. ENGAGING IN RESEARCH ON THE INTELLECTUAL SOURCES AND PRINCIPLES OF THE AMERICAN FOUNDING. 1. TEACHING IN THE ACADEMIC AREA OF POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY AND AMERICAN POLITICS. 3. OFFERING A SERIES OF PUBLIC LECTURES IN THE GREATER PHILADELPHIA AREA.	Description
Total Program Service Expense	28650	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	true	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	false	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	true	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	false	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	false	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	false	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	false	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit Transaction	false	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	false	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	false	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	false	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	false	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	false	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	false	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	false	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	false	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction Related Entity	false	TransactionRelatedEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	1	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	false	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	1	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	11	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	11	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	false	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	true	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	true	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	false	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	false	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	PA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Name Business NameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	COLLEEN SHEEHAN	BusinessNameLine1
Business Name Line2	COLLEEN SHEEHAN	BusinessNameLine2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Telephone Number	6105197421	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	805 BROWER ROAD	AddressLine1
Address Line2	805 BROWER ROAD	AddressLine2
City	WAYNE	City
State	PA	State
ZIP Code	19087	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	X	NoListedPersonsCompensated

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (11 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation
FREDERICK W ANTON III
PRESIDENT	1.00	X	X	0	0	0
JOSEPH HARE
SECRETARY	1.00	X	X	0	0	0
BARRY H STERN
TREASURER	1.00	X	X	0	0	0
WILLIAM ALLEN
DIRECTOR	1.00	X		0	0	0
BRUCE COLE
DIRECTOR	1.00	X		0	0	0
CHRISTOPHER FRANKLIN
DIRECTOR	1.00	X		0	0	0
JEANEE SCHMEDLEN
DIRECTOR	1.00	X		0	0	0
PINA TEMPLETON
DIRECTOR	1.00	X		0	0	0
KENNETH TEPPER
DIRECTOR	1.00	X		0	0	0
CUYLER WALKER
DIRECTOR	1.00	X		0	0	0
COLLEEN SHEEHAN
EXECUTIVE DI	20.00	X	X	0	0	0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
All Other Contributions	207500	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	207500	TotalContributions

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	497	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$497	ExclusionAmount

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	207997	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$497	ExclusionAmount

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	4155	Total
Program Services	4155	ProgramServices

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	322	Total
Program Services	322	ProgramServices

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	505	Total
Program Services	505	ProgramServices

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	750	Total
Management And General	750	ManagementAndGeneral

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	885	Total
Management And General	885	ManagementAndGeneral

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	178	Total
Program Services	178	ProgramServices

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices
VISITING SCHOLARS	23000	23000
INSURANCE	490	490

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	30285	Total
Program Services	28650	ProgramServices
Management And General	1635	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	52444	BOY
EOY	226663	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	4980	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	178	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	4802	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	52444	BOY
EOY	231465	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	1309	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	1309	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	52444	BOY
EOY	230156	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	52444	BOY
EOY	230156	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	52444	BOY
EOY	231465	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	177712	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	false	FSAudited
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org170b1 Avi	X	PubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	25000	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	92980	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	207500	CurrentTaxYear
Total	325480	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	25000	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	92980	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	207500	CurrentTaxYear
Total	325480	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	325480	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	-579	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	2258	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	497	CurrentTaxYear
Total	2176	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	327656	TotalSupport
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.99340	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.98600	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor Number	RESTRICTED	ContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Aggregate Contributions	RESTRICTED	AggregateContributions

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Disclosed Orgs Legal Control	false	DisclosedOrgsLegalControl
Disclosed For Charitable Purposes	false	DisclosedForCharitablePurposes
Written Policy Monitoring	false	WrittenPolicyMonitoring
Sect170h Requirements Satisfied	false	Sect170hRequirementsSatisfied
Solicited Assets For Sale	false	SolicitedAssetsForSale
Agent Trustee Etc	false	AgentTrusteeEtc
Included On FS	false	IncludedOnFS
Endowments Held By Unrelated Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByUnrelatedOrgs
Endowments Held By Related Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs
Are Related Orgs Listed Schedule R	false	AreRelatedOrgsListedScheduleR

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	4980	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	178	Depreciation
Book Value	4802	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	4802	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (3 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
ORGANIZATION'S MISSION	FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION	THE RYAN FOUNDATION SUPPORTS CIVIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING PROJECTS AND CURRICULA THAT PROMOTE THE STUDY OF FREE INSTITUTIONS, CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY, AND RELATED SUBJECTS, AND SUPPORTS VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS, PUBLIC LECTURE AND JUNIOR SCHOLARS PROGRAMS AT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA.
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	FORM 990 IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES PRIOR TO FILING.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. THE ORGANIZATION IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPING CONFLICT OF INTEREST, DOCUMENT RETENTION AND WHISTLEBLOWING POLICIES.