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Private foundation (trust)EIN 426059463Est. 1955-12

John Ruan Foundation Trust

Urbandale, IA 50322

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Total Assets

$85.5M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$4.0M

FY 2024

Grants Made

52

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$78K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$3K–$1M

Typical

Deadlines

Open / rolling

Applications

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$5.2M

Total Expenses

$4.5M

Qualifying Distributions

$4.1M

Distributable Amount

$4.2M

Min. Investment Return

$4.3M

Undistributed Income

$480K

Payout rate 97%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.97%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

52 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $3K through median $10K to maximum $1M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

4 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $5.6M in 2020. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

227 grants

BLANK PARK ZOO FOUNDATION
$2.0M
4 grants
US Chamber Foundation
$1.6M
1 grant
MERCY ONE FOUNDATION
$1.5M
2 grants
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
$1.3M
2 grants
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION
$1.1M
2 grants
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
$1.0M
6 grants
DRAKE UNIVERSITY
$900K
4 grants
FRIENDS OF DES MOINES PARKS
$859K
5 grants

Grant Size Distribution

227 grants

<$10K
166
grants
$10–50K
20
grants
$50–250K
21
grants
$250K–1M
18
grants
$1–5M
2
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

13 states

Iowa
$14.3M
80% of total
District of Columbia
$1.6M
9% of total
Illinois
$1.6M
9% of total
Florida
$248K
1% of total
Virginia
$105K
1% of total
Indiana
$75K
0% of total
Texas
$20K
0% of total
Connecticut
$20K
0% of total
Minnesota
$20K
0% of total
Oregon
$5K
0% of total

+3 more states

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