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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 33-0856477

Martha Ryland Foundation 05171999

A private foundation in Bluffdale, UT. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 7 grants and $4,640 paid in grants.

Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $4,640

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $250,382
  • Tax year 2024

    $4,095

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $259,153
  • Tax year 2023

    $3,121

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $265,650
  • Tax year 2022

    $2,079

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $273,536
  • Tax year 2021

    $1,900

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $280,119
  • Tax year 2020

    $1,750

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $278,595

Grants paid in 2025

7 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Save Our CanyonsCottonwd HTS, UT

    To help protectthe beauty and wildness of the wasatch

    $1,239
  2. Grand Staircase Escalante PartnersEscalante, UT

    To help preserve andprotect grand staircase national monument

    $1,020
  3. Southern Utah Wilderness AllianceSalt Lake Cty, UT

    To help preserve thewilderness of thecolorado plateau

    $600
  4. Humane Society of UtahMurray, UT

    To help eliminate thepain, fear and sufferingof all animals

    $535
  5. Best Friends Animal SocietyKanab, UT

    To help bring abouta time when there areno more homeless pets

    $523
  6. Starr Ranch SanctuaryTrabuco Canyon, CA

    To help protect birdsand support the sanctuary and national audubon society

    $516
  7. Great Old Broads for WildernessDurango, CO

    To help preserve andprotect wildernessand wild lands

    $207

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Animals2 grants $1,05857% of the total
  2. Environment1 grant $60032% of the total
  3. Human services1 grant $20711% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Utah5 grants $3,917
  2. California1 grant $516
  3. Colorado1 grant $207

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Susan Lee HooverTrustee Hours 5Pay $4,750
  • A Scott KafesjianTrustee Hours 5Pay $4,750

The return

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