RYAN SEACREST FOUNDATION INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

T12

Classification

1000

Street

PO BOX 456

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Mission and programs · 2025

• THE RYAN SEACREST FOUNDATION (RSF) ADVANCES ITS MISSION OF CREATING INTERACTIVE MEDIA STUDIOS THAT SPARK CREATIVITY, BUILD CONFIDENCE, AND SUPPORT EMOTIONAL HEALING FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN PEDIATRIC HOSPITALS. GUIDED BY ITS VISION TO BRING CREATIVITY, CONNECTION, AND JOY INTO CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS, RSF OPERATES SEACREST STUDIOS TO PROVIDE MEANINGFUL MOMENTS OF EXPRESSION, POSSIBILITY, AND HEALING DURING THE HOSPITAL EXPERIENCE.EACH SEACREST STUDIO IS EQUIPPED WITH INDUSTRY-STANDARD TECHNOLOGY THAT ENABLES PATIENTS TO EXPLORE CONTENT CREATION THROUGH HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES SUCH AS HOSTING SHOWS, PRODUCING DIGITAL MEDIA, PLAYING INTERACTIVE GAMES, AND DEVELOPING NEW CREATIVE SKILLS. PATIENTS CAN PARTICIPATE IN PERSON OR ACCESS PROGRAMMING DIRECTLY FROM THEIR ROOMS THROUGH A SECURE, CLOSED-CIRCUIT NETWORK, ENSURING ACCESSIBILITY FOR ALL ACUITY LEVELS. STUDIOS ARE ALSO CONNECTED NATIONALLY, ALLOWING SHARED PROGRAMMING AND COLLABORATIVE EXPERIENCES ACROSS THE NETWORK.IN 2025, RSF DELIVERED 8,406 HOURS OF LIVE PROGRAMMING AND HELPED PATIENTS CREATE 265 ORIGINAL SHOWS, REACHING APPROXIMATELY 3.1 MILLION PATIENTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS. VIEWED BY HOSPITAL PARTNERS AS A CORE THERAPEUTIC TOOL, SEACREST STUDIOS PLAY A MEANINGFUL ROLE IN HELPING CHILDREN COPE WITH HOSPITALIZATION AND EXTENDED MEDICAL CARE. THROUGH ITS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, RSF ALSO SUPPORTS ALMOST 50 INTERNS A YEAR, PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE IN BROADCAST PRODUCTION AND EMPOWERING THE NEXT GENERATION OF INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS. SEACREST STUDIOS WELCOMED A WIDE RANGE OF SPECIAL GUESTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, INCLUDING MUSICIANS, ACTORS, ATHLETES, AUTHORS, AND OTHER PUBLIC FIGURES, OFFERING PATIENTS UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONNECTION AND INSPIRATION. THESE VISITS, ALONG WITH LOCALLY DRIVEN PROGRAMMING, CONTRIBUTED TO A DYNAMIC AND UPLIFTING HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT.RSF CONTINUED TO INVEST IN TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION ACROSS THE STUDIO NETWORK IN 2025, PROVIDING ONGOING TECHNICAL SUPPORT, EQUIPMENT UPGRADES, AND TRAINING FOR HOSPITAL-BASED TEAMS. THIS INCLUDED ADVANCEMENTS IN DIGITAL PRODUCTION CAPABILITIES, MODERNIZATION OF AUDIO AND VIDEO SYSTEMS, AND ENHANCED CONNECTIVITY TO SUPPORT HIGH-QUALITY CONTENT CREATION AND DISTRIBUTION. RSF ALSO SUPPORTED STUDIO RENOVATIONS IN WASHINGTON D.C., CHARLOTTE AND ORANGE COUNTY. RENOVATIONS IN BOSTON, ORLANDO, NASHVILLE, DENVER AND CINCINNATI ARE BUDGETED AND SCHEDULED FOR 2026. THE FOUNDATION ALSO DELIVERED SIGNIFICANT IN-KIND SUPPORT TO HOSPITAL PARTNERS, INCLUDING TOYS, BOOKS, CLOTHING, TECHNOLOGY, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, AND OTHER RESOURCES THAT ENHANCE PATIENT EXPERIENCE AND STUDIO PROGRAMMING. THESE CONTRIBUTIONS ARE MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY SUPPORTERS.CONTENT DEVELOPMENT REMAINED A KEY PRIORITY, WITH RSF PRODUCING AND CURATING A ROBUST LIBRARY OF DIGITAL EXPERIENCES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CREATIVE ORGANIZATIONS. PROGRAMMING SPANS EDUCATIONAL, RECREATIONAL, AND WELLNESS-FOCUSED CONTENT, INCLUDING MINDFULNESS ACTIVITIES, STORYTELLING, MUSIC, AND INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCES. CONTENT IS MADE AVAILABLE IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES TO ENSURE ACCESSIBILITY AND INCLUSIVITY FOR DIVERSE PATIENT POPULATIONS.SUPPORTING MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH CONTINUES TO BE CENTRAL TO RSF'S WORK. STUDIOS PROVIDE THERAPEUTIC CREATIVE OUTLETS SUCH AS PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEO PRODUCTION, ANIMATION, AND OTHER EXPRESSIVE ACTIVITIES, OFTEN IN COLLABORATION WITH HOSPITAL CLINICAL TEAMS. THESE EXPERIENCES ARE DESIGNED TO COMPLEMENT CLINICAL CARE BY REDUCING STRESS, FOSTERING SELF-EXPRESSION, AND CREATING MOMENTS OF NORMALCY FOR PATIENTS.RSF ALSO REMAINS COMMITTED TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH ITS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, OFFERING HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE IN MEDIA PRODUCTION, OPERATIONS, AND PATIENT ENGAGEMENT. STUDENTS FROM COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY PARTICIPATE ANNUALLY, GAINING PRACTICAL SKILLS WHILE CONTRIBUTING TO THE STUDIO ENVIRONMENT.AS OF 2025, RSF OPERATES SEACREST STUDIOS IN 14 LEADING CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING LOCATIONS IN ATLANTA, BOSTON, CHARLOTTE, CINCINNATI, DALLAS, DENVER, MEMPHIS, NASHVILLE, ORANGE COUNTY, ORLANDO, QUEENS, SALT LAKE CITY, MIAMI AND WASHINGTON, D.C.LOOKING AHEAD, RSF CONTINUES TO EXPAND ITS IMPACT WITH THE PLANNED OPENINGS OF TWO NEW SEACREST STUDIOS AT MANNING FAMILY CHILDREN'S IN NEW ORLEANS, LA IN 2027 AND CHILDREN'S WISCONSIN IN MILWAUKEE, WI IN 2028.

  Expenses $1,951,351 · Grants $980,678

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2025

  Revenue

  $2,878,635

  Expenses

  $2,599,121

  Contributions

  $2,852,362

  Grants paid

  $980,678

• 2024

  Revenue

  $3,088,616

  Expenses

  $2,861,356

  Contributions

  $3,050,079

  Grants paid

  $1,814,435

• 2023

  Revenue

  $2,266,468

  Expenses

  $2,807,748

  Contributions

  $2,185,700

  Grants paid

  $827,361

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,390,381

  Expenses

  $1,925,408

  Contributions

  $1,361,591

  Grants paid

  $492,188

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,294,381

  Expenses

  $1,732,932

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,425,356

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,724,944

  Expenses

  $2,121,989

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,887,858

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,615,283

  Expenses

  $1,239,401

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,270,335

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,918,514

  Expenses

  $1,043,582

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,887,460

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $870,298

  Expenses

  $740,287

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,887,302

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $652,346

  Expenses

  $924,423

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,757,291

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,132,210

  Expenses

  $902,284

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,026,869

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,370,148

  Expenses

  $935,471

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,805,649

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,326,878

  Expenses

  $958,209

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,362,266

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $552,117

  Assets (EOY)

  $993,597

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2009

Tax period

1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009

Principal officer

Gary L Seacrest

Mailing address

56 Perimeter Center East Suite 450c/o Gary L SeacrestAtlanta GA 30346

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

• LE BONHEUR CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION

  $25,000

  2023 · FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO HELP START A HOSPITAL FUND TO SUPPORT THE STUDIO IN MEMPHIS. PRIZES FOR PATIENTS, TECHNICAL AND BROADCASTING EQUIPMENT AND SUPPORT AND CREATIVE MEMBERSHIPS AND PLATFORMS FOR EDITING AND CONTENT WORK.

• COHEN CHILDREN'SMEDICAL CENTER

  $25,000

  2024 · FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO HELP START A FUND TO SUPPORT THE STUDIO IN QUEENS. PRIZES FOR PATIENTS, TECHNICAL AND BROADCASTING EQUIPMENT AND SUPPORT AND CREATIVE MEMBERSHIPS AND PLATFORMS FOR EDITING AND CONTENT WORK

• PRIMARY CHILDRENS HOSPITAL

  $25,000

  2024 · FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO HELP START A FUND TO SUPPORT THE STUDIO IN SALT LAKE CITY. PRIZES FOR PATIENTS, TECHNICAL AND BROADCASTING EQUIPMENT AND CREATIVE MEMBERSHIPS AND PLATFORMS FOR EDITING AND CONTENT WORK

• LE BONHEUR CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION

  $0

  2025 · PRIZES FOR PATIENTS, TECHNICAL AND BROADCASTING EQUIPMENT AND CREATIVE MEMBERSHIPS AND PLATFORMS FOR EDITING AND CONTENT WORK

• BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL

  $0

  2025 · PRIZES FOR PATIENTS, TECHNICAL AND BROADCASTING EQUIPMENT AND CREATIVE MEMBERSHIPS AND PLATFORMS FOR EDITING AND CONTENT WORK

• CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER

  $0

  2025 · PRIZES FOR PATIENTS, TECHNICAL AND BROADCASTING EQUIPMENT AND SUPPORT AND CREATIVE MEMBERSHIPS AND PLATFORMS FOR EDITING AND CONTENT WORK

• CHILDREN'S NATIONAL HOSPITAL

  $0

  2025 · PRIZES FOR PATIENTS, TECHNICAL AND BROADCASTING EQUIPMENT AND CREATIVE MEMBERSHIPS AND PLATFORMS FOR EDITING AND CONTENT WORK

• CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF COLORADO

  $0

  2025 · PRIZES FOR PATIENTS, TECHNICAL AND BROADCASTING EQUIPMENT AND CREATIVE MEMBERSHIPS AND PLATFORMS FOR EDITING AND CONTENT WORK

• CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA

  $0

  2025 · PRIZES FOR PATIENTS, TECHNICAL AND BROADCASTING EQUIPMENT AND CREATIVE MEMBERSHIPS AND PLATFORMS FOR EDITING AND CONTENT WORK

• RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTY

  $0

  2025 · PRIZES FOR PATIENTS, TECHNICAL AND BROADCASTING EQUIPMENT AND CREATIVE MEMBERSHIPS AND PLATFORMS FOR EDITING AND CONTENT WORK

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $600,000

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $351,000

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $300,000

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• ACM LIFTING LIVES

  $100,000

  2022 · MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM

• ACM LIFTING LIVES

  $50,000

  2023 · MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM

• FANATICS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $50,000

  2023 · SPONSORSHIP

• MIGHTYCAUSE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $19,115

  2023 · UNRESTRICTED

• MIGHTYCAUSE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $18,577

  2024 · UNRESTRICTED

• MIGHTYCAUSE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $15,585

  2022 · UNRESTRICTED

• MOTORSPORTS CHARITIES INC

  $10,000

  2022 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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