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JOHN RUAN FOUNDATION TRUST

EIN 42-6059463 URBANDALE, IA

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Revenue 2023
$5,106,530
Expenses 2023
$4,434,436

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
11207 AURORA AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • John Ruan IV

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $5,106,530
    Expenses
    $4,434,436
    Contributions
    not reported
    Grants paid
    $4,050,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $553,935
    Expenses
    $4,717,045
    Contributions
    not reported
    Grants paid
    $4,248,000

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

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2021 · 990-PF

    Revenue
    $7,230,015
    Expenses
    $5,572,963
    Assets (EOY)
    $110,876,833
  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2020 · 990-PF

    Revenue
    $6,342,431
    Expenses
    $5,698,783
    Assets (EOY)
    $103,561,030

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.

Grants paid

From Part XV of the 2023 Form 990-PF , the newest this foundation filed that we hold.

  • UNIVERSITY OF IOWA

    $1,000,000

    Iowa City, IA Sports, Athletic

  • BLANK PARK ZOO FOUNDATION

    $510,000

    Des Moines, IA Cultural, Historical or Other Education Activities

  • DES MOINES AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE

    $505,000

    Ankeny, IA Schools, Colleges and Related Activities

  • CHILDSERVE

    $500,000

    Johnston, IA Health Services and Related Activities

  • FRIENDS OF DES MOINES PARKS

    $352,500

    Des Moines, IA Activities Directed to Other Organizations

  • BALLET DES MOINES

    $255,000

    West Des Moines, IA Cultural, Historical or Other Education Activities

  • GDM HABITAT FOR HUMANITY

    $250,000

    Des Moines, IA Activities Directed to Other Organizations

  • IOWA CONFLUENCE WATER TRAILS

    $200,000

    Des Moines, IA Conservation, Environment and Beautification Activities

  • IOWA NATURAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION

    $100,000

    Des Moines, IA Conservation, Environment and Beautification Activities

  • JOPPA

    $50,000

    Des Moines, IA Inner City or Community Activities

The 10 largest to organizations. The filing page shows this return's totals, and the API serves every grant row.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PF.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.