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RYAN SHAZIER FUND FOR SPINAL REHABILITATION

EIN 85-0837155 PITTSBURGH, PA

Revenue 2024
$966,411
Expenses 2024
$1,229,388

Program services were 75.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
E99
Classification
1000
Street
6360 BROAD STREET

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).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE RYAN SHAZIER FUND FOR SPINAL REHABILITATION AIMS TO GIVE THOSE WITH SPINAL CORD INJURIES AND THEIR CAREGIVERS THE SUPPORT, RESOURCES AND FUNDING THEY NEED TO LIVE INDEPENDENT AND MEANINGFUL LIVES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE RYAN SHAZIER FUND FOR SPINAL REHABILITATION IS DEDICATED TO INCREASING THE POSSIBILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH SPINAL CORD INJURIES TO ACHIEVE INDEPENDENCE AND IMPROVE THE OVERALL QUALITY OF THEIR LIFE.

  • EMPOWERING INDIVIDUALS WITH SCI AND THEIR CAREGIVERS THROUGH DIRECT SUPPORT AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: DURING THE 20242025 FISCAL YEAR, THE RYAN SHAZIER FUND FOR SPINAL REHABILITATION ADVANCED ITS MISSION TO EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS WITH SPINAL CORD INJURIES (SCI) AND THEIR CAREGIVERS BY PROVIDING DIRECT FINANCIAL SUPPORT, PERSONAL CONNECTION, AND COMMUNITY- BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES. THROUGH THE GOLDEN WINDOW PROGRAM, THE FUND AWARDED 358,889 IN VENDOR SUPPORT TO 35 INDIVIDUALS, ENABLING ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT SUCH AS HOME MODIFICATIONS, ADAPTIVE VEHICLES, DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, AND ADDITIONAL REHABILITATION SESSIONS. THE FUND ALSO FACILITATED RYAN TIME, A UNIQUE INITIATIVE WHERE INDIVIDUALS WITH SCI AND THEIR FAMILIES ENGAGED IN ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS WITH RYAN SHAZIER, FOSTERING HOPE AND EMOTIONAL ENCOURAGEMENT. ADDITIONALLY, THE FUND ORGANIZED OVER 20 EVENTSINCLUDING ADAPTIVE SPORTS, PROFESSIONAL SPORTING OUTINGS, AND AN ACCESSIBLE FAMILY RETREATOFFERING RECREATION, RESPITE, AND A SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY FOR BOTH INDIVIDUALS WITH SCI AND THEIR CAREGIVERS.

    Expenses $616,066 · Grants $357,370

  • ADVANCING SCI SUPPORT SYSTEMS THROUGH THE SCI NETWORK: IN FISCAL YEAR 20242025, THE FUND COMPLETED PHASE II OF THE SCI NETWORK, A COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT SYSTEM DESIGNED TO IMPROVE POST-INJURY CARE NAVIGATION FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH SCI AND THEIR FAMILIES. THIS PHASE INCLUDED ESTABLISHING A GOVERNANCE MODEL, DEVELOPING A PARTNER HANDBOOK, CREATING A NAVIGATOR TRAINING GUIDE, AND LAUNCHING THE SCI NAVIGATOR ROLE. THE SCI NETWORK SERVES AS A CORNERSTONE RESOURCE, EQUIPPING FAMILIES WITH THE TOOLS, ADVOCACY, AND GUIDANCE NEEDED TO NAVIGATE THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM AND ACCESS CRITICAL SERVICES FOLLOWING A SPINAL CORD INJURY.

    Expenses $317,541

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Leah Friedman

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $86,946
    From this org
    $86,946
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kevin Acklin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Will Allen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melissa Armstrong

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Amy Bernstein

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Leon Ford

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott Hawkins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shane Heinle

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gregg Huber

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Arthur J Rooney II

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William E Kassling

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alexander Yu MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Okonkwo MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lucas Piatt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joshua Pollard

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Ryan Shazier

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Vernon Shazier

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Meg Throckmorton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael P Tomlin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christine Zaremski Young

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $966,411
    Expenses
    $1,229,388
    Contributions
    $967,508
    Grants paid
    $357,370
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,018,759
    Expenses
    $1,106,672
    Contributions
    $1,116,710
    Grants paid
    $343,046
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,026,401
    Expenses
    $974,726
    Contributions
    $1,211,481
    Grants paid
    $253,698

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
    $1,063,936
    Expenses
    $471,306
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,224,961
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $301,629
    Expenses
    $57,922
    Assets (EOY)
    $252,185

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 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

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

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 PC.

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 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.