South Dakota · Private foundation
4j Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $19k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $16,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2020 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $986
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 0% of the organizations 4j Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 3 | $19k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $2k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $5k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of South Dakota Inc | $16,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sleep in Heavenly Peace Inc | $5,604 | 2 | 0% |
| Safe Harbor Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of South Dakota & Montana | $919 | 1 | 0% |
| Safe Harbor | $108 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($2k), not named here.
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: South Dakota Community Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About 4j Foundation
- How much does 4j Foundation give?
- 4j Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $19,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2021.
- What does 4j Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (84%), Education (8%), Philanthropy (4%).
- Who are 4j Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Ronald McDonald House Charities of South Dakota Inc ($16k), Sleep in Heavenly Peace Inc ($6k), Safe Harbor Foundation ($1k).
- Does 4j Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does 4j Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as 4j Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include South Dakota Community Foundation, First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is 4j Foundation based?
- 4j Foundation is based in SD.
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