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Cjl Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$590k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$397k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$1.3MEnvironment$226kInternational$180kHuman Services$176kPhilanthropy$175kEducation$163kFood & Nutrition$138kAnimals$124kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $5k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $55k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $133k
  • $250k+1 grant · $397k
$25,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$7.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE$396,873
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL$83,061
YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE$50,000
BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS$25,000
THE GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK$20,000
WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$10,000
THE ARC OF MASSACHUSETTS$5,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM$100
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $166k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $1k → 7%BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC: $35k → 16%BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS: $25k → 16%BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS: $25k → 16%BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS: $25k → 16%BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS: $25k → 16%BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS: $25k → 16%THE ARC OF THE UNITED STATES: $5k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
NY
MA
CT
CA
VA
MD
DC
AL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 21 repeat orgs$212k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
24

Total granted

$2.1M
$212k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+18%

Still filing today

90%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100 went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalHealthArts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesCivil RightsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc
    6× · 2020–2025 · $943k · revenue +95%
  • BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $160k · revenue +54%
  • GB
    GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $135k · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue 0%
  • AMERICARES FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $28k · revenue +35%
  • COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue -6%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
2
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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3
Trustees of Boston University

Organization's mission: boston university is an international, comprehensive, private research university, committed to educating students to be reflective, resourceful individuals ready to live, adapt, and lead in an interconnected world.…

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4
Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return

Mass general brigham incorporated is developing an integrated health care delivery system throughout the region that offers patients a continuum of coordinated, high-quality care.

Health
5
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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6
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
7
The Population Council Inc

We generate ideas, produce evidence, and design solutions to improve the lives of underserved populations around the world. we take a multidisciplinary, intergenerational, life-cycle approach that contributes to (see schedule o)four global…

International
8
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
9
Trustees of Boston College

Mission strengthened by more than a century and a half of dedication to academic excellence, boston college commits itself to the highest standards of teaching and research in undergraduate, graduate and professional programs and to the…

Education
10
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
11
Guttmacher Institute Inc

The institute is a leading research and policy organization committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights in the united states and globally.

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12
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Save the Children Federation Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Winsor School. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

44 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 44 of the 51 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
43/44
Grantees still filing
32/44
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $943,496 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc+4 more: $60,000 · Health+4 moreMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $295,185 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITALGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $135,000 · OtherGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INCTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $75,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYMASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $120,000 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVE…WGBH Educational Foundation: $40,500 · OtherThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $30,000 · OtherROSIE'S PLACE INC: $30,000 · Other+15 more: $107,000 · Other+15 moreThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $50,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $30,000 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $27,500 · InternationalAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $27,500 · InternationalCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $25,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $15,000 · InternationalHANDICAP INTERNATIONAL: $10,000 · International+2 more: $1,100 · InternationalYale University: $150,000 · EducationELLIE FUND INC: $10,000 · Education3LPlace Inc: $10,000 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $6,000 · Education+3 more: $4,000 · EducationCombined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc: $140,000 · PhilanthropyBoston Foundation Inc: $25,000 · PhilanthropyBoston Charitable Trust Fund City of Boston Trust Office: $10,000 · PhilanthropyBOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC: $160,000 · Human Services+2 more: $6,000 · Human ServicesENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $75,000 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $75,000 · Environment
Health$1,003,496Other$832,685International$186,100Education$180,000Philanthropy$175,000Human Services$166,000Environment$150,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $943,496 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC: $160,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetYale University: $150,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCombined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc: $140,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $135,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $120,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWGBH Educational Foundation: $40,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetROSIE'S PLACE INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $27,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $27,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARC MASSACHUSETTS INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetBoston Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBoston Charitable Trust Fund City of Boston Trust Office: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetELLIE FUND INC: $10,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHANDICAP INTERNATIONAL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDISABILITY RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budget3LPlace Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTHE ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARC OF THE UNITED STATES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCancer Nutrition Consortium Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetEMMANUEL COLLEGE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL PROJECT AGAINST HATE AND EXTREMISM INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCOOLIDGE CORNER THEATRE FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CONNECT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBENEATH THE WAVES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetARTOLUTION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE WINSOR SCHOOL: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Boston Foundation IncNational Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Gs Donor Advised Phil…American Endowment Fo…Donor Advised Charita…Network for GoodMorgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Boston Foundation IncMA16.1× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Network for Good · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Cjl Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cjl Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Arc Massachusetts Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Ellie Fund Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
  • Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Wgbh Educational Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • Emmanuel College: 0% of income from government
  • Coolidge Corner Theatre Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Rosie's Place Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
  • Boston Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Cjl Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Cjl Charitable Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 51 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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