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David and Annette Jorgensen Foundation at a glance

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David and Annette Jorgensen Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$197k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$80k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$1.7MArts & Culture$548kSocial Science$325kPublic Benefit$181kCrime & Legal$147kHuman Services$95kHealth$28kInternational$26kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $50k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $130k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$6.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FREE TO CHOOSE NETWORK$80,000
CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT THOUGHT$50,000
PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION$20,000
HOOVER INSTITUTION$10,000
PACIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE$10,000
CALIFORNIA POLICY CENTER$10,000
NATIONAL RIGHT TO WORK LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FOUNDATION$5,000
CERTELL INC$5,000
FREEDOM FOUNDATION$5,000
STANFORD UNIVERSITY$1,000
FOUNDATION AGAINST INTOLERANCE & RACISM INC$1,000
NATIONAL POLICE ASSOCIATION$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $95k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CALIFORNIA POLICY CENTER: $30k → 10%CALIFORNIA POLICY CENTER: $20k → 10%CALIFORNIA POLICY CENTER: $15k → 10%CALIFORNIA POLICY CENTER: $10k → 10%CALIFORNIA POLICY CENTER: $10k → 10%CALIFORNIA POLICY CENTER: $5k → 10%CALIFORNIA POLICY CENTER: $5k → 10%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

NY
NV
IN
OH
PA
CA
UT
VA
DC
HI
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.9M · 24 repeat orgs$104k to everyone else

24 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
16

Total granted

$2.9M
$102k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+41%

Still filing today

71%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHealthCrime & LegalPublic BenefitInternationalOther
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

  • FT
    FREE TO CHOOSE NETWORK INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $533k · revenue +13%
  • CF
    CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT THOUGHT
    7× · 2018–2024 · $295k · revenue +293%
  • PL
    Pacific Legal Foundation
    6× · 2017–2024 · $110k · revenue +136%

Funded once

  • TR
    THE REASON FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +80%
  • SU
    STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
    one grant, 2018 · $20k
  • C
    CERTELLORG
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
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
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
2
Foreign Policy Research Institute

The foreign policy research institute (frpi) is dedicated to producing the highest quality scholarship and nonpartisan policy analysis focused on crucial foreign policy and national security challenges facing the united states. we educate…

International
3
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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4
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

The american enterprise institute is a community of scholars and supporters committed to expanding liberty, increasing individual opportunity, and strengthening free enterprise. aei pursues these ideals through independent thinking and the…

Social Science
5
American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the District of Columbia

Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.

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6
Pro Publica Inc

Pro publica is an independent, non-profit, pulitzer prize-winning newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. our work focuses exclusively on truly important stories. [see continuation on schedule o] we produce…

Arts & Culture
7
Center for Democracy and Technology

Advocating for public policies that advance democratic values in the digital age.

Civil Rights
8
Free Press

Free press was created to give people a voice in the crucial decisions that shape our media. we believe that positive social change, racial justice and meaningful engagement in public life require equitable access to technology, diverse…

Arts & Culture
9
Council On Foreign Relations Inc

The council on foreign relations (cfr) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and…

International
10
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
11
California Forward

Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…

Public Benefit
12
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Club for Growth; the most unlike its peers is San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. 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

30 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 30 of the 44 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/30
Grantees still filing
23/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH: $1,510,541 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF UTAH+26 more: $267,609 · Other+26 moreFREE TO CHOOSE NETWORK INC: $532,500 · Arts & CultureFREE TO CHOOSE NETW…+3 more: $5,521 · Arts & CultureCENTER FOR INDEPENDENT THOUGHT: $295,000 · Social ScienceCENTER FOR…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $91,000 · EducationTHE REASON FOUNDATION: $50,000 · EducationREDWOOD HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $30,000 · EducationPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $11,000 · Education+3 more: $1,200 · EducationPacific Legal Foundation: $110,000 · Crime & LegalNATIONAL RIGHT TO WORK LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $27,000 · Crime & LegalCALIFORNIA POLICY CENTER: $95,000 · Human ServicesPacific Research Institute For Public Policy: $80,400 · PhilanthropyHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Philanthropy
Other$1,778,150Arts & Culture$538,021Social Science$295,000Education$183,200Crime & Legal$137,000Human Services$95,000Philanthropy$85,400

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFREE TO CHOOSE NETWORK INC: $532,500 over 8y, 3.5% of budgetCENTER FOR INDEPENDENT THOUGHT: $295,000 over 7y, 2.9% of budgetPacific Legal Foundation: $110,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA POLICY CENTER: $95,000 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $91,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPacific Research Institute For Public Policy: $80,400 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetTHE REASON FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetEVERGREEN FREEDOM FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL RIGHT TO WORK LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $27,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSpirit of America Worldwide: $25,521 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetReed Schools Foundation: $25,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCERTELL INC: $25,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $3,600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS: $1,896 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCONSERVATION AMBASSADORS INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBONE HEALTH AND OSTEOPOROSIS FOUNDATION: $1,005 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEat Real Certified Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOUNDATION AGAINST INTOLERANCE & RACISM INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY OF PORTOLA VALLEY INC: $500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetAMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER COMMONS: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL POLICE ASSOCIATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKQED INC: $25 over 2y, 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.

Donors Trust IncBradley Impact Fund I…JP Humphreys Foundati…Jewish Community Fede…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…The Ayco Charitable F…Renaissance Charitabl…Morgan Stanley Global…Gs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…Charities Aid Foundat…
Donors Trust IncVA19.3× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Donors Trust Inc · Bradley Impact Fund Inc · JP Humphreys Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America

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 David and Annette Jorgensen Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from David and Annette Jorgensen Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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

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    How do I get to David and Annette Jorgensen Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to David and Annette Jorgensen 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 44 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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