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Dennis M Jones Family 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.

$3.8M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
39
Grants FY2025
33
Organizations funded FY2024
30%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$50,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$500,000
Organizations funded a year
27 to 36
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
8
Total assets, FY2025
$44M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 30% of the organizations Dennis M Jones Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $806k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthRecreation & SportsCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving38$3.7M24%
FY202433$3.2M30%
FY202330$2.8M17%
FY202232$3.5M22%
FY202136$3.6M28%
FY202027$3.0M7%
FY201933$3.0M21%
FY201835$3.0M31%
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Employment$3.9MHuman Services$3.8MPublic Safety & Disaster$3.4MEducation$2.3MHealth$2.3MRecreation & Sports$2.2MHousing & Shelter$1.9MPhilanthropy$1.8MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
NY
IA
NJ
CA
CO
NE
MO
VA
TN
NC
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 54 grantees
All grantees of Dennis M Jones Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Connections to Success$3,395,000917%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$3,132,50080%
Lift for Life Academy Inc$1,760,00083%
The Gathering$1,350,000923%
Peter & Paul Community Services Inc$1,000,00093%
Ranken Technical College$975,00090%
Junior Achievement of Greater St Louis Inc$935,00088%
St Patrick Center$900,00091%
Variety the Childrens Charity of St Louis$750,00073%
Girls in the Know$665,000926%
Churchill School and Center$500,00051%
Npower Inc$500,00050%
St Louis Area Food Bank Inc$457,50060%
Westminster Christian Academy$450,00090%
Focus Marines Foundation$410,00048%
Our Ladys Inn$310,00091%
Forest Park Forever Inc$210,00090%
Samaritan's Purse$200,0001n/a
The Covering House$200,00014%
National Urban League Inc$200,0001n/a
Foster Care Coalition of Greater St Louis$180,00012%
St Louis Police Foundation$176,50043%
Disability Rights Advocates for Technology$175,00047%
The Little Bit Foundation$175,00071%
University of Illinois Foundation$175,00030%
St Andrews Charitable Foundation$150,00082%
Showme Aquatics and Fitness$125,00054%
The Joshua Chamberlain Society$110,00044%
The Backstoppers Inc Fka Policemen & Firemen Fund of St Louis$100,00011%
International Medical Corps$100,00010%
Municipal Theatre Association of St Louis$85,75090%
Unlimited Play Inc$85,00013%
Operation Food Search Inc$75,00010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$60,00060%
Duo Dogs Inc$50,00021%
Shriners Hospitals for Children$50,00020%
United Way of Greater St Louis Inc$50,00020%
Mindspark Learning$35,00012%
Tigger Stavola Foundation$30,0001n/a
Lwala Community Alliance$25,00011%
Ssm Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital$25,00010%
Children's Home Society of Missouri$25,00010%
Calvary Church$25,0001n/a
Unity Earth Inc$20,00017%
Ready Readers$15,50030%
Stop Soldier Suicide Inc$10,00010%
Armed Services Arts Partnership$10,00012%
Ten8 Project$10,0001n/a
Businesses United in Investing Lending & Development$10,00010%
MLB-MLBPA Youth Development Foundation$10,00011%
Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United States$5,00010%
Gateway to Dreams$5,000113%
Marshall Cemetery Association$5,00016%
Gateway Alliance Against Human Trafficking$3,00012%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($7.4M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Dennis M Jones Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 49 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetConnections to Success: $3,395,000 over 9y, 17% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $3,132,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLift for Life Academy Inc: $1,760,000 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetThe Gathering: $1,350,000 over 9y, 23% of budgetPeter & Paul Community Services Inc: $1,000,000 over 9y, 3.2% of budgetRanken Technical College: $975,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetJunior Achievement of Greater St Louis Inc: $935,000 over 8y, 8.4% of budgetSt Patrick Center: $900,000 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetVariety the Childrens Charity of St Louis: $750,000 over 7y, 3.2% of budgetGirls in the Know: $665,000 over 9y, 26% of budgetChurchill School and Center: $500,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetNpower Inc: $500,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSt Louis Area Food Bank Inc: $457,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWestminster Christian Academy: $450,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetFocus Marines Foundation: $410,000 over 4y, 7.7% of budgetOur Ladys Inn: $310,000 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetForest Park Forever Inc: $210,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetThe Covering House: $200,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetFoster Care Coalition of Greater St Louis: $180,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetSt Louis Police Foundation: $176,500 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetDisability Rights Advocates for Technology: $175,000 over 4y, 6.8% of budgetThe Little Bit Foundation: $175,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $175,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSt Andrews Charitable Foundation: $150,000 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetShowme Aquatics and Fitness: $125,000 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetThe Joshua Chamberlain Society: $110,000 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetThe Backstoppers Inc Fka Policemen & Firemen Fund of St Louis: $100,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetInternational Medical Corps: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMunicipal Theatre Association of St Louis: $85,750 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetUnlimited Play Inc: $85,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetOperation Food Search Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDuo Dogs Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetShriners Hospitals for Children: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Greater St Louis Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMindspark Learning: $35,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetLwala Community Alliance: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSsm Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Home Society of Missouri: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUnity Earth Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetReady Readers: $15,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetStop Soldier Suicide Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetArmed Services Arts Partnership: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetBusinesses United in Investing Lending & Development: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMLB-MLBPA Youth Development Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars of The United States: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGateway to Dreams: $5,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetMarshall Cemetery Association: $5,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 49.

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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.

World Wide Technology FoundationMO35.6× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: World Wide Technology Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation Inc · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · Pott Foundation · Youthbridge Community Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Edward Jones Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · Berges Family Foundation · G Andrew Franz Family 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.

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About Dennis M Jones Family Foundation

How much does Dennis M Jones Family Foundation give?
Dennis M Jones Family Foundation reported 39 grants totaling $3,815,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 36 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Dennis M Jones Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Employment (14%), Human Services (13%), Public Safety & Disaster (12%).
Who are Dennis M Jones Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Connections to Success ($3.4M), American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ($3.1M), Lift for Life Academy Inc ($1.8M).
Does Dennis M Jones Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Dennis M Jones Family 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 Dennis M Jones Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include World Wide Technology Foundation, St Louis Community Foundation Inc, Commerce Bancshares Foundation.
Where is Dennis M Jones Family Foundation based?
Dennis M Jones Family Foundation is based in MO.

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 90 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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