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Dennis M Jones Family Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
39
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% 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
02FY2025 · 39 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $260k
  • $50k–250k19 grants · $2.2M
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.4M
$50,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$44M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CARDINAL GLENNON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$500,000
AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS$500,000
CONNECTIONS TO SUCCESS$360,000
SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL$200,000
SAMARITANS PURSE$200,000
PETER AND PAUL COMMUNITY SERVICES$200,000
THE COVERING HOUSE$200,000
NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE$200,000
ROMAN CATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF EASTERN MISSOURI$120,000
FOCUS MARINES FOUNDATION$100,000
ST PATRICK CENTER$100,000
VARIETY CHILDREN'S CHARITY$100,000
NPOWER INC$100,000
LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY$100,000
FOSTER CARE COALITION$100,000
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 (FY17–25, $4.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 81% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $500k → 14%Children's Home Society of Missouri: $25k → 11%American National Red Cross: $450k → 14%American National Red Cross: $450k → 14%American National Red Cross: $450k → 14%UNLIMTED PLAY: $85k → 5%American National Red Cross: $400k → 14%American National Red Cross: $350k → 14%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE: $200k → 17%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $300k → 14%American National Red Cross: $233k → 14%FOCUS Marines Foundation: $100k → 21%Our Lady's Inn: $50k → 11%Our Lady's Inn: $35k → 11%Our Lady's Inn: $35k → 11%Our Lady's Inn: $35k → 11%Our Lady's Inn: $35k → 11%Our Lady's Inn: $35k → 11%Our Lady's Inn: $35k → 11%The Little Bit Foundation: $25k → 11%The Little Bit Foundation: $25k → 11%The Little Bit Foundation: $25k → 11%The Little Bit Foundation: $25k → 11%THE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $25k → 11%THE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $25k → 11%The Little Bit Foundation: $25k → 11%Disability Rights Advocate for Technology: $50k → 11%Disability Rights Advocate for Technology: $50k → 11%Disability Rights Advocate for Technology: $50k → 11%Disability Rights Advocates for Technology: $25k → 11%OUR LADY'S INN: $25k → 21%OUR LADY'S INN: $25k → 21%JOSHUA CHAMBERLINE SOCIETY: $35k → 11%JOSHUA CHAMBERLINE SOCIETY: $25k → 11%The Joshua Chamberlain Society: $25k → 11%The Joshua Chamberlain Society: $25k → 11%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

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

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$26M · 48 repeat orgs$1.8M to everyone else

48 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

48
31

Total granted

$26M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+44%

Still filing today

63%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $710k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHealthArts & CultureInternationalRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • CT
    CONNECTIONS TO SUCCESS
    9× · 2017–2025 · $3.4M · revenue +7%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    8× · 2018–2025 · $3.1M · revenue +9%
  • LF
    LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $1.8M · revenue +144%

Funded once

  • RC
    Roman Catholic Foundation of Eastern MO
    one grant, 2023 · $200k
  • FC
    FOSTER CARE COALITION OF GREATER ST LOUISgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $180k · revenue +44%
  • TB
    THE BACKSTOPPERS INC FKA POLICEMEN & FIREMEN FUND OF ST LOUIS
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue -19%
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
Teach St Louis

Founded In 2018, Teach St. Louis (formerly St. Louis Teacher Residency) launched to improve teacher quality and retention in St. Louis, a city where 40% of new teachers exit the classroom in their first three years. Teach St. Louis…

Education
2
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
3
The Louisville Urban League Inc

As an active partner, leader and catalyst, we will assist african americans, other minority groups and the disadvantaged attain social and economic equality and stability through direct services and advocacy.

Human Services
4
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
5
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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6
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation

Purpose: we inspire, advocate and invest to advance community visions. continued on sch o

Philanthropy
7
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…

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8
NextOp Inc

NextOp helps place talented enlisted service members and veterans into civilian careers through highly individualized preparation and an array of programming.

Public Benefit
9
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

United way's mission is to end intergenerational poverty in our region by harnessing, leveraging and strategically investing the collective power of donors, advocates and volunteers, to help individuals and families break the cycle of…

Philanthropy
10
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
11
Partnership for Public Service Inc

Making our government work better is a daunting task, and we are a small organization seeking to transform a government that employs millions of civilians and manages trillions of dollars in taxpayer revenue needed to protect public…

Employment
12
St Lukes Episcopal-Presbyterian Hospitals

We are dedicated to providing exceptional care to every patient, every time.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Connections to Success; the most unlike its peers is Mlb-Mlbpa Youth Development Foundation. 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

55 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. 55 of the 90 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
55/55
Grantees still filing
36/55
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Foster Care Coalition: $1,960,000 · OtherFoster Care CoalitionRoman Catholic Foundation: $1,390,100 · OtherRoman Catholic FoundationCARDINAL GLENNON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · OtherCARDINAL GLENNON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONST PATRICK CENTER: $900,000 · OtherST PATRICK CENTERVARIETY THE CHILDRENS CHARITY OF ST LOUIS: $750,000 · OtherVARIETY THE CHILDRENS CHARITY OF ST LOUISSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL: $557,500 · OtherSociety of St Vincent: $520,000 · OtherFOCUS Marine Foundation: $500,000 · OtherST LOUIS AREA FOOD BANK INC: $457,500 · OtherPETER & PAUL COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $1,000,000 · OtherPETER & PAUL COMMUNITY SERVICES INCGIRLS IN THE KNOW: $665,000 · OtherNPOWER INC: $500,000 · Other+50 more: $3,306,879 · Other+50 moreAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $3,132,500 · Human ServicesAmerican National R…FOCUS MARINES FOUNDATION: $410,000 · Human ServicesFOCUS MARINES FOUND…OUR LADYS INN: $310,000 · Human ServicesOUR LADYS INNTHE COVERING HOUSE: $200,000 · Human ServicesNATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $200,000 · Human ServicesDISABILITY RIGHTS ADVOCATES FOR TECHNOLOGY: $175,000 · Human ServicesTHE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $175,000 · Human Services+4 more: $223,000 · Human ServicesCONNECTIONS TO SUCCESS: $3,395,000 · EmploymentCONNECTIONS T…Ranken Technical College: $975,000 · EducationCHURCHILL SCHOOL AND CENTER: $500,000 · EducationWESTMINSTER CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $450,000 · EducationUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $175,000 · Education+4 more: $90,500 · EducationLIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY INC: $1,760,000 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE GATHERING: $1,350,000 · Arts & CultureMUNICIPAL THEATRE ASSOCIATION OF ST LOUIS: $85,750 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $20,000 · Arts & CultureJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC: $935,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS: $100,000 · International+1 more: $25,000 · International
Other$13,506,979Human Services$4,825,500Employment$3,395,000Education$2,190,500Recreation & Sports$1,770,000Arts & Culture$1,455,750International$1,060,000

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 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 budgetROMAN CATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF EASTERN MISSOURI: $320,000 over 2y, 1.9% 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 budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $32,500 over 1y, 0.0% 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 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.

  • Who funds CONNECTIONS TO SUCCESS ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GATHERING ↗
  • Who funds PETER & PAUL COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds Ranken Technical College ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC ↗
  • Who funds ST PATRICK CENTER ↗
  • Who funds VARIETY THE CHILDRENS CHARITY OF ST LOUIS ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS IN THE KNOW ↗
  • Who funds CHURCHILL SCHOOL AND CENTER ↗
  • Who funds NPOWER INC ↗
  • Who funds ST LOUIS AREA FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds WESTMINSTER CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds FOCUS MARINES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ROMAN CATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF EASTERN MISSOURI ↗
  • Who funds OUR LADYS INN ↗
  • Who funds Forest Park Forever Inc ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds THE COVERING HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds FOSTER CARE COALITION OF GREATER ST LOUIS ↗
  • Who funds St Louis Police Foundation ↗
  • Who funds DISABILITY RIGHTS ADVOCATES FOR TECHNOLOGY ↗
  • Who funds THE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds University of Illinois Foundation ↗
  • Who funds ST ANDREWS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SHOWME AQUATICS AND FITNESS ↗

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…St Louis Community Fo…Commerce Bancshares F…Employees Community F…Pott FoundationYouthbridge Community…United Way of Greater…Edward Jones Foundati…St Louis Community Fo…Edward Jones Foundati…Berges Family Foundat…G Andrew Franz Family…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
17report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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.
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Find your warmest path to Dennis M Jones Family 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 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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