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Eleanor and Henry Jansen Foundation

The ELEANOR AND HENRY JANSEN FOUNDATION supports the well-being of youth and families in whatcom county by funding programs that strengthen basic needs, encourage volunteerism, and expand opportunities for children and young people to thrive.

$352k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
18
Itemized grants FY2024
9
Organizations funded FY2023
44%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$304k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$10,800
Largest grant, FY2024
$65,000
Organizations funded a year
2 to 9
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$5.4M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 44% of the organizations Eleanor and Henry Jansen Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 39% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementEducationYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther
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
FY2024still arriving17$289k47%
FY20239$127k44%
FY20229$105k44%
FY20216$178k50%
FY20207$51k86%
FY20192$15k50%
FY20185$605k60%
FY20176$201kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$530kFood & Nutrition$302kEducation$221kHousing & Shelter$178kHealth$172kHuman Services$159kYouth Development$77kRecreation & Sports$35kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Jansen Art Center$530,000366%
Northwest Washington Fair Foundation$200,000112%
Lydia Place$150,00052%
Peacehealth St Joseph Medical Center Foundation$65,00011%
Wild Bird Charity$65,000514%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Whatcom County$50,00020%
Whatcom Family Young Men's Christian Association$50,00020%
Opportunity Council$49,80060%
Chuckanut Health Foundation$44,73122%
Lynden School District 504$36,5002n/a
Show all 35 grantees
All grantees of Eleanor and Henry Jansen Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Jansen Art Center$530,000366%
Northwest Washington Fair Foundation$200,000112%
Lydia Place$150,00052%
Peacehealth St Joseph Medical Center Foundation$65,00011%
Wild Bird Charity$65,000514%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Whatcom County$50,00020%
Whatcom Family Young Men's Christian Association$50,00020%
Opportunity Council$49,80060%
Chuckanut Health Foundation$44,73122%
Lynden School District 504$36,5002n/a
Common Threads Farm$30,00021%
Whatcom Council on Aging$25,00011%
Northside Community Church of the C&MA$25,0001n/a
Skookum Kids$20,00021%
Kornerstone Kids PS$20,00012%
Blue Skies for Children$19,50032%
Mercy Housing Northwest$17,50020%
Animals as Natural Therapy$15,72422%
Lynden Communitysenior Center$14,50022%
Mt Baker Planned Parenthood$12,50010%
South Fork Valley Community Association$10,0001n/a
Bellingham Central Lions Club Foundation$10,000111%
Lighthouse Mission Ministries Found$10,00012%
Dish Foundation Inc$10,000120%
Lighthouse Mission Ministries$10,0001n/a
Unity Care Northwest$10,00010%
Friends of Birch Bay Library$10,0001n/a
Vamos Outdoors Project$10,00011%
New Way Ministries$9,1001n/a
Skagit Preschool and Resource Center$7,00010%
Partners for Schools International$7,0001n/a
Junior Achievement of Washington$7,00010%
Miracle Food Network Inc$7,00010%
Technic Training Center$6,0001n/a
Rebound of Whatcom County$6,00012%

Where it is load-bearing

Eleanor and Henry Jansen Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 27 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJansen Art Center: $530,000 over 3y, 66% of budgetNorthwest Washington Fair Foundation: $200,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetLydia Place: $150,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetPeacehealth St Joseph Medical Center Foundation: $65,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetWild Bird Charity: $65,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Whatcom County: $50,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWhatcom Family Young Men's Christian Association: $50,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetOpportunity Council: $49,800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetChuckanut Health Foundation: $44,731 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetCommon Threads Farm: $30,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetWhatcom Council on Aging: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSkookum Kids: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetKornerstone Kids PS: $20,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetBlue Skies for Children: $19,500 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetMercy Housing Northwest: $17,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAnimals as Natural Therapy: $15,724 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetLynden Communitysenior Center: $14,500 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetMt Baker Planned Parenthood: $12,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBellingham Central Lions Club Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetLighthouse Mission Ministries Found: $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetDish Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetUnity Care Northwest: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVamos Outdoors Project: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSkagit Preschool and Resource Center: $7,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJunior Achievement of Washington: $7,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMiracle Food Network Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRebound of Whatcom County: $6,000 over 1y, 1.7% 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 27.

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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.

Whatcom Community Fou…Chuckanut Health Foun…Puget Sound Energy Fo…Mount Baker FoundationThe Norcliffe Foundat…First Fed FoundationNorth Sound Accountab…The Albertsons Compan…PeaceHealthJerry H Walton Founda…Mary H Storer Foundat…Medina Foundation
Whatcom Community FoundationWA52.9× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Whatcom Community Foundation · Chuckanut Health Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Mount Baker Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · First Fed Foundation · North Sound Accountable Community of Health · The Albertsons Companies Foundation · PeaceHealth · Jerry H Walton Foundation · Mary H Storer Foundation · Medina 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 Eleanor and Henry Jansen Foundation

How much does Eleanor and Henry Jansen Foundation give?
Eleanor and Henry Jansen Foundation reported 18 itemized grants totaling $303,770, out of $351,770 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Eleanor and Henry Jansen Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (31%), Food & Nutrition (17%), Education (13%).
Who are Eleanor and Henry Jansen Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Jansen Art Center ($530k), Northwest Washington Fair Foundation ($200k), Lydia Place ($150k).
Does Eleanor and Henry Jansen Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Eleanor and Henry Jansen Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Whatcom Community Foundation, Chuckanut Health Foundation, Puget Sound Energy Foundation.
Where is Eleanor and Henry Jansen Foundation based?
Eleanor and Henry Jansen Foundation is based in WA.

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 37 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 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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