· Private foundation
Esther & George Jaruga Charitable Foundation
Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2022
- Under $10k4 grants · $15k
- $10k–50k10 grants · $210k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $194k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY | $194,000 |
| SOUTH WEST MICHIGAN LAND CON | $40,000 |
| MICHIGAN HUMANE SOCIETY | $20,000 |
| GREENSBURG WOMENS CLUB OF ITALIAN W | $20,000 |
| MERIMANS PLAYHOUSE | $20,000 |
| ST ANNE CARE AND SHARE FUND | $20,000 |
| I HEART DOGS | $20,000 |
| THE CURE STARTS NOW | $20,000 |
| OCEF | $20,000 |
| MERCY EDUCATION PROJECT | $20,000 |
| FARMINGTON YMCA | $10,000 |
| LOVE INC OF NORTH OAKLAND COUNTY | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $4,000 |
| CRIBS FOR KIDS | $4,000 |
| ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–22) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 67% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2022, 2 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY5× · 2017–2022 · $354k · revenue +20%
MERCY EDUCATION PROJECT5× · 2017–2022 · $60k · revenue +10%
MICHIGAN HUMANE SOCIETY5× · 2017–2022 · $55k · revenue +36%
Funded once
- GCGREENSBURG CLUB OF ITALIAN WOMENone grant, 2017 · $20k
- GFGROTTOS FOUNDATIONone grant, 2017 · $10k
- ALASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF MID-MISSOURIgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +56%
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.
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.
Informing and educating the public and decision makers about environmental issues.
Creating healthy communities - together
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Creating healthy communities - together
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How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 21 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY ↗
- Who funds SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN LAND CONSERVENCY INC ↗
- Who funds MERCY EDUCATION PROJECT ↗
- Who funds MICHIGAN HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds THE CURE STARTS NOW INC ↗
- Who funds LOVE INC OF NORTH OAKLAND COUNTY ↗
- Who funds CRIBS FOR KIDS INC ↗
- Who funds ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF MID-MISSOURI ↗
- Who funds DETROIT OPERA ↗
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Esther & George Jaruga Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Esther & George Jaruga Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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