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J J Segal Foundation at a glance

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J J Segal 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.

$64k
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$214kInternational$112kHealth$28kPublic Safety & Disaster$18kMembership Benefit$16kRecreation & Sports$14kFood & Nutrition$14kEducation$9kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k17 grants · $49k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
$3,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$685k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
IRONDALE PRODUCTIONS INC$15,000
NEW JEWISH NARRATIVE INC$6,500
WOMENNC NC COMMITTEE FOR CSWCEDAW$6,000
GLOBAL CAMPS AFRICA INC$5,275
USA FOR UNFPA INC$5,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INCORPORATED$3,500
NEW PLAZA CINEMA INC$3,000
NEW PLAZA CINEMA INC$3,000
THE ACTORS FUND OF AMERICA$3,000
RISE AGAINST HUNGER$3,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE PARENTS CIRCLE FAMILIES FO$2,000
UNITED STATES ASSOCIATION FOR UNHCR$2,000
MERCY SHIPS$2,000
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC$1,500
BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC$1,000
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 (FY21–25, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 76% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BRIDGING TECH CHARITABLE FUND: $2k → 7%ADOLPH AND ROSE LEVIS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $600 → 11%ADOLPH AND ROSE LEVIS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $600 → 11%USA FOR UNFPA INC: $5k → 17%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

VT
WA
IL
NY
MA
IA
PA
RI
CA
MO
KY
VA
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
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.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$338k · 18 repeat orgs$123k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
51

Total granted

$338k
$106k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+10%

Still filing today

89%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k 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
InternationalHealthEducationPhilanthropyFood & NutritionArts & CultureOther
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

  • IP
    Irondale Productions Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $116k · revenue +23%
  • RISE AGAINST HUNGER INC
    7× · 2017–2025 · $21k · revenue +162%
  • TA
    THE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA
    4× · 2019–2025 · $16k · revenue +72%

Funded once

  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM
    one grant, 2023 · $7k · revenue -51%
  • EN
    Equality Now Incgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +59%
  • TV
    THE VOICES PROJECT USA INC
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -89%
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
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
2
Pathfinder International

Pathfinder expands access to sexual and reproductive health services, opening the door to opportunities for women and all individuals to thrive-economically, educationally, and civically. driven by our country-led leadership and local…

International
3
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
4
Human Rights Watch Inc

Human rights watch ("hrw") defends the rights of people worldwide. we scrupulously investigate abuses, expose the facts widely, and pressure those with power to respect rights and secure justice. human rights watch is an independent,…

International
5
Fajr Scientific

To provide multi-specialty surgical care, humanitarian aid and educational support to people in low- and middle-income countries.

Science & Tech
6
Devworks International

Devworks international is dedicated to a society where all people enjoy the freedom to pursue their own sustainable development. we contribute to this by strengthening the capacity of local organizations.

Human Services
7
Alight

Alight builds a meaningful life for and with the displaced. not simply addressing basic needs, but building a life filled with joy, dignity, connection, and purpose. we walk with them along their entire journey of displacement and deliver…

International
8
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
9
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
10
Intrahealth International Inc

Our mission is to improve the performance of health workers and strengthen the systems in which they work.

Health
11
Refugee Protection International Inc

Rpi's mission is to partner with local non-gov organizations and others to strengthen protection and self-reliance among refugees and internally displaced persons near conflict zones.

International
12
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Amnesty International of the Usa Inc; the most unlike its peers is Object Relations Institute Training 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

71 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. 71 of the 78 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
70/71
Grantees still filing
39/71
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Irondale Productions Inc: $115,700 · OtherIrondale Productions IncFLIGHT PATH PRODUCTIONS INC: $76,000 · OtherFLIGHT PATH PRODUCTIONS INC+38 more: $75,500 · Other+38 moreRISE AGAINST HUNGER INC: $21,000 · InternationalRISE AGAINST HUNGER INCNEW JEWISH NARRATIVE INC: $15,500 · InternationalNEW JEWISH NARRATIVE INCPLAN INTERNATIONAL USA INC: $14,500 · InternationalPLAN INTERNATIONAL USA INCWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $14,500 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INCTHE WATER SCHOOL: $11,200 · InternationalTHE WATER SCHOOLAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $7,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAV…Equality Now Inc: $5,000 · InternationalTHE VOICES PROJECT USA INC: $5,000 · International+13 more: $28,200 · International+13 moreNEW PLAZA CINEMA INC: $11,000 · Arts & CultureBAY STREET THEATRE FESTIVAL INC: $6,500 · Arts & CultureTYPE MEDIA CENTER INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureTHE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA: $16,000 · Membership BenefitTHE V FOUNDATION: $4,000 · HealthThe Fistula Foundation: $3,000 · HealthHEALING ACROSS THE DIVIDES INC: $2,500 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $2,000 · HealthBARRIER ISLANDS FREE MEDICAL CLINIC: $1,500 · HealthAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $1,000 · HealthUpstream USA Inc: $1,000 · HealthCALDWELL HALFWAY HOUSE INC: $1,000 · HealthGLOBAL CAMPS AFRICA INC: $14,475 · Recreation & SportsWomenNC-NC Committee for CSW-CEDAW: $6,000 · EducationBACKPACK BUDDIES SEABROOK ISLAND: $3,500 · EducationREACH OUT AND READ INC: $2,000 · EducationRIDESHARE 2 VOTE AWARE: $600 · Education
Other$267,200International$121,900Arts & Culture$18,500Membership Benefit$16,000Health$16,000Recreation & Sports$14,475Education$12,100

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetIrondale Productions Inc: $115,700 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetRISE AGAINST HUNGER INC: $21,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA: $16,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNEW JEWISH NARRATIVE INC: $15,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetPLAN INTERNATIONAL USA INC: $14,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $14,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL CAMPS AFRICA INC: $14,475 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetTHE WATER SCHOOL: $11,200 over 4y, 18% of budgetNEW PLAZA CINEMA INC: $11,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBAY STREET THEATRE FESTIVAL INC: $6,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWomenNC-NC Committee for CSW-CEDAW: $6,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetEquality Now Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE VOICES PROJECT USA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetObject Relations Institute Training Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Corps: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE V FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBACKPACK BUDDIES SEABROOK ISLAND: $3,500 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetThe Fistula Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSO INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWEST SIDE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY LIFE: $2,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEALING ACROSS THE DIVIDES INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetARTS IN THE ARMED FORCES INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSeabrook Island Green Space Conservancy: $2,500 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetELEM YOUTH IN DISTRESS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE SUNDARI FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEYOND BORDERS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREACH OUT AND READ INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AZRAQ EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY FUND INC: $2,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetBRIDGING TECH CHARITABLE FUND: $2,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF BEIT RUTH INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVETERANS COMMUNITY PROJECT: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL POVERTY PROJECT INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTRIVE INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN RIVERS INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE OSBORNE ASSOCIATION INC: $1,500 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.

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.

Jewish Communal FundThe Goldman Sachs Cha…Jewish Community Fede…Boston Foundation IncTides FoundationThe Horace W Goldsmit…ImpactassetsincThe Ford FoundationThe Bessemer Giving F…National Philanthropi…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Chicago Community…
Jewish Communal FundNY20× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Boston Foundation Inc · Tides Foundation · The Horace W Goldsmith Foundation · Impactassetsinc · The Ford Foundation · The Bessemer Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Chicago Community Trust

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 J J Segal Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from J J Segal Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Reach Out and Read Inc: 9% of income from government
  • The Sundari Foundation Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Upstream Usa Inc: 4% of income from government
  • K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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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How do I get to J J Segal Foundation?

Find your warmest path to J J Segal 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 78 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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