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J M Ragen Jr Memorial Trust at a glance

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J M Ragen Jr Memorial Trust

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.

$130k
Granted FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$26k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$366kReligion$277kHuman Services$234kHealth$97kCivil Rights$56kEnvironment$51kRecreation & Sports$48kYouth Development$47kOther$0
02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k18 grants · $84k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $46k
$5,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$2.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FRESH START MINISTRIES$26,000
ST MICHAELS SCHOOL$10,000
JOLIET CATHOLIC ACADEMY$10,000
ORGANIC ONENESS$8,667
PREBORN$8,666
GOOD SHEPHERD CENTER$8,000
ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$6,500
RESOURCE CENTER$6,500
CHILDREN AT THE CROSS FOUNDATION$6,200
ST MALACHY SCHOOL$5,667
TO NIZHONI ANI$5,000
YMCA$3,667
Individual grant recipient$3,500
BRIRCLIFF UNIVERSITY$3,166
CHURCH OF ST MARY$3,000
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, $144k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $10k → 14%PREBORN: $9k → 16%MARILLAC ST VINCENT FAMILY SERVICES: $3k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $7k → 14%PREBORN: $7k → 16%MARILLAC ST VINCENT FAMILY SERVICES: $3k → 14%GOOD SHEPHERD CENTER: $9k → 14%PREBORN: $7k → 16%MARILLAC ST VINCENT FAMILY SERVICES: $3k → 14%GOOD SHEPHERD CENTER: $8k → 14%GOOD SHEPHERD CENTER: $5k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES: $12k → 14%ORGANIC ONENESS: $15k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES: $5k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES: $5k → 14%ORGANIC ONENESS: $9k → 14%ORGANIC ONENESS: $9k → 14%ORGANIC ONENESS: $9k → 14%ORGANICE ONENESS: $8k → 14%TOTAL LINK TO COMMUNITY COOPERATIVE: $4k → 14%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

NH
IL
NY
IA
IN
CT
CA
AZ
KS
TN
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 35 repeat orgs$253k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

35 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 23 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

35
24

Total granted

$1.0M
$214k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+28%

Still filing today

46%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $38k 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 ServicesEducationEnvironmentPhilanthropyCivil RightsReligionOther
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

  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $43k · revenue +87%
  • PT
    PAT TILLMAN FOUNDATION
    4× · 2017–2020 · $34k · revenue +72%
  • BC
    BRIAR CLIFF UNIVERSITY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $31k · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • FS
    FRESH START MINISTRIES OF CENTRAL FL INC
    one grant, 2023 · $44k · revenue +23%
  • HH
    HIS HOUSE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $30k · revenue +76%
  • OC
    ORLANDO CITY SOCCER FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2017 · $30k · revenue -97%
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
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
2
Dominican University of California

Our institutional mission is to educate and prepare students to be ethical leaders and socially responsible global citizens who incorporate the dominican values of study, reflection, community and service into their lives.

Education
3
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
4
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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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
National Opinion Research Center

See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…

Social Science
7
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
8
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
9
President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College

Scu is a catholic and jesuit institution that makes student learning its central focus, promotes faculty and staff learning in its various forms, and exhibits organizational learning.

Education
10
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
11
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
12
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Families Forward; the most unlike its peers is National Geographic Society. 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

31 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. 31 of the 69 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
25/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MIAMI VINEYARD COMMUNITY CHURCH INC: $81,859 · OtherMIAMI VINEYARD COMMUNITY CHURCH INCJOLIET CATHOLIC ACADEMY: $74,350 · OtherJOLIET CATHOLIC ACADEMYUNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE: $58,859 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUENOONAN ACADEMY: $57,615 · OtherNOONAN ACADEMYCHILDREN AT THE CROSSROADS: $51,255 · OtherCHILDREN AT THE CROSSROADSST MALACHY SCHOOL: $51,018 · OtherST MALACHY SCHOOLFRESH START MINISTRIES: $50,700 · OtherFRESH START MINISTRIESFRESH START MINISTRIES OF CENTRAL FL INC: $44,265 · OtherST JOSEPH HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $42,615 · Other+40 more: $434,554 · Other+40 moreORGANIC ONENESS: $49,778 · Human ServicesORGANIC ONENE…CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC: $42,750 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHAR…WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $29,936 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRI…Mission Pre-Born Inc: $23,228 · Human ServicesMission Pre-B…MARILLAC ST VINCENT FAMILY SERVICES INC: $7,500 · Human Services+1 more: $4,000 · Human ServicesBRIAR CLIFF UNIVERSITY: $30,540 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATION: $30,179 · EducationUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $21,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE: $10,000 · EducationTO NIZHONI ANI: $5,000 · Education+2 more: $5,000 · EducationOCEANA INC: $43,600 · EnvironmentTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $2,500 · EnvironmentPAT TILLMAN FOUNDATION: $34,250 · PhilanthropyCONCERN FOUNDATION: $3,000 · PhilanthropyTHE GOOD SHEPHERD CENTER: $23,000 · Public Safety & DisasterTREVOR PROJECT INC: $16,000 · Civil RightsNorth County LGBTQ Resource Center: $5,800 · Civil Rights
Other$947,090Human Services$157,192Education$101,719Environment$46,100Philanthropy$37,250Public Safety & Disaster$23,000Civil Rights$21,800

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 budgetORGANIC ONENESS: $49,778 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetFRESH START MINISTRIES OF CENTRAL FL INC: $44,265 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetOCEANA INC: $43,600 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC: $42,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPAT TILLMAN FOUNDATION: $34,250 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetBRIAR CLIFF UNIVERSITY: $30,540 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $30,179 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHIS HOUSE INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetORLANDO CITY SOCCER FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $29,936 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPENEDO CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION: $24,239 over 7y, 11% of budgetMission Pre-Born Inc: $23,228 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GOOD SHEPHERD CENTER: $23,000 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $21,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $16,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK: $15,230 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILIES FORWARD: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMAYHEW: $15,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetNORTH SUBURBAN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $13,662 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLawndale Business Renaissance Association: $13,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARILLAC ST VINCENT FAMILY SERVICES INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNorth County LGBTQ Resource Center: $5,800 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTOTALLINK TO COMMUNITY INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCONCERN FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMERCY CENTER INCORPORATED: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTUDENTSPONSOR PARTNERS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO: $2,500 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.

  • Who funds ORGANIC ONENESS ↗
  • Who funds FRESH START MINISTRIES OF CENTRAL FL INC ↗
  • Who funds OCEANA INC ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC ↗
  • Who funds PAT TILLMAN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BRIAR CLIFF UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HIS HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds ORLANDO CITY SOCCER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds PENEDO CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION ↗
  • Who funds Mission Pre-Born Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE GOOD SHEPHERD CENTER ↗
  • Who funds University of Notre Dame du Lac ↗
  • Who funds TREVOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds JACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds FAMILIES FORWARD ↗
  • Who funds MAYHEW ↗
  • Who funds NORTH SUBURBAN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Lawndale Business Renaissance Association ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE ↗
  • Who funds MARILLAC ST VINCENT FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗

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.

The Walsh FoundationThe Chicago Community…The US Charitable Gif…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Renaissance Charitabl…The Blackbaud Giving …Vanguard Charitable E…The Pfizer Foundation…Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…
The Walsh FoundationIL13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Walsh Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · The US Charitable Gift Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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 M Ragen Jr Memorial Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from J M Ragen Jr Memorial Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 75%
  • His House Inc: 75% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.

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 69 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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