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Jack J Isgur Foundation at a glance

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Jack J Isgur Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$192k
Granted FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$26k
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.

Education$1.3M
02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k13 grants · $38k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $155k
$4,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$25,500
Individual grant recipient$25,500
University of$24,000
University of$22,500
Kansas State University$19,500
Central Methodist$15,000
William Jewell University$12,000
Pittsburg State University$10,500
College of the Ozarks$4,500
Truman$4,500
Benedictine College$4,500
University Of Missouri$3,000
Evangel Universiy$3,000
Lincoln University$3,000
University of Kansas$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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 94% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Pittsburg State University: $14k → 18%Kansas State University: $20k → 20%William Jewell University: $12k → 8%College of the Ozarks: $9k → 14%University of: $27k → 14%University Of Missouri: $8k → 15%Central Methodist: $18k → 16%Northwest Missouri: $26k → 17%Missouri Western State University: $11k → 18%Pittsburg State University: $11k → 18%Kansas State University: $15k → 20%University of: $23k → 14%Central Methodist: $17k → 16%Northwest Missouri: $21k → 17%Pittsburg State University: $11k → 18%Kansas State University: $14k → 20%University of: $20k → 14%Central Methodist: $15k → 16%Northwest Missouri: $20k → 17%Pittsburg State University: $8k → 18%Kansas State University: $14k → 20%University of: $18k → 14%Central Methodist: $12k → 16%Northwest Missouri: $17k → 17%Pittsburg State University: $8k → 18%University of: $17k → 14%Central Methodist: $11k → 16%Northwest Missouri: $15k → 17%Pittsburg State University: $8k → 18%University of: $11k → 14%Central Methodist: $11k → 16%Northwest Missouri: $14k → 17%Truman: $11k → 18%University of: $11k → 14%Central Methodist: $9k → 16%Northwest Missouri: $12k → 17%Truman: $9k → 18%University of: $9k → 14%Central Methodist: $8k → 16%Northwest Missouri: $12k → 17%Truman: $9k → 18%Missouri State: $35k → 15%Missouri State: $29k → 15%Missouri State: $26k → 15%Missouri State: $18k → 15%Missouri State: $15k → 15%Missouri State: $9k → 15%Missouri State: $9k → 15%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.
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 36 repeat orgs$18k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +14% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

36 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
7

Total granted

$1.3M
$10k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+5%

Still filing today

47%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

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

  • CO
    COLLEGE OF THE OZARKS
    8× · 2017–2025 · $36k · revenue +23%
  • WW
    WILLIAM WOODS UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2017–2022 · $17k · revenue +43%
  • LE
    LINDENWOOD EDUCATION SYSTEM
    6× · 2017–2022 · $15k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • MC
    Metropolitan Community College
    one grant, 2019 · $2k
  • DC
    Drury College
    one grant, 2023 · $2k
  • BU
    BAKER UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue +5%
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
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
2
Augustana University Association

Inspired by lutheran scholarly tradition and the liberal arts, augustana provides an education of enduring worth that challenges the intellect, fosters integrity and integrates faith with learning and service in a diverse world.

Education
3
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
4
University of the Ozarks

True to our christian heritage, we prepare students from diverse religious, cultural, educational and economic backgrounds to live life fully.

Education
5
Dordt University

As an institution of higher education committed to the reformed christian perspective, dordt university equips students, alumni, and the broader community to work effectively toward christ-centered renewal in all aspects of contemporary…

Education
6
LaGrange College

Education - lagrange college challenges the minds and inspires the souls of its students. founded in 1831 and committed to its relationship with the united methodist church and its wesleyan and liberal arts traditions, the college supports…

Education
7
John Brown University

John brown university (jbu) provides christ-centered education that prepares students to honor god and serve others by developing their intellectual, spiritual, and professional lives. (continued on schedule o)jbu serves traditional…

Education
8
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
9
Nebraska Wesleyan University

Nebraska wesleyan university is an academic community dedicated to intellectual and personal growth within the context of a liberal arts education and in an environment of christian concern.

Education
10
Simpson College

Through innovative learning opportunities, individual student attention, and an unwavering commitment to inclusive educational access, simpson college cultivates a diverse community of learners to lead lives of meaning and purpose.

Education
11
Benedictine University

Benedictine University is an inclusive academic community dedicated to teaching and learning, scholarship and service, truth and justice, as inspired by the Catholic intellectual tradition, the social teaching of the Church, and the…

Education
12
Walsh University Inc

Walsh university is an independent, coeducational catholic, liberal arts and sciences institution dedicated to educating its students to become leaders in service to others through a values-based education with an international perspective…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is William Jewell College; the most unlike its peers is Benedictine College. 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

21 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. 21 of the 45 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
14/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

University of: $232,042 · OtherUniversity ofIndividual grant recipient: $151,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $142,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCentral Methodist: $106,500 · OtherCentral MethodistKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY: $79,500 · OtherKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITYPittsburg State University: $70,500 · OtherPittsburg State UniversityTruman: $64,500 · OtherTrumanIndividual grant recipient: $58,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+16 more: $189,500 · Other+16 moreCOLLEGE OF THE OZARKS: $36,000 · EducationCOLLEGE OF THE O…WILLIAM WOODS UNIVERSITY: $16,500 · EducationWILLIAM WOODS UN…COLUMBIA COLLEGE: $15,000 · EducationCOLUMBIA COLLEGELINDENWOOD EDUCATION SYSTEM: $15,000 · EducationLINDENWOOD EDUCA…Evangel University: $13,500 · EducationEvangel Universi…WESTMINSTER COLLEGE: $10,500 · EducationWESTMINSTER COLL…Drury University: $10,500 · EducationDrury UniversityWARTBURG COLLEGE: $9,000 · EducationPARK UNIVERSITY: $9,000 · EducationROCKHURST UNIVERSITY: $7,500 · EducationMaryville University - St Louis: $7,500 · Education+10 more: $40,221 · Education+10 more
Other$1,095,042Education$190,221

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

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCOLLEGE OF THE OZARKS: $36,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWILLIAM WOODS UNIVERSITY: $16,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCOLUMBIA COLLEGE: $15,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLINDENWOOD EDUCATION SYSTEM: $15,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEvangel University: $13,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWESTMINSTER COLLEGE: $10,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDrury University: $10,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWARTBURG COLLEGE: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPARK UNIVERSITY: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetROCKHURST UNIVERSITY: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMaryville University - St Louis: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAVILA UNIVERSITY: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHENS COLLEGE: $6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWebster University: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMissouri Baptist University: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGRACELAND UNIVERSITY: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBenedictine College: $4,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONCORDIA UNIVERSITY: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBAKER UNIVERSITY: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWilliam Jewell College: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $1,221 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 COLLEGE OF THE OZARKS ↗
  • Who funds WILLIAM WOODS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBIA COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds LINDENWOOD EDUCATION SYSTEM ↗
  • Who funds Evangel University ↗
  • Who funds WESTMINSTER COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Drury University ↗
  • Who funds WARTBURG COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds PARK UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ROCKHURST UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Maryville University - St Louis ↗
  • Who funds AVILA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds STEPHENS COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Webster University ↗
  • Who funds Missouri Baptist University ↗
  • Who funds GRACELAND UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Benedictine College ↗
  • Who funds CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY ↗

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.

Griffin Family Founda…Folds of Honor Founda…Missouri Colleges Fun…Tulsa Community Found…Virginia Thomas Chari…T Michal Flottman Sch…United Way WorldwideCharities Aid Foundat…Ibm International Fou…John R Lucash Scholar…Truman Heartland Comm…Greater Kansas City C…
Griffin Family Foundation IncMO26.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Griffin Family Foundation Inc · Folds of Honor Foundation · Missouri Colleges Fund Inc · Tulsa Community Foundation · Virginia Thomas Charitable Trust · T Michal Flottman Scholarship Trust · United Way Worldwide · Charities Aid Foundation America · Ibm International Foundation · John R Lucash Scholarship Trust · Truman Heartland Community Foundation · Greater Kansas City Community 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 Jack J Isgur Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jack J Isgur Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Jack J Isgur Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Jack J Isgur 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 45 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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