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Jack R and Kay S Grossman Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Jack R and Kay S Grossman Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$25k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0184% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$42kCommunity Improvement$40kHealth$34kArts & Culture$25kCivil Rights$14kFood & Nutrition$6kReligion$6kHuman Services$4kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$629k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Community Initiatives$5,500
University of Illinois Foundation$5,000
Family Health Partnership Clinic$5,000
Individual grant recipient$3,000
Rose Hall Montessori Betterworld$2,500
Pro Publica$1,000
Francis W Parker School$1,000
Individual grant recipient$500
Literary Society of the Southwest$500
Friends of the Pima County Public Library$250
The Diatribe Foundation$250
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–21, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Camp Kesem: $2k → 14%CAMP KESEM: $1k → 14%CHILD & FAMILY RESOURCES: $800 → 15%Youth on Their Own: $1k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
NY
MA
CT
CA
CO
DE
AZ
KS
DC
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$199k · 29 repeat orgs$27k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

29 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 22 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
31

Total granted

$199k
$21k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+13%

Still filing today

45%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHealthHuman ServicesYouth 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • COMMUNITY INITIATIVES
    6× · 2018–2024 · $40k · revenue +136%
  • FH
    Family Health Partnership Clinic
    4× · 2021–2024 · $22k · revenue +42%
  • FW
    Francis W Parker School
    7× · 2017–2024 · $15k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • Williams College
    one grant, 2019 · $2k · revenue +13%
  • CB
    CONGREGATION BETH SHALOM
    one grant, 2017 · $2k
  • AP
    ARIZONA PUBLIC MEDIA
    one grant, 2017 · $1k
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
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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2
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
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
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
5
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
6
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
7
International Academy of Oral Medicine & Toxicology Inc

The organization provides peer reviewed scientific research and education in the field of biological dentistry.

Health
8
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
9
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
10
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
11
American Academy of Dermatology Association Inc

To represent the interests of dermatologists and their patients. to influence and be a credible resource for public and private entities related to all policies and regulations that have the potential to affect the delivery of dermatologic…

Health
12
MRIGlobal

To improve the lives of people through innovative scientific and engineering research.

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wikimedia Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. 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 65 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/31
Grantees still filing
24/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $36,132 · OtherIndividual grant recipientACLU: $11,000 · OtherACLUPlanned Parenthood: $9,500 · OtherPlanned ParenthoodCommunity Foodbank of Arizona: $5,755 · OtherCommunity Foodbank of ArizonaRose Hall Montessori Betterworld: $5,195 · Other+36 more: $33,395 · Other+36 moreCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES: $40,070 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY INITIATIVE…Francis W Parker School: $14,500 · EducationFrancis W Parker …SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE: $6,500 · EducationSARAH LAWRENCE CO…University of Illinois Foundation: $5,000 · EducationUniversity of Ill…WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $3,100 · EducationWIKIMEDIA FOUNDAT…ONE MILLION DEGREES: $3,000 · EducationONE MILLION DEGRE…Williams College: $2,000 · EducationWilliams College+1 more: $1,000 · EducationFamily Health Partnership Clinic: $22,000 · HealthFamily Heal…+3 more: $550 · HealthPRO PUBLICA INC: $12,500 · Arts & CulturePRO PUBLIC…LOFT CINEMA INC FKA TUCSON CINEMA FOUNDATION INC: $2,630 · Arts & CultureLOFT CINEM…CHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $2,030 · Arts & CultureCHICAGO PU…LILITH PUBLICATIONS INC: $1,180 · Arts & CultureLILITH PUB…Literary and Prologue Society of the Southwest: $800 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureCamp Kesem National: $2,603 · Human ServicesYOUTH ON THEIR OWN: $1,000 · Human ServicesCHILD & FAMILY RESOURCES INC: $800 · Human ServicesGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $2,500 · Civil Rights
Other$100,977Philanthropy$40,070Education$35,100Health$22,550Arts & Culture$20,140Human Services$4,403Civil Rights$2,500

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 budgetCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES: $40,070 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Health Partnership Clinic: $22,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFrancis W Parker School: $14,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPRO PUBLICA INC: $12,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE: $6,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $3,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetONE MILLION DEGREES: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLOFT CINEMA INC FKA TUCSON CINEMA FOUNDATION INC: $2,630 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCamp Kesem National: $2,603 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $2,030 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWilliams College: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMINDS MATTER OF CHICAGO INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetLILITH PUBLICATIONS INC: $1,180 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTH ON THEIR OWN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP: $890 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLiterary and Prologue Society of the Southwest: $800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHILD & FAMILY RESOURCES INC: $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUST HUMAN PRODUCTIONS INC: $600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEXPERIENCE CAMPS: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONSUMER REPORTS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $305 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE PIMA COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe diaTribe Foundation: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Forward Association Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $50 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 COMMUNITY INITIATIVES ↗
  • Who funds Family Health Partnership Clinic ↗
  • Who funds Francis W Parker School ↗
  • Who funds PRO PUBLICA INC ↗
  • Who funds SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds University of Illinois Foundation ↗
  • Who funds WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ONE MILLION DEGREES ↗
  • Who funds LOFT CINEMA INC FKA TUCSON CINEMA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Camp Kesem National ↗
  • Who funds GIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA INC ↗
  • Who funds Williams College ↗
  • Who funds MINDS MATTER OF CHICAGO INC ↗
  • Who funds LILITH PUBLICATIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds University of Arizona Foundation ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH ON THEIR OWN ↗

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.

Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA7.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 R and Kay S Grossman Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jack R and Kay S Grossman Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Williams College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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 65 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home