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Jackson Family Foundation Dba the Kidstarter Project

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$192k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$120k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Recreation & Sports$731kHealth$260kHuman Services$111kAnimals$61kEducation$38kYouth Development$28kPhilanthropy$20kCommunity Improvement$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $57k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $120k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$488k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOME COURT$120,000
BIRTHDAY DREAMS$34,000
SAFE PLACE$12,500
CAF AMERICA$10,000
THE GOODTIMES PROJECT$6,000
BBRC FOUNDATION$5,000
ENGLISH SPRINGER RESCUE AMERICA$3,000
EVERETT ANIMAL SHELTER$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $110k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%SOULUMINATION: $3k → 9%SUMMIT ASSISTANCE DOGS: $2k → 11%SOULUMINATION: $3k → 9%BIRTHDAY DREAMS: $34k → 9%BIRTHDAY DREAMS: $17k → 9%BIRTHDAY DREAMS: $33k → 9%BIRTHDAY DREAMS: $16k → 9%BIRTHDAY DREAMS: $3k → 9%FORGOTTEN CHILDREN'S FUND: $1k → 9%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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 13 repeat orgs$67k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +31% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
18

Total granted

$1.2M
$61k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+31%

Still filing today

77%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesAnimalsHealthYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsEducationOther
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

  • HC
    Home Court NW
    5× · 2018–2022 · $504k · revenue +34%
  • BD
    Birthday Dreams
    5× · 2018–2024 · $102k · revenue +40%
  • THE GOODTIMES PROJECT
    5× · 2018–2024 · $56k · revenue +49%

Funded once

  • SA
    SAVE A FORGOTTEN EQUINEgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue +54%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
  • CV
    CATHERINE VIOLET HUBBARD ANIMAL SANCTUARY
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
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
Washington Bikes

Washington Bikes works to ensure that all who ride a bicycle in Washington have safe comfortable and convenient places to ride. Organization advocates for bicyclists rights and shapes policies.

Recreation & Sports
2
Dog Gone Seattle

Dog Gone Seattle is a Washington-based nonprofit organization dedicated to saving homeless dogs in high-kill shelters in Washington and beyond through rescue, foster, and adoption. We are a foster-based organization, and our rescue is 100%…

Animals
3
Washington Association for Children and Families

WACF is an association of large and small providers promoting safety, permanency and well being for children and families who are involved or at risk of involvement with the child welfare system.

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4
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Western Washington & Alaska

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Western Washington & Alaska supports families with seriously ill children by providing a caring home-away-from-home at the SEattle Ronald McDonald House and operating a house and a van service in…

Health
5
Washington Alaskan Malamute Adoption League

Washington Alaskan Malamute Adoption League (WAMAL) was formed to help with Malamute Rescue in Washington State and since then has expanded into Oregon. WAMAL rescues, rehabilitates and re-homes Malamutes (or Mal-enough-a-mutes!) who find…

Animals
6
Southwest Youth and Family Services

SWYFS partners with youth and families to transform their futures.

Human Services
7
Pathwaves Washington

Pathwaves Washington builds the collective power of leaders of color to transform early childhood systems so that every child and their community thrives.

Education
8
Seattle Architectural Foundation

The Seattle Architecture Foundation connects people to the architecture, design, and history of Seattle. We believe the more you engage with design, the more you feel connected to your changing city. As a volunteer driven organization, we…

Arts & Culture
9
Courthouse Dogs Foundation

The mission of Courthouse Dogs Foundation is to promote justice with compassion partnering with professionally trained facility dogs to provide support to everyone in the justice system. Most of these dogs are utilized to support children…

Crime & Legal
10
Footprints of Fight

Providing services to families of pediatric cancer in Washington State, to reduce every day stressors.

Human Services
11
Foster Parent Association of Wa State

The Foster Parent Association of Washington State (FPAWS) supports foster, kinship, and adoptive families through education, advocacy, and community resources. Our programs equip caregivers with training and essential knowledge on state…

Human Services
12
Brightspark Early Learning Services

To nurture and sustain child-centered, antiracist early learning communities.Our work is to:1) Help families access high quality childcare and after-school care.2) Increase the availability of high-quality care through coaching and…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Child Advocacy Center of Snohomish County; the most unlike its peers is Home Court Nw. 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

22 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. 22 of the 36 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
19/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Home Court NW: $503,776 · Recreation & SportsHome Court NWHOME COURT: $227,000 · OtherHOME COURTJDRF: $144,197 · OtherJDRFThe Bleeding Disorder Foundation of Washington: $45,000 · OtherThe Bleeding Disorder Foundation of Washi…+13 more: $52,435 · Other+13 moreBirthday Dreams: $102,476 · Human ServicesBirthday …SOULUMINATION: $5,000 · Human Services+3 more: $4,000 · Human ServicesTHE GOODTIMES PROJECT: $55,790 · HealthFRIENDS OF YOUTH: $12,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthASSISTANCE DOGS OF HAWAII: $30,000 · AnimalsSAVE A FORGOTTEN EQUINE: $15,000 · AnimalsEnglish Springer Rescue America Inc: $5,000 · AnimalsPAWSITIVE ALLIANCE: $4,580 · AnimalsWASHINGTON WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $15,000 · PhilanthropyWASHINGTON ALLIANCE FOR BETTER SCHOOLS: $12,500 · PhilanthropyCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $10,000 · PhilanthropyInland Empire Community Foundation: $5,000 · PhilanthropyTeam Read: $17,500 · EducationTWO FEET PROJECT: $2,500 · Youth DevelopmentCHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $1,000 · Youth Development
Recreation & Sports$503,776Other$468,632Human Services$111,476Health$68,790Animals$54,580Philanthropy$42,500Education$17,500Youth Development$3,500

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 budgetHome Court NW: $503,776 over 5y, 23% of budgetBirthday Dreams: $102,476 over 5y, 9.9% of budgetTHE GOODTIMES PROJECT: $55,790 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetThe Bleeding Disorder Foundation of Washington: $45,000 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetASSISTANCE DOGS OF HAWAII: $30,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetTeam Read: $17,500 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetSAVE A FORGOTTEN EQUINE: $15,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetWASHINGTON WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetWASHINGTON ALLIANCE FOR BETTER SCHOOLS: $12,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF YOUTH: $12,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEnglish Springer Rescue America Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetInland Empire Community Foundation: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPAWSITIVE ALLIANCE: $4,580 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetSUMMIT ASSISTANCE DOGS: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKINDERING CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROC SOLID FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 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.

Seattle FoundationPuget Sound Energy Fo…The Norcliffe Foundat…Ellison FoundationGlassybaby White Ligh…The Blackbaud Giving …Glaser Foundation IncMoccasin Lake Foundat…Lucky Seven FoundationMarie Lamfrom Charita…Gates FoundationGs Donor Advised Phil…
Seattle FoundationWA19.3× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Ellison Foundation · Glassybaby White Light Fund · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Glaser Foundation Inc · Moccasin Lake Foundation · Lucky Seven Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Gates Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management 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 Jackson Family Foundation Dba the Kidstarter Project funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jackson Family Foundation Dba the Kidstarter Project. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%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
    4report 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 Jackson Family Foundation Dba the Kidstarter Project?

    Find your warmest path to Jackson Family Foundation Dba the Kidstarter Project 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 36 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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