· Private foundation
James Family Foundation Inc
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k4 grants · $13k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $130k
Anchored by a single position: about 95% of reported assets are held in Of Apple Inc.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| DESIGN OUTREACH - 46-0779062 | $30,000 |
| YOUNG AMERICANS FOR LIBERTY - 45-3503672 | $25,000 |
| LIBERTY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | $25,000 |
| YOUNG AMERICANS FOR LIBERTY - 45-3503672 | $25,000 |
| OPPORTUNITY OHIO | $15,000 |
| JOSEPH'S COAT - xx-xxx9798 | $10,000 |
| YMCA OF CENTRAL OHIO - 31-4379594 | $5,000 |
| THE ANGELWORKS FOUNDATION - 26-1489994 | $5,000 |
| POLICY REFORM 93-4778346 | $2,000 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS - 13-3433452 | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–22, $20k) 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.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.
8 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 28% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $103k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- JCJOB CREATORS NETWORK FOUNDATION3× · 2021–2023 · $35k · revenue +48%
- MFMoms for America Inc2× · 2021–2022 · $20k · revenue +74%
- TBThe Buckeye Institute2× · 2018–2020 · $10k · revenue +33%
Funded once
- RMRonald McDonald House Charities of Cen Ohioone grant, 2017 · $60k
GARY SINISE FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $57k · revenue +196%- SHSTOCKHANDS HORSES FOR HEALING EIN 46-5760727one grant, 2024 · $25k
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.
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.
The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.
The federation for american immigration reform's (fair) mission is to educate the public about the economic, sociological, environmental, demographic and other effects of mass immigration to the united states.
The american enterprise institute is a community of scholars and supporters committed to expanding liberty, increasing individual opportunity, and strengthening free enterprise. aei pursues these ideals through independent thinking and the…
Just capital's mission is to build a more just economy that works for all americans by helping companies improve how they serve all their stakeholders - workers, customers, communities, the environment, and shareholders - as defined by the…
Free press was created to give people a voice in the crucial decisions that shape our media. we believe that positive social change, racial justice and meaningful engagement in public life require equitable access to technology, diverse…
Constituting america's mission is to educate students and adults about the constitution through the culture. constituting america's mission is to utilize the culture: film, internet, tv and social media to reach, educate and inform…
Organization mission the observer research foundation america orf america is an independent, non-partisan, and nonprofit organization in washington dc dedicated to addressing policy challenges facing the united states, india, and their…
Free press action fund fights for your rights to connect and communicate. we fight to save the free and open internet, curb runaway media consolidation, protect press freedom, and promote digital civil rights. we believe that change…
The objectives and goals of the institute shall be to receive and administer funds for the purpose of providing and supporting educational programs for lawyers, legal academics, and members of the judiciary, conferences and publications…
Advocating for public policies that advance democratic values in the digital age.
The national foundation for american policy is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to public policy research on trade, immigration, and other issues of national importance. the organization seeks to expand the debate over the…
The committee to protect journalists promotes press freedom worldwide and defends the right of journalists to report the news safely and without fear of reprisal. cpj ensures the free flow of news and commentary by taking action wherever…
How this is measured
16 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. 16 of the 46 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 OPPORTUNITY OHIO INC ↗
- Who funds GARY SINISE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds JOB CREATORS NETWORK FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds Moms for America Inc ↗
- Who funds The Buckeye Institute ↗
- Who funds VISTA VILLAGE INC ↗
- Who funds TURNING POINT USA INC ↗
- Who funds Mid-Ohio Foodbank ↗
- Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR CHRISTIAN VIRTUE ↗
- Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH 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.
Open a dossier: Donors Trust Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization James Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from James Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
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