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Jams Foundation

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.

$1.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
22
Grants FY2025still arriving
12
States reached
$188k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Crime & Legal$3.7MEducation$1.4MHuman Services$320kInternational$214kYouth Development$83kPublic Benefit$65kHousing & Shelter$62kPublic Safety & Disaster$45kOther$0
02FY2025 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $310k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $805k
$30,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RAY COROLLARY INITIATIVE$187,500
PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY$150,000
Individual grant recipient$120,000
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$100,000
WEINSTEIN FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM$94,500
NATIONAL ASSOC FOR COMMUNITY MEDIATION$77,500
CONVERGENCE CENTER FOR POLICY RESOLUTION$75,000
NATIONAL ASSOC FOR COMMUNITY MEDIATION$45,000
NATIONAL ASSOC FOR COMMUNITY MEDIATION$38,500
CIVIC NATION$35,000
CENTER FOR RESTORATIVE YOUTH JUSTICE$30,000
CREATIVE RESPONSE TO CONFLICT$30,000
JUSTICE CENTER OF ATLANTA$25,000
ASSOCIATION FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTION$22,500
NATIONAL ASSOCIATON FOR COMMUNITY MEDIATION$17,500
02The need
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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 (FY17–25, $396k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%CENTER FOR RESTORATIVE YOUTH JUSTICE: $30k → 11%CENTER FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS: $10k → 14%CENTER FOR RESTORATIVE YOUTH JUSTICE: $10k → 11%New York Peace Institute: $100k → 17%RESOLUTION SYSTEMS INSTITUTE: $22k → 14%New York Peace Institute: $75k → 17%New York Peace Institute: $45k → 17%NEW YORK PEACE INSTITUTE: $25k → 17%RESOLUTION SYSTEMS INSTITUTE: $5k → 14%BRAVER ANGELS: $25k → 17%RESOLUTION SYSTEMS INSTITUTE: $4k → 14%Los Angeles Police Foundation: $45k → 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

MT
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
OH
PA
CA
CO
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
TN
DC
GA
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.3M · 30 repeat orgs$828k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

30 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
19

Total granted

$6.3M
$566k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+11%

Still filing today

70%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $263k 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
Crime & LegalHuman ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentInternationalOther
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

  • NA
    National Association For Community Mediation
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.5M · revenue +173% · 88% of their budget
  • OS
    OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +36%
  • PU
    PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2021–2025 · $400k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • VA
    VARIOUS AFGHAN JUDGES
    one grant, 2023 · $147k
  • CB
    COMMUNITY BOARD PROGRAM
    one grant, 2024 · $60k · revenue -10%
  • LA
    LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $45k · revenue +30%
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
Center for Conflict Resolution

To empower communities, organizations and individuals to handle disputes constructively by developing and designing appropriate and creative solutions that address all interests, needs, and values.

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2
Center for Conflict Resolution

Conflict resolution and violence prevention assistance to at-risk populations.

Health
3
International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution Inc

Cprs mission is to harness the insights and experiences of its members to prevent and resolve business disputes.we do this by:(see schedule o)- convening a community of members to generate innovative and best practice resources to prevent…

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4
Cleveland Mediation Center

Our mission is to promote a just and peaceful community by honoring all people, building their capacity to act, and facilitating opportunities for them to engage in conflict constructively. We continue to fulfill our mission by…

Crime & Legal
5
Conflict Resolution Center St Louis City

Conflict Resolution Center St. Louis empowers people to resolve conflict through accessible mediation, coaching, and education.

Human Services
6
Peacemaker Ministries

To equip and assist christians and their churches to respond to conflict biblically.

International
7
International Center On Nonviolent Conflict
Philanthropy
8
Community Mediation Inc

Community mediation helps people, organizations, and communities transform conflict into constructive solutions through mediation, facilitation, and training.

Crime & Legal
9
Council for Court Excellence

Council for court excellence's (cce's) mission is to bring people together to conduct research, educate, and advocate to make d.c.'s unique legal systems more just, equitable, and accountable to the community.

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10
Intl Academy of Collaborative Professionals

IACPs mission is to unite and empower a global network of professionals who are dedicated to transforming conflict resolution using the principles of Collaborative Practice.

Crime & Legal
11
Community Dispute Settlement Center Inc

Cdsc promotes better ways to understand and deal with conflict through skilled teams of pro bono mediators, varied training programs and broad community outreach.

Crime & Legal
12
Wayne Mediation Center

Wayne mediation center strives to provide the community served with a process for resolving disputes through empowerment, education, and effectiveness.

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Nashville Conflict Resolution Ctr; the most unlike its peers is Center for Restorative Youth Justice. 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

35 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. 35 of the 55 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
24/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WEINSTEIN FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM: $1,324,381 · OtherWEINSTEIN FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMNATIONAL ASSOC FOR COMMUNITY MEDIATION: $161,000 · OtherNATIONAL ASSOC FOR COMMUNITY MEDIATIONIndividual grant recipient: $160,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientVARIOUS AFGHAN JUDGES: $146,500 · OtherVARIOUS AFGHAN JUDGESCREATIVE RESPONSE TO CONFLICT INC: $95,000 · Other+18 more: $539,500 · Other+18 moreNational Association For Community Mediation: $1,457,800 · Human ServicesNational Association For Comm…NEW YORK PEACE INSTITUTE INC: $245,000 · Human ServicesNEW YORK PEACE INSTITUTE INC+5 more: $150,964 · Human Services+5 moreOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,050,000 · EducationOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDA…PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY: $400,000 · EducationPEPPERDINE UNIVERSITYCONVERGENCE CENTER FOR POLICY RESOLUTION: $140,000 · EducationCONVERGENCE CENTER FOR POLIC…UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 · EducationTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $60,000 · Education+2 more: $60,000 · EducationRay Corollary Initiative: $250,000 · Crime & LegalRay Corollary…ASSOCIATION FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTION: $191,250 · Crime & LegalASSOCIATION F…THE MEDIATION CENTER OF COASTAL EMPIRE INC: $70,000 · Crime & LegalTHE MEDIATION…COMMUNITY BOARD PROGRAM: $60,000 · Crime & LegalCOMMUNITY BOA…KIDS FIRST LAW CENTER: $60,000 · Crime & LegalKIDS FIRST LA…CENTER FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTION: $55,000 · Crime & LegalCENTER FOR CO…Direction Service: $45,000 · Crime & LegalDirection Ser…NASHVILLE CONFLICT RESOLUTION CTR: $40,000 · Crime & Legal+3 more: $65,000 · Crime & Legal+3 moreLittle Friends for Peace Inc: $60,000 · Youth DevelopmentSCHOOLTALK INC: $38,000 · Youth DevelopmentSunbird Initiative: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentMEDIATORS FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · InternationalALLIANCE FOR PEACEBUILDING: $25,000 · InternationalPARTNERSGLOBAL: $20,000 · InternationalCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN: $40,000 · Philanthropy
Other$2,426,381Human Services$1,853,764Education$1,770,000Crime & Legal$836,250Youth Development$123,000International$70,000Philanthropy$40,000

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 budgetNational Association For Community Mediation: $1,457,800 over 8y, 88% of budgetOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,050,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetPEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY: $400,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRay Corollary Initiative: $250,000 over 2y, 49% of budgetNEW YORK PEACE INSTITUTE INC: $245,000 over 4y, 5.2% of budgetASSOCIATION FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTION: $191,250 over 9y, 18% of budgetCONVERGENCE CENTER FOR POLICY RESOLUTION: $140,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetCREATIVE RESPONSE TO CONFLICT INC: $95,000 over 5y, 19% of budgetTHE MEDIATION CENTER OF COASTAL EMPIRE INC: $70,000 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetOur Family Services Inc: $62,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY BOARD PROGRAM: $60,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetLittle Friends for Peace Inc: $60,000 over 4y, 10% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetKIDS FIRST LAW CENTER: $60,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $60,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTION: $55,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetDirection Service: $45,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetLOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNASHVILLE CONFLICT RESOLUTION CTR: $40,000 over 3y, 7.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR RESTORATIVE YOUTH JUSTICE: $40,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetSCHOOLTALK INC: $38,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetResolution Systems Institute: $30,964 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetJustice Center of Atlanta Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetTHE MOSAIC PROJECT: $25,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetWESTERN JUSTICE CENTER FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetMEDIATORS FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetBraver AngelsInc: $25,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetALLIANCE FOR PEACEBUILDING: $25,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSunbird Initiative: $25,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetPARTNERSGLOBAL: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJUSTICE INNOVATION INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR CHILDRENS RIGHTS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% 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.

American Arbitration …The Chicago Community…The William & Flora H…Greater Washington Co…ImpactassetsincVanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …
American Arbitration Association - Int'L Centre for Dispute Resolution Fndn IncNY22.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Arbitration Association - Int'L Centre for Dispute Resolution Fndn Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Jams Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jams Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Lighthouse Academies Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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 55 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
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