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Jane Smith Turner 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.

$856k
Granted FY2024still arriving
45
Grants FY2024still arriving
15
States reached
$65k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Environment$287kAnimals$255kRecreation & Sports$120kArts & Culture$113kInternational$110kReligion$103kEducation$88kHealth$70kOther$0
02FY2024 · 45 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 45 grants below total $654,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $855,500 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $201,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k15 grants · $73k
  • $10k–50k28 grants · $467k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $115k
$10,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Georgia for Georgia, Inc.$65,000
International Union for Conservation of Nature$50,000
St. Jude's Children's Hospital$30,000
National Audubon Society$27,000
Panthera$27,000
The Orianne Society$27,000
International Crane Foundation$27,000
Aperture Foundation$27,000
Charleston Community Sailing, Inc.$25,000
Star Gospel Mission$25,000
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs$20,000
American Indian College Fund$20,000
SAYRE School$15,000
Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation$15,000
Hope Villages of America Food Bank$15,000
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 (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%BROOKS SCHOOL: $5k → 10%TROUT UNLIMITED: $20k → 10%PROJECT DRAWDOWN: $3k → 10%NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY: $25k → 17%FIRST SCOTS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $10k → 12%INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR: $25k → 14%CHURCH OF ASCENSION: $50k → 12%ISLAND DOLPHIN CARE: $3k → 13%QUAIL FOREVER: $25k → 16%DUCKS UNLIMITED: $25k → 19%See Attached: $1.4M → 21%INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION: $25k → 9%SOUND WATERS: $5k → 9%RESTORE HOPE FOUNDATION: $15k → 12%NO KIND HUNGRY: $3k → 8%INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR GEORGIAN: $35k → 13%THE ORIANNE SOCIETY: $25k → 13%GEORGIA CONSERVATION VOTERS: $10k → 14%AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $15k → 10%ROCKY MOUNTAIN WOLF PROJECT: $3k → 12%AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY: $1k → 6%WOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL: $3k → 11%KENTUCKY EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION: $52k → 15%COLLEGIATE OFFSHORE SAILING CIRCUIT: $10k → 10%PANTHERA: $25k → 17%GIBBES MUSEUM OF ART: $8k → 12%LAND TRUST ALLIANCE: $10k → 14%RCS PINELLAS FOOD BANK: $10k → 12%NATIONAL WILDLIFE TURKEY FEDERATION: $25k → 19%See Attached: $963k → 21%GEORGIA FOR GEORGIA INC: $10k → 8%CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVERKEEPER: $10k → 13%CAMPS SUNSHINE: $10k → 14%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY -: $5k → 15%GEOSENTINEL FOUNDATION INC: $15k → 17%THE DEE NORTON LOWCOUNTRY: $10k → 12%AMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST: $20k → 14%See Attached: $924k → 21%GOD'S PANTRY FOOD BANK INC: $6k → 15%NEW YORK YACHT CLUB FOUNDATION: $10k → 17%GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $10k → 14%See Attached: $892k → 21%KENTUCKY HORSE PARK FOUNDATION: $5k → 15%BLUEGRASS LAND CONSERVANCY: $5k → 15%SAYRE SCHOOL: $5k → 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

MT
WI
MI
NY
MA
CT
CA
CO
KY
VA
TN
NC
SC
DC
GA
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.

37%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$488k · 14 repeat orgs$848k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 31 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
31

Total granted

$488k
$469k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+41%

Still filing today

86%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $379k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’24
EnvironmentEducationAnimalsArts & CultureHealthRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • GF
    GEORGIA FOR GEORGIA INC
    2× · 2020–2024 · $75k · revenue +40%
  • CC
    CHARLESTON COMMUNITY SAILING INC
    2× · 2020–2024 · $70k · revenue +136%
  • PC
    PANTHERA CORPORATION
    2× · 2020–2024 · $52k · revenue +64%

Funded once

  • KE
    KENTUCKY EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION
    one grant, 2020 · $52k
  • CO
    CHURCH OF ASCENSION
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
  • IS
    INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR GEORGIAN
    one grant, 2020 · $35k
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
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
2
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
3
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
4
Archbold Expeditions Inc

Archbold expeditions, inc.'s mission is to build and share the scientific knowledge needed to protect the life, lands, and waters of the heart of florida and beyond.

Unclassified
5
The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation

The conservation fund is in the business of conservation, creating innovative solutions that drive nature-based action for climate protection, sustainable economies and vibrant communities.

Environment
6
National Forest Foundation

The national forest foundation (nff), chartered by congress, turns america's love of nature into meaningful action for 193-million acre national forest system through on the ground program work and grant making activities, and accepts and…

Recreation & Sports
7
Rainforest Foundation Inc

The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.

Environment
8
Akashinga Inc

Deliver ecological stability and long-term protection of large-scale wilderness by supporting and empowering local communities.

Animals
9
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.": - count it: our work is…

International
10
Turner Institute of Ecoagriculture Inc

Institute's mission is to research, develop, practice, and disseminate sustainable strategies and techniques for conserving ecosystems, agriculture, and rural communities. institute will achieve this mission by using its livestock, land,…

Science & Tech
11
Ocean Conservancy

Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.

Environment
12
Conservation Farms & Ranches

Preserving and enhancing the habitat of wildlife, such as sandhill cranes, waterfowl, raptors, which habitat expenses are supported by agricultural activities.

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc; the most unlike its peers is Project Hope Inc. 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

46 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 46 of the 76 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)
45/46
Grantees still filing
24/46
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

National Audubon Society: $52,000 · OtherNational Audubon SocietyKENTUCKY EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION: $51,500 · OtherKENTUCKY EDUCATIONAL TELEVISIONCHURCH OF ASCENSION: $50,000 · OtherCHURCH OF ASCENSIONINTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR GEORGIAN: $35,000 · OtherSt. Jude's Children's Hospital: $30,000 · OtherStar Gospel Mission: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherTHE FISH & WILDLIFE FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherDUCKS UNLIMITED: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherNATIONAL WILDLIFE TURKEY FEDERATION: $25,000 · Other+36 more: $363,000 · Other+36 morePANTHERA CORPORATION: $52,000 · AnimalsPANTHERA CORP…THE ORIANNE SOCIETY: $52,000 · AnimalsTHE ORIANNE S…INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION INC: $52,000 · AnimalsINTERNATIONAL…+3 more: $8,500 · AnimalsINT'L UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE & NATURAL RESOURCES - US: $50,000 · EnvironmentINT'L UNIO…SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $20,000 · EnvironmentSOCIAL AND…LAND TRUST ALLIANCE INC: $20,000 · EnvironmentLAND TRUST…CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVERKEEPER INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentCHATTAHOOC…GEORGIA CONSERVATION VOTERS ED FUND: $10,000 · EnvironmentGEORGIA CO…SOUNDWATERS INC: $5,000 · EnvironmentBLUEGRASS LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $5,000 · Environment+1 more: $3,000 · EnvironmentCHARLESTON COMMUNITY SAILING INC: $70,000 · Recreation & SportsKENTUCKY HORSE PARK FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Recreation & SportsCollegiate Offshore Sailing Circuit Inc: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $35,000 · EducationSAYRE SCHOOL: $20,000 · EducationThe George Washington University: $10,000 · EducationPROJECT DRAWDOWN: $7,500 · EducationBROOKS SCHOOL: $5,000 · EducationTHE CITADEL FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Education+1 more: $2,500 · EducationGEORGIA FOR GEORGIA INC: $75,000 · InternationalAPERTURE FOUNDATION INC: $27,000 · Arts & CultureCAROLINA ART ASSOCIATION DBA GIBBES MUSEUM OF ART: $17,500 · Arts & CultureCRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $12,000 · Arts & CultureTHOMASVILLE CULTURAL CENTER INC: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$731,500Animals$164,500Environment$123,000Recreation & Sports$95,000Education$85,000International$75,000Arts & Culture$61,500

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 budgetGEORGIA FOR GEORGIA INC: $75,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetCHARLESTON COMMUNITY SAILING INC: $70,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetPANTHERA CORPORATION: $52,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ORIANNE SOCIETY: $52,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION INC: $52,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetINT'L UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE & NATURAL RESOURCES - US: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAPERTURE FOUNDATION INC: $27,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAYRE SCHOOL: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLAND TRUST ALLIANCE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCAROLINA ART ASSOCIATION DBA GIBBES MUSEUM OF ART: $17,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGEOSENTINEL FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetABACO FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetKENTUCKY HORSE PARK FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFlorida Sheriffs Youth Ranches Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetARCHBOLD FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBIONUTRIENT FOOD ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetCHATTAHOOCHEE RIVERKEEPER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCaptain Planet Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGEORGIA CONSERVATION VOTERS ED FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetECDYSIS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNEW YORK YACHT CLUB FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe George Washington University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP SUNSHINE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE PEREGRINE FUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT DRAWDOWN: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDIAMOND WILLOW MINISTRIES: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGOD'S PANTRY FOOD BANK INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROOKS SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUNDWATERS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBLUEGRASS LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAmerican Resilience Project Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTHE CITADEL FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHOMASVILLE CULTURAL CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetISLAND DOLPHIN CARE INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAREI INC: $3,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetWOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKISS THE GROUND: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Bird Conservancy: $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.

Turner Foundation IncNational Philanthropi…Renaissance Charitabl…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…Raymond James Charita…The Pfizer Foundation…The Bank of America C…Network for GoodNatl Christian Charit…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…
Turner Foundation IncGA30.3× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Turner Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Jane Smith Turner Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jane Smith Turner Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Soundwaters Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
9report 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.
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How do I get to Jane Smith Turner Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Jane Smith Turner 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 76 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $1.4M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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