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Janet Carrington Foundation at a glance

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Janet Carrington 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.

$2.8M
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$2.6M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$3.4MAnimals$153kPublic Safety & Disaster$150kHealth$67kCrime & Legal$62kArts & Culture$36kEmployment$35kPhilanthropy$35kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $110k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $75k
  • $250k+1 grant · $2.6M
$40,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$8.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Great Lakes Boat Building$2,600,000
Individual grant recipient$75,000
American Red Cross$40,000
ASPCA$35,000
The Humane Society$35,000
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 (FY17–18, $26k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%Debbies Dream Foundation: $16k → 13%Debbies Dream Foundation: $10k → 13%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

IL
MI
NY
IA
IN
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.9M · 13 repeat orgs$167k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +33% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
17

Total granted

$3.9M
$167k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+33%

Still filing today

62%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’24’25
HealthEducationAnimalsHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureOther
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

  • GL
    GREAT LAKES BOAT BUILDING SCHOOL
    7× · 2017–2025 · $3.3M · revenue +570% · 62% of their budget
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    2× · 2024–2025 · $90k · revenue +3%
  • TA
    THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
    5× · 2017–2025 · $72k · revenue +80%

Funded once

  • AR
    American Red Cross
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
  • AH
    American Heart Association Incgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $28k · revenue +33%
  • PT
    PARK TUDOR FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +41%
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
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
2
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
3
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

As a leading academic healthcare organization, our mission is to elevate the health status of the communities we serve.(see schedule o for continuation)(continued)-we deliver exceptional healthcare enhanced by research and education-we…

Health
4
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
5
American College of Surgeons

The american college of surgeons is dedicated to improving the care of the surgical patient and to safeguarding standards of care in an optimal and ethical practice environment.

Education
6
Southern California University of Health Sciences

The mission of southern california university of health sciences (scu) is to educate students as competent, caring and successful practitioners of integrative healthcare. the university is committed to providing excellence in academics,…

Education
7
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
8
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
9
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
10
The Jackson Laboratory

The purposes of the laboratory are scientific, medical, charitable, and educational. our mission is to discover precise genomic solutions for disease and empower the biomedical community.

Health
11
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
12
The Graduate School of the Stowers Institute for Medical Research

The graduate school of the stowers institute for medical research ("gssimr") exempt purpose is to provide graduate education that will prepare scholars for scientific research in the biological sciences.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is South Florida Public Media Group Inc; the most unlike its peers is Humane World for Animals 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

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 30 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/16
Grantees still filing
13/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GREAT LAKES BOAT BUILDING SCHOOL: $3,338,000 · EducationGREAT LAKES BOAT BUILDING SCHOOL+2 more: $75,000 · EducationIndividual grant recipient: $125,000 · OtherIndividual …BROWARD SHERIFF'S ADVISORY COUNCIL INC: $61,300 · OtherBROWARD SHE…American Red Cross: $50,000 · OtherAmerican Re…Les Cheneaux Community Foundation: $35,000 · OtherLes Cheneau…Goodwill Industries Foundation: $35,000 · OtherGoodwill In…Les Cheneaux Community Library: $30,000 · OtherLes Cheneau…Chippewa County Animal Shelter: $20,000 · Other+10 more: $44,000 · Other+10 moreTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $72,000 · AnimalsHumane World for Animals Inc: $60,000 · AnimalsAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $90,000 · Human ServicesDEBBIE'S DREAM FOUNDATION: $26,180 · Human ServicesAmerican Heart Association Inc: $27,500 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $5,000 · HealthSOUTH FLORIDA PUBLIC MEDIA GROUP INC: $5,000 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES INC: $3,000 · HealthHESSEL SCHOOL HOUSE CORPORATION: $5,000 · Arts & CultureFlorida Sheriffs Youth Ranches Inc: $5,000 · Youth Development
Education$3,413,000Other$400,300Animals$132,000Human Services$116,180Health$40,500Arts & Culture$5,000Youth Development$5,000

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 budgetGREAT LAKES BOAT BUILDING SCHOOL: $3,338,000 over 7y, 62% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $90,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $72,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBROWARD SHERIFF'S ADVISORY COUNCIL INC: $61,300 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLES CHENEAUX CULINARY SCHOOL INC: $50,000 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $27,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDEBBIE'S DREAM FOUNDATION: $26,180 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetPARK TUDOR FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLES CHENEAUX HISTORICAL ASSOCIATON: $10,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetSOUTHWEST SCHOOL OF ART: $8,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHESSEL SCHOOL HOUSE CORPORATION: $5,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA PUBLIC MEDIA GROUP INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFlorida Sheriffs Youth Ranches Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $3,000 over 2y, 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.

Community Foundation …The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation of the Upper PeninsulaMI13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of the Upper Peninsula · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Janet Carrington Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Janet Carrington Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get 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
    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

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    How do I get to Janet Carrington Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Janet Carrington 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 30 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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