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Jaros Family Foundation

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.

$147k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$100k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$1.8MArts & Culture$339kEnvironment$56kCommunity Improvement$50kHealth$20kRecreation & Sports$12kPhilanthropy$8kFood & Nutrition$6kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $27k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$3,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$5.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DESERT CABALLEROS MUSEUM$100,000
STANFORD UNIVERSITY$20,000
DEL WEBB CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS$5,000
BAINBRIDGE SCHOOL FOUNDATION$5,000
LOS ALTOS EDUCATION FOUNDATION$4,200
UNION FOR CONTEMPORARY ART INC$3,000
CHADTOUGH DEFEAT DIPG FOUNDATION$3,000
B&B SPORTS ACADEMY$3,000
READING PARTNERS$1,000
STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
ISLANDWOOD$500
NEBRASKA MEDICINE GUILD$250
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:

Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $500 → 10%NEW LIFE PREGNANCY CENTER: $100 → 18%CHADTOUGH DEFEAT DIPG FOUNDATION: $3k → 14%CHADTOUGH DEFEAT DIPG FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%CHADTOUGH DEFEAT DIPG FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $300 → 11%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

WA
IL
MI
NY
CA
CO
NE
VA
AZ
NM
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$811k · 20 repeat orgs$81k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +88% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
28

Total granted

$811k
$73k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+88%
+12%

Still filing today

90%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthEnvironmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • LF
    LAKE FOREST ACADEMY
    7× · 2017–2023 · $308k · revenue +64%
  • BI
    BAINBRIDGE ISLAND LAND TRUST
    6× · 2017–2023 · $53k · revenue +96%
  • ISLANDWOOD
    4× · 2017–2024 · $28k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • BB
    BLACKSTONE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue -41%
  • GB
    Gardner Bullis PTA
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +13%
  • OD
    OMAHA DISCOVERY TRUST
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · 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
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art

Bainbridge island museum of art (bima) inspires curiosity, wonder and understanding by connecting people with the contemporary art and craft of the puget sound region.

Arts & Culture
3
Santa Barbara Education Foundation

Santa Barbara Education Foundation (SBEF) provides and supports programs that enrich the academic, artistic, and personal development of all students in the Santa Barbara Unified School District.

Education
4
Lincoln Children's Museum

The lincoln children's museum invites children to create, discover and learn through the power of play.

Arts & Culture
5
The Bakken

The bakken museum inspires a passion for innovation by exploring the potential for science, technology, and the humanities to make the world a better place.

Arts & Culture
6
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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7
The Seattle Academy of Arts & Sciences

Seattle academy is a dynamic community that challenges students to question, imagine, and create in order to contribute to a changing world.

Education
8
Denver Botanic Gardens Inc

The mission of denver botanic gardens is to connect people with plants, especially plants from the rocky mountain region and similar regions around the world, providing delight and enlightenment to everyone.

Environment
9
Omaha Botanical Center Inc

We believe in thoughtful, ecologically-minded practices and the curation of accessible, educational, and inspirational experiences that enhance lives.

Environment
10
Silicon Schools Fund Inc

The mission of the silicon schools fund is to improve education through supporting the launch of excellent new schools, improving academic instruction in existing schools, and by funding some of the boldest innovations in education…

Education
11
Bartlett Arboretum Association Inc

To cultivate and develop an expansive collection of trees, gardens, and plants for all to explore, enjoy and study; and to provide through education and stewardship, a greener, healthier, more beautiful environment.

Environment
12
President and Trustees of Bates College

Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Bainbridge Island Land Trust; the most unlike its peers is Bainbridge Island Arts & Humanities Council. 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

43 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. 43 of the 52 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)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/43
Grantees still filing
29/43
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $1,440,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYLAKE FOREST ACADEMY: $307,500 · EducationLAKE FOREST ACADEMY+6 more: $44,500 · EducationDESERT CABALLEROS MUSEUM: $280,200 · OtherDESERT CABALLER…+27 more: $33,686 · Other+27 moreBAINBRIDGE ISLAND LAND TRUST: $52,700 · EnvironmentISLANDWOOD: $28,000 · EnvironmentDEL E WEBB CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $45,100 · Arts & CultureBAINBRIDGE ISLAND PARKS & TRAILS FOUNDATION: $8,500 · Arts & CultureTHE UNION FOR CONTEMPORARY ART INC: $6,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $3,200 · Arts & CultureBLACKSTONE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION: $50,000 · Community ImprovementCITY SPROUTS INC: $6,000 · Community ImprovementNEBRASKA MEDICINE GUILD: $13,750 · HealthRush University Medical Center: $600 · Health+1 more: $100 · HealthONE CALL FOR ALL: $8,000 · PhilanthropyLOS ALTOS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $4,200 · Philanthropy
Education$1,792,000Other$313,886Environment$80,700Arts & Culture$62,800Community Improvement$56,000Health$14,450Philanthropy$12,200

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 budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $1,440,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLAKE FOREST ACADEMY: $307,500 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetBAINBRIDGE ISLAND LAND TRUST: $52,700 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetBLACKSTONE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION: $50,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetDEL E WEBB CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $45,100 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetBAINBRIDGE SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $29,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetISLANDWOOD: $28,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNEBRASKA MEDICINE GUILD: $13,750 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetBAINBRIDGE ISLAND PARKS & TRAILS FOUNDATION: $8,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetONE CALL FOR ALL: $8,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetREADING PARTNERS: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNION FOR CONTEMPORARY ART INC: $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCITY SPROUTS INC: $6,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCHADTOUGH DEFEAT DIPG FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGardner Bullis PTA: $4,523 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetLOS ALTOS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $4,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetB&B SPORTS ACADEMY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetOMAHA DISCOVERY TRUST: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSigma Chi Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFONTENELLE FOREST: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BLOEDEL RESERVE: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF OMAHA: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBainbridge Island Arts & Humanities Council: $1,250 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetBainbridge Island Parent-Teacher-Student Organization: $1,200 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSTRATFORD HALL: $1,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL CITY OPERA HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFILM STREAMS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWickenburg Community Hospital Foundation: $700 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRush University Medical Center: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJOSLYN ART MUSEUM: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLarkin Street Youth Services: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE THEATRE GROUP: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTREETLIGHTUSA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF WICKENBURG: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew Life Pregnancy Center: $100 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $100 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.

Bainbridge Community …Seattle FoundationThe Bianchi Family Fo…One Call for AllWeitz Family Foundati…The Lozier FoundationThe Sherwood Foundati…Union Pacific Foundat…Rotary Club of Bainbr…John K & Lynne D Boye…Richard Brooke Founda…The Holland Foundation
Bainbridge Community FoundationWA21.9× affinity8 shared granteesties to 5 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Bainbridge Community Foundation · Seattle Foundation · The Bianchi Family Foundation Javier Ordaz Cerity Partners · One Call for All · Weitz Family Foundation · The Lozier Foundation · The Sherwood Foundation · Union Pacific Foundation · Rotary Club of Bainbridge Island Trust · John K & Lynne D Boyer Foundation · Richard Brooke Foundation · The Holland 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 Jaros Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jaros Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 Jaros Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Jaros Family 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 52 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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