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Jarvis 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.

$4.7M
Granted FY2025still arriving
144
Grants FY2025still arriving
21
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2025.

Philanthropy$6.5MHealth$3.0MEducation$3.0MInternational$1.6MArts & Culture$1.3MReligion$473kHuman Services$334kCommunity Improvement$251kOther$0
02FY2025 · 144 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k90 grants · $194k
  • $10k–50k34 grants · $659k
  • $50k–250k15 grants · $1.2M
  • $250k+5 grants · $2.6M
$3,600
Median grant
21
States reached
$100M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TULANE UNIVERSITY$1,000,000
JEWISH UNITED FUND$751,000
NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION$329,000
MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION$300,000
JEWISH FEDERATION COUNCIL OF GREATER LA$250,000
FDD - FOUNDATION FOR DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACY$200,000
FRIENDS OF THE IDFISRAEL DEFENSE FORCE$193,000
ANTI DEFAMATION LEAGUE$100,000
HOLOCAUST MUSEUM LA$100,000
PCD KS FOUNDATION$100,000
TEACH FOR AMERICA$73,000
CHICAGO CARES$60,000
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA FOUNDATION$52,500
ERIKSON INSTITUTE$50,000
NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION$50,000
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 (FY19–25, $601k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%FRIENDS OF ETHIOPIAN JEWS: $1k → 8%Guide Dogs For The Blind: $1k → 8%MATAN INC: $4k → 28%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF UNIT 669: $4k → 4%FRIENDS OF BET ELAZRAKI - EMTC INC: $22k → 7%TIDES CENTER: $5k → 10%CAMP BLUE SKIES FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%CAMP BLUE SKIES FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%JUVENILE PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION: $3k → 14%Dream Foundation: $2k → 14%Juvenile Protective Association: $3k → 14%THE DALMATIAN DREAMS FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%THE DALMATIAN DREAMS FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%Wauconda Island Lake Food Pantry: $1k → 8%SGA YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 14%SGA YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF THE DESERT: $5k → 11%Jacaranda Foundation Inc: $75k → 17%Jewish Family Service of the Desert: $5k → 11%JACARANDA FOUNDATION INC: $70k → 17%Jewish Family Services Of The Desert: $4k → 11%JACARANDA FOUNDATION INC: $55k → 17%SGA Youth & Family Services: $3k → 14%JACARANDA FOUNDATION: $50k → 17%Jacaranda Foundation: $50k → 17%One Voice: $4k → 14%SGA YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES: $3k → 14%ONE VOICE: $3k → 14%Jacaranda Foundation: $20k → 17%ONE VOICE: $3k → 14%ONE VOICE: $3k → 14%One Voice: $3k → 14%GO CAMPAIGN: $1k → 14%SGA Youth & Family Services: $1k → 14%INVEST FOR KIDS: $25k → 14%INVEST FOR KIDS: $25k → 14%Invest For Kids Inc: $25k → 14%Karma for Cara Inc: $5k → 14%Karma for Cara Inc: $3k → 14%JEWISH CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $6k → 14%Jewish Community Centers Of Chicago: $1k → 14%Jewish Child And Family Services: $1k → 14%LIBENU: $3k → 14%JEWISH CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $1k → 14%LIBENU: $2k → 14%The Growing Season: $60k → 14%THE GROWING SEASON: $10k → 14%SHALVA: $2k → 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

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IN
OH
PA
NJ
CA
CO
MO
VA
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TN
NC
DC
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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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$11M · 131 repeat orgs$2.3M to everyone else

131 repeat relationships: 100 still active in FY2025, 31 since wound down; 36 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

131
95

Total granted

$11M
$1.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+18%

Still filing today

88%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $855k 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
Arts & CultureHealthEducationHuman ServicesInternationalRecreation & 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

  • TA
    THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND
    3× · 2020–2025 · $1.5M · revenue +44%
  • JU
    JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO
    2× · 2021–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +33%
  • THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH
    3× · 2023–2025 · $910k · revenue +124%

Funded once

  • BZ
    BERNARD ZELL ANSHE EMET DAY SCHOOL
    one grant, 2023 · $445k · revenue -13%
  • NM
    Northwestern Memorial Hospital Foundation
    one grant, 2022 · $306k
  • TM
    THE MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +20%
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.

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Weizmann Institute of Science

The weizmann institute of science, located in rehovot, israel, is one of the worlds top-ranking, multidisciplinary research institutions. at any one time, several thousand scientists, staff and students are involved in hundreds of research…

Science & Tech
2
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
3
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
4
The Israel Innovation Fund Inc

Our vision is to reignite the zionist spirit and meet the needs of jewish civilization in the twenty-first century by connecting people around the world through the vibrancy and creativity of contemporary israeli culture.

Arts & Culture
5
Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles

We steward $1.5 billion in charitable assets through donor-advised funds, endowments, and other giving vehicles. partnering with 1,400 individuals, families, and organizations, we build enduring legacies and multigenerational impact. in…

Philanthropy
6
Minneapolis Jewish Federation

Minneapolis jewish federation is a nonprofit organization that promotes a culture of philanthropy, leverages resources to meet local and global jewish needs, and facilitates community planning to ensure a thriving and secure future.

Philanthropy
7
The Israel Institute Inc

The israel institute, inc. (the institute) enhances knowledge about modern israel by ensuring that more students have access to courses about israel during their time on campus.

International
8
American Friends of Hebrew University Inc

Support the hebrew univ. of jerusalem, israel's foremost center of higher edu. & research.

International
9
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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10
University of California Irvine Foundation

The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…

Education
11
Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation

The samuel waxman cancer research foundation (the "foundation") funds innovative research to bring faster cures to patients. in addition to supporting ongoing collaborative research in specific cancers, our scientists are investigating the…

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12
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Charles M Schwartz Memorial Foundation. 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

213 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. 213 of the 275 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)
29
Early backer (in before they grew)
210/213
Grantees still filing
146/213
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $3,583,334 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN C…JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $1,351,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN …JEWISH FEDERATION COUNCIL OF GREATER LA: $250,000 · Philanthropy+9 more: $140,200 · PhilanthropyNORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $929,000 · OtherNORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL FOUNDA…NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL: $775,000 · OtherNORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPIT…Northwestern Memorial Hospital Foundation: $305,500 · OtherNorthwestern Memorial Hospit…JEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM SPRINGS AND DESERT AREA: $221,500 · OtherFDD - FOUNDATION FOR DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACY: $200,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE IDFISRAEL DEFENSE FORCE: $193,000 · OtherANSHE EMET SYNAGOGUE: $146,450 · OtherCHICAGO CARES INC: $240,000 · OtherCHICAGO CARES INC+76 more: $1,350,140 · Other+76 moreTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $1,524,000 · EducationTHE ADMINISTRATORS O…BERNARD ZELL ANSHE EMET DAY SCHOOL: $445,000 · EducationBERNARD ZELL ANSHE E…Teach for America Inc: $239,800 · EducationTeach for America In…Erikson Institute: $220,000 · EducationErikson InstituteUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $202,500 · EducationUniversity of Arizon…AFTER SCHOOL MATTERS INC: $123,040 · Education+13 more: $292,200 · Education+13 moreTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $910,000 · HealthTHE MICHAE…Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago: $148,520 · HealthRehabilita…PCD KS FOUNDATION: $100,000 · HealthPCD KS FOU…CURE ADDICTION NOW CAN: $60,000 · Health+23 more: $433,790 · Health+23 moreThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $491,900 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $120,075 · Arts & CultureChicago Children's Museum: $108,500 · Arts & CultureHOLOCAUST MUSEUM LA: $100,000 · Arts & CultureICA LA: $95,750 · Arts & CulturePALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM: $69,915 · Arts & CultureNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · Arts & Culture+18 more: $206,982 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF ELNET: $325,000 · InternationalFoundation for the Defense of Democracies Inc: $300,000 · InternationalBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $150,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF NATAL INC: $50,000 · InternationalJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $50,000 · International+10 more: $119,200 · InternationalJACARANDA FOUNDATION INC: $320,000 · Human ServicesInvest for Kids Inc: $75,000 · Human ServicesTHE GROWING SEASON INC: $70,000 · Human ServicesFriends of Ethiopian Jews Inc: $22,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF BET ELAZRAKI - EMTC INC: $21,600 · Human Services+13 more: $110,200 · Human Services
Philanthropy$5,324,534Other$4,360,590Education$3,046,540Health$1,652,310Arts & Culture$1,243,122International$994,200Human Services$618,800

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $3,583,334 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $1,524,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $1,351,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $910,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $491,900 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBERNARD ZELL ANSHE EMET DAY SCHOOL: $445,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF ELNET: $325,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetJACARANDA FOUNDATION INC: $320,000 over 6y, 16% of budgetFoundation for the Defense of Democracies Inc: $300,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCHICAGO CARES INC: $240,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $239,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM SPRINGS AND DESERT AREA: $221,500 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetErikson Institute: $220,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $202,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRehabilitation Institute of Chicago: $148,520 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP: $123,680 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetAFTER SCHOOL MATTERS INC: $123,040 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $120,075 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetChicago Children's Museum: $108,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $101,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $96,400 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetICA LA: $95,750 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetInvest for Kids Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetTHE GROWING SEASON INC: $70,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetPALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM: $69,915 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetNorthwestern University: $67,600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCURE ADDICTION NOW CAN: $60,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetDESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $59,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF NATAL INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $50,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHAI LIFELINE INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $45,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORECTAL CANCER ALLIANCE: $44,190 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRANCHO MIRAGE WRITERS FESTIVAL: $41,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetLYNN SAGE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $36,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetFrancis W Parker School: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC: $32,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetONE MILLION DEGREES: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFOR AUTISTIC KIDS FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEisenhower Medical Center: $26,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTransplant Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 3.2% 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.

Jewish Federation of …Sacks Family Foundati…Kovler Family Foundat…Circle of Service Fou…The Chicago Community…The Robert Thomas Bob…Rochman Charitable Fo…Karmin Family Charita…Sam I Am FoundationAnixter and Silva Fam…The Bluhm Family Foun…Arie and Ida Crown Me…
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan ChicagoIL82.2× affinity47 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Sacks Family Foundation · Kovler Family Foundation · Circle of Service Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · The Robert Thomas Bobins Foundation · Rochman Charitable Foundation · Karmin Family Charitable Trust · Sam I Am Foundation · Anixter and Silva Family Foundation · The Bluhm Family Foundation · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial

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

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%1%5%11%20%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
    12get no government money at all
    42report 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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Jarvis Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Jarvis 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 275 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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