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Jaws Youth Fund Inc

Advancement of the youth in the delaware valley and in the usa in general particularly those youth with personal, financial & health needs and for other charitable purposes by the distribution of its funds for such purposes.

$309k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Youth Development$448kHuman Services$313kEducation$228kRecreation & Sports$65kInternational$50kHealth$20kPhilanthropy$10k
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 9 grants below total $212,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $309,318 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $96,818 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 $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $155k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$25,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DEBORAH HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$50,000
MIRACLE LEAGUE OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY$25,000
BE PHILLY FOUNDATION$25,000
PHILADELPHIA YOUTH BASKETBALL$25,000
POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE OF PHILA INC$25,000
MAKE THE WORLD BETTER FOUNDATION$25,000
PUBLIC HEALTH MANAGEMENT CORPORATION$20,000
BRIAN DAWKINS IMPACT FOUNDATION$10,000
MEDFORD YOUTH ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION INC$7,500
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 (FY19–19, $63k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%GRIDIRON GREATS ASSISTANCE FUND INC: $63k → 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.
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.

56%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$640k · 7 repeat orgs$494k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
15

Total granted

$640k
$307k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-17%
-5%

Still filing today

100%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 12% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $188k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’24
Recreation & SportsEducationYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyHealthHuman ServicesOther
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

  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF PHILADELPHIA INC
    4× · 2019–2022 · $176k · revenue +60%
  • YS
    YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    4× · 2020–2023 · $75k · revenue +133%
  • PB
    PENNSYLVANIA BREAST CANCER COALITION
    3× · 2019–2023 · $20k · revenue +228%

Funded once

  • GG
    GRIDIRON GREATS ASSISTANCE FUND INC
    one grant, 2019 · $63k · revenue -29%
  • MT
    MAKE THE WORLD BETTER FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
  • YC
    YMCA CAMP OCKANICKON INC
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · 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.

1
Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation

Visit philadelphia is our name and our mission. as the region's official tourism marketing agency, we build greater philadelphia's image, drive visitation and boost the economy.

Community Improvement
2
Philadelphia Works Inc

Philadelphia works, inc. develops and manages smart workforce solutions that respond to business needs and increases economic opportunity for all philadelphia residents.

Employment
3
Pidc Development Management Corporation

Pidc dmc administers and coordinates various development projects for the city and other not-for-profit entities.

Community Improvement
4
Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation

Pidc plans and implements economic development initiatives (see schedule o) which enhance the competitive environment, generate jobs and produce higher tax ratables throughout philadelphia.

Community Improvement
5
Pennsylvania Builders Association

Incorporated in 1945, the pennsylvania builders association is a nonprofit professional trade organization representing approximately 4,066 members from across the commonwealth. pba members include contractors, builders, and remodelers,…

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6
Golf Association of Philadelphia Foundation
Recreation & Sports
7
Philadelphia Children's Alliance

Pca promotes healing and justice for sexually abused children in philadelphia. using a multidisciplinary approach, we collaborate with our partners in child protection, law enforcement, and medical and mental health services to provide…

Crime & Legal
8
Philadelphia Bail Fund Inc

The philadelphia bail fund provides bail assistance to philadelphians who are unable to pay for their freedom, offers post-release supports, and advocates to end wealth based detention in philadelphia.

Crime & Legal
9
Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium Inc

To support education and research at college, university, and research libraries.

Education
10
Police Athletic League Inc

Police athletic league, together with nypd and the law enforcement community, supports and inspires new york city youth to realize their full individual potential as productive members of society.

Youth Development
11
Greater Philadelphia Community Alliance

Gpca's mission is to break the cycle of generational proverty by ensuring equitable distribution of the resources for vulnerable children, families, and communities. our vision is to be philadelphia's catalyst for community empowerment and…

Human Services
12
Philadelphia Youth Network Inc

Philadelphia youth network (pyn) equips young people to build lifelong skills, pursue meaningful careers, and embrace change with confidence - so they can thrive in the workforce, experience economic mobility, and strengthen their…

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Philadelphia Youth Sports Collaborative; the most unlike its peers is Police Athletic League of Philadelphia. 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

32 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/32
Grantees still filing
13/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CAMDEN COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP INC: $155,000 · OtherCAMDEN COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP…MAKE THE WORLD BETTER FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · OtherMAKE THE WORLD BETTER FOUNDA…CITY OF WILDWOOD: $25,000 · OtherCITY OF WILDWOODGLOUCESTER CITY MUSTANG YOUTH FOOTBALL: $22,181 · OtherGLOUCESTER CITY MUSTANG YOUT…YMCA OF VINELAND: $10,707 · OtherBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA CHESTER COUNTY COUNCIL: $10,000 · OtherCUMBERLAND COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Other+1 more: $6,408 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF PHILADELPHIA INC: $175,707 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF P…MAKE THE WORLD BETTER FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentMAKE THE WORLD BETTER FOU…BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF ATLANTIC CITY INC: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF ATLA…POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentPOLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE OF…NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE ALUMNI INC: $109,133 · EducationNATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE…YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $75,000 · EducationYOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERS…BE PHILLY FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 · EducationBE PHILLY FOUNDATION INCBrian Dawkins Impact Foundation Inc: $10,000 · Education+1 more: $7,500 · EducationYMCA CAMP OCKANICKON INC: $25,000 · Recreation & SportsYMCA CAMP O…Bicycle Coalition Of Greater Philadelphia: $25,000 · Recreation & SportsBicycle Coa…PHILADELPHIA YOUTH BASKETBALL INC: $25,000 · Recreation & SportsPHILADELPHI…THE MIRACLE LEAGUE OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY: $25,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE MIRACLE…MEDFORD YOUTH ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION INC: $7,500 · Recreation & SportsMEDFORD YOU…LACKAWANNA LITTLE LOOP FOOTBALL INC: $7,500 · Recreation & SportsLACKAWANNA …UNITED WAY OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY: $60,000 · PhilanthropyPENNSYLVANIA BREAST CANCER COALITION: $20,000 · PhilanthropyPHILADELPHIA YOUTH SPORTS COLLABORATIVE: $10,000 · PhilanthropyDEBORAH HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $50,000 · HealthPublic Health Management Corporation: $20,000 · HealthINSPIRA HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · HealthGRIDIRON GREATS ASSISTANCE FUND INC: $62,668 · Human Services
Other$289,296Youth Development$250,707Education$246,633Recreation & Sports$115,000Philanthropy$90,000Health$80,000Human Services$62,668

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 budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF PHILADELPHIA INC: $175,707 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetCAMDEN COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP INC: $155,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetNATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE ALUMNI INC: $109,133 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetYOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGRIDIRON GREATS ASSISTANCE FUND INC: $62,668 over 1y, 11% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY: $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDEBORAH HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMAKE THE WORLD BETTER FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetBE PHILLY FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 over 2y, 9.7% of budgetMAKE THE WORLD BETTER FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetYMCA CAMP OCKANICKON INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF ATLANTIC CITY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPOLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA: $25,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetBicycle Coalition Of Greater Philadelphia: $25,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetPHILADELPHIA YOUTH BASKETBALL INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE MIRACLE LEAGUE OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY: $25,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA BREAST CANCER COALITION: $20,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetPublic Health Management Corporation: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA CHESTER COUNTY COUNCIL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPHILADELPHIA YOUTH SPORTS COLLABORATIVE: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCUMBERLAND COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetBrian Dawkins Impact Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetMEDFORD YOUTH ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLACKAWANNA LITTLE LOOP FOOTBALL INC: $7,500 over 2y, 9.7% of budgetAllentown School District Foundation: $7,500 over 1y, 1.5% 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.

The Philadelphia Foun…Td Charitable Foundat…Oceanfirst FoundationNfl Foundation IncThe Wawa Foundation I…United Way of Greater…The William Penn Foun…The Gap FoundationDick's Sporting Goods…Community Foundation …The Robert Wood Johns…Aetna Foundation Inc
The Philadelphia FoundationPA23.7× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Philadelphia Foundation · Td Charitable Foundation · Oceanfirst Foundation · Nfl Foundation Inc · The Wawa Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · The William Penn Foundation · The Gap Foundation · Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation · Community Foundation of New Jersey · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Aetna Foundation 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 Jaws Youth Fund Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jaws Youth Fund Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 94%
  • Camden Community Partnership Inc: 94% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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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Find your warmest path to Jaws Youth Fund Inc 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 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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