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Jax 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.

$37k
Granted FY2024still arriving
21
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$83kHealth$37kHuman Services$22kReligion$11kAnimals$10kInternational$6kPhilanthropy$5kEnvironment$4kOther$0
02FY2024 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,180
Median grant
6
States reached
$205k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEFFCO PROSPERITY PARTNERS$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
JUDI'S HOUSE$4,100
SAN DIEGO STATE UNIV FOUNDATION$3,000
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA$3,000
CSU FOUNDATION$3,000
ADAM'S CAMP$2,250
JOY INTERNATIONAL$2,000
SECOND WIND FUND$1,250
GIRLS ON THE RUN$1,250
Individual grant recipient$1,180
PROJECT PAVE$1,000
MILE HIGH DACHSHUNDS RESCUE$1,000
MAKE WAY FOR BOOKS$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 20% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HOPE HOUSE: $1k → 10%JOY INTERNATIONAL: $2k → 7%WAYFARING BAND: $575 → 12%WAYFARING BAND: $575 → 12%WAYFARING BAND: $500 → 12%LAKEWOOD CONNECTS: $500 → 7%WAYFARING BAND: $500 → 12%WAYFARING BAND: $500 → 12%JOY INTERNATIONAL: $500 → 7%JEFFCO PROSPERITY PARTNERS: $5k → 7%LAKEWOOD CONNECTS: $500 → 7%LAKEWOOD CONNECTS: $500 → 7%LAKEWOOD CONNECTS: $250 → 7%LAKEWOOD CONNECTS: $100 → 7%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
NY
OH
CA
CO
MD
AZ
KS
TN
NC
DC
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$151k · 26 repeat orgs$38k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

26 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
35

Total granted

$151k
$28k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+6%

Still filing today

69%
37%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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
HealthEducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyAnimalsRecreation & 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

  • SW
    SECOND WIND FUND INC
    6× · 2018–2024 · $14k · revenue +150%
  • SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION SDSU RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    6× · 2019–2024 · $13k · revenue +35%
  • DD
    DENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $8k · revenue +329%

Funded once

  • SJ
    ST JUDES CHILDRENS HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
  • OL
    OUTDOOR LAB FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $2k · revenue +6%
  • TS
    THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN
    one grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue -14%
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
Denver Scholarship Foundation

Denver scholarship foundation (dsf) inspires and empowers denver public schools (dps) students to enroll in and graduate from postsecondary institutions of higher education by providing the tools, knowledge, and financial resources for…

Education
2
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…

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3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
4
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
5
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
6
The Peak School

The peak school seeks to ignite a passion for learning, to develop students of diverse talents and backgrounds who think critically and act with integrity, and to graduate compassionate, confident, capable students who will embrace their…

Education
7
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
8
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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9
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

Colorado center on law and policy is an antipoverty organization advancing the rights of every coloradan.

Crime & Legal
10
Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain Inc

Junior achievement - rocky mountain, inc. (ja) is critical for inspiring and preparing young people to own their economic success. in partnership with business and educators, ja immerses students in disruptive, real-world experiences,…

International
11
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
12
Invest in Kids

Invest in kids partners with local communities to ensure the success of evidence-based programs that improve the health and well-being of colorado's youngest children and their families.

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Colorado Gives Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Patrick Straut 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

39 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. 39 of the 72 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/39
Grantees still filing
21/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA: $25,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINARED ROCKS CHURCH: $10,500 · OtherRED ROCKS CHURCHIndividual grant recipient: $5,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientST JUDES CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $5,000 · OtherST JUDES CHILDRENS HOSPITALCOLORADO INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENTAL PEDIATRICS INC: $4,750 · OtherCOLORADO INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENTAL PEDIATRICS IN…Individual grant recipient: $3,550 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO: $3,500 · Other+37 more: $29,813 · Other+37 moreCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $24,000 · EducationCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONSECOND WIND FUND INC: $14,250 · EducationSECOND WIND FUND INCSAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION SDSU RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $12,500 · EducationSAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIO…THE JEFFERSON FOUNDATION: $5,670 · EducationTHE JEFFERSON FOUNDATIONMake Way For Books: $4,500 · EducationMake Way For Books+3 more: $3,000 · EducationJUDI'S HOUSE INC: $6,100 · PhilanthropyCOLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION: $4,500 · PhilanthropyGOLD CROWN FOUNDATION: $2,500 · PhilanthropyJEFFCO PROSPERITY PARTNERS: $5,000 · Human ServicesWAYFARING BAND INC: $2,650 · Human ServicesJOY International: $2,500 · Human ServicesLAKEWOOD CONNECTS INC: $1,850 · Human ServicesHOPE HOUSE OF COLORADO: $1,000 · Human ServicesSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $6,500 · HealthTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $2,000 · HealthMOVEMBER FOUNDATION: $1,000 · HealthSCRIPPS HEALTH: $500 · Health+4 more: $250 · HealthDENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE: $8,000 · Animals+1 more: $25 · AnimalsWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $3,000 · InternationalWORLD VISION INC: $1,248 · International
Other$88,113Education$63,920Philanthropy$13,100Human Services$13,000Health$10,250Animals$8,025International$4,248

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 budgetCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $24,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND WIND FUND INC: $14,250 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetSAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION SDSU RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE: $8,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $6,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJUDI'S HOUSE INC: $6,100 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE JEFFERSON FOUNDATION: $5,670 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetJEFFCO PROSPERITY PARTNERS: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCOLORADO INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENTAL PEDIATRICS INC: $4,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION: $4,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMake Way For Books: $4,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWAYFARING BAND INC: $2,650 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJEFFCO ACTION CENTER INC THE ACTION CENTER: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGOLD CROWN FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJOY International: $2,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNAMI SAN DIEGO: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOUTDOOR LAB FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAKEWOOD CONNECTS INC: $1,850 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN OF THE ROCKIES: $1,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $1,248 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMOVEMBER FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE HOUSE OF COLORADO: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT PAVE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKAPPA KAPPA GAMMA FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCRIPPS HEALTH: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOLDEN SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $258 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPATRICK STRAUT FOUNDATION: $250 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetANGELICA VILLAGE: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTOP SOLDIER SUICIDE INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Foothills Animal Shelter: $25 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.

  • Who funds COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SECOND WIND FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION SDSU RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds JUDI'S HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE JEFFERSON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JEFFCO PROSPERITY PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENTAL PEDIATRICS INC ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Make Way For Books ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds WAYFARING BAND INC ↗
  • Who funds JEFFCO ACTION CENTER INC THE ACTION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds GOLD CROWN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JOY International ↗
  • Who funds NAMI SAN DIEGO ↗
  • Who funds OUTDOOR LAB FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds LAKEWOOD CONNECTS INC ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS ON THE RUN OF THE ROCKIES ↗
  • Who funds WORLD VISION INC ↗
  • Who funds MOVEMBER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗

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.

Colorado Gives Founda…The Denver FoundationRose Community Founda…El Pomar FoundationThe Colorado Health F…The Denver Children's…Schlessman Foundation…Denver Broncos Founda…Daniels FundXcel Energy FoundationMile High United Way …Cranaleith Foundation…
Colorado Gives FoundationCO34.5× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · El Pomar Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · The Denver Children's Foundation · Schlessman Foundation Inc · Denver Broncos Foundation · Daniels Fund · Xcel Energy Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · Cranaleith 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 Jax Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jax Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Epilepsy Foundation of America: 22% of income from government
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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.

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 72 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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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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