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Jcl Foundation Inc

Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$22k
Granted FY2018
20
Grants FY2018
20
Organizations funded FY2018
70%
First-time grantees FY2018
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Median grant, FY2018
$500
Largest grant, FY2018
$7,500
Organizations funded a year
20 to 30
FY2017 to FY2018
States reached, FY2018
2
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2018, 70% of the organizations Jcl Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 72% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY201820$22k70%
FY201730$75kn/a
92% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.

Crime & Legal$20kHuman Services$20kCivil Rights$14kArts & Culture$10kSocial Science$8kEnvironment$5kHealth$4kInternational$3kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2018, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project$11,50011%
Maine Immigrant and Refugee Services$10,00011%
Maine Center for Economic Policy$7,50021%
La Arts$6,00013%
Maine People's Resource Center$3,00010%
Tree Street Youth Inc$2,50020%
Intercultural Community Center$2,20011%
Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc$2,00010%
Fund for Women's Equality Inc$2,00010%
Maine Equal Justice Partners$1,50010%
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All grantees of Jcl Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project$11,50011%
Maine Immigrant and Refugee Services$10,00011%
Maine Center for Economic Policy$7,50021%
La Arts$6,00013%
Maine People's Resource Center$3,00010%
Tree Street Youth Inc$2,50020%
Intercultural Community Center$2,20011%
Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc$2,00010%
Fund for Women's Equality Inc$2,00010%
Maine Equal Justice Partners$1,50010%
Maine Jewish Film Festival$1,50021%
Island Institute$1,25010%
Maine Womens Fund$1,25020%
Foundation for a Strong Maine Economy$1,00010%
Maine Humanities Council$1,00010%
YWCA Central Maine$1,0001n/a
Maine Women's Lobby Education Fund$1,0001n/a
Coalition Against Trafficking In Women$1,00010%
Valentino Achak Deng Foundation$1,00010%
Apne Aap USA Inc$1,0001n/a
Maine Farmland Trust$75020%
Women United Around the World$5591n/a
Growsmart Maine$50010%
Barnard College$50010%
New England Arab American Organization$5001n/a
Sexual Assault Response Services of Southern Maine$50010%
Maine Conservation Alliance$35010%
Natural Resources Council of Maine Inc$35010%
Sea Change Yoga$30010%
Good Shepherd Food Bank$25010%
Center for Wisdoms Women$25010%
Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation$25010%

Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($33k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Jcl Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetImmigrant Legal Advocacy Project: $11,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMaine Immigrant and Refugee Services: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMaine Center for Economic Policy: $7,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetLa Arts: $6,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetMaine People's Resource Center: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTree Street Youth Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetIntercultural Community Center: $2,200 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFund for Women's Equality Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMaine Equal Justice Partners: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMaine Jewish Film Festival: $1,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetIsland Institute: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMaine Womens Fund: $1,250 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFoundation for a Strong Maine Economy: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMaine Humanities Council: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCoalition Against Trafficking In Women: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetValentino Achak Deng Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMaine Farmland Trust: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGrowsmart Maine: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBarnard College: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSexual Assault Response Services of Southern Maine: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMaine Conservation Alliance: $350 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNatural Resources Council of Maine Inc: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSea Change Yoga: $300 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGood Shepherd Food Bank: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Wisdoms Women: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMaine Public Broadcasting Corporation: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 27.

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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.

Maine Community Found…Elmina B Sewall Found…Sam L Cohen FoundationMaine InitiativesincMaine Health Access F…John T Gorman Foundat…Onion FoundationSimmons Foundation - …Good Shepherd Food Ba…Helen and George Ladd…The Hudson FoundationSpectemur Agendo Inc
Maine Community Foundation IncME46.3× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · Elmina B Sewall Foundation · Sam L Cohen Foundation · Maine Initiativesinc · Maine Health Access Foundation Inc · John T Gorman Foundation · Onion Foundation · Simmons Foundation - PerkinsThompson · Good Shepherd Food Bank · Helen and George Ladd Charitable 0720995 Charitable Corporation #0720995 · The Hudson Foundation · Spectemur Agendo 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.

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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.

About Jcl Foundation Inc

How much does Jcl Foundation Inc give?
Jcl Foundation Inc reported 20 grants totaling $21,609 in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 30 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
What does Jcl Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2018, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (21%), Human Services (20%), Civil Rights (14%).
Who are Jcl Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2018: Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project ($12k), Maine Immigrant and Refugee Services ($10k), Maine Center for Economic Policy ($8k).
Does Jcl Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2018, 70% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Jcl Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Jcl Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maine Community Foundation Inc, Elmina B Sewall Foundation, Sam L Cohen Foundation.
Where is Jcl Foundation Inc based?
Jcl Foundation Inc is based in ME.

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 45 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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