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Jean Jack and Mildred Lemons Charitable Trust

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.

$385k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
45
Grants FY2025
41
Organizations funded FY2024
7%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$40,000
Organizations funded a year
31 to 45
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
3
Total assets, FY2025
$7.7M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 7% of the organizations Jean Jack and Mildred Lemons Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementCrime & LegalEnvironmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving45$385k24%
FY202441$555k7%
FY202338$560k24%
FY202236$475k11%
FY202131$412k13%
FY202038$342k18%
FY201942$374k29%
FY201845$384k24%
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$975kHealth$920kHuman Services$600kArts & Culture$292kCommunity Improvement$248kYouth Development$210kMembership Benefit$120kPublic Safety & Disaster$101kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
WI
NV
CO
MO
KY
WV
DC
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 56 grantees
All grantees of Jean Jack and Mildred Lemons Charitable Trust by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Carterville Cemetery Association Inc$120,000772%
Mercy Health Foundation Joplin$117,500714%
Joplin Historical & Mineral Museum Inc$113,00095%
Missouri Southern Foundation$112,00080%
Children's Haven of Southwest Misso$110,70672%
Joplin Family Y$110,00081%
Creative Learning Alliance Inc$103,999427%
The Children's Mercy Hospital$90,00060%
Freeman Health System$89,00080%
Connect2Culture$81,87591%
Joplin Schools$77,0408n/a
Family Self Help Center Inc$72,12571%
Jasper County Casa$72,00062%
Crowder College Foundation Inc$66,00032%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$63,50070%
Regional Health and Welfare$60,400936%
New Heights Christian Academy$59,90080%
American Cancer Society Inc$56,50030%
College of the Ozarks$55,80030%
Joplin Association for the Blind$54,000996%
Lifechoices$50,00071%
Joplin Regional Medical School Alliance$45,00022%
Salvation Army$39,0003n/a
Pro Musica$37,50084%
George a Spiva Center for the Arts$32,00071%
Watered Gardens Rescue Mission$31,45071%
Mercy Health Foundation$30,000232%
Bright Futures$30,00021%
Wildcat Glades Nature Group$29,30066%
Habitat for Humanity Inc$25,0003n/a
Barnabas Foundation Inc$23,00050%
Carl Junction Educational Foundatio$22,29039%
Ozark Christian College$22,0004n/a
Boys & Girls Clubs of America$20,0001n/a
Area Agency on Aging Region X$18,35950%
Joplin Area Habitat for Humanity I$16,00040%
Cerebral Palsy of Tri County$15,00021%
Southwest Missouri Community Allian$15,00011%
Bright Futures Joplin$12,50015%
Main Street Joplin$12,5001n/a
Building Bridges Inc$10,0002n/a
Crosslines Churches of the Joplin Area$10,00011%
Higher Power Garage$10,00021%
Ascent Recovery Residences Inc$8,00021%
Youth Volunteer Corps$7,50021%
Joplin Library Foundation$6,0002n/a
Joplin Workshop Inc$5,00010%
Ozark Gateway Audubon Society Inc$5,0001n/a
Joplin Transitional Housing Inc$4,50015%
Ozark Trails Council Boy Scouts of America #306$4,25020%
Pressing Toward the Goal Ministries$4,0001n/a
Home Medical Equipment Services$3,50024%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Green County Inc$3,00012%
Missouri State University Foundation$3,00010%
Aspire of Southwest Missouri$2,50015%
Aspire Foundation$1,2501n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 46 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.6M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Jean Jack and Mildred Lemons Charitable Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 45 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCarterville Cemetery Association Inc: $120,000 over 7y, 72% of budgetMercy Health Foundation Joplin: $117,500 over 7y, 14% of budgetJoplin Historical & Mineral Museum Inc: $113,000 over 9y, 4.7% of budgetMissouri Southern Foundation: $112,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetChildren's Haven of Southwest Misso: $110,706 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetJoplin Family Y: $110,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetCreative Learning Alliance Inc: $103,999 over 4y, 27% of budgetThe Children's Mercy Hospital: $90,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFreeman Health System: $89,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetConnect2Culture: $81,875 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetFamily Self Help Center Inc: $72,125 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetJasper County Casa: $72,000 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetCrowder College Foundation Inc: $66,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $63,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetRegional Health and Welfare: $60,400 over 9y, 36% of budgetNew Heights Christian Academy: $59,900 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $56,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCollege of the Ozarks: $55,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJoplin Association for the Blind: $54,000 over 9y, 96% of budgetLifechoices: $50,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetJoplin Regional Medical School Alliance: $45,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetPro Musica: $37,500 over 8y, 4.1% of budgetGeorge a Spiva Center for the Arts: $32,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetWatered Gardens Rescue Mission: $31,450 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetMercy Health Foundation: $30,000 over 2y, 32% of budgetBright Futures: $30,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetWildcat Glades Nature Group: $29,300 over 6y, 5.9% of budgetBarnabas Foundation Inc: $23,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCarl Junction Educational Foundatio: $22,290 over 3y, 9.2% of budgetArea Agency on Aging Region X: $18,359 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJoplin Area Habitat for Humanity I: $16,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCerebral Palsy of Tri County: $15,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetSouthwest Missouri Community Allian: $15,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetBright Futures Joplin: $12,500 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetCrosslines Churches of the Joplin Area: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHigher Power Garage: $10,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetAscent Recovery Residences Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetYouth Volunteer Corps: $7,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetJoplin Workshop Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJoplin Transitional Housing Inc: $4,500 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetOzark Trails Council Boy Scouts of America #306: $4,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHome Medical Equipment Services: $3,500 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Green County Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetMissouri State University Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAspire of Southwest Missouri: $2,500 over 1y, 4.7% 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 45.

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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.

W R Corley Memorial Trust CO SMB Trust ServicesMO60× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: W R Corley Memorial Trust CO SMB Trust Services · Community Foundation of the Ozarks Inc · Fredrick G and Rebekah B Hughes Charitable · Freeman R Johnson Trust · Arvest Foundation · Cragin Joy Spiva Charitable Trust · Cloyd a Carlin Charitable Trust · The Bramlage and Willcoxon Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Mercy Health Southwest Missourikansas Communities · The Farber 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.

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About Jean Jack and Mildred Lemons Charitable Trust

How much does Jean Jack and Mildred Lemons Charitable Trust give?
Jean Jack and Mildred Lemons Charitable Trust reported 45 grants totaling $385,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 31 and 45 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Jean Jack and Mildred Lemons Charitable Trust fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (25%), Health (24%), Human Services (15%).
Who are Jean Jack and Mildred Lemons Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Carterville Cemetery Association Inc ($120k), Mercy Health Foundation Joplin ($118k), Joplin Historical & Mineral Museum Inc ($113k).
Does Jean Jack and Mildred Lemons Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Jean Jack and Mildred Lemons Charitable Trust 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 Jean Jack and Mildred Lemons Charitable Trust?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include W R Corley Memorial Trust CO SMB Trust Services, Community Foundation of the Ozarks Inc, Fredrick G and Rebekah B Hughes Charitable.
Where is Jean Jack and Mildred Lemons Charitable Trust based?
Jean Jack and Mildred Lemons Charitable Trust is based in WI.

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 102 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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