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Jenjo Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Jenjo Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$95k
Granted FY2019
6
Grants FY2019
5
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

100% of Jenjo Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Boston Foundation Inc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2019, the last year Jenjo Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $95k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

5
’17
4
’18
5
’19
0
’20
0
’21
0
’22
0
’23
0
’24
0
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

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 2025.

Philanthropy$575kEducation$40kEnvironment$35kCrime & Legal$30kArts & Culture$20kHealth$19kYouth Development$15kHuman Services$10k
02FY2019 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $90k
$20,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KIND$30,000
NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL$20,000
ALL OUR KIDS FOUNDATION INC$20,000
NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE$10,000
COLLEGE FOR SOCIAL INNOVATIONS$10,000
FRIENDS OF THE NYC NURSE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP$5,000
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 (FY17–17, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 28%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%BRONXWORKS: $10k → 28%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.

33%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$80k · 3 repeat orgs$159k to everyone else

3 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2019, 0 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call). Read against FY2019, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
7

Total granted

$80k
$104k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+128%

Still filing today

67%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’21
EducationYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesPhilanthropyEnvironmentEmploymentOther
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

  • NO
    NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL
    2× · 2018–2019 · $35k · revenue +3%
  • AO
    ALL OUR KIDS FOUNDATION
    2× · 2018–2019 · $25k
  • COLLEGE FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $20k · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • TD
    TPI DONOR ADVISED FUND
    one grant, 2017 · $45k
  • FC
    FENWAY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC
    one grant, 2018 · $14k · revenue +7%
  • UI
    UTEC Incgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +162%
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
Jobsfirstnyc

Jobsfirstnyc's mission is to create and advance solutions that break down barriers and transform the systems supporting young adults and their communities in the pursuit of economic opportunities.

Youth Development
2
Futures Ignite Inc

We amplify youth and community power by inspiring, guiding, and advocating for youth to determine their college, career, and leadership futures.

Human Services
3
New York Hall of Science

Nysci's mission is to nurture generations of passionate learners, critical thinkers, and active citizens through design make play - an approach to learning and engagement that is deeply rooted in research on stem learning and guides the…

Arts & Culture
4
Ingenuity Prep

Ingenuity prep public charter school was formed to prepare students to succeed in college and beyond as impactful civiic leaders.

Education
5
The New York Opportunity Network Inc Dba the Opportunity Network

The opportunity network ignites the drive, curiosity, and agency of underrepresented students on their paths to and through college and into thriving careers, powered by our commitment to access and community.

Education
6
New York City Outward Bound Center Inc Dba Nyc Outward Bound Schools

During fiscal years 2025 and 2024, nyc outward bound schools served 22,557 students and 2,190 educators through our core program areas: network schools, crew and select strategies for schools, and adventure & team building programs. (see…

Environment
7
The Partnership for After School Education Inc

The partnership for after school education is a child-focused organization that promotes and supports quality after school programs, particularly those serving young people from underserved communities. the partnership for after school…

Education
8
Bigs & Littles Nyc Mentoring Inc

Bigs & littles nyc mentoring is a nonprofit community-based organization which transforms the lives of vulnerable nyc children and strengthens families through professionally guided one-to-one mentoring, life skills programming, and…

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9
Workforce Professionals Training Institute

Wpti's mission is to build the capacities of people, programs, and organizations that provide job training, placement, and career guidance for individuals and to advocate for policies that promote economic opportunities for all.

Employment
10
National Institute for Excellence in Teaching

Building educator excellence to give all students the opportunity for success.

Education
11
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
12
Big Thought

The mission of Big Thought is to make imagination a part of everyday learning. We bring relentless optimism, innovation, and imagination to the biggest problem facing education today: the opportunity gap.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Student Leadership Network Inc; the most unlike its peers is National Dance Institute. 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

11 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. 11 of the 15 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
11/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Boston Foundation Inc: $505,000 · PhilanthropyBoston Foundation Inc+1 more: $5,000 · PhilanthropyTPI DONOR ADVISED FUND: $45,000 · OtherTPI DONOR ADVISED…ALL OUR KIDS FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherALL OUR KIDS FOUN…AOK ARTS: $10,000 · OtherAOK ARTSFRIENDS OF THE NYC NURSE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP: $5,000 · OtherNATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE: $10,000 · OtherNATIONAL DANCE IN…UTEC Inc: $10,000 · OtherUTEC IncBRONXWORKS INC: $10,000 · OtherBRONXWORKS INCNATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL: $35,000 · EnvironmentKIND INC: $30,000 · Crime & LegalCOLLEGE FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION INC: $20,000 · EmploymentMASA-MEXED INC: $10,000 · EducationGIRLS WRITE NOW INC: $10,000 · EducationFENWAY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC: $14,000 · Health
Philanthropy$510,000Other$115,000Environment$35,000Crime & Legal$30,000Employment$20,000Education$20,000Health$14,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBoston Foundation Inc: $505,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKIND INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOLLEGE FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetFENWAY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC: $14,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUTEC Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBRONXWORKS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMASA-MEXED INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetGIRLS WRITE NOW INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

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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 Jenjo Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jenjo 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Utec Inc: 46% of income from government
  • College for Social Innovation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Fenway Community Health Center Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Boston Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report 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 Jenjo Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Jenjo 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 15 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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