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Jerome A Fink Foundation at a glance

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Jerome A Fink Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$118k
Granted FY2022
14
Grants FY2022
3
States reached
$33k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2022.

Education$213kFood & Nutrition$67kHealth$61kHuman Services$22kCommunity Improvement$15kMembership Benefit$13kPhilanthropy$12kArts & Culture$10kOther$0
02FY2022 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k10 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $93k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$3.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION$33,333
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF ORANGE COUNTY INC$30,000
CHOC CHILDREN'S$20,000
COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF ORANGE COUNTY$10,000
ORANGE COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART$5,000
VISTAS FOR CHILDREN INC$5,000
THE TEEN PROJECT INC$5,000
DELTA UPSILON OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION$2,500
SEAL FUTURE FOUNDATION INC$2,000
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF ORANGE COUNTY INC$1,966
FOND BLANC FOUNDATION$1,500
ORANGE COUNTY LOBOS FUTBOL CLUB & ACADAMY$1,000
THE PRIORITY CENTER ENDING THE GENERATIONAL CYCLE$500
NEWPORT HARBOR HIGH SCHOOL BOYS LACROSSE BOOSTER C$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 (FY20–22, $21k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 5% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%COVENANT HOUSE FLORIDA INC: $1k → 13%THE TEEN PROJECT INC: $10k → 10%THE TEEN PROJECT INC: $5k → 10%ILLUMINATION FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$339k · 6 repeat orgs$89k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +20% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2022, 0 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
14

Total granted

$339k
$68k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+17%

Still filing today

100%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationHealthCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION
    3× · 2020–2022 · $183k · revenue +29%
  • SH
    SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF ORANGE COUNTY INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $67k · revenue +3%
  • CF
    CHOC FOUNDATION
    3× · 2020–2022 · $55k · revenue +20%

Funded once

  • AP
    ALPHA PHI FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +78%
  • MD
    MATER DEI HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • WR
    WISCONSIN REAL ESTATE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -8%
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
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Promotion and advancement of children's health through patient care, research, and education.

Health
2
Children's Healthcare of California

The primary exempt purpose of children's healthcare of california includes without limitation the receipt of distributions and grants for the making of distributions and grants to children's hospital of orange county (choc) and to…

Health
3
Children's Hospital of Orange County

To nurture, advance and protect the health and well-being of children.

Health
4
South Central Family Health Center

To improve the quality of life for the diverse communities we serve providing affordable and comprehensive healthcare and education in a welcoming multi-cultural environment.

Health
5
The California Channel

To distribute public affairs and other educational information in order to create an electronic bridge between californians and their public officials, and, in the process educate a new generation of voting citizens and civic leaders who…

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6
Habitat for Humanity of Orange County Inc

Habitat for humanity's mission is to give witness to the christian gospel by working with god's people to build decent habitats for those who are inadequately sheltered in orange county.

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7
Altamed Health Services Corporation

To eliminate disparities in health care access and outcomes by providing superior quality health and human services through an integrated world-class delivery system for latino, multi-ethnic underserved communities in southern california.

Health
8
Orange County School of the Arts

We provide an unparalleled arts and acdademic education in a creative, challenging and nurturing environment to a diverse student body passionate about the arts, preparing them to reach their highest potential.

Education
9
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
10
California Court Appointed Special Advocate Association

California casa was founded in 1987. its mission is to ensure that children and youth in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems have both a voice and the services they need to thrive. we achieve this by strengthening and empowering…

Civil Rights
11
Pomona Community Health Center

Pomona community health center's mission is to be the medical home for the underserved in our community by providing high quality preventive and primary care health services.

Health
12
For the Children

To transform lives and communities by providing an array of programs, all directed toward changing the lives of children in the foster care system aimed to prevent academic failure, drug abuse, teen pregnancy, sex trafficking,…

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Choc Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Orange County Lobos Fc & Academy. 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

24 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. 24 of the 28 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/24
Grantees still filing
14/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $183,116 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATIONUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $10,000 · EducationALPHA PHI FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EducationSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF ORANGE COUNTY INC: $66,966 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST FO…CHOC FOUNDATION: $55,000 · HealthCHOC FOUNDATIONVISTAS FOR CHILDREN INC: $6,000 · HealthVISTAS FOR CHIL…DELTA UPSILON OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $12,500 · OtherDELTA UPSILON O…MATER DEI HIGH SCHOOL: $10,000 · OtherMATER DEI HIGH …CHRYSALIS CENTER: $5,000 · OtherCHRYSALIS CENTE…RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $5,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD…MATER DEI HIGH SCHOOL ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF ORANGE: $5,000 · OtherMATER DEI HIGH …THE PEGASUS SCHOOL: $5,000 · OtherTHE PEGASUS SCH…ORANGE COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART: $5,000 · OtherORANGE COUNTY M…ORANGE COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART FDN 37-XXX-XX-XXXX: $2,500 · OtherPRETEND CITY THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF ORANGE COUNTY: $2,500 · OtherSEAL FUTURE FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · Other+6 more: $5,500 · Other+6 moreThe Teen Project Inc: $15,000 · Human ServicesIllumination Health Home formerly The Illumination Foundation: $5,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE FLORIDA INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesWISCONSIN REAL ESTATE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · Community ImprovementProject Access Inc: $5,000 · Community ImprovementCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE OF ORANGE COUNTY: $10,000 · Civil Rights
Education$203,116Food & Nutrition$66,966Health$61,000Other$60,000Human Services$21,000Community Improvement$15,000Civil Rights$10,000

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $183,116 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF ORANGE COUNTY INC: $66,966 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHOC FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Teen Project Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDELTA UPSILON OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 2y, 19% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALPHA PHI FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE OF ORANGE COUNTY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWISCONSIN REAL ESTATE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetVISTAS FOR CHILDREN INC: $6,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetORANGE COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHRYSALIS CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PEGASUS SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIllumination Health Home formerly The Illumination Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProject Access Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetORANGE COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART FDN 37-XXX-XX-XXXX: $2,500 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetPRETEND CITY THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF ORANGE COUNTY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSEAL FUTURE FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOND BLANC FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetOrange County Lobos FC & Academy: $1,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE FLORIDA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PRIORITY CENTER ENDING THE GENERATIONAL CYCLE: $500 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.

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.

Orange County Communi…The Devto Support Fou…The US Charitable Gif…Affordable Housing Ac…Argyros Family Founda…Farmers & Merchants B…Samueli FoundationEdwards Lifesciences …California Community …The Goldman Sachs Cha…American Endowment Fo…The Ayco Charitable F…
Orange County Community FoundationCA22.5× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · The Devto Support Foundation · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Affordable Housing Access Inc · Argyros Family Foundation · Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation · Samueli Foundation · Edwards Lifesciences Foundation · California Community Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · American Endowment Foundation · The Ayco Charitable 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Jerome A Fink Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jerome A Fink Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Covenant House Florida Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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 28 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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