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Jerome Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$914k
Granted FY2025still arriving
45
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$1.5MHuman Services$1.1MPhilanthropy$714kEducation$705kReligion$506kHousing & Shelter$440kYouth Development$393kPublic Safety & Disaster$363kOther$0
02FY2025 · 45 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k41 grants · $697k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $200k
$16,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$5.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Frank Jerome Philippines Foundation$200,000
Jerome Peacock-USC Loan$42,000
Salvation Army$30,000
Mayo Clinic-Phoenix Facility$30,000
Individual grant recipient$28,000
Friends of the Childrens Museum La$25,000
Children's Hospital of LA$20,000
Laura's House$20,000
Canine Companions$20,000
Dolores Mission$20,000
LA Food Bank$20,000
Whittier PIH Hospital$20,000
International Sanctuary$20,000
CURE Epilepsy$20,000
John Tracy Clinic$20,000
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 (FY17–25, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 70% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Union Rescue Mission: $17k → 14%Union Rescue Mission: $16k → 14%Union Rescue Mission: $16k → 14%Union Rescue Mission: $16k → 14%Union Rescue Mission: $16k → 14%Union Rescue Mission: $16k → 14%Union Rescue Mission: $16k → 14%Union Rescue Mission: $12k → 14%Union Rescue Mission: $12k → 14%Laura's House: $20k → 10%Laura's House: $20k → 10%Children of the Night: $17k → 14%Laura's House: $20k → 10%Children of the Night: $16k → 14%Laura's House: $20k → 10%Children of the Night: $16k → 14%Laura's House: $20k → 10%Children of the Night: $16k → 14%Laura's House: $17k → 10%Children of the Night: $16k → 14%Laura's House: $16k → 10%Children of the Night: $16k → 14%Children of the Night: $16k → 14%Laura's House: $12k → 10%Children of the Night: $12k → 14%Children of the Night: $12k → 14%Laura's House: $12k → 10%International Sanctuary: $20k → 10%International Sanctuary: $20k → 10%International Sanctuary: $20k → 10%International Sanctuary: $20k → 10%International Sanctuary: $20k → 10%International Sanctuary: $20k → 10%International Sanctuary: $17k → 10%John Tracy Clinic: $34k → 14%John Tracy Clinic: $30k → 14%John Tracy Clinic: $30k → 14%John Tracy Clinic: $30k → 14%John Tracy Clinic: $24k → 14%John Tracy Clinic: $24k → 14%John Tracy Clinic: $20k → 14%John Tracy Clinic: $20k → 14%John Tracy Clinic: $20k → 14%American Red Cross: $42k → 14%American Red Cross: $30k → 14%American Red Cross: $30k → 14%American Red Cross: $25k → 14%American Red Cross: $21k → 14%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
MN
IL
NY
NV
IN
CA
NE
NM
TN
GA
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.8M · 59 repeat orgs$115k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against -89% for those funded once.

59 repeat relationships: 41 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

59
8

Total granted

$6.8M
$60k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
-89%

Still filing today

31%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationInternationalArts & CultureOther
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

  • CU
    Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy
    9× · 2017–2025 · $232k · revenue +21%
  • JT
    JOHN TRACY CLINIC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $232k · revenue +138%
  • CH
    Children's Hospital Los Angeles
    9× · 2017–2025 · $161k · revenue +78%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $17k
  • ML
    MATT LEINART FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $12k · revenue -89%
  • LA
    Learning Ally
    one grant, 2017 · $6k
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
Pih Health Whittier Hospital

Mission: we provide high quality healthcare without discrimination, and contribute to the health and well-being of our communities in an ethical, safe, and fiscally prudent manner in recognition of our charitable purpose.

Health
2
Pasadena Hospital Association Ltd

Huntington Health stands for community. We stand for compassion. But more than anything, Huntington stands for health. Providing world-class health care is our specialty, and it's what we've been doing for the San Gabriel Valley since…

Health
3
University of California Irvine Foundation

The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…

Education
4
Barlow Respiratory Hospital

A not-for-profit, long-term acute care specialty healthcare organization is to improve the quality of life for patients with respiratory and other diseases that may require prolonged acute hospitalization of specialized treatment.

Health
5
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
6
Children's Hospital Los Angeles Medical Group

To be the preeminent pediatric, multispecialty medical group in the nation, dedicated to providing the highest quality medical care to infants, children and adolescents; and supporting the finest teaching and research endeavors of our…

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7
Ucsf Health Community Hospitals Fka Saint Francis Memorial Hospital

Ucsf health community hospital's mission statement is caring, healing, teaching, and discovering.

Health
8
City of Hope

City of Hope's mission is to make hope a reality for all touched by cancer and diabetes. PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE O FOR A CONTINUATION OF OUR MISSION

Health
9
Loma Linda University Children's Hospital Foundation

Our children's hospital foundation is dedicated to supporting loma linda university children's hospital's mission to bring whole-child healthcare to the region and beyond.

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10
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
11
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
12
Usc Arcadia Hospital Foundation

Mission statement the mission of usc arcadia hospital foundation educates and inspires the community to generously support quality medical care at usc arcadia hospital.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Canine Companions for Independence Inc; the most unlike its peers is Matt Leinart 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

22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 71 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
14/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Frank Jerome Philippines Foundation: $672,815 · OtherFrank Jerome Philippines FoundationJerome Peacock-USC Loan: $354,000 · OtherJerome Peacock-USC LoanMayo Clinic-Phoenix Facility: $250,800 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $234,000 · OtherVariety BoysGirls Club: $228,300 · OtherDOLORES MISSION: $222,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY: $220,000 · OtherCA Highway Patrol 11-99 Fnd: $215,400 · Other+43 more: $2,715,600 · Other+43 moreJOHN TRACY CLINIC: $231,600 · Human ServicesJOHN TRACY CLINICINTERNATIONAL SANCTUARY: $160,800 · Human ServicesINTERNATIONAL SANC…LAURA'S HOUSE: $156,800 · Human ServicesLAURA'S HOUSEAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $148,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National …Children of the Night: $136,800 · Human ServicesChildren of the Ni…UNION RESCUE MISSION: $136,800 · Human ServicesUNION RESCUE MISSI…CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $105,000 · Human ServicesCANINE COMPANIONS …+3 more: $80,000 · Human Services+3 moreCitizens United for Research in Epilepsy: $231,600 · HealthChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $160,800 · HealthHOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Health+1 more: $7,500 · HealthUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $164,000 · EducationWhittier College: $134,800 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Education+1 more: $10,000 · EducationDIRECT RELIEF: $60,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE CHILDRENS MUSEUM: $25,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$5,112,915Human Services$1,155,800Health$419,900Education$338,800International$60,000Arts & Culture$25,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCitizens United for Research in Epilepsy: $231,600 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetJOHN TRACY CLINIC: $231,600 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $164,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL SANCTUARY: $160,800 over 9y, 2.5% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $160,800 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetLAURA'S HOUSE: $156,800 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $148,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetChildren of the Night: $136,800 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetUNION RESCUE MISSION: $136,800 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWhittier College: $134,800 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $105,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPIH Health Foundation: $86,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $60,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDRENS MUSEUM: $25,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetAGINGNEXT INC: $20,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetHOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMATT LEINART FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $10,000 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 Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy ↗
  • Who funds JOHN TRACY CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL SANCTUARY ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Los Angeles ↗
  • Who funds LAURA'S HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds Children of the Night ↗
  • Who funds UNION RESCUE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds Whittier College ↗
  • Who funds CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds PIH Health Foundation ↗
  • Who funds DIRECT RELIEF ↗

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.

The Ahmanson Foundati…California Community …The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Ahmanson FoundationCA13.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ahmanson Foundation · California Community Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jerome Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 Jerome Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Jerome 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 71 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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