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Jes Avanti Foundation Inc at a glance

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Jes Avanti Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$911
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Animals$34kEnvironment$33kHuman Services$25kEducation$6kHealth$3kReligion$1kArts & Culture$550International$525
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$300
Median grant
7
States reached
$18M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TROPICAL AUDUBON SOCIETY$911
EAGLES AUTISM CHALLENGE$432
A FAMILY IN NEED$357
CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY$300
FRIENDS OF MAXWELL HALL$50
ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION$50
DACHSHUND ENLIGHTENMENT FOUNDATION$30
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 41% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE: $250 → 8%ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $50 → 13%MODS FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%FRIENDS OF SAX-ZIM BOG: $10k → 15%LIFETIME WELLS INTERNATIONAL: $525 → 10%PROJECT SNOWSTORM: $3k → 12%EAGLES AUTISM CHALLENGE: $432 → 22%ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE: $500 → 9%PANTHERA CORPORATION: $500 → 17%CHILDRENS NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER: $955 → 14%SAVE THE MANATEE: $250 → 13%TROPICAL AUDUBON SOCIETY: $1k → 15%SOUTHEAST REGIONAL SEA TURTLE NETWORK INC: $540 → 13%A FAMILY IN NEED: $357 → 12%JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE: $3k → 6%DACHSHUND ENLIGHTENMENT FOUNDATION: $30 → 11%YELLOWSTONE FOREVER: $12k → 11%CARETTA NATURE TOURS: $9k → 5%MIDATLANTIC GERMAN SHEPHERD RESCUE: $100 → 6%FISHING FOR MD FOUNDATION: $100 → 6%NATURE CONSERVANCY: $50 → 8%FRIENDS OF MAXWELL HALL: $50 → 8%MOTHER CATHERINE SCHOOL: $40 → 8%CHURCH OF CHRIST: $1k → 19%CHILDRENS NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER: $906 → 14%TROPICAL AUDUBON SOCIETY: $911 → 15%JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE: $1k → 6%SOUTHERN MARYLAND AUDUBON SOCIETY: $2k → 8%THE FRIENDS OF THE ST CLEMENT'S ISLAND AND PINEY POINT MUSEUMS: $500 → 8%BOOKS FOR A BETTER TOMORROW: $4k → 19%CHILDRENS NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER: $247 → 14%JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE: $605 → 6%SOUTHERN MARYLAND AUDUBON SOCIETY: $2k → 8%SOUTHERN MARYLAND VACATIONS FOR VETS: $11k → 8%BOOKS FOR A BETTER TOMORROW: $1k → 19%FAUNA & FLORA USA: $500 → 14%SOUTHERN MARYLAND AUDUBON SOCIETY: $2k → 8%SOUTHERN MARYLAND VACATIONS FOR VETS: $10k → 8%OCEANA INC: $500 → 14%HUMANE SOCIETY OF CHARLES COUNTY MD: $13k → 8%SOUTHERN MARYLAND VACATIONS FOR VETS: $3k → 8%FAUNA & FLORA USA: $150 → 14%HUMANE SOCIETY OF CHARLES COUNTY MD: $271 → 8%SOUTHERN MARYLAND VACATIONS FOR VETS: $615 → 8%DC ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL: $20 → 14%THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF CHARLES COUNTY: $200 → 8%SOUTHERN MARYLAND VACATIONS FOR VETS: $500 → 8%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

MN
NY
MA
WY
PA
NJ
CA
NE
VA
MD
AZ
NC
DC
GA
FL
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.

57%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$59k · 9 repeat orgs$44k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
21

Total granted

$59k
$43k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+21%

Still filing today

44%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $919 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsEnvironmentHealthEducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther
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

  • JG
    JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION
    3× · 2020–2023 · $5k · revenue +59%
  • CN
    CHILDREN'S NATIONAL
    3× · 2017–2020 · $2k · revenue +21%
  • CF
    CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $500 · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • YF
    YELLOWSTONE FOREVERgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $12k · revenue +164%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF SAX-ZIM BOGgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +671%
  • CN
    CARETTA NATURE TOURS
    one grant, 2017 · $9k
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
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
2
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
3
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
4
National Audubon Society Inc

We work towards a future where birds thrive across the americas because audubon is a powerful, diverse, and ever-growing force for conservation. (continued on schedule o).

Environment
5
The Wildlife Society

The wildlife society's mission is to inspire, empower, and enable wildlife professionals to sustain wildlife populations and habitats through science-based management and conservation.

Animals
6
Wildlife Conservation Society

The wildlife conservation society (wcs) saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.

Animals
7
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
8
Ocean Conservancy

Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.

Environment
9
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
10
Fauna & Flora International Usa Inc

Our mission is to act to conserve threatened species and ecosystems worldwide, choosing solutions that are sustainable, based on sound science and take into account human needs.

Philanthropy
11
African Wildlife Foundation Inc

Awf's mission is to ensure wildlife and wild lands thrive in modern africa. we work to equip african governments, institutions, business, and communities with the tools, insights, and support they need to define, own, and realize a…

Animals
12
For the Fishes

To address, educate, coordinate, and enhance enforcement capacity to end teh trade in coral reef wildlife for household and other small display aquariums. our supply and demand side strategies are directed locally and globally to…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Save the Manatee Club Inc; the most unlike its peers is Mid-Atlantic German Shepherd Rescue Inc. 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

20 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. 20 of the 36 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
14/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SOUTHERN MARYLAND VACATIONS FOR VETS: $24,455 · OtherSOUTHERN MARYLAND VACATIONS FOR VETSHUMANE SOCIETY OF CHARLES COUNTY MD: $13,381 · OtherHUMANE SOCIETY OF CHARLES COUNTY MDCARETTA NATURE TOURS: $9,427 · OtherCARETTA NATURE TOURSSOUTHERN MARYLAND AUDUBON SOCIETY: $5,701 · OtherSOUTHERN MARYLAND AUDUBON SOCIETYBOOKS FOR A BETTER TOMORROW: $5,162 · OtherBOOKS FOR A BETTER TOMORROWMODS FOUNDATION: $3,010 · OtherPROJECT SNOWSTORM: $3,000 · Other+10 more: $2,768 · OtherYELLOWSTONE FOREVER: $12,000 · EnvironmentYELLOWSTONE FORE…TROPICAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $1,944 · EnvironmentTROPICAL AUDUBON…Southeast Regional Sea Turtle Network Inc: $540 · Environment+2 more: $550 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF SAX-ZIM BOG: $10,000 · EducationFRIENDS OF …WILKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $400 · EducationJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: $4,806 · AnimalsCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC: $500 · AnimalsPANTHERA CORPORATION: $500 · AnimalsINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $250 · AnimalsSAVE THE MANATEE CLUB INC: $250 · Animals+2 more: $300 · AnimalsCHILDREN'S NATIONAL: $2,108 · HealthEAGLES AUTISM CHALLENGE INC: $432 · HealthFISHING FOR MD FOUNDATION INC: $100 · HealthLIFETIME WELLS INTERNATIONAL: $525 · PhilanthropyFRIENDS OF THE ST CLEMENT'S ISLAND PINEY POINT MUSEUMS INC: $500 · Arts & Culture
Other$66,904Environment$15,034Education$10,400Animals$6,606Health$2,640Philanthropy$525Arts & Culture$500

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 budgetYELLOWSTONE FOREVER: $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF SAX-ZIM BOG: $10,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: $4,806 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S NATIONAL: $2,108 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTROPICAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $1,944 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLIFETIME WELLS INTERNATIONAL: $525 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ST CLEMENT'S ISLAND PINEY POINT MUSEUMS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetOCEANA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC: $500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEAGLES AUTISM CHALLENGE INC: $432 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAVE THE MANATEE CLUB INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane Society of Charles County: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMID-ATLANTIC GERMAN SHEPHERD RESCUE INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFISHING FOR MD FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $50 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.

Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO3.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: 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 Jes Avanti Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jes Avanti Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    5get 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.

    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 36 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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