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Jett Travolta Foundation Inc

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$6k
Granted FY2023
2
Grants FY2023
2
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Education$47kHealth$38kInternational$23kArts & Culture$13kRecreation & Sports$12kHuman Services$5kReligion$5kCivil Rights$3kOther$0
02FY2023 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$38k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Church of Scientology Int'l$5,000
Peacock Performing Arts Center$1,280
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 (FY17–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 63% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Celebrity Fight Night: $2k → 11%Institute for the Achievement of Human Potential: $10k → 7%Paw Works Inc: $2k → 10%Rape Foundation: $500 → 14%NY Says Thank You Foundation: $3k → 17%Special Olympics Florida: $1k → 10%Future of Haiti Org: $3k → 12%Church of Scientology Int'l: $5k → 13%New Horizon Academy for Exceptional Students Inc: $5k → 16%APPLIED SCHOLASTICSINTERNATIONAL: $12k → 11%Peacock Center Performing Arts: $1k → 14%Shockers Youth Sports Development: $5k → 15%Columbus Children's Theatre: $1k → 15%Easter Seals: $3k → 14%Sky Kids Inc: $1k → 6%MEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA: $500 → 7%Lifeflight Foundation: $5k → 11%Islesboro Community Center: $500 → 13%Rape Foundation: $500 → 14%New Horizon Academy for Exceptional Students Inc: $5k → 16%APPLIED SCHOLASTICSINTERNATIONAL: $6k → 11%Peacock Performing Arts Center: $1k → 14%Shockers Youth Sports Development dba Northwest Indiana Shockers: $3k → 15%Feeding America: $500 → 14%LifeFlight Foundation: $5k → 11%Peacock Center Performing Arts: $1k → 14%Lifeflight Foundation: $5k → 11%Streets are for everyone: $500 → 14%Lillith Lidseen Performing Arts Assoc Inc: $685 → 14%Lifeflight Foundation: $3k → 11%UCLA Unicamp: $1k → 14%New Horizon Acadamy for Exceptional Students: $5k → 16%Lillith Lidseen Performing Arts Assoc Inc: $645 → 14%Lifeflight Foundation: $3k → 11%Academy Foundation: $1k → 14%New Horizon Acadamy: $3k → 16%Dream A World Education: $1k → 14%Never Say Never Foundation: $1k → 16%Cedar Sinai Medical Center: $500 → 14%Bryan's All Stars: $1k → 16%Citizens Commission Human Rights: $8k → 14%Celebrity Centre International: $5k → 14%COS Celebrity Centre: $5k → 14%Hollywood Education and Literacy Project: $5k → 14%Celebrity Centre International: $5k → 14%Hollywood Education & Literary Project: $3k → 14%Citizen's Commission on Human Rights: $3k → 14%Citizens Commission Human Rights: $3k → 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

ME
VT
IL
NY
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CA
VA
MD
AZ
NC
MS
TX
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.
$89k · 10 repeat orgs$67k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2023, 10 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
34

Total granted

$89k
$61k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+10%
+31%

Still filing today

60%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHealthRecreation & SportsArts & CultureFood & NutritionInternationalOther
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

  • NH
    NEW HORIZON ACADEMY FOR EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS INC
    3× · 2018–2021 · $15k · revenue +10%
  • CC
    CITIZENS COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
    3× · 2017–2019 · $13k · revenue +7%
  • HE
    Hollywood Education & Literacy Project
    2× · 2017–2018 · $8k · revenue +56%

Funded once

  • TI
    THE INSTITUTES FOR THE ACHIEVEMENT OF HUMAN POTENTIAL
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue -58%
  • SY
    SHOCKERS YOUTH SPORTS DEVELOPMENT INC
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue -79%
  • THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +56%
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
Abilitypath

Empower people with special needs to achieve their full potential through innovative, inclusive programs and community partnerships.

Employment
2
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
3
Easter Seals Florida Inc

See schedule o for a complete description of the organization's mission

Health
4
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

—
5
United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee

Empowering the competitive excellence and well-being of team usa athletes, championing the power of sport, and inspiring the nation.

Recreation & Sports
6
Abilitypath Housing

Abilitypath housing advances affordable, accessible housing projects that promote independence and inclusive communities for adults with developmental disabilities. through partnerships and innovative program designs, abilitypath housing…

Human Services
7
Atlantic University Inc

Provide post-secondary education of excellence.

Education
8
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc

Embry-riddle is the world leader in aviation and aerospace higher education. its mission is to teach the science, practice and business of aviation and aerospace, preparing students for productive careers and leadership roles in business,…

Education
9
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

—
10
Institute for Protein Innovation Inc

The institute for protein innovation is advancing protein science to accelerate research and improve human health.

Health
11
Seattle Biomedical Research Institute

We conduct fundamental infectious disease research to generate critical new knowledge about pathogens and their interactions with see schedule o for continuationhumans to enable the discovery and development of novel interventions,…

—
12
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Meals On Wheels America; the most unlike its peers is Streets Are for Everyone. 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

28 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. 28 of the 46 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
17/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

APPLIED SCHOLASTICSINTERNATIONAL: $17,625 · OtherAPPLIED SCHOLASTICSINTERNATIONALCelebrity Centre International: $10,000 · OtherCelebrity Centre InternationalAustin Health: $5,000 · OtherAustin HealthChurch of Scientology Int'l: $5,000 · OtherChurch of Scientology Int'lCOS Celebrity Centre: $5,000 · OtherCOS Celebrity CentreFuture of Haiti Org: $2,500 · OtherNY Says Thank You Foundation: $2,500 · OtherEASTER SEALS INC: $2,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $2,500 · OtherShockers Youth Sports Development dba Northwest Indiana Shockers: $2,500 · OtherPeacock Center Performing Arts: $2,473 · Other+20 more: $14,525 · Other+20 moreLifeFlight Foundation: $20,000 · HealthLifeFlight FoundationTHE INSTITUTES FOR THE ACHIEVEMENT OF HUMAN POTENTIAL: $10,000 · HealthTHE INSTITUTES FOR THE…+1 more: $500 · HealthNEW HORIZON ACADEMY FOR EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS INC: $15,000 · EducationNEW HORIZON ACADEMY …Hollywood Education & Literacy Project: $8,000 · EducationHollywood Education …THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF FL…+1 more: $200 · EducationCITIZENS COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS: $12,500 · InternationalCITIZENS …SHOCKERS YOUTH SPORTS DEVELOPMENT INC: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsSPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA Inc: $1,000 · Recreation & SportsIslesboro Community Center: $500 · Recreation & SportsLillith Lidseen Performing Arts Assocation Inc: $1,330 · Arts & CultureCOLUMBUS CHILDREN'S THEATRE: $1,000 · Arts & CultureACADEMY FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Arts & CultureDisability Resources Inc: $2,500 · Human Services
Other$72,123Health$30,500Education$28,200International$12,500Recreation & Sports$6,500Arts & Culture$3,330Human Services$2,500

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 budgetLifeFlight Foundation: $20,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetNEW HORIZON ACADEMY FOR EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS INC: $15,000 over 3y, 6.0% of budgetTHE INSTITUTES FOR THE ACHIEVEMENT OF HUMAN POTENTIAL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHollywood Education & Literacy Project: $8,000 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEASTER SEALS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDisability Resources Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPAW WORKS INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLillith Lidseen Performing Arts Assocation Inc: $1,330 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE RAPE FOUNDATION: $1,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACADEMY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY CAMPS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEVER SAY NEVER FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetDREAM A WORLD EDUCATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTREETS ARE FOR EVERYONE: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetIslesboro Community Center: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA CENTER FOR THE BLIND INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CORNERSTONE SCHOOL INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISLESBORO COMMUNITY FUND: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCAL RIPKEN SR FOUNDATION INC: $200 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.

The Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC7.1× affinity7 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Jett Travolta Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jett Travolta Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Cal Ripken Sr Foundation Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Northeast Wilderness Trust Corporation: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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.
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How do I get to Jett Travolta Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Jett Travolta Foundation Inc 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 46 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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