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Jim and Vicki Jansen Foundation

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.

$598k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
45
Grants FY2024
41
Organizations funded FY2023
24%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
27 to 41
FY2021 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
10
Total assets, FY2024
$6.3M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 24% of the organizations Jim and Vicki Jansen Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $132k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23
EducationHealthHuman ServicesArts & 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving45$598k27%
FY202341$488k24%
FY202230$365k17%
FY202127$335kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Health$315kArts & Culture$245kRecreation & Sports$220kPhilanthropy$198kYouth Development$125kEducation$125kPublic Benefit$120kHuman Services$105kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
WA
MN
IL
IA
VA
MD
KS
TN
DC
MS
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Iditarod Trail Committee$200,00041%
University of Alaska Foundation$100,00020%
Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy$90,00031%
Epilepsy Foundation of America$80,00040%
The Ted Stevens Foundation Fka North to the Future Foundation$80,00044%
Alaska Aviation Museum$80,00042%
Seashare$65,00031%
Mobile Medics International$60,000424%
Junior Achievement of Alaska Inc$40,00042%
Alaska Resource Education$30,00013%
Show all 33 grantees
All grantees of Jim and Vicki Jansen Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Iditarod Trail Committee$200,00041%
University of Alaska Foundation$100,00020%
Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy$90,00031%
Epilepsy Foundation of America$80,00040%
The Ted Stevens Foundation Fka North to the Future Foundation$80,00044%
Alaska Aviation Museum$80,00042%
Seashare$65,00031%
Mobile Medics International$60,000424%
Junior Achievement of Alaska Inc$40,00042%
Alaska Resource Education$30,00013%
Covenant House Alaska$30,00030%
Providence Alaska Foundation$30,00030%
Alaska Search and Rescue Association$25,000484%
610 Great Alaska Council$25,00011%
Tongass Historical Society Inc$25,0001n/a
Cec Seabee Historical Foundation$25,00041%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$25,00040%
Shoot For The Cure$20,000412%
Camp Fire Alaska$20,00030%
Beans Cafe Inc$20,00040%
Brain Research Foundation$20,00020%
The Last Frontier Honor Flight$20,00029%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Southcentral Alaska$20,00040%
Judicial Watch Inc$20,00010%
Alaska Special Olympics DBA Special Olympics Alaska Inc$20,00040%
Engine 557 Restoration Company$20,000114%
Alaska Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired$15,00031%
Calista Education and Culture Inc$15,00020%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$15,00030%
United Way of Southeast Alaska$14,87042%
United Way of the Tanana Valley Inc$10,45041%
Museum of Flight Foundation$10,00020%
Bethel Search and Rescue$10,000120%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($506k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Jim and Vicki Jansen Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 32 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetIditarod Trail Committee: $200,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetUniversity of Alaska Foundation: $100,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCitizens United for Research in Epilepsy: $90,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetEpilepsy Foundation of America: $80,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetThe Ted Stevens Foundation Fka North to the Future Foundation: $80,000 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetAlaska Aviation Museum: $80,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetSeashare: $65,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMobile Medics International: $60,000 over 4y, 24% of budgetJunior Achievement of Alaska Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetAlaska Resource Education: $30,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetCovenant House Alaska: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetProvidence Alaska Foundation: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAlaska Search and Rescue Association: $25,000 over 4y, 84% of budget610 Great Alaska Council: $25,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCec Seabee Historical Foundation: $25,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetShoot For The Cure: $20,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetCamp Fire Alaska: $20,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBeans Cafe Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBrain Research Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetThe Last Frontier Honor Flight: $20,000 over 2y, 9.4% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Southcentral Alaska: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlaska Special Olympics DBA Special Olympics Alaska Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetEngine 557 Restoration Company: $20,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetAlaska Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired: $15,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCalista Education and Culture Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Southeast Alaska: $14,870 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetUnited Way of the Tanana Valley Inc: $10,450 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetMuseum of Flight Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBethel Search and Rescue: $10,000 over 1y, 20% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 32.

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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.

Rasmuson FoundationThe Alaska Community …Wells Fargo FoundationUnited Way of Anchora…The Carr Foundation I…Valley Hospital Assoc…Global Credit Union F…Atwood Foundation IncIma FoundationThe Sholton FoundationGillam FoundationM J Murdock Charitabl…
Rasmuson FoundationAK43.1× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rasmuson Foundation · The Alaska Community Foundation · Wells Fargo Foundation · United Way of Anchorage · The Carr Foundation Inc · Valley Hospital Association Inc Dba Mat-Su Health Foundation · Global Credit Union Foundation · Atwood Foundation Inc · Ima Foundation · The Sholton Foundation · Gillam Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust

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.

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About Jim and Vicki Jansen Foundation

How much does Jim and Vicki Jansen Foundation give?
Jim and Vicki Jansen Foundation reported 45 grants totaling $598,070 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 41 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
What does Jim and Vicki Jansen Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (17%), Arts & Culture (14%), Recreation & Sports (12%).
Who are Jim and Vicki Jansen Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Iditarod Trail Committee ($200k), University of Alaska Foundation ($100k), Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy ($90k).
Does Jim and Vicki Jansen Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Jim and Vicki Jansen Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Jim and Vicki Jansen Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rasmuson Foundation, The Alaska Community Foundation, Wells Fargo Foundation.
Where is Jim and Vicki Jansen Foundation based?
Jim and Vicki Jansen Foundation is based in AK.

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 55 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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