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Jks Family 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.

$100k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$170kHealth$153kReligion$140kEducation$115kHuman Services$80kInternational$45kPhilanthropy$20kRecreation & Sports$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $60k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS$60,000
THE ZAYNAB PROJECT$10,000
TIM TEBOW FOUNDATION$10,000
VISION OF THE ARTS FUND$5,000
THE SHARING PLACE INC$5,000
GOOD DEED REVOLUTION AKA PROMISE2LIVE$5,000
HOUSE OF HOPE$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $80k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 31% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%VARIETY OF TEXAS (VARIETY THE CHILDRENS CHARITY OF TEXAS): $15k → 10%PARK CITY TOTS: $10k → 5%FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICES OF NORTHERN UTAH: $10k → 9%THE ZAYNAB PROJECT: $10k → 6%SINGLE PARENT PROJECT: $35k → 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

NY
OR
CA
UT
VA
DC
AL
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.

41%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$328k · 6 repeat orgs$470k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
33

Total granted

$328k
$430k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+38%

Still filing today

67%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k 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
Human ServicesHealthInternationalEducationArts & CultureAnimalsOther
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

  • TC
    THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS
    5× · 2017–2024 · $135k
  • EC
    ENSIGN COLLEGE
    2× · 2017–2018 · $100k
  • OR
    OUR RESCUE
    3× · 2020–2022 · $55k · revenue -25%

Funded once

  • HC
    HUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $60k · revenue -9%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
    one grant, 2021 · $60k
  • IH
    INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $40k · revenue +28%
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
Utah Foster Care Foundation Inc

We serve Utah's children by finding, educating, and nurturing families to meet the needs of children in foster care

Human Services
2
Family Promise - Salt Lake

We help families experiencing homelessness find lasting independence and security.

Housing & Shelter
3
Utah Valley Family Support Center Inc

Provide services to victims and potential victims of child abuse and neglect.

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4
Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Intermountain Area Inc

Ronald McDonald House Mountain West surrounds families with the support they need to be near and care for their seriously ill or injured children.

Health
5
Little Lambs Foundation for Kids Inc

To strengthen Utah families by providing essential items, education, and resources to break the cycle of poverty and create a brighter, more secure future for children and their families.

Human Services
6
Utah's Promise

Utah's promise (up) is committed to 100% of kids and families thriving. we unify leaders, partners, communities and systems to achieve that promise.

Philanthropy
7
The Children's Center Utah

The mission of the children's center utah is to provide comprehensive mental health care to enhance the emotional well-being of infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and their families. we are the only organization in utah and the largest in…

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8
United Way of Central and Southern Utah

We improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of our local community to provide resources and programs that focus on health, education, and income.

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9
Trauma-Informed Utah

The primary purpose of Trauma-Informed Utah is to respond to requests for education, resources and training around implementing a Trauma-Informed approach within their organization. The focus includes any and all sectors of society seeking…

Health
10
National Kidney Foundation of Utah & Idaho

The National Kidney Foundation of Utah & Idaho, a major nonprofit health organization, is dedicated to preventing diseases of the kidney, improving the health and wellbeing of individuals and families affected by kidney disease, and…

Health
11
Kids Who Count

We empower families to optimize the developmental potential of their young children.

Education
12
The Community Foundation of Utah

We are utah's partner in philanthropy, pioneering innovation and collaboration to invest in our community today for a brighter tomorrow.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Family Counseling Service of Northern Utah Inc; the most unlike its peers is Ukraine Front Line 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

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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/28
Grantees still filing
22/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS: $135,000 · OtherTHE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTSENSIGN COLLEGE: $100,000 · OtherENSIGN COLLEGEUNIVERSITY OF UTAH: $60,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF UTAHSENIOR CHARITY CARE: $20,000 · Other+19 more: $110,150 · Other+19 moreHUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION: $60,000 · HealthHUNTSMAN CANCER F…INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 · HealthINTERMOUNTAIN HEA…HOPE4UTAH: $10,000 · HealthHOPE4UTAHFight the New Drug Inc: $7,500 · HealthFight the New Dru…THE SHARING PLACE: $5,000 · HealthSINGLE PARENT PROJECT: $35,000 · Human ServicesSINGLE PAREN…VARIETY THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF TEXAS: $15,000 · Human ServicesVARIETY THE …PARK CITY TOTS INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesPARK CITY TO…FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICE OF NORTHERN UTAH INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY COUNS…The Zaynab Project: $10,000 · Human ServicesThe Zaynab P…THE LUNCHBOX FUND: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE LUNCHBOX…OUR RESCUE: $55,000 · Arts & CultureOUR RESCU…BALLET WEST: $10,000 · Arts & CultureBALLET WE…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $15,000 · InternationalUKRAINE FRONT LINE INC: $10,000 · InternationalMentors International: $10,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $10,000 · InternationalLifting Hands International: $5,000 · InternationalSTAND4KIND: $25,000 · EducationGranite Education Foundation: $5,000 · EducationAlpine School District Foundation: $5,000 · EducationSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $5,000 · EducationTIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Philanthropy
Other$425,150Health$122,500Human Services$90,000Arts & Culture$65,000International$50,000Education$40,000Philanthropy$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 budgetHUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOUR RESCUE: $55,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetINTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSINGLE PARENT PROJECT: $35,000 over 1y, 37% of budgetSTAND4KIND: $25,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVARIETY THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF TEXAS: $15,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetUKRAINE FRONT LINE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 43% of budgetPARK CITY TOTS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHANKSGIVING POINT INSTITUTE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY COUNSELING SERVICE OF NORTHERN UTAH INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetMentors International: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Zaynab Project: $10,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE4UTAH: $10,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetTHE LUNCHBOX FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBALLET WEST: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFight the New Drug Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLifting Hands International: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGranite Education Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Other Side Academy: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlpine School District Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHouse of Hope: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHARING PLACE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetKostopulos Dream Foundation: $2,650 over 2y, 0.1% 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.

Sorenson Legacy Found…George S and Dolores …Joseph and Kathleen S…The Miner FoundationLarry H Miller and Ga…Ihc Health Services I…The Community Foundat…Beesley Family Founda…Intermountain Communi…Kennecott Utah Copper…Thom & Gail Williamse…doTERRA Healing Hands…
Sorenson Legacy FoundationUT32× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sorenson Legacy Foundation · George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · Joseph and Kathleen Sorenson Legacy Foun · The Miner Foundation · Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · Ihc Health Services Inc · The Community Foundation of Utah · Beesley Family Foundation · Intermountain Community Care Foundation Inc · Kennecott Utah Copper Visitors Center Charitable Foundation · Thom & Gail Williamsen Family Foundation · doTERRA Healing Hands 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 Jks Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jks Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%13%28%50%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
    1get no government money at all
    10report 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 Jks Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Jks Family 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 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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