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JKU Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$18k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20202025.

Animals$31kHealth$20kHuman Services$12kInternational$12kFood & Nutrition$8kEducation$7kPublic Safety & Disaster$4kHousing & Shelter$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$2,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$327k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Woodland Park Zoo Foundation$2,000
The Carter Center$2,000
Seattle Public Library Foundation$2,000
Hopelink$2,000
Seattle Humane Society$2,000
American Assoc for Cancer Research$2,000
Northwest Harvest$2,000
SPCA of Texas$1,500
Seattle Animal Shelter$1,500
Swim Across America$1,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Your human-services grants (FY20–25, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 38% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%American Red Cross: $1k → 14%American Red Cross: $1k → 14%American Red Cross: $1k → 14%American Red Cross: $1k → 14%Hopelink: $2k → 9%Hopelink: $1k → 9%Hopelink: $1k → 9%Hopelink: $1k → 9%Hopelink: $1k → 9%Hopelink: $1k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$92k · 19 repeat orgs$10k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships — 10 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
12

Total granted

$92k
$10k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+27%

Still filing today

68%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthAnimalsInternationalHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentEducationOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • SP
    SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $7k · revenue +248%
  • TC
    THE CARTER CENTER INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $7k · revenue +25%
  • H
    HOPELINK
    6× · 2020–2025 · $7k · revenue +48%

Funded once

  • FL
    FOOD LIFELINE
    one grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue +6%
  • FH
    FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER
    one grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue 0%
  • LH
    LIFELONG HEALTH FOR ALLgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue +29%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
2
Life Science Washington

Life science washington is a non-profit trade and professional association dedicated to promoting innovation and responsible growth in the life sciences and biomedical industries in the state of washington. promotion and education are…

3
American Water Works Association

To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.

Public Benefit
4
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
5
National Association of Clean Water Agencies

Nacwa is the national voice of public clean water utilities, shaping water policy, convening a vibrant peer network, and empowering water leaders.

6
Association of Washington Cities

The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…

7
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,…

8
Leadingage Inc

The mission of leadingage is to be the trusted voice for aging. our 6,000+ members and partners include nonprofit organizations representing the entire field of aging services, 38 state associations, hundreds of businesses, consumer…

Housing & Shelter
9
Bloodworks

Saving lives through research, innovation, education and excellence in blood, medical and laboratory services in partnership with our community.

Health
10
Minnesota Medical Association

To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.

11
Alliance for Aging Research

The alliance for aging research is the leading nonprofit organization dedicated to changing the narrative to achieve healthy aging and equitable access to care.

12
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Humane Society for Seattleking County and the most unlike its peers is Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. 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 one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 31 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/20
Grantees still filing
15/20
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

NORTHWEST HARVEST EMM — $6,600 · OtherNORTHWEST HARVEST EMMSEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY — $6,400 · OtherSEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARYWoodland Park Zoo Foundation — $6,000 · OtherWoodland Park Zoo FoundationHabitat for Humanity — $5,000 · OtherHabitat for HumanityLeukemia Lymphoma Society — $3,000 · OtherLeukemia Lymphoma SocietyCARE International — $3,000 · OtherCARE InternationalWA State Parks Foundation — $2,000 · OtherSwim Across America Inc — $3,000 · OtherSwim Across America Inc+7 more — $5,600 · Other+7 moreSPCA of Texas — $6,500 · AnimalsSPCA of TexasTHE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR SEATTLEKING COUNTY — $6,500 · AnimalsTHE HUMANE SOCIE…WOODLAND PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY — $1,000 · AnimalsWOODLAND PARK ZO…PASADO'S SAFE HAVEN — $500 · AnimalsAmerican Association for Cancer Research Inc — $6,000 · HealthAmerican Associ…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC — $4,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DIS…Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center — $2,000 · HealthFred Hutchinson…LIFELONG HEALTH FOR ALL — $1,000 · HealthLIFELONG HEALTH…BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC — $1,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UN…HOPELINK — $7,000 · Human ServicesHOPELINKAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $4,200 · Human ServicesAmerican Nat…THE CARTER CENTER INC — $7,000 · InternationalTHE CARTER…COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC — $2,000 · InternationalCOOPERATIV…SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION — $7,000 · EducationTREEHOUSE — $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentPRISON PET PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM — $500 · Youth Development
Other$40,600Animals$14,500Health$14,000Human Services$11,200International$9,000Education$7,000Youth Development$5,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetSEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION — $7,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CARTER CENTER INC — $7,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHOPELINK — $7,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWEST HARVEST EMM — $6,600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSPCA of Texas — $6,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR SEATTLEKING COUNTY — $6,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Association for Cancer Research Inc — $6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTREEHOUSE — $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $4,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC — $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSwim Across America Inc — $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFred Hutchinson Cancer Center — $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC — $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD LIFELINE — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIFELONG HEALTH FOR ALL — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOODLAND PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRISON PET PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM — $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPASADO'S SAFE HAVEN — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION
  • Who funds THE CARTER CENTER INC
  • Who funds HOPELINK
  • Who funds NORTHWEST HARVEST EMM
  • Who funds SPCA of Texas
  • Who funds THE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR SEATTLEKING COUNTY
  • Who funds American Association for Cancer Research Inc
  • Who funds TREEHOUSE
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC
  • Who funds Swim Across America Inc
  • Who funds Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
  • Who funds COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC
  • Who funds FOOD LIFELINE
  • Who funds FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER
  • Who funds LIFELONG HEALTH FOR ALL
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC
  • Who funds WOODLAND PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY
  • Who funds PRISON PET PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM
  • Who funds PASADO'S SAFE HAVEN

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a set of overlaps that mostly run through you, not between each other.

Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO7.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization JKU Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report 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, FY2025

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 31 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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