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Jnf 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.

$491k
Granted FY2025still arriving
29
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$631kPhilanthropy$296kHuman Services$260kInternational$168kHousing & Shelter$105kFood & Nutrition$105kCommunity Improvement$100kArts & Culture$91kOther$0
02FY2025 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k20 grants · $410k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $60k
$15,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Charley's Angels Foundation$60,000
Africa is Life Changing$40,000
First Step House$40,000
USARA (Utah Support Advocates for Recovery Awareness)$40,000
Raise the Future$35,000
My Story Matters$30,000
School of Addiction Recovery$20,000
Wasatch Gardens$20,000
Pillows for PRisioners$20,000
Carden Memorial Foundation$20,000
Soap 2 Hope$20,000
Healing Sciences Foundation$20,000
Volunteers of America$15,000
Richard W Erickson Foundation$15,000
The Road Home$15,000
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 (FY20–25, $386k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Adoption Exchange: $20k → 8%Raise the Future: $28k → 12%Raise the Future: $25k → 12%Raise the Future: $25k → 12%Lionheart Gift Foundation: $10k → 8%Lionheart Gift Foundation: $5k → 8%The Ability Foundation: $1k → 8%Africa is Life Changing: $40k → 8%Africa is Life Changing: $40k → 8%Africa is Life Changing: $20k → 8%Africa is Life Changing: $20k → 8%Africa is Life Changing: $20k → 8%Africa Is Life Changing: $20k → 8%The Road Home: $10k → 8%Soap 2 Hope: $20k → 8%Soap 2 Hope: $15k → 8%The Road Home: $15k → 8%The Road Home: $10k → 8%The Road Home: $10k → 8%Soap 2 Hope: $10k → 8%Soap 2 Hope: $7k → 8%Soap 2 Hope: $5k → 8%The Road Home: $10k → 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

ID
MT
NY
MA
UT
CO
VA
DE
AZ
HI
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 26 repeat orgs$436k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

26 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
37

Total granted

$1.7M
$368k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+18%

Still filing today

77%
35%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $68k 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
HealthHuman ServicesCrime & LegalAnimalsCommunity ImprovementInternationalOther
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

  • FS
    FIRST STEP HOUSE
    6× · 2020–2025 · $185k · revenue +126%
  • AI
    AFRICA IS LIFE CHANGING
    6× · 2020–2025 · $160k · revenue +52% · 77% of their budget
  • RT
    RAISE THE FUTURE
    4× · 2020–2023 · $98k · revenue +169%

Funded once

  • VV
    VERDE VALLEY SANCTUARY
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue +1%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $35k
  • AA
    ADVENTURES ANONYMOUS INC
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
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
House of Hope

Treating substance use disorders, rebuilding lives, strengthening families, and empowering women.

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2
Autism Foundation of Utah
Health
3
Real Salt Lake Foundation
Human Services
4
Utah Geological Foundation
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5
Northern Utah Cancer Foundation
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6
Utah Motorsports Foundation
Philanthropy
7
The Christmas Box International

The christmas box international partners with local, national and international communities and groups to prevent child abuse and to improve the quality of life for children, teens and young adults who have been abused, neglected or are…

Community Improvement
8
Utah Shakespeare Festival Foundation
Arts & Culture
9
Lightspark Foundation
Civil Rights
10
Utah Public Lands Alliance
Education
11
Utah Youth Sports Academy Foundation Fka Rsl Youth Academy Foundation
Recreation & Sports
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 Raise the Future; the most unlike its peers is Pillows for Prisoners. 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

41 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. 41 of the 72 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/41
Grantees still filing
30/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Second Grace Foundation: $265,000 · OtherSecond Grace FoundationUSARA: $195,000 · OtherUSARAUTAH FOOD BANK: $70,000 · OtherUTAH FOOD BANKRaise the Future: $60,887 · OtherRaise the FutureVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA UTAH: $45,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $35,000 · Other+40 more: $305,710 · Other+40 moreFIRST STEP HOUSE: $185,000 · HealthFIRST STEP HOUSESCHOOL OF ADDICTION RECOVERY (SOAR) INC: $55,000 · HealthSCHOOL OF ADDICTION RE…MY STORY MATTERS: $50,000 · HealthMY STORY MATTERSUtah Support Advocates for Recovery Awareness: $40,000 · HealthUtah Support Advocates…FIT TO RECOVER INC: $25,000 · HealthFIT TO RECOVER INCADVENTURES ANONYMOUS INC: $25,000 · HealthADVENTURES ANONYMOUS I…AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $15,000 · Health+4 more: $25,959 · Health+4 moreAFRICA IS LIFE CHANGING: $160,000 · Human ServicesAFRICA IS LIFE CHANG…RAISE THE FUTURE: $97,643 · Human ServicesRAISE THE FUTURESOAP2HOPE: $57,000 · Human ServicesSOAP2HOPETHE ROAD HOME: $55,000 · Human ServicesTHE ROAD HOMELIONHEART GIFT FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesVERDE VALLEY SANCTUARY: $100,000 · Community ImprovementWASATCH COMMUNITY GARDENS: $20,000 · Community ImprovementCharleys Angels Foundation: $80,000 · PhilanthropyWasatch Community Foundation: $10,000 · PhilanthropyMAUI UNITED WAY: $10,000 · PhilanthropyPILLOWS FOR PRISONERS: $55,000 · Crime & LegalThe Other Side Academy: $30,000 · Crime & LegalUTAH LEGAL SERVICES INC: $10,000 · Crime & LegalRichard W Erickson Foundation: $40,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$976,597Health$420,959Human Services$385,643Community Improvement$120,000Philanthropy$100,000Crime & Legal$95,000Arts & Culture$40,000

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 budgetFIRST STEP HOUSE: $185,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetAFRICA IS LIFE CHANGING: $160,000 over 6y, 77% of budgetVERDE VALLEY SANCTUARY: $100,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetRAISE THE FUTURE: $97,643 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCharleys Angels Foundation: $80,000 over 2y, 71% of budgetUTAH FOOD BANK: $70,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSOAP2HOPE: $57,000 over 5y, 7.2% of budgetTHE ROAD HOME: $55,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOOL OF ADDICTION RECOVERY (SOAR) INC: $55,000 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetPILLOWS FOR PRISONERS: $55,000 over 5y, 100% of budgetMY STORY MATTERS: $50,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA UTAH: $45,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRichard W Erickson Foundation: $40,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetCARDEN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $30,210 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetThe Other Side Academy: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFIT TO RECOVER INC: $25,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetCanines With a Cause: $20,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetWASATCH COMMUNITY GARDENS: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetVISUAL ART INSTITUTE: $20,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLIONHEART GIFT FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetUTAH LEGAL SERVICES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREEL RECOVERY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetWasatch Community Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetMAUI UNITED WAY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE VITAL GROUND FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGranite Education Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROW4ALS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetSPY HOP PRODUCTIONS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBest Seat in the House: $5,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetFamily Promise - Salt Lake: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetKostopulos Dream Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetABILITY FOUND CORPORATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDFUND INTERNATIONAL USA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION: $959 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.

  • Who funds FIRST STEP HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds AFRICA IS LIFE CHANGING ↗
  • Who funds VERDE VALLEY SANCTUARY ↗
  • Who funds RAISE THE FUTURE ↗
  • Who funds Charleys Angels Foundation ↗
  • Who funds UTAH FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds SOAP2HOPE ↗
  • Who funds THE ROAD HOME ↗
  • Who funds SCHOOL OF ADDICTION RECOVERY (SOAR) INC ↗
  • Who funds PILLOWS FOR PRISONERS ↗
  • Who funds MY STORY MATTERS ↗
  • Who funds VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA UTAH ↗
  • Who funds Richard W Erickson Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Utah Support Advocates for Recovery Awareness ↗
  • Who funds CARDEN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Other Side Academy ↗
  • Who funds FIT TO RECOVER INC ↗
  • Who funds ADVENTURES ANONYMOUS INC ↗
  • Who funds Canines With a Cause ↗
  • Who funds WASATCH COMMUNITY GARDENS ↗
  • Who funds VISUAL ART INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION ↗
  • Who funds LIONHEART GIFT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UTAH LEGAL SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds REEL RECOVERY INC ↗

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 …Larry H Miller and Ga…The Community Foundat…Utah's PromiseLawrence & Janet Dee …Ihc Health Services I…Marriner S Eccles Fou…Kennecott Utah Copper…David Kelby Johnson M…McCarthey Family Foun…Dominion Energy Chari…
Sorenson Legacy FoundationUT33.6× affinity14 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 · Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · The Community Foundation of Utah · Utah's Promise · Lawrence & Janet Dee Foundation · Ihc Health Services Inc · Marriner S Eccles Foundation · Kennecott Utah Copper Visitors Center Charitable Foundation · David Kelby Johnson Memorial Foundation · McCarthey Family Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable 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 Jnf Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jnf Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%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
    1get no government money at all
    14report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Jnf Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Jnf 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 72 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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