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John E & Sue M Jackson Irr

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$413k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
21
Grants FY2025
22
Organizations funded FY2024
64%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$20,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
22 to 52
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$6.9M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 64% of the organizations John E & Sue M Jackson Irr funded were first-time grantees, receiving 76% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 24% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $401k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthArts & 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving21$413k67%
FY202422$526k64%
FY202332$640k72%
FY202229$308k24%
FY202152$932k40%
FY202025$410k44%
FY201941$558k49%
FY201824$409k29%
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$721kHealth$618kYouth Development$541kHuman Services$465kArts & Culture$417kPublic Benefit$326kCivil Rights$231kReligion$231kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 146 grantees
All grantees of John E & Sue M Jackson Irr by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
New Century Careers$133,00072%
Urban Impact Foundation$125,00050%
Tickets for Kids Foundation$100,86551%
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Pgh$100,00011%
Foundation for Government Accountability Inc$90,42560%
Bethlehem Haven of Pittsburgh$85,39721%
State Policy Network$79,24660%
Light of Life Ministries Inc$76,07550%
The Neighborhood Academy$75,26650%
Clare Boothe Luce Center for Conservative Women$70,09642%
Young America's Foundation$68,13640%
Reading Is Fundamental Pittsburgh$65,00042%
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary of the Utd Preby Chrc Utd Sts Amer$58,3875n/a
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$55,41040%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$53,09640%
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh$50,00010%
Citywide Development Corporation$50,0001n/a
Waynflete School$50,00030%
The Trustees of the Smith College$50,00040%
Bosque School$50,00020%
Brother's Brother Foundation$50,00010%
Mercatus Center Inc$45,00030%
Global Lyme Alliance Inc$45,00031%
East End Cooperative Ministry$45,00020%
412 Food Rescue Inc$45,00030%
American Heart Association Inc$44,26120%
Pittsburgh Hardball Academy Inc$43,634111%
The Children's Home of Pittsburgh$43,38940%
National Aquarium Inc$40,00020%
North Hills Affordable Housing Inc$40,00022%
Good Shepherd Food Bank$40,00020%
North Side Christian Health Center$36,38920%
The Jackson Laboratory$35,00010%
Fox Families Care$35,00023%
Vitalant Foundation$35,00014%
Media Research Center$33,39830%
Heritage Community Initiatives$32,45030%
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh$32,00030%
MaineHealth$30,00020%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$30,00010%
South Hills Interfaith Ministries$27,50021%
Family Guidance Inc$25,00021%
Imani Christian Academy$25,00011%
STEM Coding Lab Inc$25,00012%
Persad Center Inc$25,00010%
The Common Ground Project$25,000116%
United Methodist Church Union$25,00015%
Pssi Washington Inc$25,00023%
Pittsburgh Scholar House Inc$25,00013%
Henry Clay Center for Statesmanship$25,00018%
Pennsylvania Humanities Council$25,00010%
Baltimore Childrens Choir Inc$25,0001n/a
Woodlands Foundation Inc$25,00030%
The Ocean Foundation$25,00010%
Three Rivers Mothers Milk Bank D/B/A Mid-Atlantic Mothers' Milk Bank$25,00011%
Central Union Mission$25,00010%
The Fund for American Studies$21,74630%
Pittsburgh National Youth Boxing$20,000125%
Wilkinsburg Community Ministry$20,00013%
Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania$20,00010%
Girls Inc of Greater Pittsburgh$20,00011%
Khan Academy Inc$20,00010%
The Watson Institute$20,00010%
Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation$20,00011%
Chase Brexton Health Services Inc$20,00010%
Baltimore Museum of Industry Inc$20,00011%
Adagio Health Inc$20,00010%
LifeFlight Foundation$20,00011%
Weirton Christian Center Inc$20,0001n/a
Razias Ray of Hope Foundation$20,00011%
Abq Faithworks Collaborative$20,00018%
Somerset County Mobile Food Bank$20,00015%
Preble Street$20,00010%
Avoca Museum and Historical Society$20,00039%
Cafe Momentum Pittsburgh$20,00011%
Kidsvoice$20,00011%
Maryland Zoological Society Inc$20,00010%
The Midwife Center for Birth and Women's Health$20,00011%
Global Links$20,00010%
Heritage Valley Sewickley Foundation$16,80013%
Partners for World Health$15,69321%
The Latino Community Center Inc$15,19311%
Concerned Women for America$15,09620%
National Review Institute$15,00010%
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc$15,00010%
Carnegie Institute$15,0001n/a
The Pittsburgh Contingency Inc$15,0001n/a
Spina Bifida Assoc of Western PA$15,00021%
Bringing Hope Home$15,00011%
Hollins University Corporation$15,00020%
Iowa State University Foundation$15,00010%
Hhh Heroes Helping Heroes Inc$15,00014%
Pittsburgh Youth Leadership$15,00025%
Pioneer Institute Inc$14,2881n/a
The Maine Heritage Policy Center$14,28812%
The Children's Institute of Pittsburgh$13,00010%
Washington Legal Foundation$12,59620%
American Center for Law and Justice Inc$10,09620%
Chesapeake Shakespeare Company$10,00010%
Kingdom Kare Inc$10,00010%
Better Together$10,0001n/a
Seeds of Peace Inc$10,00010%
Spirit of Adventure Council Inc Boy Scouts of America #227$10,00010%
Maine Seacoast Mission$10,00010%
Veterans Leadership Program of Western Pennsylvania Inc$10,00010%
Building Hope Impact Fund Inc$10,00013%
Visability$10,00010%
George Mason University Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation$10,00010%
City of Steubenville$10,0001n/a
EdChoice Inc$10,00010%
Angels Place Inc$10,00020%
Friends of Peoples Prep Inc$10,00018%
Homefree USA Inc$10,00010%
Southeastern Legal Foundation Inc$8,49310%
Prison Fellowship Ministries$8,00010%
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc$7,50010%
Human Services Center Corporation$7,00010%
National Aviary in Pittsburgh Inc$6,00010%
David Horowitz Freedom Center$5,94510%
Safe Families for Children Alliance$5,36910%
American Opportunity and Security Inc$5,09612%
Cato Institute$5,09610%
Christian Education League Inc$5,09614%
Judicial Watch Inc$5,09610%
Family House Inc$5,00010%
Rio Grande Agricultural Land Trust$5,00011%
Foreside Community Church$5,0001n/a
Our Joyful Noise Baltimore Inc$5,00014%
Phillips Exeter Academy$5,00010%
New Mexico Land Conservancy$5,00010%
Trustees of Phillips Academy$5,00010%
Freedom Alliance$4,24610%
Ludwig Von Mises Institute for Austrian Economics Inc$4,24610%
Special Olympics Pennsylvania Inc$4,00010%
American Congress for Truth Inc$2,97310%
Citizens Against Government Waste$2,97310%
The Heritage Foundation$2,97310%
Coral Ridge Ministries Media Inc$2,97310%
Bill of Rights Institute$2,54810%
America's Future Foundation$2,54810%
Parents Television Council Inc$2,54710%
Pacific Legal Foundation$2,12310%
The Homewood Cemetery Historical Fund$2,00011%
Alliance Defending Freedom$1,69910%
Wellspring Family Services$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 45 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget John E & Sue M Jackson Irr supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNew Century Careers: $133,000 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetUrban Impact Foundation: $125,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTickets for Kids Foundation: $100,865 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetCatholic Charities of the Diocese of Pgh: $100,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFoundation for Government Accountability Inc: $90,425 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetBethlehem Haven of Pittsburgh: $85,397 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetState Policy Network: $79,246 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLight of Life Ministries Inc: $76,075 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetThe Neighborhood Academy: $75,266 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetClare Boothe Luce Center for Conservative Women: $70,096 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetYoung America's Foundation: $68,136 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetReading Is Fundamental Pittsburgh: $65,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $55,410 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $53,096 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Museum of Pittsburgh: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWaynflete School: $50,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Trustees of the Smith College: $50,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBosque School: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBrother's Brother Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMercatus Center Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGlobal Lyme Alliance Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetEast End Cooperative Ministry: $45,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budget412 Food Rescue Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $44,261 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPittsburgh Hardball Academy Inc: $43,634 over 1y, 11% of budgetThe Children's Home of Pittsburgh: $43,389 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNational Aquarium Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Hills Affordable Housing Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetGood Shepherd Food Bank: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Side Christian Health Center: $36,389 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetThe Jackson Laboratory: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFox Families Care: $35,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetVitalant Foundation: $35,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetMedia Research Center: $33,398 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHeritage Community Initiatives: $32,450 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCarnegie Library of Pittsburgh: $32,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMaineHealth: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouth Hills Interfaith Ministries: $27,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFamily Guidance Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetImani Christian Academy: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSTEM Coding Lab Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetPersad Center Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Common Ground Project: $25,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetUnited Methodist Church Union: $25,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetPssi Washington Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetPittsburgh Scholar House Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetHenry Clay Center for Statesmanship: $25,000 over 1y, 7.8% 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 136.

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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.

The United Way of Southwestern PennsylvaniaPA69.6× affinity34 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · The Pittsburgh Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · The Grable Foundation · Richard King Mellon Foundation · Aj and Sigismunda Palumbo Charitable Trust · Upmc Group · Snee-Reinhardt Charitable Foundation · The Jack Buncher Foundation · Howard & Nell E Miller Foundat · Massey Charitable Trust · The Heinz Endowments

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 John E & Sue M Jackson Irr

How much does John E & Sue M Jackson Irr give?
John E & Sue M Jackson Irr reported 21 grants totaling $413,483 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 52 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does John E & Sue M Jackson Irr fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (14%), Health (12%), Youth Development (11%).
Who are John E & Sue M Jackson Irr's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: New Century Careers ($133k), Urban Impact Foundation ($125k), Tickets for Kids Foundation ($101k).
Does John E & Sue M Jackson Irr fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 64% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does John E & Sue M Jackson Irr accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as John E & Sue M Jackson Irr?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania, The Pittsburgh Foundation, Hillman Family Foundations.
Where is John E & Sue M Jackson Irr based?
John E & Sue M Jackson Irr is based in PA.

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 194 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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