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· Private foundation

John E & Sue M Jackson Irr

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$413k
Granted FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
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What you funded, over time

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

Education$721kHealth$618kYouth Development$541kHuman Services$465kArts & Culture$417kPublic Benefit$326kCivil Rights$231kReligion$231kOther$0
02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k19 grants · $358k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$20,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$6.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CITYWIDE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION$50,000
URBAN IMPACT FOUNDATION$45,000
THE NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY$25,000
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS$25,000
Fox Families Care$20,000
BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF INDUSTRY$20,000
National Aquarium$20,000
Individual grant recipient$20,000
CAFE MOMENTUM PITTSBURGH$20,000
ADAGIO HEALTH$20,000
WEIRTON CHRISTIAN CENTER$20,000
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS FOUNDATION$20,000
NEW CENTURY CAREERS$17,500
LATINO COMMUNITY CENTER$15,193
PITTSBURGH CONTINGENCY$15,000
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.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $650k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES: $1k → 9%SAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN ALLIANCE: $5k → 14%Kingdom Kare: $10k → 6%H H H Heroes Helping Heroes Inc: $15k → 11%LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $15k → 11%LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $15k → 11%BETTER TOGETHER: $10k → 10%LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $11k → 11%FAMILY GUIDANCE INC: $10k → 11%PREBLE STREET: $20k → 7%LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $10k → 11%EAST END COOPERATIVE MINISTRY: $25k → 11%EAST END COOPERATIVE MINISTRY: $20k → 11%LATINO COMMUNITY CENTER: $15k → 11%THE WATSON INSTITUTE: $20k → 11%FAMILY GUIDANCE: $15k → 11%Fox Families Care: $20k → 11%Fox Families Care: $15k → 11%STRONG WOMEN STRONG GIRLS: $20k → 11%URBAN IMPACT FOUNDATION: $45k → 11%URBAN IMPACT FOUNDATION: $25k → 11%URBAN IMPACT FOUNDATION: $25k → 11%LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $25k → 11%URBAN IMPACT FOUNDATION: $20k → 11%URBAN IMPACT FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%WOODLANDS FOUNDATION INC: $15k → 11%WOODLANDS FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 11%WOODLANDS FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF PIT: $100k → 11%HUMAN SERVICES CENTER CORP: $7k → 11%BETHLEHEM HAVEN: $50k → 11%BETHLEHEM HAVEN: $35k → 11%BLIND AND VISION REHABILITATION: $10k → 11%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.

Which US states your grants reach

ME
NH
WA
ID
IL
MI
NY
MA
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
AZ
NM
DC
AL
GA
TX
FL

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.

60%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$3.0M · 65 repeat orgs$2.0M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +28% since the first grant, against +9% for the ones you funded once.

65 repeat relationships — 7 still active in FY2025, 58 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

65
112

Total granted

$3.0M
$1.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+9%

Still filing today

69%
76%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 36% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $266k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CulturePublic BenefitInternationalOther

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

  • NC
    NEW CENTURY CAREERS
    7× · 2017–2025 · $133k · revenue +6%
  • UI
    URBAN IMPACT FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2025 · $125k · revenue +137%
  • FF
    FOUNDATION FOR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $90k · revenue +121%

Funded once

  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF PGH
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue -15%
  • CM
    CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH
    one grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue -5%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $50k

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
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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2
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
3
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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4
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
5
Partnership for Public Service Inc

Making our government work better is a daunting task, and we are a small organization seeking to transform a government that employs millions of civilians and manages trillions of dollars in taxpayer revenue needed to protect public…

Employment
6
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
7
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

The american enterprise institute is a community of scholars and supporters committed to expanding liberty, increasing individual opportunity, and strengthening free enterprise. aei pursues these ideals through independent thinking and the…

Social Science
8
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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9
University of Maryland Physicians Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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10
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
11
Atlantic University Inc

Provide post-secondary education of excellence.

Education
12
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Somerset County Mobile Food Bank. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyHealth Access Advocacy and …Food Banks and PantriesIndependent K-12 SchoolsEnvironmental Conservation …Cancer Support ServicesCommunity Food PantriesOrchestra and Ensemble Perf…Child Abuse Advocacy Servic…United Way AffiliatesAffordable Housing Developm…Elementary Literacy TutoringLocal History MuseumsCommunity FoundationsPolicy Research and Advocacy
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 36 years old; the field is 19. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%3%<5yr13%7%5–10yr19%13%10–20yr17%27%20–35yr15%27%35–55yr17%23%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%3%<5yr13%5%5–10yr19%15%10–20yr17%26%20–35yr15%24%35–55yr17%27%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 3% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 9% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/149
the rest of the field
9%
7,129/78,013

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

146 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 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 146 of the 194 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
22
Early backer (in before they grew)
143/146
Grantees still filing
91/146
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

UNITED WAY OF SW PA — $135,000 · OtherNEW CENTURY CAREERS — $133,000 · Other+103 more — $2,298,471 · Other+103 moreURBAN IMPACT FOUNDATION — $125,000 · Human ServicesURBAN IMPACT FO…CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF PGH — $100,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARIT…BETHLEHEM HAVEN OF PITTSBURGH — $85,397 · Human ServicesBETHLEHEM HAVEN…LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC — $76,075 · Human ServicesLIGHT OF LIFE M…EAST END COOPERATIVE MINISTRY — $45,000 · Human ServicesEAST END COOPER…Fox Families Care — $35,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $30,000 · Human ServicesWOODLANDS FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY GUIDANCE INC — $25,000 · Human Services+11 more — $133,562 · Human Services+11 moreTHE NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY — $75,266 · EducationTHE NEIGHBORH…READING IS FUNDAMENTAL PITTSBURGH — $65,000 · EducationREADING IS FU…WAYNFLETE SCHOOL — $50,000 · EducationWAYNFLETE SCH…Bosque School — $50,000 · EducationBosque SchoolTHE TRUSTEES OF THE SMITH COLLEGE — $50,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES …CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH — $32,000 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGE — $30,000 · EducationPITTSBURGH SCHOLAR HOUSE INC — $25,000 · EducationSTEM CODING LAB INC — $25,000 · EducationIMANI CHRISTIAN ACADEMY — $25,000 · Education+16 more — $191,672 · Education+16 moreALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC — $55,410 · HealthALZHEIMER'…GLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE INC — $45,000 · HealthGLOBAL LYM…American Heart Association Inc — $44,261 · HealthAmerican H…THE CHILDREN'S HOME OF PITTSBURGH — $43,389 · HealthTHE CHILDR…NORTH SIDE CHRISTIAN HEALTH CENTER — $36,389 · HealthNORTH SIDE…Vitalant Foundation — $35,000 · HealthVitalant F…THE JACKSON LABORATORY — $35,000 · HealthTHE JACKSO…HERITAGE COMMUNITY INITIATIVES — $32,450 · HealthHERITAGE C…MaineHealth — $30,000 · HealthMaineHealt…THE MIDWIFE CENTER FOR BIRTH AND WOMEN'S HEALTH — $20,000 · HealthLifeFlight Foundation — $20,000 · HealthADAGIO HEALTH INC — $20,000 · HealthCHASE BREXTON HEALTH SERVICES INC — $20,000 · Health+3 more — $35,000 · Health+3 moreCLARE BOOTHE LUCE CENTER FOR CONSERVATIVE WOMEN — $70,096 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH — $50,000 · Arts & CultureMEDIA RESEARCH CENTER — $33,398 · Arts & CultureBALTIMORE CHILDRENS CHOIR INC — $25,000 · Arts & CulturePennsylvania Humanities Council — $25,000 · Arts & CultureTHE COMMON GROUND PROJECT — $25,000 · Arts & CultureAVOCA MUSEUM AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $20,000 · Arts & CultureBALTIMORE MUSEUM OF INDUSTRY INC — $20,000 · Arts & CultureBALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC — $15,000 · Arts & CultureCARNEGIE INSTITUTE — $15,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more — $19,547 · Arts & CultureFOUNDATION FOR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY INC — $90,425 · Public BenefitLeadership Institute — $68,493 · Public BenefitHENRY CLAY CENTER FOR STATESMANSHIP — $25,000 · Public BenefitCONCERNED WOMEN FOR AMERICA — $15,096 · Public Benefit+4 more — $18,261 · Public BenefitTICKETS FOR KIDS FOUNDATION — $100,865 · Youth DevelopmentPSSI WASHINGTON INC — $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentPITTSBURGH NATIONAL YOUTH BOXING — $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentPITTSBURGH YOUTH LEADERSHIP — $15,000 · Youth Development+1 more — $2,548 · Youth Development
Other$2,566,471Human Services$680,034Education$618,938Health$471,899Arts & Culture$318,041Public Benefit$217,275Youth Development$163,413

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 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 budgetLeadership Institute — $68,493 over 6y, 0.1% 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 budgetBosque School — $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBROTHER'S BROTHER FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF THE SMITH COLLEGE — $50,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEAST END COOPERATIVE MINISTRY — $45,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budget412 FOOD RESCUE INC — $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE INC — $45,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetMercatus Center 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 budgetGood Shepherd Food Bank — $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH HILLS AFFORDABLE HOUSING INC — $40,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetNATIONAL AQUARIUM INC — $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH SIDE CHRISTIAN HEALTH CENTER — $36,389 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetVitalant Foundation — $35,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetTHE JACKSON LABORATORY — $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFox Families Care — $35,000 over 2y, 3.3% 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 budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE — $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMaineHealth — $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH HILLS INTERFAITH MINISTRIES — $27,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetThe Ocean Foundation — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRAL UNION MISSION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPITTSBURGH SCHOLAR HOUSE INC — $25,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetTHREE RIVERS MOTHERS MILK BANK D/B/A MID-ATLANTIC MOTHERS' MILK BANK — $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWOODLANDS FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFAMILY GUIDANCE INC — $25,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetHENRY CLAY CENTER FOR STATESMANSHIP — $25,000 over 1y, 7.8% 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 NEW CENTURY CAREERS ↗
  • Who funds URBAN IMPACT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TICKETS FOR KIDS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF PGH ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY INC ↗
  • Who funds BETHLEHEM HAVEN OF PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds STATE POLICY NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds CLARE BOOTHE LUCE CENTER FOR CONSERVATIVE WOMEN ↗
  • Who funds Leadership Institute ↗
  • Who funds Young America's Foundation ↗
  • Who funds READING IS FUNDAMENTAL PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds CITYWIDE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds WAYNFLETE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Bosque School ↗
  • Who funds BROTHER'S BROTHER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF THE SMITH COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds EAST END COOPERATIVE MINISTRY ↗
  • Who funds 412 FOOD RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds Mercatus Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds PITTSBURGH HARDBALL ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S HOME OF PITTSBURGH ↗

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 tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The United Way of Sou…The Pittsburgh Founda…Hillman Family Founda…The Grable FoundationRichard King Mellon F…Aj and Sigismunda Pal…Upmc GroupSnee-Reinhardt Charit…The Jack Buncher Foun…Howard & Nell E Mille…Massey Charitable Tru…The Heinz Endowments
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

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 John E & Sue M Jackson Irr 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
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%2%6%14%25%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Homefree Usa Inc — 54% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Shakespeare Company — 16% of income from government
  • Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc — 11% of income from government
  • Baltimore Museum of Industry Inc — 7% of income from government
  • Chase Brexton Health Services Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Maryland Zoological Society Inc — 3% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Kingdom Kare Inc — 2% of income from government
  • The Trustees of the Smith College — 1% of income from government
  • National Aquarium Inc — 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get no government money at all
35report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 194 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.

Source object · view filing

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines