Michigan · Public charity
John George Jr Paragraph X Trust
To provide low cost college loans to students from jackson area high schools.
- $1.5M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2024
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 26%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $39,848
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $390,179
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 27
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $25M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 26% of the organizations John George Jr Paragraph X Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $327k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 25 | $1.5M | 12% |
| FY2023 | 27 | $5.9M | 26% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $1.2M | 4% |
| FY2021 | 26 | $1.4M | 19% |
| FY2020 | 24 | $1.3M | 21% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $649k | 14% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $385k | 83% |
| FY2017 | 16 | $433k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Symphony Orchestra Association Inc | $5,159,180 | 4 | 10% |
| Family Service and Childrens Aid | $606,900 | 7 | 5% |
| Rise Above | $510,000 | 5 | 71% |
| Highfields Inc | $463,003 | 2 | 5% |
| Da Vinci Charter School | $316,783 | 7 | n/a |
| Springport Public Schools | $304,838 | 7 | n/a |
| Jackson School of the Arts Assoc | $300,000 | 2 | 24% |
| College and Career Access Center of Jackson | $280,000 | 2 | 29% |
| East Jackson Community Schools | $269,834 | 7 | n/a |
| Jackson County Intermediate School District | $265,686 | 7 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Symphony Orchestra Association Inc | $5,159,180 | 4 | 10% |
| Family Service and Childrens Aid | $606,900 | 7 | 5% |
| Rise Above | $510,000 | 5 | 71% |
| Highfields Inc | $463,003 | 2 | 5% |
| Da Vinci Charter School | $316,783 | 7 | n/a |
| Springport Public Schools | $304,838 | 7 | n/a |
| Jackson School of the Arts Assoc | $300,000 | 2 | 24% |
| College and Career Access Center of Jackson | $280,000 | 2 | 29% |
| East Jackson Community Schools | $269,834 | 7 | n/a |
| Jackson County Intermediate School District | $265,686 | 7 | n/a |
| Northwest Community Schools | $246,487 | 6 | n/a |
| Jackson Public School District (V) | $239,750 | 6 | n/a |
| Vandercook Lake Public Schools | $235,532 | 7 | n/a |
| Concord Community Schools | $226,580 | 7 | n/a |
| Napoleon Community Schools | $225,165 | 7 | n/a |
| Jackson District Library | $225,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Grass Lake Community Schools | $212,467 | 5 | n/a |
| Columbia School District | $210,995 | 5 | n/a |
| Michigan Center School District | $210,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Hanover Horton Schools | $205,729 | 6 | n/a |
| Compassionate Ministries of Jackson County | $205,000 | 5 | 22% |
| Salvation Army | $185,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Western School District | $185,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Center for Women Pregnancy Counseling Services Inc | $159,142 | 1 | 81% |
| The Xchange Teen Center | $154,603 | 5 | n/a |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Jackson County Inc | $150,505 | 4 | 12% |
| Myplace Inc | $120,000 | 3 | 23% |
| John George Home Inc | $110,000 | 4 | 2% |
| The Jackson Friendly Home | $102,500 | 4 | 20% |
| Soar Cafe and Farms | $97,752 | 2 | 30% |
| Jackson Interfaith Shelter | $97,500 | 4 | 4% |
| Lily Missions Center | $95,000 | 2 | 27% |
| Isaiahs Hub | $84,285 | 1 | n/a |
| Jackson YMCA Inc | $62,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Together We Can Make a Difference | $57,548 | 2 | 25% |
| Student Advocacy Center of Michigan Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Grow Jackson | $40,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Jackson Preparatory School Foundation | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Isaiah's Hub | $35,998 | 1 | n/a |
| Ella Sharp Museum Association of Jackson | $33,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Catholic Charities of Jackson | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Junior Achievement of the Michigan Edge Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Michigan Shakespeare Festival Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 4% |
| The Shop Rat Foundation Inc | $5,745 | 1 | 2% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($49k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
John George Jr Paragraph X Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 25 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Jackson Community Foundation · The Alvin L Glick Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · The Hurst Foundation · Lavery Foundation · Phil & Pat Willis Foundation · Speckhard-Knight Charitable Foundation · The L H Field Family Foundation · Flagstar Foundation Inc · Melling Family Foundation · Macchia Family Foundation · Wa Foote Memorial Hospital
How this is measured
About John George Jr Paragraph X Trust
- How much does John George Jr Paragraph X Trust give?
- John George Jr Paragraph X Trust reported 26 grants totaling $1,537,923 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 27 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does John George Jr Paragraph X Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (43%), Education (29%), Youth Development (13%).
- Who are John George Jr Paragraph X Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Jackson Symphony Orchestra Association Inc ($5.2M), Family Service and Childrens Aid ($607k), Rise Above ($510k).
- Does John George Jr Paragraph X Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as John George Jr Paragraph X Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jackson Community Foundation, The Alvin L Glick Foundation, Consumers Energy Foundation.
- Where is John George Jr Paragraph X Trust based?
- John George Jr Paragraph X Trust is based in MI.
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