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John George Jr Paragraph X Trust at a glance

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John George Jr Paragraph X Trust

To provide low cost college loans to students from jackson area high schools.

$1.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
26
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$390k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$5.5MEducation$3.8MYouth Development$1.7MHuman Services$1.2MHousing & Shelter$258kHealth$159kEmployment$140kCrime & Legal$118kOther$0
02FY2024 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $448k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $682k
  • $250k+1 grant · $390k
$39,848
Median grant
1
States reached
$25M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HIGHFIELDS$390,179
COLLEGE CAREER & ACCESS CENTER$140,000
RISE ABOVE$100,000
FAMILY SERVICES AND CHILDREN'S AID$90,000
COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES OF JACKSON$85,000
ISAIAH'S HUB - SUMMER PROGRAM$84,285
LILY MISSIONS CENTER$75,000
THE WELCOME HOME ORGANIZATION$57,378
MYPLACE$50,000
MLK RECREATION CENTER$48,573
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF JACKSON$43,505
JACKSON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT$40,000
DA VINCI CHARTER SCHOOL$39,848
TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE$32,548
SPRINGPORT PUBLIC SCHOOLS$32,500
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 (FY17–24, $550k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%JOHN GEORGE HOME: $40k → 13%JOHN GEORGE HOME: $30k → 13%TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE: $33k → 13%JOHN GEORGE HOME: $20k → 13%TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE: $25k → 13%JOHN GEORGE HOME: $20k → 13%JACKSON COUNTY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTE: $20k → 13%COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES OF JACKSON: $85k → 13%LILY MISSIONS CENTER: $75k → 13%COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES OF JACKSON: $50k → 13%COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES OF JACKSON: $50k → 13%JACKSON YMCA: $38k → 13%LILLY MISSIONS CENTER: $20k → 13%JACKSON YMCA: $10k → 13%COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES OF JACKSON: $10k → 13%COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES OF JACKSON: $10k → 13%JACKSON YMCA: $8k → 13%JACKSON YMCA: $8k → 13%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.
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$12M · 37 repeat orgs$389k to everyone else

37 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

37
5

Total granted

$12M
$236k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+76%

Still filing today

57%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $153k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterEducationCrime & LegalOther
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

  • JS
    JACKSON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION INC
    4× · 2018–2024 · $5.2M · revenue +73%
  • FS
    Family Service and Childrens Aid
    7× · 2018–2024 · $607k · revenue +20%
  • HI
    HIGHFIELDS INC
    2× · 2020–2024 · $463k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • CF
    CENTER FOR WOMEN PREGNANCY COUNSELING SERVICES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $159k · revenue +76% · 81% of their budget
  • IH
    ISAIAH'S HUB
    one grant, 2023 · $36k
  • CC
    Catholic Charities of Jackson
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +7%
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
Jackson Family Childcare

To provide high quality, comprehensive child development and after school care to ensure that children can reach their highest potential

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2
Jackson Community Ambulance

The mission of jackson community ambulance is to provide high-quality out-of-hospital care and transportation services to the communities we serve.

Public Safety & Disaster
3
Jackson Community Food Pantry

JACKSON COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY will provide canned, boxed, fresh and frozen food to all who come to our door, without judgement or barrier.

Food & Nutrition
4
Jackson County Children's Advocacy Center

Child abuse response and prevention through service, education, and leadership

Crime & Legal
5
Jackson Resource Center

To be a multifaceted housing organization devoted to catalyzing intentional on and off site collaborative partnerships that reduces homelessness and creates sustainable communities through affordable quality housing continued education job…

Education
6
The Michigan Theatre of Jackson Inc

To renovate and restore the historic theatre and to provide a versatile center for the arts, entertainment, and education.

Arts & Culture
7
Jackson County Chamber of Commerce

To be a leading driver and advocate for community and economic development in jackson county.

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8
St Andrews Episcopal Church Jackson
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9
Jackson County Casa

Casa is a unique non-profit helping abused and neglected children in the jackson county family court system. our team of trained volunteers,staff case supervisors, and staff attorneys allow each child to be represented in a court of law…

Civil Rights
10
Jackson Community Development Corp

Our vision is to seek the wholistic wellbeing of the Jackson neighborhood, where residents are known, valued, and empowered to collaborate for the thriving of its people and place.

Community Improvement
11
Jackson Symphony Association

The Jackson Symphony enriches and inspires audiences through the power of live orchestral music.

Arts & Culture
12
Jackson County Industrial Development Corporation

Assist in the development of projects in cooperation with the local government and civic bodies that secure additional employment opportunities and facilities in jackson county indiana.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jackson School of the Arts Assoc; the most unlike its peers is The Xchange Teen 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

26 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. 26 of the 45 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
21/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JACKSON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION INC: $5,159,180 · Arts & CultureJACKSON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION INCJackson School of the Arts Assoc: $300,000 · Arts & CultureJackson School of the Arts Assoc+2 more: $48,000 · Arts & CultureFamily Service and Childrens Aid: $606,900 · OtherFamily Service and Childrens AidHIGHFIELDS INC: $463,003 · OtherHIGHFIELDS INCDA VINCI CHARTER SCHOOL: $316,783 · OtherDA VINCI CHARTER SCHOOLSPRINGPORT PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $304,838 · OtherSPRINGPORT PUBLIC SCHOOLSEAST JACKSON COMMUNITY SCHOOLS: $269,834 · OtherJACKSON COUNTY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT: $265,686 · OtherNORTHWEST COMMUNITY SCHOOLS: $246,487 · OtherJACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT (V): $239,750 · OtherVANDERCOOK LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $235,532 · OtherCONCORD COMMUNITY SCHOOLS: $226,580 · OtherNAPOLEON COMMUNITY SCHOOLS: $225,165 · OtherJACKSON DISTRICT LIBRARY: $225,000 · OtherGRASS LAKE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS: $212,467 · OtherCOLUMBIA SCHOOL DISTRICT: $210,995 · OtherMICHIGAN CENTER SCHOOL DISTRICT: $210,000 · OtherHANOVER HORTON SCHOOLS: $205,729 · OtherSALVATION ARMY: $185,000 · OtherWESTERN SCHOOL DISTRICT: $185,000 · Other+10 more: $659,613 · Other+10 moreRISE ABOVE: $510,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE XCHANGE TEEN CENTER: $154,603 · Youth DevelopmentCOMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES OF JACKSON COUNTY: $205,000 · Human ServicesJOHN GEORGE HOME INC: $110,000 · Human ServicesLILY MISSIONS CENTER: $95,000 · Human ServicesJackson YMCA Inc: $62,500 · Human ServicesTOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE: $57,548 · Human ServicesCatholic Charities of Jackson: $20,000 · Human ServicesCOLLEGE AND CAREER ACCESS CENTER OF JACKSON: $280,000 · Education+1 more: $5,745 · EducationMYPLACE INC: $120,000 · Housing & ShelterJackson Interfaith Shelter: $97,500 · Housing & ShelterCENTER FOR WOMEN PREGNANCY COUNSELING SERVICES INC: $159,142 · Health
Arts & Culture$5,507,180Other$5,494,362Youth Development$664,603Human Services$550,048Education$285,745Housing & Shelter$217,500Health$159,142

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJACKSON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION INC: $5,159,180 over 4y, 10% of budgetFamily Service and Childrens Aid: $606,900 over 7y, 4.6% of budgetRISE ABOVE: $510,000 over 5y, 71% of budgetHIGHFIELDS INC: $463,003 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetJackson School of the Arts Assoc: $300,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetCOLLEGE AND CAREER ACCESS CENTER OF JACKSON: $280,000 over 2y, 29% of budgetCOMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES OF JACKSON COUNTY: $205,000 over 5y, 22% of budgetCENTER FOR WOMEN PREGNANCY COUNSELING SERVICES INC: $159,142 over 1y, 81% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF JACKSON COUNTY INC: $150,505 over 4y, 12% of budgetMYPLACE INC: $120,000 over 3y, 23% of budgetJOHN GEORGE HOME INC: $110,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetTHE JACKSON FRIENDLY HOME: $102,500 over 4y, 20% of budgetSOAR CAFE AND FARMS: $97,752 over 2y, 30% of budgetJackson Interfaith Shelter: $97,500 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetLILY MISSIONS CENTER: $95,000 over 2y, 27% of budgetJackson YMCA Inc: $62,500 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetTOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE: $57,548 over 2y, 25% of budgetSTUDENT ADVOCACY CENTER OF MICHIGAN INC: $40,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetGROW JACKSON: $40,000 over 2y, 9.0% of budgetJACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetELLA SHARP MUSEUM ASSOCIATION OF JACKSON: $33,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetCatholic Charities of Jackson: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE MICHIGAN EDGE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetMICHIGAN SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL INC: $15,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetTHE SHOP RAT FOUNDATION INC: $5,745 over 1y, 1.9% 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 JACKSON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Family Service and Childrens Aid ↗
  • Who funds RISE ABOVE ↗
  • Who funds HIGHFIELDS INC ↗
  • Who funds Jackson School of the Arts Assoc ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE AND CAREER ACCESS CENTER OF JACKSON ↗
  • Who funds COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES OF JACKSON COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR WOMEN PREGNANCY COUNSELING SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE XCHANGE TEEN CENTER ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF JACKSON COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds MYPLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds JOHN GEORGE HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds THE JACKSON FRIENDLY HOME ↗
  • Who funds SOAR CAFE AND FARMS ↗
  • Who funds Jackson Interfaith Shelter ↗
  • Who funds LILY MISSIONS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Jackson YMCA Inc ↗
  • Who funds TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE ↗
  • Who funds STUDENT ADVOCACY CENTER OF MICHIGAN INC ↗
  • Who funds GROW JACKSON ↗
  • Who funds JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Jackson Community Fou…The Alvin L Glick Fou…Consumers Energy Foun…The Hurst FoundationLavery FoundationPhil & Pat Willis Fou…Speckhard-Knight Char…The L H Field Family …Flagstar Foundation I…Melling Family Founda…Macchia Family Founda…Wa Foote Memorial Hos…
Jackson Community FoundationMI57.8× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 John George Jr Paragraph X Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John George Jr Paragraph X Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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.

    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 45 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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