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John K & Janice L Howie Foundation at a glance

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John K & Janice L Howie Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$350k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$35,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$5.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FLORIDA WILDLIFE FEDERATION$35,000
AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND$35,000
CINCINNATI ZOO & BOTANICAL GARDEN$35,000
UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS$35,000
OCEAN CONSERVANCY$35,000
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$35,000
SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION$35,000
BEREA COLLEGE$35,000
WORLD WILDLIFE FOUND$35,000
EARTHJUSTICE$35,000
02The need
02

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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY24–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 89% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS: $35k → 8%SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $35k → 10%EARTHJUSTICE: $35k → 10%WORLD WILDLIFE FOUND: $35k → 14%AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $35k → 10%CINCINNATI ZOO & BOTANICAL GARDEN: $35k → 16%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $35k → 7%BEREA COLLEGE: $35k → 16%OCEAN CONSERVANCY: $35k → 14%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

MA
OH
CA
CO
KY
VA
DC
FL
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 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
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
2
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc

We safeguard the earth: its people, its plants and animals, and (see schedule o) the natural systems on which all life depends. we work to restore the integrity of the elements that sustain life - air, land, and water - to defend…

Environment
3
Conservation Law Foundation Inc

Conservation law foundation, inc. (clf) protects new england's environment for the benefit of all people and future generations. we use the law, science, and markets to create solutions that preserve and restore our natural resources,…

Environment
4
Washington Forest Law Center

Dedicated to protecting the world's natural environment on behalf of the public by serving as a public interest law firm. refer to schedule o, part iii, line 4a, for list of litigated cases or advocacy work.

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5
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
6
Property and Environment Research Center

Perc is dedicated to advancing conservation through markets, incentives, property rights, and partnerships.

Public Benefit
7
Resource Renewal Institute

The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.

Environment
8
Climate Conservation Dba Center for Large Landscape Conservation

We bring science, policy, and proven solutions directly to communities working to restore the integrity and natural connectivity of the landscapes in which they live. (see schedule o)

Environment
9
The Ohio Environmental Council

To protect the environment and health of all ohio communities through legal and policy advocacy, decision-maker accountability, and civic engagement.

Environment
10
National Audubon Society Inc

We work towards a future where birds thrive across the americas because audubon is a powerful, diverse, and ever-growing force for conservation. (continued on schedule o).

Environment
11
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
12
Earth & Space Research

Increase societal understanding of the earth system through scientific research and education.

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sierra Club Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Zoological Society of Cincinnati. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

10 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
5/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OCEAN CONSERVANCY: $35,000 · EnvironmentOCEAN CONSERVANCYSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $35,000 · EnvironmentSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATIONEARTHJUSTICE: $35,000 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICEWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $35,000 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INCZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI: $35,000 · AnimalsZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF …Florida Wildlife Federation: $35,000 · AnimalsFlorida Wildlife Feder…AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $35,000 · EducationAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEG…BEREA COLLEGE: $35,000 · EducationBEREA COLLEGETHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $35,000 · OtherTHE NATURE …THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $35,000 · InternationalTHE UNION O…
Environment$140,000Animals$70,000Education$70,000Other$35,000International$35,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $35,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $35,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBEREA COLLEGE: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFlorida Wildlife Federation: $35,000 over 1y, 2.5% 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization John K & Janice L Howie Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John K & Janice L Howie Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 10 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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