Michigan · Private foundation
John Stites Jazz Artist Organization
The jsjao is a charitable organization which funds advanced studies for jazz musicians and concerts, competitions, and projects that expand jazz audiences and the appreciation of jazz in the community. Its fy2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $198k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 65%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,725
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $80,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 17
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.2M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 65% of the organizations John Stites Jazz Artist Organization funded were first-time grantees, receiving 85% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 15% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $225k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 15 | $198k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $265k | 65% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $184k | 56% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $269k | 82% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $50k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kalamazoo Nonprofit Advocacy Coalition | $65,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Western Michigan University | $42,254 | 2 | n/a |
| Edison Neighborhood Association Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra | $25,000 | 3 | 1% |
| South Side Jazz Coalition Inc | $18,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Irving S Gilmore International Keyboard | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Citymusic Cleveland Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Michigan Festival of Sacred Music | $14,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Jazz on Wheels | $13,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Jazz Inspired Inc | $12,610 | 2 | 16% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kalamazoo Nonprofit Advocacy Coalition | $65,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Western Michigan University | $42,254 | 2 | n/a |
| Edison Neighborhood Association Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra | $25,000 | 3 | 1% |
| South Side Jazz Coalition Inc | $18,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Irving S Gilmore International Keyboard | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Citymusic Cleveland Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Michigan Festival of Sacred Music | $14,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Jazz on Wheels | $13,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Jazz Inspired Inc | $12,610 | 2 | 16% |
| Tuba Bach Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Jazz Education Network | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| JazzBoston Inc | $6,800 | 1 | 32% |
| Foundry Hall | $6,400 | 2 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($689k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
John Stites Jazz Artist Organization supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 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: Marvin and Rosalie Okun Foundation · Dorothy U Dalton Foundation Inc · Harold and Grace Upjohn Foundation · Irving S Gilmore Foundation · Stucki Family Foundation · The Burdick-Thorne Foundation · Suzanne Upjohn Delano Parish Foundation · Tyler-Little Family Foundation · Kalamazoo Community Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About John Stites Jazz Artist Organization
- How much does John Stites Jazz Artist Organization give?
- John Stites Jazz Artist Organization reported 15 grants totaling $198,170 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 17 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does John Stites Jazz Artist Organization fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (86%), Community Improvement (8%), Education (5%).
- Who are John Stites Jazz Artist Organization's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Kalamazoo Nonprofit Advocacy Coalition ($65k), Western Michigan University ($42k), Edison Neighborhood Association Inc ($25k).
- Does John Stites Jazz Artist Organization fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 65% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John Stites Jazz Artist Organization accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as John Stites Jazz Artist Organization?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Marvin and Rosalie Okun Foundation, Dorothy U Dalton Foundation Inc, Harold and Grace Upjohn Foundation.
- Where is John Stites Jazz Artist Organization based?
- John Stites Jazz Artist Organization is based in MI.
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