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Johnson & Wales University

The mission of JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY (jwu) is to provide an exceptional education that inspires professional success and lifelong personal and intellectual growth.

$110M
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$162kEmployment$41kRecreation & Sports$32kCommunity Improvement$17kYouth Development$16kArts & Culture$10kCrime & Legal$7kPublic Benefit$6kOther$0
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 2 grants below total $16,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $110,104,168 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $110,088,168 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$774M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PROVIDENCE DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT$10,000
SPORTS BIZ CARES LTD$6,000
02The need
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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 (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 98% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%UNITED WAY OF MIAMI DADE: $6k → 15%FL RESTAURANT & LODGING ASSOCIATION EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $15k → 19%SPORTS BIZ CARES LTD: $6k → 10%UNITED STATES CHALLENGE CUP: $8k → 14%COLORADO RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION: $7k → 12%GREATER MIAMI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $6k → 15%FLORIDA RESTAURANT & LODGE: $15k → 19%PROVIDENCE DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT: $10k → 14%JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF DENVER: $10k → 12%FLORIDA RESTAURANT & LODGE: $15k → 19%DOWNTOWN PROVIDENCE PARK NETWORK: $10k → 14%FL RESTAURANT & LODGE: $11k → 19%FIRSTWORKS: $10k → 14%RI PUBLIC EXPENDITURE COUNCIL: $6k → 14%UNITED WAY OF RI: $60k → 14%UNITED WAY OF RI: $41k → 14%UNITED WAY OF RI: $31k → 14%UNITED WAY OF RI: $25k → 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.
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 49% of Johnson & Wales University’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 67% of the giving stays in RI; by stated purpose, 62%.

Johnson & Wales Universitylessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
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.

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Charlotte Regional Realtor Association Inc

The charlotte regional realtor (r) association (crra) is a trade association serving members in mecklenburg, iredell and haywood counties. at december 31, 2024, crra had 14,020 members.

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2
Preserve Rhode Island

Preserve ri's vision is a future where historic preservation creates positive change, making our diverse cultures, the environment, and the economy better for the people who live, visit and work in rhode island. preserve ri's mission is to…

Arts & Culture
3
The Rhode Island Community Foundation

The rhode island foundation mobilizes generosity and motivates change that makes a difference

Philanthropy
4
The Recycling Partnership Inc

Our mission is to build a better recycling system, one that delivers the economic and environmental benefits our communities and the hundreds of thousands of people who work throughout the recycling industry deserve.

Environment
5
Counselors of Real Estate

Cre was established exclusively for real estate advisors who provide intelligent, unbiased, and trusted advice for a client or employer. the purpose of the organization is to serve as an information resource and to provide its members with…

Community Improvement
6
The Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce

Promote businesses through the organization of various meetings, functions, and programs.

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7
Coop Careers Inc

Building a movement of diverse, upwardly mobile college grads overcoming underemployment through digital skills and peer connections.

Education
8
Harrison Hotel Inc

The organization serves as the general partner for a limited partnership that owns and operates affordable housing for the benefit of 131 low-income tenants.

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9
Christian Care Retirement Apartments Inc

Through christian love and excellence, we are dedicated to providing a fulfilling lifestyle and promoting independence to those we serve

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10
Wayside House Inc

Our mission is to break the cycle of addiction and trauma for women, children, and families.

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11
Rcap Solutions Inc Formerly Rural Housing Improvement Inc

Rental assistance received from a government agency under section 8 of the housing assistance payments program. providing technical assistance and training to low-income rural communities and other agencies in order to provide or enhance…

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12
Cathedral Towers Inc

Provide housing for low income elderly persons age 62 and over without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, religion, sex, familial status or disability.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Crossroads Rhode Island; the most unlike its peers is Us Challenge Cup Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

22 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
13/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED WAY OF RHODE ISLAND INC: $156,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF RHODE ISLAND INCUNITED WAY MIAMI INC: $6,401 · PhilanthropyTHE EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF THE FLORIDA RESTAURANT AND LODGING ASSOCIATION INC: $55,513 · OtherTHE EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF THE…US Challenge Cup Inc: $7,500 · OtherUS Challenge Cup IncCOLORADO RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION: $7,360 · OtherCOLORADO RESTAURANT ASSOCIATIONDENVER INNOCENCE PROJECT: $7,360 · OtherDENVER INNOCENCE PROJECTGREATER MIAMI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC: $5,600 · OtherGREATER MIAMI CHAMBER OF COMMER…DOWNTOWN PROVIDENCE PARKS NETWORK: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT-ROCKY MOUNTAIN INC: $10,000 · InternationalFIRSTWORKS: $10,000 · Arts & CultureRHODE ISLAND PUBLIC EXPENDITURE COUNCIL: $6,098 · Public BenefitSPORTS BIZ CAREERS LTD: $6,000 · Employment
Philanthropy$162,401Other$83,333Recreation & Sports$20,000International$10,000Arts & Culture$10,000Public Benefit$6,098Employment$6,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNITED WAY OF RHODE ISLAND INC: $156,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHE EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF THE FLORIDA RESTAURANT AND LODGING ASSOCIATION INC: $55,513 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetDOWNTOWN PROVIDENCE PARKS NETWORK: $20,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT-ROCKY MOUNTAIN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFIRSTWORKS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetUS Challenge Cup Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCOLORADO RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION: $7,360 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED WAY MIAMI INC: $6,401 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRHODE ISLAND PUBLIC EXPENDITURE COUNCIL: $6,098 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSPORTS BIZ CAREERS LTD: $6,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetGREATER MIAMI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC: $5,600 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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.

Citizens Charitable F…Amica Companies Found…The Rhode Island Comm…Ralph R Papitto & Bar…Collette FoundationWashington Trust Co C…The Champlin Foundati…Bristol County Saving…Td Charitable Foundat…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…
Citizens Charitable FoundationRI18.5× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Citizens Charitable Foundation · Amica Companies Foundation · The Rhode Island Community Foundation · Ralph R Papitto & Barbara a Papitto Private Family Foundation · Collette Foundation · Washington Trust Co Charitable Fdn · The Champlin Foundation · Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Td Charitable Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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 Johnson & Wales University funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Johnson & Wales University. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
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 →median 23%
  • United Way Miami Inc: 23% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
3report 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 12 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $120M of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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