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Jonathon D Fischer USA Foundation at a glance

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Jonathon D Fischer USA 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.

$431k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$104k
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.

Health$670kHuman Services$411kCrime & Legal$133kPublic Safety & Disaster$115kInternational$59kReligion$38kHousing & Shelter$3kRecreation & Sports$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $66k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $360k
$56,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$195k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHILDHELP INC$103,500
COAST GUARD FOUNDATION$100,000
SAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER$100,000
Individual grant recipient$56,000
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$35,020
TYLER ROBINSON FOUNDATION$31,000
OPEN BIBLE CHURCHES$5,500
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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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $362k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CHILDHELP INC: $104k → 11%THORN: $83k → 14%CHILDHELP INC: $100k → 11%CHILDHELP INC: $26k → 11%THORN: $25k → 14%THORN: $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.

Which US states its grants reach

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IL
NY
NV
IA
CT
CA
CO
MO
AZ
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MS
GA
TX
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 26% of Jonathon D Fischer USA Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 50% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 28%.

Jonathon D Fischer USA Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 4.2% directed abroad (not shown)
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
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 9 repeat orgs$225k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

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11

Total granted

$1.2M
$153k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
0%

Still filing today

67%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $72k 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

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HealthHuman ServicesEducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyReligionOther
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

  • T
    THORN
    3× · 2017–2021 · $133k · revenue +417%
  • CG
    COAST GUARD FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $115k · revenue +47%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    3× · 2019–2023 · $89k · revenue +99%

Funded once

  • AM
    Autism Movement Therapy Inc
    one grant, 2019 · $75k · revenue 0% · 72% of their budget
  • AH
    A Human Project
    one grant, 2018 · $58k
  • EL
    EQUIP Leadership Incgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +192%
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.

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Blood Cancer United Inc

Our mission is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.

Health
2
Childrens Cancer Therapy Development Institute

To make all childhood cancers universally survivable by delivering new treatments to clinical trials through scientific discovery.

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3
Targeting Resistance in Cancer Cooperative
Health
4
Global Down Syndrome Foundation

To significantly improve the lives of people with down syndrome through research, medical care, education and advocacy. an important part of this mission is to support the global affiliate organizations that we helped establish and…

Health
5
Critical Path Institute

The critical path institute is a catalyst in the development of new approaches that advance medical innovation and regulatory science. this is achieved by leading teams that share data, knowledge and expertise resulting in sound, consensus…

Health
6
The Ayla Foundation

Our mission is to raise awareness and fund cutting-edge clinical research for pediatric brain cancer; focusing on cancer's biggest bully, dipg.

Philanthropy
7
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
8
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
9
The Lieber Institute Inc

The mission of the institute is to translate basic genetic and molecular mechanisms of schizophrenia and related developmental brain disorders into clinical advances that change the lives of affected individuals. it is catalyzing a new…

Health
10
Hugo W Moser Research Institute At Kennedy Krieger Inc

The hugo w. moser research institute at kennedy krieger, inc. (the "research institute") is an internationally recognized research facility finding answers to problems and injuries that affect a child's developing brain. researchers have…

Science & Tech
11
Children's Heartlink

We save children's lives by transforming pediatric heart care in underserved parts of the world.

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12
Ataxia Telangiectasia Children's Project Inc

Ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T) is a genetic disease that causes loss of muscle control and balance, cancer, lung disease, and immune system problems in children and young adults, shortening their lives. The nonprofit A-T Children's Project…

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc; the most unlike its peers is Autism Movement Therapy 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

17 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. 17 of the 23 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
15/17
Grantees still filing
9/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER: $325,000 · OtherSAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTERDREAM CENTER: $182,234 · OtherDREAM CENTERAutism Movement Therapy Inc: $75,000 · OtherAutism Movement Therapy IncIndividual grant recipient: $58,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientA Human Project: $58,190 · OtherA Human Project+8 more: $13,093 · OtherCHILDHELP INC: $229,000 · Human ServicesCHILDHELP INCTHORN: $133,000 · Human ServicesTHORNST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $88,800 · HealthST JUDE CHIL…American Heart Association Inc: $35,020 · HealthAmerican Hea…TYLER ROBINSON FOUNDATION: $31,000 · HealthTYLER ROBINS…+1 more: $2,200 · HealthCOAST GUARD FOUNDATION INC: $115,000 · Public BenefitCOAST GUA…CELEBRITY FIGHT NIGHT FOUNDATION INC: $52,200 · PhilanthropyAFRICAN BIBLE COLLEGES INC: $22,888 · EducationEQUIP Leadership Inc: $10,000 · Religion
Other$712,017Human Services$362,000Health$157,020Public Benefit$115,000Philanthropy$52,200Education$22,888Religion$10,000

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 budgetCHILDHELP INC: $229,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHORN: $133,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetCOAST GUARD FOUNDATION INC: $115,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $88,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAutism Movement Therapy Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 72% of budgetCELEBRITY FIGHT NIGHT FOUNDATION INC: $52,200 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $35,020 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTYLER ROBINSON FOUNDATION: $31,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetAFRICAN BIBLE COLLEGES INC: $22,888 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetEQUIP Leadership Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJAZZ AT ASPEN-SNOWMASS: $1,233 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTH ATHLETES INC: $550 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

National Philanthropi…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA7.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Jonathon D Fischer USA Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jonathon D Fischer USA Foundation. 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%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 23 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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