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Jones Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$129k
Granted FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$855kArts & Culture$65kHuman Services$61kEnvironment$61kScience & Tech$59kEducation$42kHealth$32kHousing & Shelter$13kOther$0
02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k18 grants · $56k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $73k
$2,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$829k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY$40,000
SEATTLE FOUNDATION$20,000
INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY$12,500
SOUND GENERATIONS$6,500
NORTHWEST MARITIME CENTER$5,000
HARVEST AGAINST HUNGER$5,000
HOPELINK$5,000
SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS$4,000
SEATTLE PARKS FOUNDATION$4,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$2,563
ECOSS$2,500
LITTLE BIT THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER$2,500
UNION GOSPEL MISSION$2,500
NATUREBRIDGE$2,500
SEATTLE AQUARIUM$2,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $58k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%SAFE CROSSINGS FOUNDATION: $3k → 9%SAFE CROSSINGS FOUNDATION: $3k → 9%SOUND GENERATIONS: $7k → 9%SAFE CROSSINGS FOUNDATION: $2k → 9%SOUND GENERATIONS: $2k → 9%SAFE CROSSINGS FOUNDATION: $2k → 9%SAFE CROSSINGS FOUNDATION: $2k → 9%SOUND GENERATIONS: $2k → 9%SAFE CROSSINGS FOUNDATION: $2k → 9%SAFE CROSSINGS FOUNDATION: $1k → 9%SOUND GENERATIONS: $2k → 9%SAFE CROSSINGS FOUNDATION: $1k → 9%SAFE CROSSINGS FOUNDATION: $1k → 9%HOPELINK: $5k → 9%WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES: $3k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $3k → 9%WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES: $3k → 9%WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES: $3k → 9%WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES: $3k → 9%WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES: $3k → 9%HOPELINK: $3k → 9%HOPELINK: $2k → 9%HOPELINK: $1k → 9%FULL LIFE CARE: $2k → 9%FULL LIFE CARE: $2k → 9%HOPELINK: $2k → 9%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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$694k · 22 repeat orgs$60k to everyone else

22 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
9

Total granted

$694k
$53k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+37%

Still filing today

82%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsEnvironmentOther
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

  • IF
    INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY
    6× · 2019–2025 · $38k · revenue +17%
  • TS
    THE SEATTLE AQUARIUM SOCIETY
    7× · 2017–2025 · $34k · revenue +180%
  • NM
    NORTHWEST MARITIME CENTER
    7× · 2019–2025 · $29k · revenue +128%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • WR
    WORLD RELIEF SEATTLE
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • C
    CODEORGgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue +37%
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
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation

The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.

Animals
2
Siff

Siff is a seattle-based 501(c)(3) arts nonprofit dedicated to the creation of vibrant experiences and spaces that champion film discovery and arts education.

Youth Development
3
The Humane Society for Seattleking County

Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.

Animals
4
Fsc I&P

Fsc i&p promotes environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests. this mission aligns with the forest stewardship council (fsc), its network of offices, and other organizations.…

Philanthropy
5
Seattle Symphony Orchestra Inc

To present symphonic music of the highest quality in a distinctive way for the cultural enrichment, education, engagement and enjoyment of the people of our community.

Arts & Culture
6
Life Science Washington

Life science washington is a non-profit trade and professional association dedicated to promoting innovation and responsible growth in the life sciences and biomedical industries in the state of washington. promotion and education are…

—
7
The Seattle Academy of Arts & Sciences

Seattle academy is a dynamic community that challenges students to question, imagine, and create in order to contribute to a changing world.

Education
8
University Cooperative School

We take a joyful, community-oriented approach to raising engaged citizens, deep learners, and brave adventurers with the skills, creativity, and heart needed to better the world.

—
9
Friends of Seattle Waterfront

To bring people, communities, and resources together to ensure waterfront park thrives as a vibrant gathering space - uplifting locals, fostering connections and honoring seattle's natural beauty and stories.

Community Improvement
10
Association of Washington Cities

The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…

—
11
Great Peninsula Conservancy

Preserve in perpetuity the natural habitats, rural landscapes, and open spaces of the great peninsula of washington's puget sound.

Environment
12
Islandwood

The primary goal is to help children & adults develop a commitment to lifelong learning & environmental and community stewardship through hands-on learning experiences combining science, technology, & the arts at islandwood's 255-acre…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Seattle Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Salish Sea Expenditions. 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

29 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. 29 of the 36 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/29
Grantees still filing
18/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SEATTLE FOUNDATION: $474,638 · PhilanthropySEATTLE FOUNDATIONUNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY: $310,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF KING COUNTYSOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS: $69,000 · PhilanthropySOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERSSALISH SEA EXPENDITIONS: $13,800 · OtherSALISH SEA EXP…SALVATION ARMY: $11,500 · OtherSALVATION ARMYUNION GOSPEL MISSION: $11,500 · OtherUNION GOSPEL M…YWCA: $10,603 · OtherYWCAIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual gra…WORLD RELIEF SEATTLE: $10,000 · OtherWORLD RELIEF S…TINY TREES PRESCHOOL: $10,000 · OtherTINY TREES PRE…ART WITH HEART: $8,500 · OtherART WITH HEARTTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $6,000 · OtherSISTER SCHOOLS INC: $21,260 · OtherSISTER SCHOOLS…CODEORG: $10,000 · OtherCODEORGNATUREBRIDGE: $11,000 · OtherNATUREBRIDGEENVIRONMENTAL COALITION OF SOUTH SEATTLE: $10,000 · OtherENVIRONMENTAL …+6 more: $9,460 · Other+6 moreNORTHWEST MARITIME CENTER: $28,500 · Arts & CultureBURKE MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $18,500 · Arts & CultureBroadway Bound Childrens Theatre: $9,440 · Arts & CulturePACIFIC SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION: $7,000 · Arts & CultureSAFE CROSSINGS FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Human ServicesHOPELINK: $13,000 · Human ServicesWELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES: $13,000 · Human ServicesSOUND GENERATIONS: $11,000 · Human ServicesFULL LIFE CARE: $3,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,563 · Human ServicesINSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY: $38,000 · Science & TechLITTLE BIT THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $27,610 · Recreation & SportsSEATTLE PARKS FOUNDATION: $9,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE SEATTLE AQUARIUM SOCIETY: $33,670 · Animals
Philanthropy$853,638Other$153,623Arts & Culture$63,440Human Services$57,563Science & Tech$38,000Recreation & Sports$36,610Animals$33,670

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 budgetSEATTLE FOUNDATION: $474,638 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY: $310,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetSOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS: $69,000 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY: $38,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SEATTLE AQUARIUM SOCIETY: $33,670 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHWEST MARITIME CENTER: $28,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetLITTLE BIT THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $27,610 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetSISTER SCHOOLS INC: $21,260 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetBURKE MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $18,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSAFE CROSSINGS FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetSALISH SEA EXPENDITIONS: $13,800 over 3y, 6.9% of budgetHOPELINK: $13,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES: $13,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNATUREBRIDGE: $11,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSOUND GENERATIONS: $11,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCODEORG: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL COALITION OF SOUTH SEATTLE: $10,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTINY TREES PRESCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBroadway Bound Childrens Theatre: $9,440 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSEATTLE PARKS FOUNDATION: $9,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetART WITH HEART: $8,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetPACIFIC SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHARVEST AGAINST HUNGER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFULL LIFE CARE: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,563 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAST (CATCH A SPECIAL THRILL) FOR KIDS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $460 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.

  • Who funds SEATTLE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY ↗
  • Who funds THE SEATTLE AQUARIUM SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST MARITIME CENTER ↗
  • Who funds LITTLE BIT THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER ↗
  • Who funds SISTER SCHOOLS INC ↗
  • Who funds BURKE MUSEUM ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds SAFE CROSSINGS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SALISH SEA EXPENDITIONS ↗
  • Who funds HOPELINK ↗
  • Who funds WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds NATUREBRIDGE ↗
  • Who funds SOUND GENERATIONS ↗
  • Who funds CODEORG ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION OF SOUTH SEATTLE ↗
  • Who funds TINY TREES PRESCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Broadway Bound Childrens Theatre ↗
  • Who funds SEATTLE PARKS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ART WITH HEART ↗
  • Who funds PACIFIC SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds HARVEST AGAINST HUNGER ↗
  • Who funds FULL LIFE CARE ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds NEW VENTURE FUND ↗
  • Who funds CAST (CATCH A SPECIAL THRILL) FOR KIDS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY 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.

Seattle FoundationThe Norcliffe Foundat…Puget Sound Energy Fo…ArtsfundDiscuren FoundationKawabe Memorial FundThe Hugh and Jane Fer…Dv & Ida McEachern Ch…Grousemont FoundationThe Bullitt FoundationThe Russell Family Fo…Moccasin Lake Foundat…
Seattle FoundationWA27.3× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Artsfund · Discuren Foundation · Kawabe Memorial Fund · The Hugh and Jane Ferguson Foundation · Dv & Ida McEachern Charitable Tr · Grousemont Foundation · The Bullitt Foundation · The Russell Family Foundation · Moccasin Lake 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 Jones Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jones Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 36 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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