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Jones Page Jacobson Family Foundation at a glance

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Jones Page Jacobson Family Foundation

Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$213k
Granted FY2018
29
Grants FY2018
2
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.

Arts & Culture$95kEducation$92kHealth$39kReligion$29kHuman Services$19kPhilanthropy$19kFood & Nutrition$7kRecreation & Sports$5kOther$0
02FY2018 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2018

  • Under $10k22 grants · $72k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $141k
$4,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota$35,000
Mankato Symphony Orchestra$30,000
MSU Foundation$20,000
South Central College - Mankato Campus Foundation$20,000
1st Presbyterian Church$14,500
Mankato Area United Way$11,500
Face it Foundation$10,000
University of Central Oklahoma Foundation$8,000
Mayo Clinic Health System - Mankato Health Care Foundation$7,500
Open Door Health Center$6,000
Educare Foundation$6,000
Feeding Our Communities Partners$4,000
St Louis Public Schools Foundation$4,000
YWCA$4,000
Mankato Family YMCA$4,000
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 (FY17–18, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Vine Faith In Action: $4k → 15%Mankato Family YMCA: $4k → 15%Vine Faith In Action: $2k → 15%Mankato Family YMCA: $2k → 15%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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$308k · 29 repeat orgs$1k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +57% since the first grant, against +56% for those funded once.

29 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
1

Total granted

$308k
$1k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+57%
+56%

Still filing today

55%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2018, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • MS
    MANKATO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $40k · revenue +2%
  • CM
    CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
    2× · 2017–2018 · $38k · revenue +122%
  • SC
    SOUTH CENTRAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2018 · $28k · revenue +66%

Funded once

  • OS
    Oakdale School Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +56%
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
African Development Center

Grow businesses, build wealth and increase reinvestement in the african communities of minnesota

Human Services
2
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and Industry

The minnesota chamber of commerce proactively leads the business community statewide to: advance pro-business, responsible minnesota public policy that creates jobs and grows the econony; provde member services to address evolving business…

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3
Feeding South Dakota

To eliminate hunger in south dakota.

Food & Nutrition
4
Dakota County Technical College Foundation

The dctc foundation's mission is to foster student success and elevate the academic experience at dakota county technical college by securing resources through strong partnerships with employers, alumni, and the community.

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5
Minnesota Medical Association

To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.

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6
Mn Community Measurement

Mn community measurement empowers stakeholders with meaningful information to drive improvement.

Health
7
Minnesota Council on Foundations

MCF is a vibrant philanthropic community connecting, strengthening and mobilizing the power of philanthropy to advance prosperity and equity.

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8
Mankato Area Foundation

The Mankato Area Foundation is a trusted resource that connects donors with causes they care about, provides funding to enhance our region and serves as a collaborative community partner.

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9
Cambridge Community College Foundation

The mission of the cambridge campus foundation fulfills the potential of the students in east central minnesota, by expanding their opportunities and broadening their horizons with an affordable education and promise of a strong future.

Philanthropy
10
Minnesota Business Partnership

The minnesota business partnership's mission is to maintain a high quality of life for all minnesotans by ensuring that the state's economy remains strong, globally competitive and its prospects for growth bright by working with elected…

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11
Minnesota Family Council

Minnesota family council (mfc) is a non-profit christian organization that is dedicated to strengthening minnesota families by advancing biblical principles in the public arena, for the glory of the lord jesus christ and the good of…

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12
Cankdeska Cikana Community College

To provide higher education opportunities, at the community college level, including vocational and technical training. as a tribal community college, we emphasize the teaching and learning of dakota culture and language toward the…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Committee Against Domestic Abuse Inc; the most unlike its peers is Face It Foundation. 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

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 30 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
15/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

1st Presbyterian Church: $29,000 · Other1st Presbyterian ChurchMSU Foundation: $28,000 · OtherMSU FoundationSOUTH CENTRAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $28,000 · OtherSOUTH CENTRAL COLLEGE FOUNDATIONMankato Area United Way: $19,000 · OtherMankato Area United WayMayo Clinic Health System - Mankato Health Care Foundation: $15,000 · OtherMayo Clinic Health System - Mankato Health Care FoundationEDUCARE FOUNDATION INC: $9,000 · OtherEDUCARE FOUNDATION INCSt Louis Public Schools Foundation: $6,000 · Other+9 more: $24,500 · Other+9 moreMANKATO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $40,000 · Arts & CultureMANKATO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INCCHILDRENS MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA: $38,000 · Arts & CultureCHILDRENS MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN MIN…BLUE EARTH COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $4,500 · Arts & CultureGREATER MANKATO DIVERSITY COUNCIL: $3,000 · Arts & CultureBETSY-TACY SOCIETY: $3,000 · Arts & CultureFACE IT FOUNDATION: $15,000 · EducationFACE IT FO…UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION: $12,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY…Oakdale School Foundation: $1,000 · EducationVINE FAITH IN ACTION: $6,000 · Human ServicesTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOC OF MANKATO INC: $6,000 · Human ServicesOPEN DOOR HEALTH CENTER: $9,000 · HealthFeeding Our Communities Partners: $5,000 · Food & NutritionFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $4,500 · Youth DevelopmentCOMMITTEE AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE INC: $3,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$158,500Arts & Culture$88,500Education$28,000Human Services$12,000Health$9,000Food & Nutrition$5,000Youth Development$4,500Crime & Legal$3,000

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 budgetMANKATO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $40,000 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetCHILDRENS MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA: $38,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetSOUTH CENTRAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $28,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetFACE IT FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEDUCARE FOUNDATION INC: $9,000 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetOPEN DOOR HEALTH CENTER: $9,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVINE FAITH IN ACTION: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOC OF MANKATO INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFeeding Our Communities Partners: $5,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetBLUE EARTH COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $4,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMITTEE AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER MANKATO DIVERSITY COUNCIL: $3,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetEMERGENCY COMMUNITY HELP ORGANIZATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOakdale School Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

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.

Mankato Area Foundati…Valley News FoundationGlen a Taylor Foundat…Mayo Clinic Group Ret…Xcel Energy FoundationGreater Mankato Area …The Olseth FoundationOtto Bremer TrustSaint Paul & Minnesot…Mankato Clinic Founda…L & N Andreas Foundat…William D Radichel Fo…
Mankato Area FoundationMN32.6× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mankato Area Foundation · Valley News Foundation · Glen a Taylor Foundation · Mayo Clinic Group Return · Xcel Energy Foundation · Greater Mankato Area United Way Inc · The Olseth Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Mankato Clinic Foundation Inc · L & N Andreas Foundation · William D Radichel 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 Page Jacobson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jones Page Jacobson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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.
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    How do I get to Jones Page Jacobson Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Jones Page Jacobson Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 30 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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