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Joseph E & Marjorie B Jones Foundation Corporation at a glance

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Joseph E & Marjorie B Jones Foundation Corporation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
31
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2025.

Health$2.6MEnvironment$1.4MHuman Services$1.3MArts & Culture$1.2MEducation$740kRecreation & Sports$735kHousing & Shelter$720kEmployment$660kOther$0
02FY2025 · 31 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k21 grants · $390k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $810k
$25,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$23M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC$150,000
SPROUT THERAPEUTIC RIDING AND EDUCA$150,000
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$100,000
FRIENDS OF FORT DUPONT ICE ARENA I$75,000
LEVINE MUSIC INC$75,000
DOWNTOWN CLUSTER OF CONGREGATIONS$60,000
REBUILDING TOGETHER DC ALEXANDRIA$50,000
ALEXANDRIA SEAPORT FOUNDATION$50,000
HIGHER ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM INC$50,000
THRIVE DC$50,000
BREAD FOR THE CITY INC$35,000
BROADFUTURES INC$35,000
LA COCINA VA$30,000
BEACON HOUSE COMMUNITY MINISTRY$25,000
LIFE PIECES TO MASTERPIECES$25,000
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 (FY20–25, $390k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 54% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%FENWICK FOUNDATION INC: $20k → 7%WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION: $50k → 8%THE FENWICK FOUNDATION: $10k → 7%WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION INC: $35k → 8%NOVA SCRIPTSCENTRAL INC: $15k → 6%NOVA SCRIPTSCENTRAL INC: $10k → 6%LANGTON GREEN INC: $15k → 6%LANGDON GREEN INC: $15k → 6%ROB'S BARBERSHOP COMMUNITY FOUND: $10k → 6%GREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $15k → 14%GREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $10k → 14%GREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $15k → 14%GREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $15k → 14%GREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $10k → 14%GREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $10k → 14%DC AFFORDABLE LAW FIRM: $10k → 14%NEGOTIATION WORKS: $20k → 14%NEGOTIATION WORKS: $15k → 14%NEGOTIATION WORKS: $10k → 14%NEGOTIATION WORKS: $10k → 14%INTEGRATED LIVING OPPORTUNITIES: $20k → 14%BEACON HOUSE COMMUNITY MINISTRY: $25k → 14%IONA SENIOR SERVICES: $15k → 14%INTEGRATED LIVING OPPORTUNITIES: $10k → 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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.6M · 44 repeat orgs$743k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

44 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

44
30

Total granted

$9.6M
$523k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+13%

Still filing today

77%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $220k 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 & CultureFood & NutritionEducationHealthEnvironmentOther
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

  • CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +53%
  • LM
    LEVINE MUSIC INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $965k · revenue +26%
  • AS
    Alexandria Seaport Foundation
    9× · 2017–2025 · $445k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • WE
    WILMER EYE INSTITUTE AT JOHNS HOPKI
    one grant, 2024 · $100k
  • CA
    CAMP ATTAWAY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $65k · revenue +204% · 39% of their budget
  • AW
    A WIDER CIRCLE INC
    one grant, 2020 · $40k · revenue -58%
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
Washington Dc Meals on Wheels Inc

We deliver healthy delicious meals to our home-bound neighbors. With a vision of creating a more interconnected resilient and compassionate community our program supports entire family systems. In 2024 236 volunteers delivered 55,642 meals…

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2
Cityworks Dc

Our mission is to dramatically improve the early career outcomes of dc youth and young adults of color by creating innovative programs and by mobilizing employers, educators, and city leaders to create a local, diverse talent pipeline. our…

Education
3
Everyone Home Dc

We support the holistic needs of individuals and families at risk of or experiencing homelessness. Housing is our starting point. Seeing people thrive is our finish line.

Human Services
4
Dc Bar Pro Bono Center

The D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center provides free legal services through pro bono lawyers to low-income individuals, nonprofit organizations and small businesses primarily in the District of Columbia. The Pro Bono Center also recruits and trains…

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5
Rebuilding Together of Washington Dc

Volunteer teams rehabilitate homes for low-income elderly and disabledhomeowners, veterans, and families with children, as well as nonprofitfacilities such as schools, shelters, and community service organizations. all work is performed by…

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6
Friendship Place

Friendship Place is a leader in the Washington, DC, metro area in developing solutions to homelessness that have measurable results and a lasting impact. Friendship Place's mission is to empower people who are experiencing or at risk of…

Housing & Shelter
7
District of Columbia Access to Justice

Work with DC courts, private bar & legal services providers to increase legal representations for low & moderate income DC residents, enhance efficiency of legal services, and reduce barriers to the judicial system.

Crime & Legal
8
Abilities Network Inc

Cultivating inclusive communities through relationships, innovation and high-quality services.

Health
9
Dc Greens Inc

DC Greens advances health equity by building a just and resilient food system.

Community Improvement
10
District of Columbia Arts Center

The District of Columbia Arts Center serves the Washington DC area by presenting high caliber and challenging works. It encourages professionalism among artists by providing a forum for educational and cultural exchange. DCAC was founded…

Arts & Culture
11
Pathways to Housing Dc

Pathways to housing dc prevents and ends homelessness for persons living with serious psychiatric disabilities and other complex health challenges.

Human Services
12
Maryland New Directions Inc

Maryland new directions' mission is to train and coach people facing career and life transitions to overcome barriers, restore self-belief, and acquire the skills and tools needed to secure employment on a path to a living wage.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Everybody Wins Dc Inc; the most unlike its peers is Excel Automotive Institute. 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

65 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 65 of the 82 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
63/65
Grantees still filing
38/65
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL: $1,365,000 · OtherGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALDOWNTOWN CLUSTER OF CONGREGATIONS INC: $840,000 · OtherDOWNTOWN CLUSTER OF CONGREGATIONS INCHIGHER ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM INC: $420,000 · OtherHIGHER ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM INCSPROUT THERAPEUTIC RIDING & EDUC: $380,000 · OtherSPROUT THERAPEUTIC RIDING & EDUCWILMER EYE INSTITUTE: $300,000 · OtherWILMER EYE INSTITUTESPROUT THERAPEUTIC RIDING AND EDUCA: $300,000 · OtherSPROUT THERAPEUTIC RIDING AND EDUCARebuilding Together DC Alexandria: $260,000 · OtherPARTNERS IN CARE MARYLAND INC: $195,000 · Other+44 more: $1,454,196 · Other+44 moreLEVINE MUSIC INC: $965,000 · Arts & CultureLEVINE MUSIC INCAlexandria Seaport Foundation: $445,000 · Arts & CultureAlexandria Seapo…+4 more: $90,000 · Arts & Culture+4 moreCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $1,375,000 · EnvironmentCHESAPEAKE BAY …Zenith Community Arts Foundation: $60,000 · Environment+1 more: $547 · EnvironmentFriends of Fort Dupont Ice Arena Inc: $600,000 · Recreation & SportsCAMP ATTAWAY INC: $65,000 · Recreation & SportsBREAD FOR THE CITY INC: $325,000 · Food & NutritionTHRIVE DC: $75,000 · Food & NutritionLA COCINA VA: $60,000 · Food & Nutrition+2 more: $20,000 · Food & NutritionWARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION INC: $85,000 · Human ServicesGREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $75,000 · Human ServicesNEGOTIATION WORKS: $55,000 · Human ServicesIntegrated Living Opportunities: $30,000 · Human ServicesFENWICK FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Human ServicesLANGTON GREEN INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesNOVA ScriptsCentral: $25,000 · Human ServicesBEACON HOUSE COMMUNITY MINISTRY INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesIona Senior Services: $15,000 · Human ServicesNORTHERN VIRGINIA VETERANS ASSOCIATION: $15,000 · Human Services+2 more: $20,000 · Human ServicesBYTE BACK: $310,000 · EmploymentRIGHT BEGINNINGS INC: $40,000 · Employment
Other$5,514,196Arts & Culture$1,500,000Environment$1,435,547Recreation & Sports$665,000Food & Nutrition$480,000Human Services$405,000Employment$350,000

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 budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $1,375,000 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetLEVINE MUSIC INC: $965,000 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetDOWNTOWN CLUSTER OF CONGREGATIONS INC: $840,000 over 9y, 48% of budgetFriends of Fort Dupont Ice Arena Inc: $600,000 over 9y, 17% of budgetAlexandria Seaport Foundation: $445,000 over 9y, 9.8% of budgetHIGHER ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM INC: $420,000 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetBREAD FOR THE CITY INC: $325,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetBYTE BACK: $310,000 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetRebuilding Together DC Alexandria: $260,000 over 6y, 11% of budgetPARTNERS IN CARE MARYLAND INC: $195,000 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetHOPE AND A HOME: $155,000 over 8y, 2.2% of budgetTHE LIGHT HOUSE INC: $135,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION INC: $85,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetTHRIVE DC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetGREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $75,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCAMP ATTAWAY INC: $65,000 over 1y, 39% of budgetINSIGHT MEMORY CARE CENTER: $65,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetLA COCINA VA: $60,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetBROADFUTURES INC: $60,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetZenith Community Arts Foundation: $60,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetNEGOTIATION WORKS: $55,000 over 4y, 10% of budgetKEEN GREATER DC LLC: $50,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetA WIDER CIRCLE INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRIGHT BEGINNINGS INC: $40,000 over 3y, 21% of budgetCARPENTER'S SHELTER INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBCAUSEICAN INC: $35,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetTHE THEATRE LAB INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetIntegrated Living Opportunities: $30,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetFENWICK FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetBest Kids Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetLANGTON GREEN INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNOVA ScriptsCentral: $25,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLIFE PIECES TO MASTERPIECES: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetYoung Playwrights Theater: $25,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetMY SISTER'S PLACE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetOUR MINDS MATTER: $25,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetTHE HOWARD UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARY HOUSE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetONE WORLD EDUCATION: $15,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetExcel Automotive Institute: $15,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetIona Senior Services: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLET'S GO BOYS AND GIRLS INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetNORTHERN VIRGINIA VETERANS ASSOCIATION: $15,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetThe Brendan Corporation: $10,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetGood News Community Kitchen: $10,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetSENIOR SERVICES OF ALEXANDRIA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCITYDANCE ENSEMBLE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% 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 CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LEVINE MUSIC INC ↗
  • Who funds DOWNTOWN CLUSTER OF CONGREGATIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds Friends of Fort Dupont Ice Arena Inc ↗
  • Who funds Alexandria Seaport Foundation ↗
  • Who funds HIGHER ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds BREAD FOR THE CITY INC ↗
  • Who funds BYTE BACK ↗
  • Who funds Rebuilding Together DC Alexandria ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERS IN CARE MARYLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPE AND A HOME ↗
  • Who funds THE LIGHT HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION INC ↗
  • Who funds THRIVE DC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER DC DIAPER BANK ↗
  • Who funds CAMP ATTAWAY INC ↗
  • Who funds INSIGHT MEMORY CARE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds LA COCINA VA ↗
  • Who funds BROADFUTURES INC ↗
  • Who funds Zenith Community Arts Foundation ↗
  • Who funds NEGOTIATION WORKS ↗
  • Who funds KEEN GREATER DC LLC ↗
  • Who funds A WIDER CIRCLE INC ↗
  • Who funds RIGHT BEGINNINGS INC ↗
  • Who funds CARPENTER'S SHELTER INC ↗
  • Who funds BCAUSEICAN INC ↗
  • Who funds THE THEATRE LAB INC ↗
  • Who funds Integrated Living Opportunities ↗
  • Who funds FENWICK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Best Kids Inc ↗

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.

John Edward Fowler Me…The Morris and Gwendo…Greater Washington Co…United Way of the Nat…Clark-Winchcole Found…Philip L Graham Fund …Dimick Foundation Joh…Max & Victoria Dreyfu…Corina Higginson Trus…William S Abell Found…Venable Foundation IncNora Roberts Foundati…
John Edward Fowler Memorial FoundationMD57.4× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: John Edward Fowler Memorial Foundation · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · United Way of the National Capital Area · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · Dimick Foundation John M Lynham Jr Trustee · Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation Inc · Corina Higginson Trust Co Laura Ford Trustee · William S Abell Foundation Inc · Venable Foundation Inc · Nora Roberts 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 Joseph E & Marjorie B Jones Foundation Corporation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Joseph E & Marjorie B Jones Foundation Corporation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Partners in Care Maryland Inc: 40% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • A Wider Circle Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Warrior Canine Connection Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
31report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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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Find your warmest path to Joseph E & Marjorie B Jones Foundation Corporation 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 82 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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