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Josephine Lawrence Hopkins 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.

$350k
Granted FY2024still arriving
26
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$50k
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$556kEnvironment$181kInternational$181kArts & Culture$158kEducation$154kPhilanthropy$142kHousing & Shelter$93kYouth Development$59kOther$0
02FY2024 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k13 grants · $65k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $185k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$10,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$5.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY$50,000
CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE$50,000
DEPLOYUS INC$30,000
CHILDREN'S CANCER & BLOOD FOUNDATION$25,000
GIVE TO RESEARCH$25,000
PLATELET DISORDER SUPPORT ASSN$25,000
BIOBUILDER EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$15,000
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC$15,000
CANCER SUPPORT TEAM$10,000
PURDUE FOUNDATION$10,000
THE SCHUYLER FDN FOR CAREER BRIDGES INC$10,000
THE SOPHIA WAY$10,000
ATHLETES COMMITTED TO EDUCATING STUDENTS$10,000
FRONT AND CENTERED$7,000
WHITESWAN ENVIRONMENTAL WE$5,000
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 (FY20–24, $100k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 80% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%COVENANT HOUSE FLORIDA INC: $10k → 13%MIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $10k → 14%THE SOPHIA WAY: $10k → 9%THE SOPHIA WAY: $10k → 9%GIVE TO GIVE FOUNDATION: $20k → 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%OPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA: $5k → 11%INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $5k → 17%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $5k → 14%OPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA: $5k → 11%OPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA: $5k → 11%INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $5k → 17%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

WA
MN
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CA
UT
MD
NM
NC
DC
AL
FL
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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 27 repeat orgs$521k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

27 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
43

Total granted

$1.2M
$410k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+18%

Still filing today

93%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $111k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEnvironmentHuman ServicesEducationInternationalCivil RightsOther
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

  • TC
    THE CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE
    4× · 2020–2024 · $143k · revenue +23%
  • PD
    PLATELET DISORDER SUPPORT ASSOCIATION
    4× · 2021–2024 · $107k · revenue +63%
  • TS
    THE SCHUYLER FOUNDATION FOR CAREER BRIDGES
    5× · 2020–2024 · $83k · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • HW
    HISTORIC WEST PALM BEACH INC
    one grant, 2020 · $30k · revenue 0% · 100% of their budget
  • TR
    THE RURAL TIER DEFENSE FUND INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $30k · revenue ×13
  • GE
    GLOBAL EMPOWERMENT MISSION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue 0%
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
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
2
MRIGlobal

To improve the lives of people through innovative scientific and engineering research.

Science & Tech
3
Us Digital Response

U.s. digital response is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that helps governments, nonprofits, and public entities respond quickly to critical public needs. the organization serves the public by leveraging a network of pro bono…

Public Safety & Disaster
4
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
5
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
6
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
7
Fajr Scientific

To provide multi-specialty surgical care, humanitarian aid and educational support to people in low- and middle-income countries.

Science & Tech
8
Observer Research Foundation America

Organization mission the observer research foundation america orf america is an independent, non-partisan, and nonprofit organization in washington dc dedicated to addressing policy challenges facing the united states, india, and their…

International
9
Toxic-Free Future F/K/a Washington Toxics Coalition

As a national leader in environmental health research and advocacy, toxic- free future uses the power of science, education, and activism, to drive strong laws and corporate responsibility that protect the health of all people and the…

Environment
10
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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11
United States Telecom Association

See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…

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12
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Opportunity Partners; the most unlike its peers is Whiteswan Environmental We. 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

70 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. 70 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
68/70
Grantees still filing
49/70
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHILDREN'S CANCER AND BLOOD FOUNDATION INC: $191,500 · HealthCHILDREN'S CANCER AND BLOOD F…PLATELET DISORDER SUPPORT ASSOCIATION: $106,500 · HealthPLATELET DISORDER SUPPORT ASS…CANCER SUPPORT TEAM INC: $55,000 · HealthCANCER SUPPORT TEAM INCALONGSIDE NETWORK: $20,000 · Health+9 more: $78,000 · Health+9 moreCOMMONBOND COMMUNITIES: $53,000 · OtherCOMMONBOND COMMUNITIESNATL TR FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION: $34,500 · OtherNATL TR FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATIONTHE GIVE TO GIVE FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherTHE SOPHIA WAY: $20,000 · OtherGIVE TO RESEARCH: $75,000 · OtherGIVE TO RESEARCHPARTNERSHIP FOR PUBLIC SERVICE INC: $30,000 · OtherTHE RURAL TIER DEFENSE FUND INC: $30,000 · OtherGLOBAL EMPOWERMENT MISSION INC: $25,000 · Other+35 more: $305,500 · Other+35 moreBIOBUILDER EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $75,000 · EducationBIOBUILDER …ATHLETES COMMITTED TO EDUCATING STUDENTS: $37,000 · EducationATHLETES CO…AJIRI FOUNDATION: $29,000 · EducationAJIRI FOUND…PROJECT SUCCESS: $22,000 · EducationPROJECT SUC…THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · EducationTHE UNIVERS…+1 more: $5,000 · EducationTHE CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE: $143,000 · InternationalTHE CENTER…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $10,000 · InternationalMEDECINS S…+2 more: $7,500 · InternationalUNITED WAY OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyThe Constellation Fund: $37,000 · PhilanthropyWomen's Foundation of Minnesota: $35,000 · PhilanthropyTIDES FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyDEPLOYUS INC: $75,000 · EnvironmentTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EnvironmentFront and Centered: $7,000 · EnvironmentWest Harlem Environmental Action Inc: $6,000 · EnvironmentWHITESWAN ENVIRONMENTAL WE: $5,000 · EnvironmentHonnold Foundation: $5,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF MOUNTS BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $5,000 · EnvironmentDuwamish River Cleanup Coalition - TAG: $4,000 · Environment+1 more: $1,500 · EnvironmentTHE SCHUYLER FOUNDATION FOR CAREER BRIDGES: $83,000 · Arts & CultureHISTORIC WEST PALM BEACH INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureFLORIDA TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION INC: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Health$451,000Other$593,000Education$183,000International$160,500Philanthropy$132,000Environment$118,500Arts & Culture$118,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCHILDREN'S CANCER AND BLOOD FOUNDATION INC: $191,500 over 5y, 15% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE: $143,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPLATELET DISORDER SUPPORT ASSOCIATION: $106,500 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetTHE SCHUYLER FOUNDATION FOR CAREER BRIDGES: $83,000 over 5y, 20% of budgetGIVE TO RESEARCH: $75,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetDEPLOYUS INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetBIOBUILDER EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetCANCER SUPPORT TEAM INC: $55,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetCOMMONBOND COMMUNITIES: $53,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetThe Constellation Fund: $37,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetATHLETES COMMITTED TO EDUCATING STUDENTS: $37,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetWomen's Foundation of Minnesota: $35,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetHISTORIC WEST PALM BEACH INC: $30,000 over 1y, 100% of budgetPARTNERSHIP FOR PUBLIC SERVICE INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAJIRI FOUNDATION: $29,000 over 5y, 19% of budgetGLOBAL EMPOWERMENT MISSION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT SUCCESS: $22,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE GIVE TO GIVE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE SOPHIA WAY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetALONGSIDE NETWORK: $20,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetRED OAK CAMP INC: $17,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $14,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetQUANTUM HOUSE INC: $13,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRUDEAU INSTITUTE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetREBUILDING TOGETHER SEATTLE: $10,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetOPPORTUNITY PARTNERS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE COUNSELING CENTER: $10,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE FLORIDA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR DEMOCRACY AND TECHNOLOGY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSoldiers'Sailors'MarinesX and Airmen's Club: $10,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetMIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPASS HEALTH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEMERGENCY MEDICAL ASSISTANCE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetTECHNOLOGY ACCESS FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSOUNDBIO LAB: $7,000 over 2y, 6.4% of budgetFAIRVOTE: $6,000 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.

Mortenson Family Foun…Saint Paul & Minnesot…The Minneapolis Found…Otto Bremer TrustThe Richard M Schulze…Mightycause Charitabl…Cargill FoundationSeattle FoundationThe Phileona Foundati…George Family Foundat…Greater Twin Cities U…Fr Bigelow Foundation
Mortenson Family FoundationMN17.5× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mortenson Family Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Cargill Foundation · Seattle Foundation · The Phileona Foundation · George Family Foundation · Greater Twin Cities United Way · Fr Bigelow 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 Josephine Lawrence Hopkins Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Josephine Lawrence Hopkins Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 32%
  • Christopher Reeve Foundation: 49% of income from government
  • Feeding Florida Inc: 32% of income from government
  • Covenant House Florida Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Global Empowerment Mission Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get no government money at all
13report 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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How do I get to Josephine Lawrence Hopkins Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Josephine Lawrence Hopkins 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 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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