· Private foundation
Josephine P & John J Louis Foundation Inc
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k33 grants · $58k
- $10k–50k8 grants · $174k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $201k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Brain Chemistry Labs | $100,200 |
| AmeriCares | $51,000 |
| Katie Flowers Endowment | $50,000 |
| Rainforest Trust | $40,000 |
| Chicago Botanical Garden | $35,500 |
| Everglades Foundation | $30,000 |
| Mayo Clinic | $25,000 |
| Deerfield Academy | $12,500 |
| Northshore University Healthcare | $11,000 |
| St Jude's Research Hospital | $10,000 |
| Northwestern University | $10,000 |
| Cable Natural History | $8,000 |
| Williams College | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,000 |
| CARE Cable Area Resource | $3,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–22, $650) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 23% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.
48 repeat relationships: 33 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $110k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TITHE INSTITUTE FOR ETHNOMEDICINE INC DBA BRAIN CHEMISTRY LABS2× · 2017–2018 · $195k · revenue +48%
- TOTRUSTEES OF DEERFIELD ACADEMY8× · 2017–2024 · $100k · revenue +122%
Northwestern University8× · 2017–2024 · $77k · revenue +41%
Funded once
- PCPhoenix Children's Hospitalgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $15k · revenue +67%
- AFAMERICANS FOR OXFORD INCone grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +17%
- VHVALLEYWISE HEALTH FOUNDATIONone grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -61%
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.
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.
The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) is a world-renowned center for biological discovery and training that is notably affiliated with more than 60 Nobel Prize winners. Research is conducted by full-time faculty as well as hundreds of the…
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
To inspire conservation leadership by connecting people with wildlife and nature.
Provide post-secondary education leading to a baccalaureate degree. Program service expenditures are made in conjunction with the operation of a liberal arts college spread over 107 acres with approximately 63 educational and support…
The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…
The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.
The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.
Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…
How this is measured
45 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. 45 of the 79 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
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- Who funds Northwestern University ↗
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- Who funds KATIE FLOWERS ENDOWMENT INC ↗
- Who funds RAINFOREST TRUST ↗
- Who funds Williams College ↗
- Who funds THE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Endeavor Health Clinical Operations ↗
- Who funds LAKE OWEN ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds Phoenix Children's Hospital ↗
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- Who funds THE PRAIRIE SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds HADLEY INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED ↗
- Who funds AMERICANS FOR OXFORD INC ↗
- Who funds PAWS CHICAGO ↗
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- Who funds Bethesda Hospital Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds NORTH SHORE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds VALLEYWISE HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SAVE THE CHIMPS INC ↗
- Who funds The Society of the Four Arts Inc ↗
- Who funds SHEDD AQUARIUM SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds National Louis University ↗
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.
Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · James L Garard Jr Charitable Tr · Johnson Family Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Josephine P & John J Louis Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Josephine P & John J Louis Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Epilepsy Foundation of America: 22% of income from government
- Big Dog Ranch Rescue Inc: 0% of income from government
- Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
- Williams College: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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