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Juju Foundation

The JuJu Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to the support of youth initiatives and lifting the sprits of those in need.

$355k
Granted FY2023
2
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$300k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
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01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2023.

Education$325kHuman Services$78kYouth Development$58kReligion$50kHousing & Shelter$38kHealth$19kRecreation & Sports$15kInternational$10kOther$0
02FY2023 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
  • $250k+1 grant · $300k
$300,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$37k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Long Beach Unified School District$300,000
The Cause Community Church$50,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–22, $81k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Light of Life Rescue Mission: $10k → 11%Pay Away the Layaway: $25k → 14%Lakewood Family YMCA: $26k → 14%Pay Away the Layaway: $20k → 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 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.

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Boys & Girls Clubs of America

The mission of the organization is to operate exclusively for the benefit of, or to carry out the purposes of, boys and girls clubs of america, a d.c. corporation that was congressionally chartered in 1956 ("boys & girls clubs of america")…

Youth Development
2
Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc

Boys & girls clubs of boston (bgcb) stands as a transformative force in boston and chelsea, where high expectations unlock greatness. we believe that every young person who walks through our doors carries limitless potential. through our…

Youth Development
3
The Boys and Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Baltimore

To inspire and enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens

Youth Development
4
The Boys & Girls Clubs Inc

To inspire and enable all young people, especially those most in need of our services, to realize and develop their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens in a global society.

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5
The Young Men's Christian Association of Birmingham Inc

The young men's christian association of birmingham, inc. is a charitable organization that opens its doors to all women, men, families, teenagers, and children regardless of their ability to pay. the mission of the ymca is to put…

Human Services
6
Room to Read

Room to read envisions a world free from illiteracy and gender inequality, where all children have room to read, learn and grow.

Education
7
Boys & Girls Clubs of the San Gorgonio Pass

To inspire and enable all young people especially those in need to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens.

Education
8
Boys & Girls Club of Aberdeen Area Inc

To enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.

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9
Boys and Girls Clubs of Cascade County

Enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens

Youth Development
10
Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver Inc

To provide club members with a safe, supportive, fun, and enriching environment that inspires and empowers them to achieve their greatest potential. bgcmd accomplishes this mission with a foundational social- emotional learning approach…

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11
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington and Affiliate

The mission of boys and girls clubs of greater washington is to help boys and girls of all backgrounds, especially those who need us most, build confidence, develop character and acquire the skills needed to become productive,…

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12
Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami Inc

To provide services and programs for children.

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Los Angeles; the most unlike its peers is United Visions International. 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

11 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. 11 of the 15 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
10/11
Grantees still filing
8/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: $300,000 · OtherLONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTTHE CAUSE COMMUNITY CHURCH: $50,000 · OtherTHE CAUSE COMMUNITY CHURCHHIGHMARK HEALTH: $19,000 · Other+1 more: $7,500 · OtherPAY AWAY THE LAYAWAY INC: $45,000 · Human ServicesPAY AWAY THE LA…National Council of YMCAs of the USA: $25,500 · Human ServicesNational Counci…LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesLIGHT OF LIFE M…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO LOS ANGELES: $38,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIR…BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $19,900 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND G…REBUILDING TOGETHER INC: $27,500 · Housing & ShelterREADING IS FUNDAMENTAL INC: $15,000 · EducationThe Bold Foundation Inc: $10,000 · EducationPOLYNESIAN FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME: $15,000 · Recreation & SportsUNITED VISIONS INTERNATIONAL: $10,000 · HealthANIMAL ADVOCATES INCORPORATED: $7,500 · Animals
Other$376,500Human Services$80,500Youth Development$57,900Housing & Shelter$27,500Education$25,000Recreation & Sports$15,000Health$10,000Animals$7,500

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 budgetPAY AWAY THE LAYAWAY INC: $45,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO LOS ANGELES: $38,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetREBUILDING TOGETHER INC: $27,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNational Council of YMCAs of the USA: $25,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $19,900 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetREADING IS FUNDAMENTAL INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPOLYNESIAN FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME: $15,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetLIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Bold Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetUNITED VISIONS INTERNATIONAL: $10,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetANIMAL ADVOCATES INCORPORATED: $7,500 over 1y, 5.6% 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.

The Pittsburgh Founda…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Pittsburgh FoundationPA14.9× affinity5 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pittsburgh Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Juju Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Juju Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%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
    0get no government money at all
    2report 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 Juju Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Juju 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 15 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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