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Jury Foundation at a glance

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Jury Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$282k
Granted FY2023
28
Grants FY2023
2
States reached
$34k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$494kEducation$113kPhilanthropy$52kEnvironment$45kHuman Services$31kAnimals$29kRecreation & Sports$20kYouth Development$17kOther$0
02FY2023 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 28 grants below total $222,900, the rows itemized in this filing. The $282,400 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $59,500 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k22 grants · $84k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $139k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$5.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra$34,000
Pit and Balcony Theatre$34,000
Temple Arts$34,000
Saginaw Choral Society$15,000
Hemlock Public Schools$12,000
Mid Michigan Children's Museum$10,000
The Nature Conservancy of Michigan$6,000
Studio 23$5,000
Opera Grand Rapids$5,000
Saginaw Valley State University$5,000
University of Michigan$5,000
Saginaw-Shiawassee Habitat for Humanity$5,000
Delta College Foundation$5,000
Grand Rapids Civic Theatre$5,000
Kalamazoo College$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–21, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, 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%TRUENORTH COMMUNITY SERVICES: $3k → 13%SAGINAW COUNTY YOUTH PROTECTION COU: $5k → 18%UNDERGROUND RAILROAD: $1k → 18%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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$787k · 26 repeat orgs$209k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against -21% for those funded once.

26 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2023, 4 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
22

Total granted

$787k
$185k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
-21%

Still filing today

58%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthAnimalsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • T
    TEMPLEARTS
    4× · 2020–2023 · $141k · revenue +385%
  • SC
    SAGINAW CHORAL SOCIETY INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $51k · revenue +31%
  • KC
    KALAMAZOO COLLEGE
    4× · 2020–2023 · $30k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • SV
    SAGINAW VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY FOU
    one grant, 2021 · $40k
  • HT
    Hoyt Trust
    one grant, 2020 · $39k · revenue -21%
  • SV
    SAGINAW VALLEY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY
    one grant, 2021 · $29k · revenue -46%
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
Saginaw County Chamber of Commerce

To be a catalyst for economic and community progress within the great lakes bay region.

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2
Great Lakes Center for the Arts

The Center's mission is to inspire, entertain, educate, and serve all in Northern Michigan year-round by presenting exceptional experiences across the full spectrum of the performing arts and offering impactful educational opportunities.

Arts & Culture
3
Michigan Legacy Art Park

Inspire awareness, appreciation and passion for michigan's history and stories, culture and environment through the arts.

Arts & Culture
4
Saginaw Public Libraries Foundation

Support library activities through materials and services

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5
Michigan State Trust for Railway Pr

To preserve the knowledge, skills and technology involved with the maintenance and operation of steam locomotives and to educate the public about the enormous impact that these machines had in the economic development of owosso and the…

Arts & Culture
6
The Northern Michigan University Foundation

The nmu foundation will establish and foster relationships to generate resources that benefit the strategic goals of northern michigan university.

Education
7
Land Conservancy of West Michigan

Our mission is conserving West Michigans ecologically critical land. We protect land by creating public nature preserves, providing support to communities and local governments in creating natural areas, and helping private landowners…

Environment
8
The Michigan Glass Project
Public Benefit
9
Historical Society of Saginaw County

The historical society of saginaw county is committed to serve the community by telling the continuing story of the people of the saginaw region through exploration, preservation and presentation of their historical and cultural heritage.

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10
Northwest Michigan Arts & Culture Network

The mission of the northwest michigan arts & culture network ("the network") is to harness the collective power of the creative sector to cultivate vibrant communities by strengthening the regional ecosystem that supports arts and culture.…

Arts & Culture
11
Kalamazoo Civic Theatre

The mission of the Kalamazoo Civic Theatre, with community partners and volunteers, is to create and deliver engaging, inspiring theatrical productions and educational experiences that spark delight, build community, encourage…

Unclassified
12
Michigan Theater Foundation Inc

To joyfully bring diverse people together to build community, enhance understanding, advance public storytelling and the arts, and protect our historic buildings.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fremont Area Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Thomas Township Parks Association. 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

28 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. 28 of the 56 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
16/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PIT & BALCONY THEATRE: $150,057 · OtherPIT & BALCONY THEATRESaginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra: $126,000 · OtherSaginaw Bay Symphony OrchestraTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY OF MICHIGAN: $45,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY OF MICHIGANSAGINAW VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY FOU: $40,000 · OtherSAGINAW VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY FOUUniversity of Michigan: $20,000 · OtherCENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY: $18,500 · Other+26 more: $143,119 · Other+26 moreTEMPLEARTS: $141,000 · Arts & CultureTEMPLEARTSSAGINAW CHORAL SOCIETY INC: $51,000 · Arts & CultureSAGINAW CHORAL SOCIETY INCMID-MICHIGAN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $29,500 · Arts & CultureMID-MICHIGAN CHILDREN'S MUSEUMGRAND RAPIDS CIVIC THEATRE INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureGRAND RAPIDS CIVIC THEATRE INCOpera Grand Rapids: $18,000 · Arts & CultureOpera Grand RapidsGRAND RAPIDS ART MUSEUM: $13,000 · Arts & CultureMAJOR CHORDS FOR MINORS: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $15,000 · Arts & CultureHoyt Trust: $39,000 · EducationHoyt TrustKALAMAZOO COLLEGE: $30,000 · EducationKALAMAZOO C…CENTRE COLLEGE: $20,000 · EducationCENTRE COLL…DELTA COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $19,000 · EducationDELTA COLLE…Saginaw Community Foundation: $28,000 · PhilanthropyFremont Area Community Foundation: $16,000 · PhilanthropyMIDLAND AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyCOUNCIL OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATIONS: $4,050 · PhilanthropySAGINAW VALLEY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $29,000 · AnimalsTHOMAS TOWNSHIP PARKS ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsSaginaw County Youth Protection Council: $5,000 · Human ServicesTRUENORTH COMMUNITY SERVICES: $3,000 · Human ServicesUNDERGROUND RAILROAD INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesSurvivors of Suicide Inc: $1,000 · Health
Other$542,676Arts & Culture$297,500Education$108,000Philanthropy$53,050Animals$29,000Recreation & Sports$10,000Human Services$10,000Health$1,000

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 budgetTEMPLEARTS: $141,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetSAGINAW CHORAL SOCIETY INC: $51,000 over 4y, 6.7% of budgetHoyt Trust: $39,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetKALAMAZOO COLLEGE: $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMID-MICHIGAN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $29,500 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetSAGINAW VALLEY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $29,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSaginaw Community Foundation: $28,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCENTRE COLLEGE: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS CIVIC THEATRE INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $20,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetDELTA COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $19,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetOpera Grand Rapids: $18,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetFremont Area Community Foundation: $16,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS ART MUSEUM: $13,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSAGINAW-SHIAWASSEE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMAJOR CHORDS FOR MINORS: $10,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetTHOMAS TOWNSHIP PARKS ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetLIONS VISUALLY IMPAIRED YOUTH CAMP: $7,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIDLAND AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAGINAW COUNTY VETERANS MEMORIAL PLAZA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetSaginaw County Youth Protection Council: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSTUDIO 23: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCOUNCIL OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATIONS: $4,050 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRUENORTH COMMUNITY SERVICES: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNDERGROUND RAILROAD INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSurvivors of Suicide Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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 TEMPLEARTS ↗
  • Who funds SAGINAW CHORAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds Hoyt Trust ↗
  • Who funds KALAMAZOO COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds MID-MICHIGAN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds SAGINAW VALLEY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Saginaw Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds CENTRE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds GRAND RAPIDS CIVIC THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds University of Michigan ↗
  • Who funds DELTA COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Opera Grand Rapids ↗
  • Who funds Fremont Area Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds GRAND RAPIDS ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds SAGINAW-SHIAWASSEE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ↗
  • Who funds MAJOR CHORDS FOR MINORS ↗
  • Who funds THOMAS TOWNSHIP PARKS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds LIONS VISUALLY IMPAIRED YOUTH CAMP ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds MIDLAND AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Friends of Theodore Roethke Foundation ↗
  • Who funds SAGINAW COUNTY VETERANS MEMORIAL PLAZA INC ↗
  • Who funds Saginaw County Youth Protection Council ↗

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.

Saginaw Community Fou…Consumers Energy Foun…Alice E Turner Memori…Allen E & Marie A Nic…Wickson-Link Memorial…Bierlein Companies Fo…Wallace & Irene Bronn…Charles F& Adeline Ba…Boutell Memorial FundHarvey Randall Wickes…Frank N Andersen Foun…Morley Foundation
Saginaw Community FoundationMI30.3× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Saginaw Community Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Alice E Turner Memorial Trust · Allen E & Marie A Nickless Memorial Foundation · Wickson-Link Memorial Foundation · Bierlein Companies Foundation · Wallace & Irene Bronner Family Charitable Foundation · Charles F& Adeline Barth Charitable Foundation · Boutell Memorial Fund · Harvey Randall Wickes Foundation · Frank N Andersen Foundation · Morley 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 Jury Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jury Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Jury Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Jury 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 56 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $339k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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