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Lee Jackson Educational Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Lee Jackson Educational Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$18k
Granted FY2022
1
Grants FY2022
1
States reached
$18k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0188% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Arts & Culture$2.7MEducation$279kEnvironment$23kPublic Safety & Disaster$12kPublic Benefit$10kReligion$5kHuman Services$2kOther$0
02FY2022 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$18,159
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SHENANDOAH VALLEY BATTLEFIELDS FOUN$18,159
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–22) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 98% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY: $2k → 16%AMERICAN BATTELFIELD TRUST: $600k → 14%UNITED STATED COAST GUARD ACADEMY: $12k → 9%PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: $2k → 11%GRACE CHURCH RESTORATION: $3k → 4%JOHN ROSS: $2k → 7%TURNER ASHBY CHAPTER 162 OF UDC: $6k → 8%UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $6k → 8%WARREN RIFLES CONFEDERATE MUSEUM: $6k → 10%SOCIETY OF PORT REPUBLIC PERSERV: $10k → 11%EMORY & HENRY COLLEGE: $2k → 11%VMI FOUNDATION: $60k → 12%BETHEL COLLEGE: $2k → 14%CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY: $2k → 17%SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLL: $2k → 18%LIBERTY UNIVERSITY: $2k → 20%VIRGINIA TECH: $6k → 21%VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY: $10k → 22%JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY: $4k → 29%JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $10k → 19%AMERICAN BATTELFIELD TRUST: $300k → 14%HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY: $2k → 16%CATHERINE TYSON: $2k → 7%UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $3k → 8%WARREN RIFLES CONFEDERATE MUSEUM: $4k → 10%SOCIETY OF PORT REPUBLIC PERSERV: $6k → 11%VMI FOUNDATION: $60k → 12%SHENANDOAH VALLEY BATTLEFIELDS FND: $540k → 12%BREGAN HANNA: $2k → 20%VIRGINIA TECH: $6k → 21%G STROPE: $2k → 29%AMERICAN BATTELFIELD TRUST: $275k → 14%SA PHILLIPS: $2k → 8%WARREN RIFLES CONFEDERATE MUSEUM: $3k → 10%SOCIETY OF PORT REPUBLIC MUSEUM: $4k → 11%VMI FOUNDATION: $51k → 12%SHENANDOAH VALLEY BATTLEFIELDS FND: $390k → 12%VIRGINIA TECH: $4k → 21%CIVIL WAR PRESERVATION: $40k → 14%WARREN RIFLES MUSEUM: $3k → 10%SOCIETY OF PORT REPUBLIC PERSERV: $4k → 11%SHENANDOAH VALLEY BATTLEFIELDS FND: $339k → 12%CIVIL WAR TRUST: $35k → 14%SOCIETY OF PORT REPUBLIC PERSERV: $3k → 11%SHENANDOAH VALLEY BATTLEFIELDS FND: $100k → 12%EASTERN MENNONITE UNIVERSITY: $4k → 11%SHENANDOAH VALLEY BATTLEFIELDS FOUN: $18k → 12%SHENANDOAH VALLEY FOUNDATION BATTLE: $10k → 12%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

PA
NJ
CT
UT
CO
VA
MD
NC
DC
OK
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.9M · 14 repeat orgs$189k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +67% since the first grant, against +43% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2022, 14 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
46

Total granted

$2.9M
$171k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+67%
+43%

Still filing today

36%
22%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22
EducationArts & CultureReligionOther
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

  • SV
    SHENANDOAH VALLEY BATTLEFIELDS FOUNDATION
    4× · 2018–2021 · $1.4M · revenue +101%
  • AB
    American Battlefield Trust
    4× · 2017–2020 · $1.2M · revenue +82%
  • SH
    STRATFORD HALL
    3× · 2017–2019 · $30k · revenue +52%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $40k
  • CV
    CENTRAL VIRGINIA BATTLEFIELDS TRUSTgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +127%
  • US
    UNITED STATED COAST GUARD ACADEMY
    one grant, 2020 · $12k
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
University of Lynchburg

The mission of the University is to inspire independent thinkers who become trustworthy, effective leaders that shape caring communities. The vision of the University of Lynchburg is to cultivate a world that is innovative, authentic, and…

Education
2
Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University, a 501(c)(3) institution of higher education, is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the liberal arts and in graduate and professional education. The organization is comprised of seven constituent parts: Wake…

Education
3
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
4
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
5
Roger Williams University

At Roger Williams University, students are prepared to be thinkers and doers ready to solve challenging problems with innovative solutions. RWU offers robust offerings of undergraduate, graduate and professional programs across eight…

Education
6
Seton Hall University

Seton hall university is a catholic institution of higher education

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7
Hampden-Sydney College

Since 1775, the mission of Hampden-Sydney College has been to form good men and good citizens in an atmosphere of sound learning.

Education
8
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

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9
John Brown University

John brown university (jbu) provides christ-centered education that prepares students to honor god and serve others by developing their intellectual, spiritual, and professional lives. (continued on schedule o)jbu serves traditional…

Education
10
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
11
Franklin University

Since 1902, Franklin University has been a pioneer in meeting the needs of adult students who have the ambition to continue their education in combination with other responsibilities, receiving its status as a tax exempt organization in…

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12
Geneva College

Geneva college is a christ-centered academic community that provides a comprehensive education to equip students for faithful and fruitful service to god and neighbor.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Liberty University Inc; the most unlike its peers is Ascent College. 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

15 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. 15 of the 61 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
14/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SHENANDOAH VALLEY BATTLEFIELDS FOUNDATION: $1,369,000 · Arts & CultureSHENANDOAH VALLEY BATTLEFIELDS FOUNDATIONAmerican Battlefield Trust: $1,210,000 · Arts & CultureAmerican Battlefield Trust+2 more: $55,000 · Arts & CultureIndividual grant recipient: $40,000 · OtherSOCIETY OF PORT REPUBLIC PERSERV: $23,000 · OtherSHENANDOAH VALLEY BATTLEFIELDS FOUN: $18,159 · OtherVIRGINIA TECH: $16,000 · OtherWARREN RIFLES CONFEDERATE MUSEUM: $13,000 · OtherUNITED STATED COAST GUARD ACADEMY: $12,000 · OtherVIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY: $11,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $11,000 · OtherSHENANDOAH VALLEY FOUNDATION BATTLE: $10,000 · Other+39 more: $77,000 · OtherVMI Foundation: $171,000 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · Education+6 more: $12,000 · EducationAscent College: $2,000 · Religion
Arts & Culture$2,634,000Other$231,159Education$193,000Religion$2,000

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 budgetSHENANDOAH VALLEY BATTLEFIELDS FOUNDATION: $1,369,000 over 4y, 10% of budgetAmerican Battlefield Trust: $1,210,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetVMI Foundation: $171,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSTRATFORD HALL: $30,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCENTRAL VIRGINIA BATTLEFIELDS TRUST: $25,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEastern Mennonite University: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIBERTY UNIVERSITY INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAscent College: $2,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetEMORY & HENRY UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHIGH POINT UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COLORADO COLLEGE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREGENT UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 SHENANDOAH VALLEY BATTLEFIELDS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds American Battlefield Trust ↗
  • Who funds VMI Foundation ↗
  • Who funds STRATFORD HALL ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL VIRGINIA BATTLEFIELDS TRUST ↗
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Eastern Mennonite University ↗
  • Who funds LIBERTY UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds The Trustees of Princeton University ↗
  • Who funds Ascent College ↗
  • Who funds EMORY & HENRY 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.

Hughes Memorial HomeThe Blackbaud Giving …Renaissance Charitabl…The Pfizer Foundation…Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Hughes Memorial HomeVA13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hughes Memorial Home · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Lee Jackson Educational Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lee Jackson Educational Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 12% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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.

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 61 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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