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M & J 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.

$3k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What you fund
0192% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172024.

Health$3kArts & Culture$2kEnvironment$545Crime & Legal$275Science & Tech$159Philanthropy$77Education$35Youth Development$20Other$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$170
Median grant
2
States reached
$112k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
El Camino Hospital Foundation$2,500
Individual grant recipient$240
Teleflora$222
Tahirih Justice Center$170
California Academy of Sciences$159
Los Altos Town Crier$60
AARP$45
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 34% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Tahirih Justice Center: $170 → 7%EL CAMINO YOUTH SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $712 → 8%California Academy of Sciences: $159 → 10%MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM: $295 → 12%Teleflora: $222 → 14%STAND FOR THE SILENT INC: $20 → 19%ORGANIZATION FOR AUTISM RESEARCH INC: $225 → 7%TAHIRIH JUSTICE CENTER: $105 → 19%EL CAMINO YOUTH SYMPHONY ASSOCIATIO: $20 → 8%KQED: $240 → 10%MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM: $250 → 12%KQED INC: $180 → 8%KQED Public Media: $240 → 10%SWAN PING PONG: $500 → 8%KQED: $235 → 10%El Camino Hospital Foundation: $3k → 8%KQED: $220 → 10%LOS ALTOS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $77 → 8%KQED: $220 → 10%Los Altos Town Crier: $60 → 8%KQED: $180 → 10%BULLIS BOOSTERS CLUB: $35 → 8%EL CAMINO HOSPITAL: $100 → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

41%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$3k · 4 repeat orgs$4k to everyone else

4 repeat relationships — 1 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
5

Total granted

$3k
$880

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+2%
+11%

Still filing today

100%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 5% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationAnimalsCivil RightsHealthYouth DevelopmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • KI
    KQED INC
    6× · 2017–2023 · $1k · revenue -40%
  • GS
    GOLDEN STATE YOUTH ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION
    2× · 2017–2018 · $732 · revenue +25%
  • MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION
    2× · 2022–2023 · $545 · revenue 0%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $500
  • ORGANIZATION FOR AUTISM RESEARCHgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $225 · revenue +26%
  • EC
    EL CAMINO HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2021 · $100

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Genetics Society of America in

Gsa serves an international community of scientists who use genetics to make new discoveries and improve lives. we advance biological research by supporting professional development of scientists, by communicating advances and fostering…

2
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
3
San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory

The San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory is dedicated to the conservation of birds and their habitats through science and outreach.

Environment
4
The Oaks School

In an atmosphere of mutual respect and responsibility, the oaks school prepares students to meet the world with the combined wisdom of an intelligent mind, a skilled hand, and a compassionate heart.

Education
5
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
6
American Association of Variable Star Ob

The aavso provides amateur astronomers and students the opportunity to make real and direct contributions to astronomy. in programs they complete at their own pace, we teach them how to make observations and how to analyze astronomical…

Science & Tech
7
American Astronomical Society

The american astronomical society (aas), established in 1899, is the major organization of professional astronomers in north america. the basic objective of the aas is to promote the advancement of astronomy and closely related branches of…

Science & Tech
8
The Seattle Aquarium Society

Our mission is inspiring conservation of our marine environment.

Animals
9
The Bar Association of San Francisco

The bar association of san francisco champions equal access to justice and promotes humanity, excellence, and diversity in the legal profession. we provide legal services to disadvantaged and underserved individuals in san francisco. we…

10
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation

The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.

Animals
11
Bayorg

Bay ecotarium is the largest non-profit 501(c)(3) watershed conservation group in the san francisco bay area committing to global climate resilience and ocean conservation, inspiring actionable environmental stewardship locally, and…

Arts & Culture
12
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Organization for Autism Research and the most unlike its peers is Bullis Boosters Club. 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

9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 16 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
5/9
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

EL CAMINO HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $2,500 · OtherEL CAMINO HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONGOLDEN STATE YOUTH ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION — $732 · OtherGOLDEN STATE YOUTH ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATIONIndividual grant recipient — $500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient — $240 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTeleflora — $222 · Other+3 more — $205 · OtherKQED INC — $1,275 · Arts & CultureKQED INCCALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES — $159 · Arts & CultureCALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF S…MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION — $545 · AnimalsTHE TAHIRIH JUSTICE CENTER — $275 · Civil RightsORGANIZATION FOR AUTISM RESEARCH — $225 · HealthLOS ALTOS MOUNTAIN VIEW COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $77 · PhilanthropyBULLIS BOOSTERS CLUB — $35 · EducationSTAND FOR THE SILENT INC — $20 · Youth Development
Other$4,399Arts & Culture$1,434Animals$545Civil Rights$275Health$225Philanthropy$77Education$35Youth Development$20

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetKQED INC — $1,275 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGOLDEN STATE YOUTH ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION — $732 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION — $545 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TAHIRIH JUSTICE CENTER — $275 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetORGANIZATION FOR AUTISM RESEARCH — $225 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES — $159 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ALTOS MOUNTAIN VIEW COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $77 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBULLIS BOOSTERS CLUB — $35 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTAND FOR THE SILENT INC — $20 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

American Online Giving Foundation IncDE8.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization M & J Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to M & J Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to M & J 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 16 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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