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Mojo Philanthropic Fund at a glance

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Mojo Philanthropic Fund

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.

$792k
Granted FY2024still arriving
15
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.

Education$389kEnvironment$250kHealth$132kArts & Culture$118kInternational$50kSocial Science$50kFood & Nutrition$15kYouth Development$3k
02FY2024 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $160k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $625k
$25,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$730k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Clean Air Task Force$200,000
Dunn School$150,000
Dunn School$100,000
Fractured Atlas$75,000
American Institute for Boys and Men$50,000
FOCUSED ULTRASOUND FOUNDATION$50,000
Narrative 4$25,000
STAND EARTH$25,000
Precision Development$25,000
Aubin Pictures Inc$25,000
Dunn School$18,500
Univ of Calif San Francisco Foundation$16,000
Food Access Los Angeles$15,000
Louisiana School for the Deaf Foundation$10,000
SFMOMA$7,500
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 (FY23–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 78% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Precision Development: $25k → 8%Clean Air Task Force: $200k → 16%Branson School: $10k → 8%STAND EARTH: $25k → 10%Food Access Los Angeles: $15k → 14%Dunn School: $150k → 14%Fractured Atlas: $75k → 9%Laureus Sport for Good Foundation USA: $3k → 17%American Institute for Boys and Men: $50k → 14%St Jude Children's Research Hospital: $3k → 17%Infant Welfare Society of Chicago: $3k → 14%FOCUSED ULTRASOUND FOUNDATION: $50k → 8%Louisiana School for the Deaf Foundation: $10k → 19%STAND EARTH: $25k → 10%Dunn School: $100k → 14%Narrative 4: $25k → 17%FOCUSED ULTRASOUND FOUNDATION: $50k → 8%SFMOMA: $8k → 10%Dunn School: $100k → 14%Aubin Pictures Inc: $25k → 17%FOCUSED ULTRASOUND FOUNDATION: $11k → 8%Dunn School: $19k → 14%Aubin Pictures Inc: $10k → 17%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

IL
NY
MA
CA
VA
TN
DC
LA
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.

56%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$565k · 4 repeat orgs$441k to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
4

Total granted

$565k
$18k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+42%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $424k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHealthEnvironmentInternationalRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • DS
    DUNN SCHOOL
    2× · 2023–2024 · $369k · revenue +13%
  • FU
    FOCUSED ULTRASOUND FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $111k · revenue +97%
  • S
    STAND
    2× · 2023–2024 · $50k · revenue -40%

Funded once

  • TB
    THE BRANSON SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +42%
  • LS
    LAUREUS SPORT FOR GOOD FOUNDATION USA
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue -41%
  • IW
    INFANT WELFARE SOCIETY OF CHICAGOgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue +43%
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
International Academy of Oral Medicine & Toxicology Inc

The organization provides peer reviewed scientific research and education in the field of biological dentistry.

Health
2
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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3
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
4
United States Naval Institute

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.

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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
International Biomedical Research Alliance

Our mission is to invest in and accelerate the development of the most promising future leaders in biomedical research with global impact.

Health
7
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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8
American Foreign Service Association

American foreign service association (afsa) is both the principal advocate for the long-term institutional wellbeing of the professional career foreign service and responsible for safeguarding the interest of afsa members. (continued on…

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9
The International School of San Francisco

Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the international school of san francisco offers programs of study in french and english to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to…

Education
10
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
11
Seattle Biomedical Research Institute

We conduct fundamental infectious disease research to generate critical new knowledge about pathogens and their interactions with see schedule o for continuationhumans to enable the discovery and development of novel interventions,…

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12
United States Telecom Association

See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Focused Ultrasound Foundation; the most unlike its peers is San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. 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

14 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. 14 of the 17 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
7/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DUNN SCHOOL: $368,500 · EducationDUNN SCHOOL+1 more: $10,000 · EducationCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $200,000 · EnvironmentCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INCSTAND: $50,000 · EnvironmentSTANDFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $75,000 · Arts & CultureFRACTURED ATL…AUBIN PICTURES INC: $35,000 · Arts & CultureAUBIN PICTURE…SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $7,500 · Arts & CultureSAN FRANCISCO…FOCUSED ULTRASOUND FOUNDATION: $111,145 · HealthFOCUSED ULTR…+1 more: $2,500 · HealthAMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR BOYS AND MEN: $50,000 · Social SciencePRECISION DEVELOPMENT INC: $25,000 · InternationalNARRATIVE 4 INC: $25,000 · InternationalUniv of Calif San Francisco Foundation: $16,000 · OtherFood Access Los Angeles: $15,000 · OtherLOUISIANA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherINFANT WELFARE SOCIETY OF CHICAGO: $2,500 · OtherLAUREUS SPORT FOR GOOD FOUNDATION USA: $2,500 · Recreation & Sports
Education$378,500Environment$250,000Arts & Culture$117,500Health$113,645Social Science$50,000International$50,000Other$43,500Recreation & Sports$2,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDUNN SCHOOL: $368,500 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $200,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFOCUSED ULTRASOUND FOUNDATION: $111,145 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR BOYS AND MEN: $50,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetSTAND: $50,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAUBIN PICTURES INC: $35,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetPRECISION DEVELOPMENT INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNARRATIVE 4 INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE BRANSON SCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAUREUS SPORT FOR GOOD FOUNDATION USA: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINFANT WELFARE SOCIETY OF CHICAGO: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $2,500 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.

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 Goldman Sachs Cha…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNY12.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Mojo Philanthropic Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mojo Philanthropic Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Mojo Philanthropic Fund?

    Find your warmest path to Mojo Philanthropic Fund 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 17 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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