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Reinhardt H & Shirley R Jahn Foundation Trust at a glance

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Reinhardt H & Shirley R Jahn Foundation Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.3M
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$280k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Youth Development$2.8MArts & Culture$1.1MAnimals$725kEmployment$600kCrime & Legal$555kEnvironment$395kHuman Services$300kHealth$110kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k7 grants · $140k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $845k
  • $250k+1 grant · $280k
$75,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNION LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB$280,000
BOYS GIRLS CLUB OF LA PORTE COUNTY$130,000
ARCHIE BRAY FOUNDATION$125,000
OSHUN FAMILY CENTER$110,000
JAMES B MORAN CENTER FOR YOUTH ADVOCACY$100,000
JAMES B MORAN CENTER FOR YOUTH ADVO$99,689
CAL-WOOD EDUCATION CENTER$75,000
DIGS WITH DIGNITY CORPORATION$75,000
INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION$75,000
NORTHWEST SCHOOL OF WOODEN BOATBUIL$55,000
PAYETTE LAND TRUST$39,876
UNION LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB$35,026
YMCA OF SAGINAW$25,000
FRIENDS OF PAYETTE AVALANCHE$10,000
GENEVA LAKE CONSERVANCY$10,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 68% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%ARCHIE BRAY FOUNDATION: $175k → 9%OSHUN FAMILY CENTER: $110k → 22%CHEBOYGAN YOUTH CENTER: $200k → 12%BOIS BLANC ISLAND PARKS AND RECREAT: $63k → 14%YMCA OF SAGINAW: $150k → 18%INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION: $125k → 9%CAL-WOOD EDUCATION CENTER: $75k → 12%BOYS GIRLS CLUB OF LA PORTE COUNTY: $140k → 15%NORTHWEST SCHOOL OF WOODEN BOATBUIL: $65k → 11%GROWING HOME: $150k → 14%ARCHIE BRAY FOUNDATION: $155k → 9%YMCA OF SAGINAW: $150k → 18%INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION: $125k → 9%BOYS GIRLS CLUB OF LA PORTE COUNTY: $135k → 15%NORTHWEST SCHOOL OF WOODEN BOATBUIL: $55k → 11%GROWING HOME: $125k → 14%ARCHIE BRAY FOUNDATION: $125k → 9%INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION: $100k → 9%BOYS GIRLS CLUB OF LA PORTE COUNTY: $135k → 15%NORTHWEST SCHOOL OF WOODEN BOATBUIL: $55k → 11%GROWING HOME: $110k → 14%ARCHIE BRAY FOUNDATION: $104k → 9%INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION: $100k → 9%BOYS GIRLS CLUB OF LA PORTE COUNTY: $130k → 15%NORTHWEST SCHOOL OF WOODEN BOATBUIL: $50k → 11%GROWING HOME: $110k → 14%ARCHIE BRAY FOUNDATION: $70k → 9%INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION: $100k → 9%GROWING HOME: $105k → 14%ARCHIE BRAY FOUNDATION: $50k → 9%INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION: $75k → 9%ARCHIE BRAY FOUNDATION: $50k → 9%JAMES B MORAN CENTER FOR YOUTH ADVOCACY: $120k → 14%JAMES B MORAN CENTER FOR YOUTH ADVOCACY: $100k → 14%JAMES B MORAN CENTER FOR YOUTH ADVOCACY: $100k → 14%JAMES B MORAN CENTER FOR YOUTH ADVO: $100k → 14%UNION LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB: $280k → 14%UNION LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB: $260k → 14%UNION LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB: $231k → 14%UNION LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB: $220k → 14%UNION LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB: $200k → 14%UNION LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB: $200k → 14%UNION LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB: $200k → 14%UNION LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB: $200k → 14%THE WETLANDS INITIATIVE: $110k → 14%THE WETLANDS INITIATIVE: $110k → 14%UNION LEAGUE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS: $100k → 14%DIGS WITH DIGNITY CORPORATION: $75k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
ID
MT
IL
WI
MI
IN
PA
CO
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.0M · 9 repeat orgs$718k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +86% since the first grant, against -2% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
5

Total granted

$6.0M
$378k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+86%
-2%

Still filing today

89%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $340k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Youth DevelopmentEnvironmentEducationEmploymentAnimalsCrime & LegalOther
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

  • UL
    UNION LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.9M · revenue +83%
  • INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $725k · revenue +140%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LA PORTE COUNTY INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $620k · revenue +273%

Funded once

  • CY
    CHEBOYGAN YOUTH CENTER INC
    one grant, 2022 · $200k · revenue -98% · 85% of their budget
  • BB
    BOIS BLANC ISLAND PARKS AND RECREAT
    one grant, 2022 · $63k
  • AB
    ARCHIE BRAY FOUNDATION FOR CERAMIC ARTS
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
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
Local Economic and Employment Development Council Inc

North Branch Works is a membership-supported nonprofit neighborhood organization that for more than three decades has promoted balanced, job-creating economic development along the North Branch of the Chicago River.

Employment
2
Food & Water Watch

Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…

Food & Nutrition
3
Energy Education Council

Enhancing lives by promoting the safe & efficient use of electricity.

Education
4
Dunwoody Nature Center Inc

Inspires the love of nature and cultivates environmental understanding and stewardship by: (1)Conserving and enhancing Dunwoody Park (2)Educating children, families and adults of all ages about the natural world and our place in…

Environment
5
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
6
Lake Champlain Land Trust Inc

The mission of the lake champlain land trust is to save the scenic beauty, natural communities, and recreational amenities of lake champlain by permanently preserving significant islands, shoreline areas, and natural communities in the…

Environment
7
Connecticut Farmland Trust Inc

Protect Connecticuts farmland for agricultural use by purchasing and accepting donations of agricultural conservation easements

Food & Nutrition
8
Gathering Waters Inc

Gathering waters (wisconsin's alliance for land trusts) strengthens land trusts to protect wisconsin's special places and grow healthy, vibrant communities. the stronger the alliance between gathering waters' staff and board members, land…

Environment
9
Industrial Council of Nearwest Chicago

Strengthen companies in the kinzie industrial corridor and facilitate economic and community development by providing services and incubator space.

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10
Great Lakes Community Action Partnership

The mission of great lakes community action partnership is to create partnerships and opportunites to help individuals, families and communities thrive.

Human Services
11
Lake Michigan Bird Observatory

Bird research and conservation in the western lake michigan region of the united states.

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12
Goodwill Industries of Northern Il and Wi Stateline Area Inc

The mission of goodwill is to create opportunities for individuals with barriers to enhance their lives. barriers include physical or mental disabilities, lack of education and job preparation, socio-economic disadvantages, and others.…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Union League Boys and Girls Clubs; the most unlike its peers is Cheboygan Youth Center Inc. 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

17 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. 17 of the 22 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
11/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNION LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS: $1,925,526 · Youth DevelopmentUNION LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBSBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LA PORTE COUNTY INC: $620,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LA PORTE COUNTY INCCHEBOYGAN YOUTH CENTER INC: $200,000 · Youth DevelopmentCHEBOYGAN YOUTH CENTER INCARCHIE BRAY FOUNDATION: $778,500 · EducationARCHIE BRAY F…+1 more: $10,000 · EducationINTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION INC: $725,000 · AnimalsINTERNATIONA…GROWING HOME INC: $600,000 · EmploymentGROWING HO…YMCA OF SAGINAW: $325,000 · OtherYMCA OF SAGINAWDIGS WITH DIGNITY CORPORATION: $75,000 · OtherDIGS WITH DIGNIT…BOIS BLANC ISLAND PARKS AND RECREAT: $63,000 · OtherBOIS BLANC ISLAN…ARCHIE BRAY FOUNDATION FOR CERAMIC ARTS: $50,000 · OtherTHRIVE INC: $50,000 · OtherNorthwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding: $225,000 · OtherNorthwest School…OSHUN FAMILY CENTER: $110,000 · OtherOSHUN FAMILY CEN…PAYETTE LAND TRUST INC: $39,876 · Other+3 more: $35,000 · OtherJAMES B MORAN CENTER FOR YOUTH ADVOCACY: $554,689 · Crime & LegalJAMES B M…THE WETLANDS INITIATIVE: $260,000 · EnvironmentCal-Wood Education Center: $75,000 · Environment+1 more: $10,000 · Environment
Youth Development$2,745,526Education$788,500Animals$725,000Employment$600,000Other$972,876Crime & Legal$554,689Environment$345,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNION LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS: $1,925,526 over 9y, 4.5% of budgetARCHIE BRAY FOUNDATION: $778,500 over 8y, 8.3% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION INC: $725,000 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LA PORTE COUNTY INC: $620,000 over 7y, 14% of budgetGROWING HOME INC: $600,000 over 5y, 5.3% of budgetJAMES B MORAN CENTER FOR YOUTH ADVOCACY: $554,689 over 7y, 7.0% of budgetTHE WETLANDS INITIATIVE: $260,000 over 5y, 4.5% of budgetNorthwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding: $225,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetCHEBOYGAN YOUTH CENTER INC: $200,000 over 1y, 85% of budgetOSHUN FAMILY CENTER: $110,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetTHRIVE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetPAYETTE LAND TRUST INC: $39,876 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetGENEVA LAKE CONSERVANCY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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 Chicago Community…John D and Catherine …Jpmorgan Chase Founda…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …
The Chicago Community TrustIL19.6× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Reinhardt H & Shirley R Jahn Foundation Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Reinhardt H & Shirley R Jahn Foundation Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY20–24
    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 Reinhardt H & Shirley R Jahn Foundation Trust?

    Find your warmest path to Reinhardt H & Shirley R Jahn Foundation Trust 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 22 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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