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Rockler Jackson Family Foundation at a glance

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Rockler Jackson Family Foundation

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.

$2.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$1.9MHealth$501kInternational$74kReligion$37kEducation$22kArts & Culture$3kYouth Development$2kEnvironment$500Other$0
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$650,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA COUNTY INC$1,000,000
MINNESOTA JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION LLC$650,000
THE ASSOCIATION FOR FRONTOTEMPORAL DEGENERATION$500,000
02The need
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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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 80% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%MINNESOTA LANDSCAPE ARBORETUM: $500 → 5%WEISMAN ART MUSEUM: $1k → 11%JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE UPPER MIDWEST: $250 → 14%THE ASSOCIATION FOR FRONTOTEMPORAL DEGENERATION: $500k → 7%MALOOF FOUNDATION: $3k → 14%JEWISH NATIONAL FUND: $10k → 6%LYMPHOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $1k → 17%SUPER HERO KIDS FOUNDATOIN: $2k → 10%UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COUNCIL: $250 → 14%THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF SARASOTA-MANATEE INC: $25k → 9%SARASOTA BALLET: $250 → 10%UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: $1k → 11%AMERICAN CRAFT COUNCIL: $1k → 14%AMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $64k → 14%JEWISH CONGREGATION OF VENICE: $34k → 9%MINNEAPOLIS JEWISH FEDERATION: $9k → 11%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA COUNTY INC: $1.0M → 9%CENTER OF THE AMERICAN EXPERIMENT: $150 → 11%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA: $100k → 9%TEMPLE ISRAEL: $4k → 11%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA COUNTY: $50k → 9%MINNESOTA JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION LLC: $650k → 11%MINNESOTA JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION LLC: $100k → 11%MINNEAPOLIS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN: $21k → 11%SABES JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $500 → 11%GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY: $10k → 11%MINNETONKA CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $500 → 11%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 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.

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Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
2
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
3
Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas

As the voice of the jewish community, to protect jewish interests & promote jewish ideals.

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4
Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History

The weitzman national museum of american jewish history, on independence mall in philadelphia, presents educational programs and experiences that preserve, explore, and celebrate the history of jews in america. its purpose is to connect…

Arts & Culture
5
Albright College

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

Education
6
The Board of Jewish Education

To provide early childhood and jewish education to the community.

Education
7
Science Museum of Minnesota

The museum's mission statement is "turn on the science: inspire learning. inform policy. improve lives."

Arts & Culture
8
Yeshiva University

The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.

Education
9
National Science and Technology Medals Foundation Inc

The nstmf's mission is to build inclusive stem communities across the united states. fundamental to these communities are the significant, inspirational connections we foster between the individuals who have received national recognition…

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10
We Are Family Foundation

The we are family foundation celebrates the vision of a global family by creating and supporting programs that inspire and educate people about mutual respect, understanding and appreciation of cultural diversity.

Civil Rights
11
The Contemporary Jewish Museum

The contemporary jewish museum (the cjm) makes the diversity of the jewish experience relevant for a twenty-first-century audience through innovative exhibitions and programs that educate, challenge, and inspire.

Arts & Culture
12
Rodel Institute

The rodel institute is a nonpartisan center for leadership and intellectual growth. rodel helps america's most promising leaders reach their full potential as public servants, deepen their commitment to democracy and the rule of law,…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Minneapolis Jewish Federation; the most unlike its peers is The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration. 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

16 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. 16 of the 24 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
12/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA CO INC: $1,150,000 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA CO INC+3 more: $44,160 · PhilanthropyMINNESOTA JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION LLC: $750,000 · OtherMINNESOTA JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDAT…JEWISH CONGREGATION OF VENICE INC: $33,730 · Other+7 more: $11,100 · OtherTHE ASSOCIATION FOR FRONTOTEMPORAL DEGENERATION: $500,000 · HealthTHE ASSOCIATION FOR F…+1 more: $1,000 · HealthAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $64,000 · InternationalJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $10,000 · International+1 more: $250 · InternationalMINNEAPOLIS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN: $21,000 · EducationAMERICAN CRAFT COUNCIL: $1,000 · Arts & CultureMINNETONKA CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $500 · Arts & CultureSarasota Ballet of Florida Inc: $250 · Arts & CultureThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $250 · Arts & CultureCenter of the American Experiment: $150 · Youth Development
Philanthropy$1,194,160Other$794,830Health$501,000International$74,250Education$21,000Arts & Culture$2,000Youth Development$150

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 budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA CO INC: $1,150,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetTHE ASSOCIATION FOR FRONTOTEMPORAL DEGENERATION: $500,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $64,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE JEWISH FEDERATION OF SARASOTA-MANATEE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMINNEAPOLIS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN: $21,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMINNEAPOLIS JEWISH FEDERATION: $9,160 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CRAFT COUNCIL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTA JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMINNETONKA CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSarasota Ballet of Florida Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT NORTH: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCenter of the American Experiment: $150 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.

Saint Paul & Minnesot…The Minneapolis Found…The Head Family Found…The Community Foundat…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Saint Paul & Minnesota FoundationMN15.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · The Head Family Foundation · The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Rockler Jackson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rockler Jackson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%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
    1get 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
    ⤢ 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.
    04Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Rockler Jackson Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Rockler Jackson Family 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 24 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.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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