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Roxie and Azad Joseph Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$558k
Granted FY2025still arriving
34
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0197% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2021–2025.

Philanthropy$1.3MYouth Development$395kArts & Culture$390kHealth$265kEducation$140kCommunity Improvement$110kHuman Services$75kFood & Nutrition$50kOther$0
02FY2025 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $33k
  • $10k–50k24 grants · $325k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $200k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$9.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KIDZONE MUSEUM$100,000
TAHOE FOREST HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION$50,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT$50,000
TRUCKEE MEADOWS COMMUNITY COLLEGE$25,000
COMMUNITY HEALTH ALLIANCE FOUNDATION$25,000
SPARKS ROTARY COMMUNITY FUND$25,000
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA FOUNDATIONKUNR$20,000
TERRY LEE WELLS DISCOVERY MUSEUM$20,000
ARTOWN$20,000
NEVADA MUSEUM OF ART$15,000
CARE CHEST OF SIERRA NEVADA$15,000
ACHIEVEMENT BEYOND OBSTACLES$10,000
KIDSZONE$10,000
NEVADA YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROJECT$10,000
DESERT RESEARCH INSTDRI FOUNDATION$10,000
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:

Your human-services grants (FY23–25, $70k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%NEVADA YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROJECT: $10k → 10%NEVADA YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROJECT: $10k → 10%NEVADA YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROJECT: $10k → 10%EDDY HOUSE: $10k → 10%SAFE TALK FOR TEENS: $10k → 10%SAFE TALK FOR TEENS: $10k → 10%SAFE TALK FOR TEENS: $10k → 10%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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.4M · 35 repeat orgs$373k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +5% since the first grant, against 0% for the ones you funded once.

35 repeat relationships — 27 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

35
8

Total granted

$2.4M
$168k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+5%
0%

Still filing today

60%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $205k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
Youth DevelopmentArts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationHealthRecreation & SportsOther

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

  • A
    ARTOWN
    3× · 2023–2025 · $60k · revenue +19%
  • FB
    Food Bank of Northern Nevada Inc
    3× · 2023–2025 · $50k · revenue +20%
  • CC
    Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada
    3× · 2023–2025 · $40k · revenue +59%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA FOUNDATIONBUSINESS BUILDING
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
  • NC
    NEVADA CARES CAMPUS HEALTH CENTER
    one grant, 2024 · $25k
  • RZ
    ROTARY ZONE 26-27 FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +2%

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.

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Healthy Nevada
Health
2
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Nevada

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Nevada (BBBSN) is a non-profit 501(c) 3 corporation that is a leader in youth mentoring services. Since 1971, BBBSN has been developing positive relationships that have a direct and lasting impact on…

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3
Junior Achievement of Northern Nevada

To inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy

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4
Nevada Childhood Cancer Foundation

To provide social, emotional, educational, and psychological support and programs to families of all children diagnosed with life threatening or critical illnesses and provide healing arts and wellness programs to adults touched by cancer…

Health
5
Sierra Nevada Alliance

To protect and restore sierra lands, water, wildlife and rural communities. to engage and support efforts to adopt exemplary local sustainable community actions accross the sierra nevada that balance social, economic and environmental…

Environment
6
Special Olympics Nevada

The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. This gives them continuing opportunities to…

Recreation & Sports
7
Nevada Children's Foundation Inc

To support programs providing the highest quality service to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. these services include a residential program at eagle valley children's home and a respite program provided in the…

Human Services
8
Nevada Kids Foundation Inc

The nevada kids foundation is a children's non profit that provides essential items and resources to the struggling youth in our communities. our goal is to empower children to live a life with greater hope, freedom, and opportunities for…

Human Services
9
Jobs for Nevadas Graduates Inc

Jobs for nevadas graduates has a mission to empower young people with the skills and support to succeed in education, employment, and life.

Education
10
Fair Government Nevada

To promote fair government practices and for all other legal purposes

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11
Nevada Succeeds

Our membership is united in pursuit of immediate and continuous improvements to the state's education system. we support an ambitious, agressive and comprehensive reform agenda to dramatically increase the college and workforce readiness…

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12
Boys and Girls Club of North Lake Tahoe

The mission of the Club is to inspire and enable all youth, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens. Boys & Girls Club of North Lake Tahoe has been a cornerstone of the…

Unclassified

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nothern Nevada Inc and the most unlike its peers is Boys and Girls Club of Mason Valley. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 21 years old; the field is 13. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%0%<5yr16%7%5–10yr20%43%10–20yr18%29%20–35yr11%18%35–55yr12%4%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%0%<5yr16%5%5–10yr20%32%10–20yr18%45%20–35yr11%13%35–55yr12%5%55yr+

The field is 24% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/31
the rest of the field
13%
285/2,184

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

30 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 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 30 of the 50 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/30
Grantees still filing
13/30
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

MISCELLANEOUS CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS — $1,191,500 · OtherMISCELLANEOUS CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONSUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA FOUNDATIONBUSINESS BUILDING — $100,000 · OtherTAHOE FOREST HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION — $100,000 · OtherSPARKS ROTARY COMMUNITY FUND — $75,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA FOUNDATIONKUNR — $70,000 · Other+24 more — $437,500 · Other+24 moreSIERRA NEVADA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM DBA KIDZONE MUSEUM — $100,000 · Arts & CultureSIERRA NEV…ARTOWN — $60,000 · Arts & CultureARTOWNNevada Museum of Art — $45,000 · Arts & CultureNevada Mus…CHANNEL 5 PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC — $30,000 · Arts & CultureCHANNEL 5 …RENO PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION INC — $10,000 · Arts & CultureMUSIC WITH CONFIDENCE — $10,000 · Arts & CultureJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SOUTHERN NEVADA — $150,000 · InternationalCatholic Charities of Northern Nevada — $40,000 · Human ServicesNEVADA YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROJECT — $30,000 · Human ServicesEDDY HOUSE — $30,000 · Human ServicesSAFE TALK FOR TEENS — $30,000 · Human ServicesTAHOE FOREST HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION — $50,000 · HealthCARE CHEST OF SIERRA NEVADA — $50,000 · HealthCOMMUNITY HEALTH ALLIANCE FOUNDATION — $25,000 · HealthROTARY YOUTH EXCHANGE D5190 — $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentSIERRA NEVADA JOURNEYS — $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF TRUCKEE MEADOWS — $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NOTHERN NEVADA INC — $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF MASON VALLEY — $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS ON THE RUN - SIERRAS — $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentFood Bank of Northern Nevada Inc — $50,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$1,974,000Arts & Culture$255,000International$150,000Human Services$130,000Health$125,000Youth Development$115,000Food & Nutrition$50,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SOUTHERN NEVADA — $150,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetSIERRA NEVADA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM DBA KIDZONE MUSEUM — $100,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetARTOWN — $60,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetFood Bank of Northern Nevada Inc — $50,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTAHOE FOREST HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCARE CHEST OF SIERRA NEVADA — $50,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetNevada Museum of Art — $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCatholic Charities of Northern Nevada — $40,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCHANNEL 5 PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC — $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNEVADA YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROJECT — $30,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetACHIEVEIMENT BEYOND OBSTACLES — $30,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetROTARY YOUTH EXCHANGE D5190 — $30,000 over 3y, 17% of budgetEDDY HOUSE — $30,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSIERRA NEVADA JOURNEYS — $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSAFE TALK FOR TEENS — $30,000 over 3y, 6.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALTH ALLIANCE FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF TRUCKEE MEADOWS — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHERN NEVADA CHILDREN'S CANCER FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NOTHERN NEVADA INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetURBAN ROOTS GARDEN CLASSROOMS — $10,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetROTARY ZONE 26-27 FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetSierra Kids Foundation Inc — $10,000 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetRENO BIKE PROJECT INC — $10,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetRENO PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF MASON VALLEY — $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMUSIC WITH CONFIDENCE — $10,000 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN - SIERRAS — $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetUSA Shooting Inc — $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

The E L Cord Foundati…Robert Z Hawkins Foun…NV Energy Charitable …The Bretzlaff Foundat…Thelma B & Thomas P H…Renown HealthDermody Properties Fo…Tahoe Community Found…Estelle J Kelsey Foun…Robert S & Dorothy J …The Nell J Redfield F…Peek Family Charitabl…
The E L Cord FoundationNV43.1× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The E L Cord Foundation · Robert Z Hawkins Foundation · NV Energy Charitable Foundation · The Bretzlaff Foundation Inc · Thelma B & Thomas P Hart Foundation · Renown Health · Dermody Properties Foundation · Tahoe Community Foundation · Estelle J Kelsey Foundation · Robert S & Dorothy J Keyser Foundation · The Nell J Redfield Foundation · Peek Family Charitable Foundation

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 Roxie and Azad Joseph 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
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%your share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 Roxie and Azad Joseph Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Roxie and Azad Joseph 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 50 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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