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The F & Js Fund Inc

Its FY2023 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$682k
Granted FY2021
37
Grants FY2021
9
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

100% of The F & Js Fund Inc’s FY2023 grant dollars went to Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year The F & Js Fund Inc named its own grantees at scale: 23 organizations, $682k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

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Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What you fund
0191% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2023.

Philanthropy$4.0MCrime & Legal$283kArts & Culture$120kHealth$91kEnvironment$83kCivil Rights$52kAnimals$26kEducation$25kOther$0
02FY2021 · 37 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k20 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $308k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$5,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL$250,000
THE FILM COLLABORATIVE$100,000
350ORG$36,000
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND$35,000
ALLIANCE FOR JUSTICE$26,000
CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN$26,000
SWARTHMORE COLLEGE$25,000
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY$25,000
MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER$25,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF NY$25,000
END OF LIFE CHOICES NY$20,000
WNET-THIRTEEN & WLIW 21$15,000
LEGAL AID SOCIETY$10,000
PESTICIDE ACTION NETWORK$10,000
CITY BAR ASSOCIATION$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:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 8% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%NANTUCKET LAND COUNCIL: $1k → 6%CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY CHORUS: $500 → 8%SWARTHMORE COLLEGE: $25k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LAW SCHOOL: $1k → 22%PESTICIDE ACTION NETWORK: $10k → 10%SCHWAB CHARITABLE FUND: $3.9M → 10%THE FILM COLLABORATIVE: $100k → 14%SEE ATTACHED LIST: $646k → 6%AVENUES FOR JUSTICE: $1k → 17%COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES INC: $500 → 20%LEGAL AID SOCIETY: $10k → 28%WORLD WILDLIFE FUND: $150 → 14%INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $1k → 10%XERCES SOCIETY: $500 → 12%SOUTHERN UTAH WILDERNESS ALLIANCE: $1k → 8%HARVARD LAW SCHOOL: $5k → 8%SCHWAB CHARITABLE FUND: $97k → 10%SEE ATTACHED LIST: $609k → 6%NY COUNTY LAWYERS ASSN: $205 → 17%CORRECTIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NY: $5k → 20%NY BOTANICAL GARDENS: $100 → 28%ALLIANCE FOR JUSTICE: $26k → 14%SCHWAB CHARITABLE FUND: $12k → 10%SEE ATTACHED LIST: $519k → 6%COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL: $250k → 17%MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER: $25k → 28%SEE ATTACHED LIST: $517k → 6%END OF LIFE CHOICES NY: $20k → 17%WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY: $25k → 28%TRICKLE UP: $1k → 17%METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $2k → 17%WNET-THIRTEEN & WLIW 21: $15k → 17%CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN: $26k → 17%PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF NY: $25k → 17%COLUMBIA PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL: $1k → 17%AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $2k → 17%NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $500 → 17%CITY BAR ASSOCIATION: $10k → 17%NEW YORK LANDMARKS CONSERVANCY: $1k → 17%ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND: $35k → 17%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.

Which US states your grants reach

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CA
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DC
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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 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
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
2
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
3
National Association of Clean Water Agencies

Nacwa is the national voice of public clean water utilities, shaping water policy, convening a vibrant peer network, and empowering water leaders.

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4
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
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Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
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Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
7
The Nature Conservancy

The mission of the nature conservancy is to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends.

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8
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide

Educational & charitable. to provide legal and scientific information to public interest attorneys and scientists in numerous countries.

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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
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New York League of Conservation Voters

See schedule onylcv is a non-partisan policy making and political action organization that works to make environmental protection a top priority with elected officials, decision-makers and the voters by evaluating incumbent performance and…

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The Climate Group Inc

Climate group advances climate action by mobilizing business and government leadership to drive systemic decarbonization across energy, transport, and industry, while engaging the public through large-scale convenings and global platforms.…

Environment
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Ocean Conservancy

Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New York Landmarks Conservancy Inc and the most unlike its peers is Metropolitan Museum of Art. 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 50 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%0%<5yr15%0%5–10yr20%9%10–20yr17%17%20–35yr11%39%35–55yr13%35%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%0%<5yr15%0%5–10yr20%3%10–20yr17%92%20–35yr11%1%35–55yr13%4%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 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/24
the rest of the field
14%
26,003/186,954

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

24 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. 24 of the 38 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
17/24
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC — $3,975,017 · PhilanthropyDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INCCOLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL — $250,000 · OtherCOLUMBIA …CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN OF NEW YORK INC — $26,000 · OtherCITIZENS …PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF NY — $25,000 · OtherPLANNED P…END OF LIFE CHOICES NY — $20,000 · OtherWNET-THIRTEEN & WLIW 21 — $15,000 · OtherSWARTHMORE COLLEGE — $25,000 · OtherSWARTHMOR…+15 more — $39,055 · Other+15 moreTHE FILM COLLABORATIVE INC — $100,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more — $2,500 · Arts & Culture350ORG — $36,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED — $35,000 · EnvironmentPesticide Action Network North America — $10,000 · Environment+3 more — $2,150 · EnvironmentALLIANCE FOR JUSTICE — $26,000 · Civil RightsCOMPASSION & CHOICES — $10,000 · Civil RightsMONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER — $25,000 · HealthFINAL EXIT NETWORK INC — $10,000 · HealthWildlife Conservation Society — $25,000 · Animals+1 more — $500 · Animals
Philanthropy$3,975,017Other$400,055Arts & Culture$102,500Environment$83,150Civil Rights$36,000Health$35,000Animals$25,500

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 budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC — $3,975,017 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FILM COLLABORATIVE INC — $100,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budget350ORG — $36,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED — $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN OF NEW YORK INC — $26,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetALLIANCE FOR JUSTICE — $26,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSWARTHMORE COLLEGE — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPASSION & CHOICES — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LEGAL AID SOCIETY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFINAL EXIT NETWORK INC — $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetPesticide Action Network North America — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCORRECTIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAVENUES FOR JUSTICE INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK LANDMARKS CONSERVANCY INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Utah Wilderness Alliance — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRICKLE UP PROGRAM INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNANTUCKET LAND & WATER COUNCIL INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNew York Historical Society — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetXERCES SOCIETY INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY CHORUS — $500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC — $150 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.

The New York Communit…Boston Foundation IncVanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
The New York Community TrustNY13.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The New York Community Trust · Boston Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile 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 The F & Js Fund Inc 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, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 22%
  • Xerces Society Inc — 22% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get 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 · 0–50%
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.

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 38 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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