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The Jackson Laboratory

The purposes of the laboratory are scientific, medical, charitable, and educational.

$3.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$123k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2024.

Public Benefit$1.2MScience & Tech$152kHealth$78kPublic Safety & Disaster$36kEducation$31kCommunity Improvement$24kArts & Culture$13kPhilanthropy$11kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $222,295, the rows itemized in this filing. The $3,015,996 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $2,793,701 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $26k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $181k
$16,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.6B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TOWN OF BAR HARBOR$122,832
CITY OF ELLSWORTH$58,463
INVEST IN MAINE'S FUTURE$16,000
FRIENDS OF ACADIA$10,000
SACRAMENTO POLICE FOUNDATION$7,500
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CORPORATE DIRECTORS (NACD)$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:

Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MOUNT DESERT ISLAND YMCA: $6k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
IL
PA
CT
CA
VA
MD
DC
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 10 repeat orgs$108k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
8

Total granted

$1.5M
$74k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+3%
+29%

Still filing today

80%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $34k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthArts & CultureCrime & LegalEducationCommunity ImprovementEnvironmentOther
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

  • CS
    CONNECTICUT SCIENCE CENTER INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $102k · revenue +116%
  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC
    2× · 2017–2022 · $17k · revenue +40%
  • NA
    NATIONAL ASSOC FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
    2× · 2017–2018 · $16k · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • HG
    HUMAN GENOME ORGANIZATION INTERNATIONAL
    one grant, 2022 · $15k
  • NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCESgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $12k · revenue +29%
  • HO
    HEART OF MAINE UNITED WAY
    one grant, 2021 · $11k · revenue +22%
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
The Genetics Society of America in

Gsa serves an international community of scientists who use genetics to make new discoveries and improve lives. we advance biological research by supporting professional development of scientists, by communicating advances and fostering…

—
2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
3
Arc Research Institute

Our mission is to accelerate scientific progress, understand the root causes of disease, and narrow the gap between discoveries and impact on patients.

Health
4
The American Association of Immunologists Inc

The american association of immunologists (aai) is an international association representing professionally trained scientists who conduct basic and clinical research on the biology of the immune system. aai is dedicated to advancing the…

Health
5
American College of Radiology

The american college of radiology (acr) is organized to advance radiology science, practice and access, improve quality and safety, provide continuing education for radiology and allied professionals, and achieve better outcomes through…

Health
6
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

The federation of american societies for experimental biology (faseb) advances health and welfare by promoting progress and education in biological and biomedical sciences through service to its member societies and collaborative advocacy.

—
7
Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

The society is a multidisciplinary professional medical organization dedicated to improving human health by advancing nuclear medicine, molecular imaging and radionuclide therapy.

Health
8
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
9
American Association of Physicists in Medicine

Advancing medicine through excellence in the science, education and professional practice of medical physics. the mission is carried out through driving scientific and clinical innovation in medical physics to improve human health,…

Science & Tech
10
American Society for Microbiology

To promote and advance the microbial sciences

Science & Tech
11
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
12
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Foundation for a Strong Maine Economy; the most unlike its peers is Sacramento Police Foundation 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

20 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. 20 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
14/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TOWN OF BAR HARBOR: $867,476 · OtherTOWN OF BAR HARBORCity of Ellsworth: $348,919 · OtherCity of Ellsworth+9 more: $119,341 · Other+9 moreCONNECTICUT SCIENCE CENTER INC: $102,199 · Arts & CultureMAINE DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $12,500 · Arts & CultureFOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH: $18,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $17,000 · HealthTranslational Research Cancer Cente: $7,500 · HealthHEALTHY ACADIA: $6,000 · HealthSacramento Police Foundation Inc: $36,000 · Crime & LegalJESUP MEMORIAL LIBRARY: $22,000 · EducationYale University: $9,000 · EducationFOUNDATION FOR A STRONG MAINE ECONOMY: $16,000 · Community ImprovementNATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $12,000 · Science & Tech
Other$1,335,736Arts & Culture$114,699Health$48,500Crime & Legal$36,000Education$31,000Community Improvement$16,000Science & Tech$12,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCONNECTICUT SCIENCE CENTER INC: $102,199 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetCONNECTICUT SCIENCE FAIR ASSOCIATION INC: $37,500 over 3y, 11% of budgetSacramento Police Foundation Inc: $36,000 over 5y, 8.8% of budgetJESUP MEMORIAL LIBRARY: $22,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH: $18,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $17,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR A STRONG MAINE ECONOMY: $16,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOC FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH: $15,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMAINE DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $12,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetNATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEART OF MAINE UNITED WAY: $10,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSACRAMENTO FOOD BANK & FAMILY SERVICES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Acadia: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYale University: $9,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY OF HUMAN GENETICS: $7,581 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTranslational Research Cancer Cente: $7,500 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CORPORATE DIRECTORS: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMt Desert Island YMCA: $6,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHEALTHY ACADIA: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Maine Community Found…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Maine Community Foundation IncME20.3× affinity8 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 The Jackson Laboratory funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Jackson Laboratory. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Connecticut Science Center Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
  • American Society of Human Genetics: 10% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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 · 0–75%
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.

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 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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