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The Jake and Jeanne Sweeney Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Jake and Jeanne Sweeney Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$121k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Education$155kHealth$72kCrime & Legal$34kPhilanthropy$33kFood & Nutrition$30kYouth Development$20kReligion$17kAnimals$6kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $11k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$632k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
URSULINE ACADEMY$50,000
MOELLER HIGH SCHOOL$50,000
BUILDING BLOCKS FOR KIDS$10,000
FRIARS CLUB$5,000
LA SOUPE$5,000
MELANOMA NO MORE$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–20, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP: $1k → 8%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $1k → 16%INNER CITY YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES: $1k → 16%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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

57%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$213k · 11 repeat orgs$161k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +60% since the first grant, against +35% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
16

Total granted

$213k
$111k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+60%
+35%

Still filing today

55%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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
HealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyCivil RightsFood & NutritionOther
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

  • WS
    WYOMING SCHOOL FOUNDATION
    3× · 2019–2022 · $36k · revenue +76%
  • BB
    Building Blocks Foundation
    5× · 2019–2024 · $33k · revenue +30%
  • LS
    LA SOUPE INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $30k · revenue +790%

Funded once

  • HI
    HELPHOPELIVE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $42k · revenue +35%
  • P
    ProKidsgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $31k · revenue +210%
  • UO
    URSULINES OF BROWN COUNTY
    one grant, 2018 · $11k
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
Blood Cancer United Inc

Our mission is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.

Health
2
Children's Hospital & Research Center At Oakland

The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.

Health
3
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
4
Mila's Miracle Foundation

The mission of mila's miracle foundation is to find and fund paths to a cure for batten and other life-threatening neurological disorders. families in this community have been pivotal in raising the necessary funds and awareness. together,…

Health
5
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

To cure cf and provide all people with cf the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives by funding research and drug development, partnering with the cf community, and advancing high-quality, specialized care.

Health
6
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
7
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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8
The Lumies Foundation
Health
9
Elevate Childhood Cancer Research and Advocacy

Elevate Childhood Cancer Research and Advocacy advances its charitable mission through three core pillars: advocacy, empowerment, and strategic investment in research. Advocacy focuses on elevating the voices of patients and caregivers…

Philanthropy
10
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
11
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc

Susan g. komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting breast cancer across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the u.s. and in countries worldwide. we advocate for policies to protect patients, drive…

Health
12
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lighthouse Youth Services; the most unlike its peers is Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep. 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

13 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. 13 of the 28 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
11/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

URSULINE ACADEMY: $61,500 · OtherURSULINE ACADEMYMoeller High School: $50,000 · OtherMoeller High SchoolWYOMING SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $36,000 · OtherWYOMING SCHOOL FOUNDATIONFriars Club Inc: $14,500 · OtherFriars Club IncST VINCENT DE PAUL: $14,000 · OtherST VINCENT DE PAULURSULINES OF BROWN COUNTY: $11,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $7,500 · Other+11 more: $27,500 · Other+11 moreHELPHOPELIVE INC: $42,460 · HealthHELPHOPELIVE INCTHE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC: $8,500 · HealthTHE FOUNDATION F…Melanoma Know More: $3,500 · HealthMelanoma Know Mo…+1 more: $1,000 · HealthBuilding Blocks Foundation: $32,500 · PhilanthropyBuilding …ProKids: $31,000 · Civil RightsProKidsLA SOUPE INC: $30,000 · Food & NutritionLA SOUPE …INNER CITY YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES: $1,000 · Human ServicesNow I Lay Me Down to Sleep: $1,000 · Human ServicesLIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $1,000 · Human Services
Other$222,000Health$55,460Philanthropy$32,500Civil Rights$31,000Food & Nutrition$30,000Human Services$3,000

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 budgetHELPHOPELIVE INC: $42,460 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWYOMING SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $36,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetBuilding Blocks Foundation: $32,500 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetProKids: $31,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetLA SOUPE INC: $30,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetFriars Club Inc: $14,500 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC: $8,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetST FRANCIS SERAPH MINISTRIES: $5,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMelanoma Know More: $3,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINNER CITY YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNow I Lay Me Down to Sleep: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $1,000 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.

  • Who funds HELPHOPELIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds WYOMING SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Building Blocks Foundation ↗
  • Who funds ProKids ↗
  • Who funds LA SOUPE INC ↗
  • Who funds Friars Club Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC ↗
  • Who funds ST FRANCIS SERAPH MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds Melanoma Know More ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
  • Who funds INNER CITY YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES ↗
  • Who funds Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep ↗
  • Who funds LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES ↗

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.

Ge Aerospace Foundati…The Greater Cincinnat…Duke Energy FoundationJohnson Charitable Gi…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Ge Aerospace FoundationCT17.7× affinity7 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · The Bank of America Charitable 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 Jake and Jeanne Sweeney Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Jake and Jeanne Sweeney 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%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 28 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.

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