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The James J and Joan a Gardner Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$8.7M
Granted FY2024still arriving
101
Grants FY2024still arriving
13
States reached
$1.5M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0162% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2017–2024.

Philanthropy$17MAnimals$2.7MEnvironment$2.5MHuman Services$2.1MHealth$1.7MArts & Culture$1.7MRecreation & Sports$1.4MFood & Nutrition$702kReligion$361kOther$20M
02FY2024 · 101 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k16 grants · $60k
  • $10k–50k43 grants · $915k
  • $50k–250k35 grants · $2.8M
  • $250k+7 grants · $4.9M
$25,000
Median grant
13
States reached
$84M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER$1,500,000
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION$875,000
ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI (CINCINNATI ZOO & BOTANICAL GARDEN)$800,000
ACCELERATE GREAT SCHOOLS$664,240
GREAT PARKS FOREVER$500,000
MARY MAGDALEN FOUNDATION INC$300,000
XAVIER JESUIT ACADEMY$250,000
ACCELERATE GREAT SCHOOLS$177,975
KENZIE'S CLOSET$150,000
CINCINNATI WORKS INC$150,000
LUKE 5 ADVENTURES$145,000
TRI-STATE TRAILS$125,000
SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME DE NAMUR OHIO PROVINCE$100,000
CAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER INC$100,000
THE CHILDREN'S THEATRE OF CINCINNATI$100,000
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 (FY17–24, $2.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PREGNANCY RESOURCE CONNECTION: $100k → 7%INTERNATIONAL HEARING DOG INC: $10k → 10%TENNYSON CENTER FOR CHILDREN AT COLORADO CHRISTIAN HOME: $10k → 12%TENNYSON CENTER FOR CHILDREN AT COLORADO CHRISTIAN HOME: $8k → 12%PREGNANCY RESOURCE CONNECTION: $60k → 7%FOCUS POINTS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $50k → 12%THIRD STREET ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN: $6k → 11%FOCUS POINTS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $35k → 12%PREGNANCY RESOURCE CONNECTION: $40k → 7%FOCUS POINTS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $25k → 12%GIVE LIKE A MOTHER: $15k → 9%FOCUS POINTS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $8k → 12%PREGNANCY RESOURCE CONNECTION: $30k → 7%A LITTLE HELP: $70k → 12%PREGNANCY RESOURCE CONNECTION: $25k → 7%A LITTLE HELP: $20k → 12%A LITTLE HELP: $10k → 12%A LITTLE HELP: $20k → 12%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES INC: $25k → 16%TALBERT HOUSE: $25k → 16%FIRST STEP HOME INC: $10k → 16%THE CHILDREN'S HOME OF CINCINNATI INC: $100k → 16%PREGNANCY CENTER EAST INC: $5k → 16%PREGNANCY CENTER EAST INC: $5k → 16%PREGNANCY CENTER EAST INC: $5k → 16%ST VINCENT DE PAUL - CINCINNATI: $115k → 16%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $25k → 16%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $10k → 16%KENZIE'S CLOSET: $150k → 16%STEPPING STONES INC: $10k → 16%KENZIE'S CLOSET: $8k → 16%KENZIE'S CLOSET: $6k → 16%SANTA MARIA COMMUNITY SERVICES: $100k → 16%SANTA MARIA COMMUNITY SERVICES: $100k → 16%THE BDK FUND: $20k → 16%THE BDK FUND: $20k → 16%THE BDK FUND: $20k → 16%THE BDK FUND: $20k → 16%THE BDK FUND: $20k → 16%CINCINNATI WORKS INC: $178k → 16%CINCINNATI WORKS INC: $150k → 16%CINCINNATI WORKS INC: $150k → 16%CINCINNATI WORKS INC: $100k → 16%CINCINNATI WORKS INC: $51k → 16%CINCINNATI WORKS INC: $50k → 16%BEECH ACRES PARENTING CENTER: $25k → 16%SWEET CHEEKS DIAPER BANK: $20k → 16%SWEET CHEEKS DIAPER BANK: $8k → 16%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

WA
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
CA
UT
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
KS
TN
NC
SC
DC
FL

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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$47M · 92 repeat orgs$3.0M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +35% since the first grant, against +33% for the ones you funded once.

92 repeat relationships — 54 still active in FY2024, 38 since wound down; 32 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

92
75

Total granted

$47M
$1.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+33%

Still filing today

78%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M 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 ServicesEnvironmentArts & CultureEducationCommunity ImprovementOther

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

  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $17M · revenue +30%
  • ZS
    ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI
    7× · 2017–2024 · $2.3M · revenue +41%
  • GP
    GREAT PARKS FOREVER
    3× · 2022–2024 · $1.5M · revenue +298% · 37% of their budget

Funded once

  • ES
    EASTER SEALS TRISTATE (EASTERSEALS SERVING GREATER CINCINNATI)
    one grant, 2021 · $250k
  • SO
    SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME DE NAMUR
    one grant, 2017 · $200k
  • GU
    GREEN UMBRELLA
    one grant, 2023 · $125k · revenue -32%

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.

1
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
2
Cintrifuse

To empower Cincinnati entrepreneurs to launch bold, scalable startups; and we work to improve the odds of those startups growing into transformational companies.

Community Improvement
3
Greater Cleveland Volunteers

Greater cleveland volunteers enriches the community and indivuduals through volunteer service. volunteers age 18 and older are recruited and placed in the agency's programs or referred to local nonprofit or public organizations to help…

Philanthropy
4
The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

As a trusted and connected partner, we inspire generous people to invest in a more equitable and vibrant region now and for generations to come.

Philanthropy
5
Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce

Advancing a thriving central ohio commmunity by serving as a catalyst for all businesses to grow and flourish. our mission pillars are connections, government relations, strategic business solutions and talent/workforce.

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6
Philanthropy Ohio

To lead and equip ohio philanthropy to be effective partners for change in our communities.

Philanthropy
7
Child & Adolescent Behavioral Health

We are the premier childrens mental health agency that reduces the suffering experienced by children who have emotional problems related to depression, anxiety, and behavior like adhd. untreated, these problems can lead to failure in…

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8
United Way of Central Ohio Inc

United way of central ohio is the local organization that harnesses the power of communities working together - people, nonprofits, businesses and government - to create a stronger, more equitable central ohio. see schedule o.we do this…

Philanthropy
9
Cincinnati Usa Regional Chamber Foundation

To develop and promote economic development, talent initiatives and the unique offerings in the cincinnati region.

Community Improvement
10
Children's Hospital Medical Center

Cincinnati children's hospital medical center will be the leader in improving child health. cincinnati children's will provide child health and transform delivery of care through fully integrated, globally recognized research, education,…

Health
11
Cincinnati Usa Regional Chamber

To grow the vibrancy and economic prosperity of the cincinnati region.

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12
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless

The mission of the colorado coalition for the homeless is to work collaboratively toward the prevention of homelessness and the creation of lasting solutions for families, children, and individuals who are experiencing or at-risk of…

Human Services

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Oh Ky & in and the most unlike its peers is The Mary Magdalen 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.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyIndependent K-12 SchoolsEnvironmental Conservation …Local History MuseumsChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…Pregnancy Support ServicesFood Banks and PantriesYouth Development CentersDomestic Violence ServicesLocal Food System Organizat…Affordable Housing Construc…Cancer Support ServicesAnimal Rescue and ShelterMilitary Veterans SupportFaith-Based Social ServicesSchool District FoundationsPolicy Research and AdvocacyYouth Development ServicesCommunity Arts CentersSenior Support ServicesChristian Missionary Organi…Addiction Recovery ServicesHealth Access Advocacy and …Orchestra and Ensemble Perf…Community Foundations
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 34 years old; the field is 19. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%1%<5yr12%6%5–10yr21%16%10–20yr14%28%20–35yr16%26%35–55yr20%22%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%0%<5yr12%2%5–10yr21%17%10–20yr14%10%20–35yr16%57%35–55yr20%13%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 1% 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 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/160
the rest of the field
11%
8,037/74,146

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

146 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2017–2026, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 146 of the 202 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.

9
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
31
Early backer (in before they grew)
146/146
Grantees still filing
91/146
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

ACCELERATE GREAT SCHOOLS — $4,277,975 · OtherACCELERATE GREAT SCHOOLSCINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER — $3,780,000 · OtherCINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTERTHE MARY MAGDALEN FOUNDATION INC — $3,313,450 · OtherTHE MARY MAGDALEN FOUNDATION INCHOPE IGNITES CINCINNATI — $1,060,040 · OtherST XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL INC — $987,000 · OtherSISTERS OF NOTRE DAME DE NAMUR OHIO PROVINCE — $750,000 · OtherCincinnati Parks Foundation — $920,000 · Other+107 more — $7,275,938 · Other+107 moreTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION — $16,859,824 · PhilanthropyTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATIO…+5 more — $126,000 · PhilanthropyZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI — $2,270,000 · AnimalsTHEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP INC — $381,000 · Animals+1 more — $10,000 · AnimalsGREAT PARKS FOREVER — $1,500,000 · EnvironmentCAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER INC — $150,000 · EnvironmentGREEN UMBRELLA — $125,000 · EnvironmentOhio River Foundation — $100,000 · EnvironmentWHITEFISH LEGACY PARTNERS INC — $100,000 · EnvironmentCHARLESTON WATERKEEPER — $99,700 · Environment+11 more — $437,000 · EnvironmentCINCINNATI WORKS — $684,500 · Human ServicesPregnancy Resource Connection Inc — $255,000 · Human ServicesSANTA MARIA COMMUNITY SERVICES INC — $200,000 · Human ServicesKENZIE'S CLOSET — $171,000 · Human ServicesA LITTLE HELP — $120,000 · Human ServicesFOCUS POINTS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER — $117,500 · Human ServicesSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL — $115,000 · Human ServicesThe Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio — $100,000 · Human ServicesTHE BDK FUND — $100,000 · Human Services+14 more — $226,000 · Human ServicesOrlando Health Foundation Inc — $620,000 · HealthValley Hope Association Foundation — $440,000 · HealthMAY WE HELP INC — $124,000 · HealthCancer Family Care Inc — $107,663 · HealthGreater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services — $65,000 · Health+18 more — $339,500 · HealthCINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER — $545,000 · Arts & CultureThe Children's Theatre of Cincinnati — $300,000 · Arts & CultureMUSIC HALL REVITALIZATION COMPANY INC — $300,000 · Arts & CultureCINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION — $206,000 · Arts & CultureISPACE INC — $80,000 · Arts & CultureANGELICO PROJECT A CENTER FOR THOUGHT AND CULTURE — $65,000 · Arts & Culture+8 more — $154,910 · Arts & Culture
Other$22,364,403Philanthropy$16,985,824Animals$2,661,000Environment$2,511,700Human Services$2,089,000Health$1,696,163Arts & Culture$1,650,910

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION — $16,859,824 over 8y, 3.3% of budgetACCELERATE GREAT SCHOOLS — $4,277,975 over 8y, 59% of budgetTHE MARY MAGDALEN FOUNDATION INC — $3,313,450 over 8y, 85% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI — $2,270,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetGREAT PARKS FOREVER — $1,500,000 over 3y, 37% of budgetHOPE IGNITES CINCINNATI — $1,060,040 over 7y, 24% of budgetCincinnati Parks Foundation — $920,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetCINCINNATI WORKS — $684,500 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetOrlando Health Foundation Inc — $620,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetCINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER — $545,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetLUKE5ADVENTURES — $440,050 over 4y, 27% of budgetValley Hope Association Foundation — $440,000 over 5y, 5.2% of budgetTHEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP INC — $381,000 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetFriars Club Inc — $345,000 over 7y, 31% of budgetThe Children's Theatre of Cincinnati — $300,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetCATHOLIC LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE — $300,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetMUSIC HALL REVITALIZATION COMPANY INC — $300,000 over 3y, 30% of budgetFREESTORE FOODBANK INC — $285,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLA SOUPE INC — $261,500 over 6y, 4.5% of budgetPregnancy Resource Connection Inc — $255,000 over 4y, 44% of budgetBethany House Services Inc — $250,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetProKids — $220,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetCINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION — $206,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSANTA MARIA COMMUNITY SERVICES INC — $200,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetKENZIE'S CLOSET — $171,000 over 4y, 86% of budgetCORNERSTONE RENTER EQUITY INC — $160,000 over 4y, 5.6% of budgetTHE MEDICAL CENTER AT OCEAN REEF INC — $150,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCENTER FOR ADDICTION TREATMENT F/K/A THE CENTER FOR CHEMICAL ADDICTIONS — $150,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetCAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER INC — $150,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetGREEN UMBRELLA — $125,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetSPRINGER SCHOOL AND CENTER — $125,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTri-State Trails dba CROWN Cincinnati — $125,000 over 1y, 8.2% of budgetMAY WE HELP INC — $124,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetTENDER MERCIES INC — $120,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetA LITTLE HELP — $120,000 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetFOCUS POINTS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER — $117,500 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL — $115,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCancer Family Care Inc — $107,663 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetOCEAN REEF CHAPEL FOUNDATION INC — $105,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetThe Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio — $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOhio River Foundation — $100,000 over 4y, 5.8% of budgetWHITEFISH LEGACY PARTNERS INC — $100,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetTHE BDK FUND — $100,000 over 5y, 19% of budgetCHARLESTON WATERKEEPER — $99,700 over 3y, 8.2% of budgetLAST MILE FOOD RESCUE — $90,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER CINCINNATI — $85,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetISPACE INC — $80,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetBACKCOUNTRY HUNTERS & ANGLERS — $80,000 over 4y, 0.7% 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.

  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ACCELERATE GREAT SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds THE MARY MAGDALEN FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI ↗
  • Who funds GREAT PARKS FOREVER ↗
  • Who funds HOPE IGNITES CINCINNATI ↗
  • Who funds Cincinnati Parks Foundation ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI WORKS ↗
  • Who funds Orlando Health Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER ↗
  • Who funds LUKE5ADVENTURES ↗
  • Who funds Valley Hope Association Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds Friars Club Inc ↗
  • Who funds The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds MUSIC HALL REVITALIZATION COMPANY INC ↗
  • Who funds FREESTORE FOODBANK INC ↗
  • Who funds LA SOUPE INC ↗
  • Who funds Pregnancy Resource Connection Inc ↗
  • Who funds Bethany House Services Inc ↗
  • Who funds ProKids ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds SANTA MARIA COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds KENZIE'S CLOSET ↗
  • Who funds CORNERSTONE RENTER EQUITY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MEDICAL CENTER AT OCEAN REEF INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR ADDICTION TREATMENT F/K/A THE CENTER FOR CHEMICAL ADDICTIONS ↗
  • Who funds CAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER INC ↗

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 Greater Cincinnat…Johnson Charitable Gi…Marge & Charles J Sch…The Thomas J Emery Me…Hcs FoundationFarmer Family Foundat…Edelweiss FoundationCarol Ann and Ralph V…Sutphin Family Founda…Louise Taft Semple Fo…Millstone FundAndrew Jergens Founda…
The Greater Cincinnati FoundationOH89.8× affinity64 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · Marge & Charles J Schott Foundation · The Thomas J Emery Memorial · Hcs Foundation · Farmer Family Foundation · Edelweiss Foundation · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · Sutphin Family Foundation Ica · Louise Taft Semple Foundation · Millstone Fund · Andrew Jergens 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 James J and Joan a Gardner Family 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 · 110%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 16%
  • The Coral Restoration Foundation Inc — 16% of income from government
  • Star of the Sea Foundation Inc — 8% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
11get no government money at all
44report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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

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How do I get to The James J and Joan a Gardner Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The James J and Joan a Gardner 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 202 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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