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The James P Devere Foundation at a glance

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The James P Devere Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$59k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$20k
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 2025.

Education$309kPhilanthropy$158kHuman Services$35kReligion$33kArts & Culture$31kPublic Safety & Disaster$15kHealth$11kHousing & Shelter$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $42k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$948k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY$20,000
THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER LA$12,000
THE MIDNIGHT MISSION$10,000
HOOVER INSTITUTION$5,000
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$5,000
SEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND$5,000
HILLSDALE COLLEGE$2,000
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 (FY25–25, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%THE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $10k → 14%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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$396k · 10 repeat orgs$29k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
5

Total granted

$396k
$19k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+9%

Still filing today

70%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthPhilanthropyHuman ServicesPublic Safety & DisasterArts & CultureOther
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

  • LM
    LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY
    8× · 2017–2025 · $128k · revenue +68%
  • SF
    SEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND
    8× · 2017–2025 · $35k · revenue +56%
  • CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
    2× · 2020–2022 · $11k · revenue +55%

Funded once

  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +9%
  • TC
    THE CANTOR FITZGERALD RELIEF FUNDgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +381%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY INC
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue -25%
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
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
2
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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3
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
4
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
5
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
6
Yeshiva University

The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.

Education
7
Wesleyan University

Wesleyan university is dedicated to providing an education in liberal arts by building a diverse, energetic community of students, faculty, and staff who value independence of mind and generosity of spirit. see additional description in…

Education
8
Loma Linda University

Loma linda university, a seventh-day adventist christian health sciences institution, seeks to further the healing and teaching ministry of jesus christ "to make man whole" by: - educating ethical and proficient christian health…

Education
9
Occidental College

See schedule othe mission of occidental college is to provide a gifted and diverse group of students with a total educational experience of the highest quality - one that prepares them for leadership in an increasingly complex,…

Education
10
Trustees of Boston College

Mission strengthened by more than a century and a half of dedication to academic excellence, boston college commits itself to the highest standards of teaching and research in undergraduate, graduate and professional programs and to the…

Education
11
The Catholic University of America

As the national university of the catholic church in the united states, founded and sponsored by the bishops of the country with the approval of the holy see, the catholic university of america is committed to being a comprehensive…

Education
12
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Loyola Marymount University; the most unlike its peers is Irish Educational 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

16 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. 16 of the 19 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
10/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY: $127,500 · EducationLOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITYTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $37,500 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND ST…AMERICAN JEWISH UNIVERSITY: $17,500 · EducationAMERICAN JEWISH UNIVERSITYHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $14,000 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGEPasadena City College Foundation: $10,000 · EducationJEWISH FEDERATION COUNCIL OF GREATER LA: $125,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION COUNCIL OF GREATER …Irish Educational Foundation Inc: $70,000 · PhilanthropyIrish Educational Foundation Inc+1 more: $2,500 · PhilanthropyVALLEY BETH SHALOM: $32,500 · OtherVALLEY BETH SHALOMIRISH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $32,000 · OtherIRISH EDUCATIONAL …JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES: $30,000 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATION …+2 more: $1,500 · OtherSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $35,000 · HealthCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $11,000 · HealthINTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE CANTOR FITZGERALD RELIEF FUND: $5,000 · Public Safety & Disaster
Education$206,500Philanthropy$197,500Other$96,000Health$46,000Arts & Culture$30,000Human Services$20,000Public Safety & Disaster$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY: $127,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION COUNCIL OF GREATER LA: $125,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetIrish Educational Foundation Inc: $70,000 over 4y, 21% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $37,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $35,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH UNIVERSITY: $17,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $14,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPasadena City College Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CANTOR FITZGERALD RELIEF FUND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED WAY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWest Los Angeles Symphony Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.7% 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

Donor Advised Charita…
Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO6.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 James P Devere Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The James P Devere Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s 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 · 0–20%
    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 19 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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