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The Janning Family Foundation at a glance

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The Janning Family 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.

$124k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$15k
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, FY2019 to 2024.

International$124kPhilanthropy$80kReligion$58kFood & Nutrition$47kHealth$39kHuman Services$33kCrime & Legal$28kEnvironment$21kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $49k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $75k
$8,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF DALLAS$15,000
HELP OF DOOR COUNTY$10,000
CARROLL EDUCATION FOUNDATION$10,000
Mercy-USA for Aid and Development$10,000
Capital Area Food Bank$10,000
Com Foundation of Tex Hill Country$10,000
ECUMENICAL COMMUNITY HELPING OTHERS$10,000
Appalachian Trail Conservancy$8,000
HOMEWARD TRAILS$6,000
Feed My People$5,000
Special Olympics Washington$5,000
OCEAN CONSERVANCY$5,000
Open Door Bird Sanctuary$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 54% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%North Texas Ford Bank: $5k → 5%CARROLL EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%Com Foundation of Tex Hill Country: $10k → 13%JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF DALLAS: $20k → 14%Capital Area Food Bank: $10k → 14%Mercy-USA for Aid and Development: $10k → 21%Life Wise STL: $8k → 21%DOOR COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $15k → 8%Sandy Hook Promise: $10k → 9%Tails and Trails: $5k → 16%Special Olympics Washington: $5k → 9%Appalachian Trail Conservancy: $8k → 9%WORLD BICYCLE RELIEF: $10k → 14%HOMEWARD TRAILS: $6k → 6%AIR FORCE AID SOCIETY: $5k → 7%HANDICAPPED PETS FOUNDATION: $5k → 7%CARROLL EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF DALLAS: $17k → 14%Capital Area Food Bank: $10k → 14%EPWORTH: $8k → 11%Lifewise St Louis: $5k → 21%HELP OF DOOR COUNTY: $10k → 8%WORLD BICYCLE RELIEF: $10k → 14%HOMEWARD TRAILS: $6k → 6%AIR FORCE AID SOCIETY: $5k → 7%CARROLL EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $7k → 11%JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF DALLAS: $17k → 14%Capital Area Food Bank: $10k → 14%CROSSROADS AT BIG CREEK: $10k → 8%WORLD BICYCLE RELIEF: $10k → 14%HOMEWARD TRAILS: $5k → 6%AIR FORCE AID SOCIETY: $5k → 7%JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF DALLAS: $17k → 14%Capital Area Food Bank: $10k → 14%HELP OF DOOR COUNTY: $8k → 8%AIR FORCE AID SOCIETY: $5k → 7%JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF DALLAS: $15k → 14%Capital Area Food Bank: $8k → 14%HELP OF DOOR COUNTY: $8k → 8%JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF DALLAS: $12k → 14%HELP OF DOOR COUNTY: $8k → 8%ECUMENICAL COMMUNITY HELPING OTHERS: $12k → 6%HELP OF DOOR COUNTY: $8k → 8%ECUMENICAL COMMUNITY HELPING OTHERS: $10k → 6%ECUMENICAL COMMUNITY HELPING OTHERS: $10k → 6%ECUMENICAL COMMUNITY HELPING OTHERS: $10k → 6%ECUMENICAL COMMUNITY HELPING OTHERS: $10k → 6%ECUMENICAL COMMUNITY HELPING OTHERS: $10k → 6%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

VT
NH
MT
IL
WI
NY
CT
CA
MO
KY
VA
DC
TX
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$482k · 15 repeat orgs$136k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
16

Total granted

$482k
$83k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+4%

Still filing today

67%
81%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $53k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalCrime & LegalEnvironmentAnimalsPublic Safety & DisasterRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • JA
    JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF DALLAS INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $103k · revenue +2%
  • CA
    CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $52k · revenue +39%
  • HELP OF DOOR COUNTY INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $49k · revenue +80%

Funded once

  • SANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -4%
  • CROSSROADS AT BIG CREEK INC
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -41%
  • EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +12%
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
Door County Land Trust Inc

The door county land trust is a local, non-governmental non-profit organization whose mission is to preserve door county's exceptional lands and waters forever.

Environment
2
Midwest Dairy Association

Midwest dairy works with others to give consumers an excellent dairy experience increasing sales, fostering innovation, and inspiring consumer confidence of dairy products and practices.

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3
Fsc I&P

Fsc i&p promotes environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests. this mission aligns with the forest stewardship council (fsc), its network of offices, and other organizations.…

Philanthropy
4
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
5
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
6
Homeward Bound Inc

Providing innovative and life-enriching services for children, adolescents, and adults with disabilities.

Human Services
7
Food & Water Watch

Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…

Food & Nutrition
8
Climate Breakthrough Inc

To launch breakthrough climate mitigation efforts by identifying, supporting, and unleashing innovative leaders with transformative strategies.

Human Services
9
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
10
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.

Animals
11
Worldwide Vets Incorporated

Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…

Animals
12
Us Digital Response

U.s. digital response is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that helps governments, nonprofits, and public entities respond quickly to critical public needs. the organization serves the public by leveraging a network of pro bono…

Public Safety & Disaster
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mercy-Usa for Aid & Developmentinc; the most unlike its peers is Clear Blue Sea. 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

29 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. 29 of the 40 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
16/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ECUMENICAL COMMUNITY HELPING OTHERS: $62,000 · OtherECUMENICAL COMMUNITY HELPING OTHERSGRACE FOUNDATION: $59,000 · OtherGRACE FOUNDATIONHOMEWARD TRAILS: $25,000 · OtherHOMEWARD TRAILSSAFE SPACE NOVA: $12,000 · OtherAIR & SPACE FORCES AID SOCIETY INC: $25,000 · OtherAIR & SPACE FORCES AID SOCIETY INCDOOR COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Other+21 more: $123,800 · Other+21 moreJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF DALLAS INC: $103,000 · InternationalJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF…MERCY-USA FOR AID & DEVELOPMENTINC: $10,000 · InternationalMERCY-USA FOR AID & D…UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $4,000 · International+1 more: $2,000 · InternationalCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $52,000 · Food & NutritionCAPITAL A…HELP OF DOOR COUNTY INC: $49,000 · HealthWORLD BICYCLE RELIEF NFP: $30,000 · Public Safety & DisasterYALL SQUAD INCORPORATED: $4,000 · Public Safety & DisasterCarroll Education Foundation Inc: $29,000 · EducationSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Crime & LegalEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $10,000 · Crime & LegalNEW COVENANT LEGAL SERVICES: $5,000 · Crime & LegalCONCORDANCE: $3,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$321,800International$119,000Food & Nutrition$52,000Health$49,000Public Safety & Disaster$34,000Education$29,000Crime & Legal$28,000

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 budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF DALLAS INC: $103,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $52,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHELP OF DOOR COUNTY INC: $49,000 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetWORLD BICYCLE RELIEF NFP: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCarroll Education Foundation Inc: $29,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetAIR & SPACE FORCES AID SOCIETY INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDOOR COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCROSSROADS AT BIG CREEK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS OF TEXAS INC: $9,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $8,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAPPALACHIAN TRAIL CONSERVANCY: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKINGDOM HOUSE D/B/A LIFEWISE STL: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHumane Society of North Texas: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHANDICAPPED PETS FOUNDATION: $5,100 over 1y, 9.8% of budgetNEW COVENANT LEGAL SERVICES: $5,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetFEED MY PEOPLE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPEN DOOR BIRD SANCTUARY: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetYALL SQUAD INCORPORATED: $4,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetONE TREE PLANTED INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONCORDANCE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLEAR BLUE SEA: $3,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetMCT INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVILLAGE OF HOPE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Renaissance Charitabl…Vanguard Charitable E…Charities Aid Foundat…Raymond James Charita…The Blackbaud Giving …Donor Advised Charita…The Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Natl Christian Charit…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…
Renaissance Charitable Foundation IncIN10.9× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Charities Aid Foundation America · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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 Janning Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Janning Family Foundation. 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%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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 40 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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