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The Jay Pritzker Foundation at a glance

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The Jay Pritzker 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.

$10M
Granted FY2024still arriving
15
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$5.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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.

Education$65MArts & Culture$6.6MCivil Rights$2.2MHealth$1.2MPublic Benefit$675kPhilanthropy$530kRecreation & Sports$448kInternational$430kOther$0
02FY2024 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $90k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $770k
  • $250k+5 grants · $9.5M
$182,500
Median grant
8
States reached
$22M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES$5,000,000
ST JOHNS COLLEGE$3,500,000
PORTLAND ART MUSEUM$500,000
EMPOWER - THE EMERGING MARKETS FOUNDATION$250,000
COLLEGE OF MARIN FOUNDATION$250,000
SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC$200,000
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY$187,500
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FOUNDATION$182,500
PROVIDENCE ST MEL SCHOOL$75,000
THE HARPSWELL FOUNDATION$75,000
SIDE BY SIDE$50,000
FINE ARTS MUSEUMS OF SAN FRANCISCO$25,000
CLYFFORD STILL MUSEUM$25,000
SAN FRANCISCO & MARIN FOOD BANK$20,000
THE SALVATION ARMY GOLDEN STATE DIVISION$20,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY21–21, $45k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 56% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY DISTRICT COUNCIL OF MARIN CITY: $20k → 8%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN MANHATTAN INC: $25k → 17%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

AK
ME
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
PA
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
NM
TN
DC
LA
AL
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$73M · 38 repeat orgs$5.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +0% for those funded once.

38 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 27 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
46

Total granted

$73M
$5.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+0%

Still filing today

87%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $545k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHealthInternationalFood & NutritionPhilanthropyOther
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

  • FF
    FOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES
    5× · 2020–2024 · $25M · revenue +244%
  • PS
    Providence St Mel School
    5× · 2019–2024 · $4.4M · revenue +11% · 36% of their budget
  • SF
    SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $1.9M · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • JA
    JAZZ AT THE LINCOLN CENTER
    one grant, 2021 · $1.3M
  • THE CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER INC
    one grant, 2019 · $500k · revenue -2%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA MUSEUM OF THE NORTH
    one grant, 2021 · $500k
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 Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
2
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
3
Golden Gate University

Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…

Education
4
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
5
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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6
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
7
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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8
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
9
Sf Partnership

SF Partnership is an organization comprised of SF's leading employers dedicated to supporting an equitable, resilient, and vibrant economy shared by all people working and living in San Francisco. Through education, advocacy, and research,…

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10
California College of the Arts

California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…

Education
11
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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12
Mills College

Mills college is an independent liberal arts college for women and gender nonbinary students, with graduate programs for all genders. the college educates students to think critically and communicate responsibly and effectively, to accept…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Foundation for California Community Colleges; the most unlike its peers is The Harpswell Foundation. 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

64 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. 64 of the 89 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
63/64
Grantees still filing
42/64
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST JOHNS COLLEGE IN SANTA FE: $33,505,000 · OtherST JOHNS COLLEGE IN SANTA FEProvidence St Mel School: $4,361,800 · OtherProvidence St Mel School+53 more: $4,715,622 · Other+53 moreFOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES: $25,000,000 · EducationFOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLE…SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $1,866,666 · EducationSAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC+10 more: $1,967,500 · Education+10 morePORTLAND ART MUSEUM: $1,075,000 · Arts & CultureJAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $750,000 · Arts & CultureSAN FRANCISCO JAZZ ORGANIZATION: $442,900 · Arts & CultureARS NOVA THEATER I INC: $232,000 · Arts & CulturePRESERVATION HALL FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 · Arts & CultureALLIANCE FOR YOUNG ARTISTS AND WRITERS INC: $186,840 · Arts & Culture+7 more: $340,625 · Arts & CultureUniversity Network for International Training and Engagement for Human Rights: $2,150,000 · Civil Rights+1 more: $25,000 · Civil RightsHYATT HOTELS FOUNDATION: $250,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $200,000 · PhilanthropyUnited Way of Greater Houston: $60,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY WORLDWIDE: $20,000 · PhilanthropyTHE CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER INC: $500,000 · Crime & LegalBRADY CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $20,000 · Crime & LegalNorthwestern University: $447,500 · Recreation & Sports
Other$42,582,422Education$28,834,166Arts & Culture$3,227,365Civil Rights$2,175,000Philanthropy$530,000Crime & Legal$520,000Recreation & Sports$447,500

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 budgetFOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES: $25,000,000 over 5y, 7.3% of budgetProvidence St Mel School: $4,361,800 over 5y, 36% of budgetUniversity Network for International Training and Engagement for Human Rights: $2,150,000 over 4y, 23% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $1,866,666 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetPORTLAND ART MUSEUM: $1,075,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetJAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $750,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FOUNDATION: $547,500 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetTHE CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER INC: $500,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $500,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST JOHN'S COLLEGE: $500,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNorthwestern University: $447,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO JAZZ ORGANIZATION: $442,900 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetHYATT HOTELS FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetEMPOWER-THE EMERGING MARKETS FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetCOLLEGE OF MARIN FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 1y, 8.2% of budgetMARIN GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetARS NOVA THEATER I INC: $232,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetPRESERVATION HALL FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $200,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE FOR YOUNG ARTISTS AND WRITERS INC: $186,840 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetTHE HARPSWELL FOUNDATION: $175,000 over 3y, 9.2% of budgetStern Grove Festival Association: $107,500 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY DISTRICT COUNCIL OF MARIN COUNTY: $105,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetHIAS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFeeding America: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBowdoin College: $100,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSide By Side: $85,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Houston: $60,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHICAGO COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS: $60,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetFriends of Florence: $55,625 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetKQED INC: $55,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $50,040 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCLYFFORD STILL MUSEUM: $50,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetREDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF SAN FRANCISCO INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF CONTRA COSTA AND SOLANO: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA FILM INSTITUTE: $35,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetThe Louisiana Museum Foundation: $32,500 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetST CHRISTOPHER TRUCKERS DEVELOPMENT AND RELIEF FUND INC: $30,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN MANHATTAN INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHAND IN HAND AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE CENTER FOR JEWISH-ARAB EDUCATION IN ISRA: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDOMINICAN UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDRENS PRISON ARTS PROJECT: $20,000 over 3y, 10% 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.

Marin Community Found…The San Francisco Fou…McNabb FoundationLeonard & Beryl Buck …Jewish Community Fede…Silicon Valley Commun…The James Irvine Foun…The Ayco Charitable F…The Andrew W Mellon F…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Swig Foundation
Marin Community FoundationCA26× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · McNabb Foundation · Leonard & Beryl Buck Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The James Irvine Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Swig 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 Jay Pritzker Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Jay Pritzker Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • St John's College: 2% of income from government
  • Portland Art Museum: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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.
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How do I get to The Jay Pritzker Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Jay Pritzker 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 89 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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