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The JEM Project

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.

$3.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
64
Grants FY2024still arriving
15
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Human Services$5.4MHealth$4.2MAnimals$3.5MCivil Rights$2.1MRecreation & Sports$1.8MFood & Nutrition$1.5MEnvironment$1.3MYouth Development$1.1MOther$0
02FY2024 · 64 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k13 grants · $49k
  • $10k–50k27 grants · $634k
  • $50k–250k23 grants · $1.8M
  • $250k+1 grant · $500k
$25,150
Median grant
15
States reached
$34M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
the Center for Reproductive Rights inc$500,000
San Diego Humane Society & SPCA San Diego$200,000
SBCS Corporation$125,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Diego County$105,000
Nutured by Nature$100,000
Giants Community Fund$100,000
San Diego Center for Children$100,000
Lions Tigers and Bears$99,336
Home Start Inc$85,000
Rocky Mountain Raptor Program$84,500
Children's Miracle Network$79,180
La Maestra Family Clinic INC$77,700
THE SAN MARCOS PROMISE DBA PROJECT NEXT$75,000
San Diego Children's Discovery Museum$75,000
THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION (Birch Aquarium)$75,000
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 (FY20–24, $3.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 92% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Survivors Alliance for Growth and Employment: $1k → 7%Tri County Wildlife Care: $15k → 10%Hospice AND Palliative Care Foundation: $10k → 15%House of Hope of the Pee Dee: $175k → 20%Wheelchairs 4 Kids: $25k → 12%Florida Keys Children's Shelter: $10k → 13%Freedom Reigns Ranch: $5k → 4%CAROLINA CARING FOUNDATION: $111k → 12%Boys and Girls Home of North Carolina: $199k → 21%Called to Care INC: $5k → 15%Femergy: $5k → 15%Raintree Children and Family Services: $5k → 23%Survivors Alliance for Growth and Employment: $1k → 7%Carolina Caring Foundation: $95k → 12%A Kid Again INC: $50k → 15%Survivors Alliance for Growth and Employment: $1k → 7%Helping Hands Hawaii: $38k → 9%Youth Villages: $4k → 17%Carolina Caring Foundation: $50k → 12%A Kid Again INC: $50k → 15%Helping Hands Hawaii: $37k → 9%A Kid Again INC: $40k → 15%South Bay Community Services: $50k → 10%Helping Hands Hawaii: $20k → 9%CHARITY WATER: $1.5M → 17%GIRLS WHO CODE: $100k → 17%Right Moves for Youth: $25k → 10%Right Moves for Youth: $20k → 10%RIGHT MOVES FOR YOUTH: $5k → 10%DEFEND THE FATHERLESS: $195k → 8%FORT MILL CARE CENTER: $5k → 8%SAN DIEGO CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $150k → 11%San Diego Center for Children: $145k → 11%SAN DIEGO CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $125k → 11%San Diego Center for Children: $100k → 11%Dress For Success Charlotte: $50k → 10%San Diego Center for Children: $52k → 11%Dress For Success Charlotte: $50k → 10%Dress For Success Charlotte: $25k → 10%SAN DIEGO CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $5k → 11%DRESS FOR SUCCESS CHARLOTTE: $5k → 10%Challenged Athletes Foundation: $55k → 11%SBCS Corporation: $125k → 11%CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION: $50k → 11%CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION: $50k → 11%SOUTH BAY COMMUNITY SERVICE: $39k → 11%SBCS Corporation: $25k → 11%SOUTH BAY COMMUNITY SERVICE: $7k → 11%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

WA
MT
IL
WI
MI
NY
OR
IA
OH
PA
RI
CA
UT
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
DE
AZ
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
LA
AL
GA
TX
FL
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$20M · 88 repeat orgs$4.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

88 repeat relationships: 51 still active in FY2024, 37 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

88
151

Total granted

$20M
$3.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+11%

Still filing today

90%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $504k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsHuman ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentEducationEnvironmentOther
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

  • RM
    ROCKY MOUNTAIN RAPTOR PROGRAM
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +17% · 46% of their budget
  • TI
    The Isabella Santos Foundation
    4× · 2020–2023 · $1.1M · revenue +48%
  • NB
    Nurtured by Nature
    5× · 2020–2024 · $725k · revenue +33% · 79% of their budget

Funded once

  • PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELESgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $250k · revenue +28%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $200k
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS HOMES OF NC INC
    one grant, 2022 · $199k · revenue -41%
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
Pet Orphans of Southern California

In addition to rescue and adoption, pet orphans provides a wide range of services including education, medical/financial, spay/neuter, and training assistance.

Animals
2
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
3
The California Wildlife Center

The california wildlife center (cwc) takes responsibility for the protection of all native wildlife through rehabilitiation, education and conservation. as the los angeles area's premier wildlife medical care and rehabilitation facility,…

Health
4
Animal Care Sanctuary

Animal care sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the…

Animals
5
Progressive Animal Welfare Society aka Paws

A champion for animals since 1967, PAWS is a nationally recognized leader - rehabilitating injured and orphaned wildlife, sheltering and adopting homeless cats and dogs, and educating people to make a better world for animals and people.

Animals
6
Rancho Coastal Humane Society

See schedule orancho coastal is dedicated to the rescue and shelter of abandoned companion animals. it encourages adoptions into loving homes and provides educational and community outreach programs designed to enhance the human-animal…

Animals
7
Spot

SPOT Saving Pets One at a Time is a leading San Diego County all-volunteer rescue organization whose main focus is to save dogs and cats in shelters who are at risk of euthanization and to help other dogs and cats in need as well. In…

Animals
8
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County

The SPCA Monterey County's Mission is assuring compassionate treatment of all animals through rescue, rehabilitation, protection and education. The SPCA shelters homeless, neglected, and abused pets, including dogs, cats, horses, exotic…

Animals
9
Santa Barbara Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Santa barbara humane operates two campuses located in santa barbara and santa maria providing care for community-owned and homeless animals. both campuses offer affordable high quality veterinary care, compassionate behavior training…

Animals
10
City Wildlife Inc

The goals of City Wildlife are to rescue sick, orphaned, and injured wild animals and return them to the wild; to promote the enjoyment of and harmonious co-existence with native wildlife; and to protect the District of Columbias wild…

Education
11
Safe Haven for Cats

The mission of safe haven for cats is to use no-kill principles and education to save cats' lives through rescue, adoption, spay/neuter services and community programs.

Animals
12
Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland

The Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland nurtures the connection between people and pets to advance animal welfare and improve the quality of life in our community.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Holy Angels Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is San Diego Breastfeeding Center 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

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

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 196 of the 253 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.

6
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
43
Early backer (in before they grew)
195/196
Grantees still filing
132/196
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LIONS TIGERS BEARS: $1,008,840 · OtherLIONS TIGERS BEARSKITCHENS FOR GOOD: $375,000 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY INC: $340,155 · OtherCOASTAL ROOTS FARM: $300,000 · OtherHOME START INC: $655,230 · OtherHOME START INCCamp Canaan: $341,000 · Other+106 more: $5,964,807 · Other+106 moreCHARITY GLOBAL INC: $1,950,032 · Human ServicesCHARITY GLOBAL INCSAN DIEGO CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $576,534 · Human ServicesSAN DIEGO CENTER FOR C…HOUSE OF HOPE OF THE PEE DEE INC: $275,000 · Human ServicesHOUSE OF HOPE OF THE P…CAROLINA CARING FOUNDATION INC: $256,000 · Human ServicesCAROLINA CARING FOUNDA…SBCS CORPORATION: $246,200 · Human ServicesPILGRIMS INN INC: $217,500 · Human ServicesBOYS & GIRLS HOMES OF NC INC: $198,940 · Human ServicesDEFEND THE FATHERLESS INC: $195,000 · Human Services+13 more: $755,400 · Human Services+13 moreThe Isabella Santos Foundation: $1,081,251 · HealthThe Isabella…LA MAESTRA FAMILY CLINIC INC: $417,164 · HealthLA MAESTRA F…PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS INC: $375,000 · HealthPLANNED PARE…PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES: $250,000 · HealthPLANNED PARE…Charlotte Speech and Hearing Center Inc: $120,000 · Health+12 more: $387,383 · Health+12 moreNurtured by Nature: $725,000 · AnimalsNurtured by …SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA: $575,040 · AnimalsSAN DIEGO HU…LIONS TIGERS AND BEARS: $433,100 · AnimalsLIONS TIGERS…THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $190,000 · AnimalsTHE MARINE M…MAUI HUMANE SOCIETY: $101,000 · AnimalsSR3 Sealife Response Rehabilitation and Research: $100,000 · AnimalsBrother Wolf Animal Rescue Inc: $95,688 · Animals+16 more: $392,190 · Animals+16 moreTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $2,000,000 · Civil RightsTHE CENTE…+3 more: $90,000 · Civil RightsROCKY MOUNTAIN RAPTOR PROGRAM: $1,170,000 · EnvironmentROCKY MOU…LIVING COAST DISCOVERY CENTER: $220,000 · EnvironmentLIVING CO…REEF CHECK FOUNDATION: $195,000 · EnvironmentREEF CHEC…CONSERVATION FISHERIES INC: $130,000 · EnvironmentCONSERVAT…ACCESS REPRODUCTIVE CARE - SOUTHEAST: $83,333 · EnvironmentNATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS INC: $83,333 · Environment+6 more: $139,100 · Environment+6 moreThe Foundation for Tomorrow Inc: $180,610 · EducationSAN DIEGO BREASTFEEDING CENTER FOUNDATION: $119,250 · EducationHELIX CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL: $106,700 · EducationREALITY CHANGERS: $105,312 · EducationTHE SAN MARCOS PROMISE: $75,000 · EducationMANA DE SAN DIEGO: $50,000 · EducationROOM TO READ: $50,000 · EducationMIGHTY WRITERS: $50,000 · EducationOCEAN DISCOVERY INSTITUTE: $40,000 · EducationCASA JOJO FOUNDATION: $37,200 · Education+1 more: $12,000 · Education
Other$8,985,032Human Services$4,670,606Health$2,630,798Animals$2,612,018Civil Rights$2,090,000Environment$2,020,766Education$826,072

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $2,000,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetCHARITY GLOBAL INC: $1,950,032 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN RAPTOR PROGRAM: $1,170,000 over 5y, 46% of budgetThe Isabella Santos Foundation: $1,081,251 over 4y, 24% of budgetNurtured by Nature: $725,000 over 5y, 79% of budgetHOME START INC: $655,230 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetSAN DIEGO CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $576,534 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetSAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA: $575,040 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetLIONS TIGERS AND BEARS: $433,100 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetLA MAESTRA FAMILY CLINIC INC: $417,164 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetKITCHENS FOR GOOD: $375,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS INC: $375,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCamp Canaan: $341,000 over 4y, 6.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY INC: $340,155 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetCOASTAL ROOTS FARM: $300,000 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetHOUSE OF HOPE OF THE PEE DEE INC: $275,000 over 3y, 5.5% of budgetCATHERINE'S HOUSE: $270,000 over 5y, 7.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK: $269,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCAROLINA CARING FOUNDATION INC: $256,000 over 3y, 5.7% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES: $250,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGIANTS COMMUNITY FUND: $250,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetSBCS CORPORATION: $246,200 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetLIVING COAST DISCOVERY CENTER: $220,000 over 2y, 5.6% of budgetPILGRIMS INN INC: $217,500 over 4y, 9.0% of budgetSAN DIEGO CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $200,000 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS HOMES OF NC INC: $198,940 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetDEFEND THE FATHERLESS INC: $195,000 over 1y, 55% of budgetREEF CHECK FOUNDATION: $195,000 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetTHE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $190,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetThe Foundation for Tomorrow Inc: $180,610 over 3y, 10% of budgetCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $155,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $151,388 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOLY ANGELS INC: $150,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetCOMPASSION FOR THE FAMILY INC: $150,000 over 3y, 64% of budgetMAMA'S KITCHEN: $140,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetA KID AGAIN INC: $140,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetTHOMPSON CHILD & FAMILY FOCUS INC: $135,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDress for Success Charlotte: $130,000 over 4y, 6.4% of budgetCONSERVATION FISHERIES INC: $130,000 over 4y, 7.1% of budgetCharlotte Speech and Hearing Center Inc: $120,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S ATTENTION HOME INC: $120,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetSAFE HOUSE PROJECT INC: $113,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetHELIX CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL: $106,700 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetREALITY CHANGERS: $105,312 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetMAUI HUMANE SOCIETY: $101,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetFREE TO THRIVE: $100,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetGIRLS WHO CODE INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSan Diego Parks Foundation: $100,000 over 2y, 5.5% 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.

David C Copley Founda…The Conrad Prebys Fou…Price Philanthropies …The San Diego Foundat…Rancho Santa Fe Found…The Parker FoundationJewish Community Foun…Walter J & Betty C Za…Sempra FoundationPratt Memorial FundThe Nordson Corporati…French Fund Samuel Ka…
David C Copley FoundationCA48.3× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: David C Copley Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · Price Philanthropies Foundation · The San Diego Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · The Parker Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Walter J & Betty C Zable Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Pratt Memorial Fund · The Nordson Corporation Foundation · French Fund Samuel Katherine Tua

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 JEM Project funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The JEM Project. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Florida Keys Childrens Shelter Inc: 19% of income from government
  • The Complete Player Charity Ltd: 6% of income from government
  • Adaptive Riding Institute Dba Horses of Hope Oregon: 5% of income from government
  • Exceptional Care for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
71report 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
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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The JEM Project?

Find your warmest path to The JEM Project 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 253 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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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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