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The Jensen Family Foundation at a glance

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The Jensen 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.

$5k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$84kEducation$15kReligion$11kAnimals$8kPhilanthropy$7kArts & Culture$5kHuman Services$2kEnvironment$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$250
Median grant
6
States reached
$104k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN$2,202
CINCINNATI ZOO AND BOTANICAL GARDEN$750
LOAVES & FISHES$500
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$250
WOUNDED WARRIOR$250
ARIZONA COWBOY POETS GATHERING$250
ST BERNARD$150
CLEAN LAKE ALLIANCE$100
WAYFORWARD RESOURCES$100
MOUNT HOREB MUSIC BOOSTERS$100
CATBOAT ASSOCIATION$50
WIKIPEDIA$15
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 (FY17–25, $2k) 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%SACRAMENTO CHILDRENS HOME: $250 → 12%SACRAMENTO CHILDRENS HOME: $250 → 12%STRATEGIES TO END HOMELESSNESS: $250 → 16%CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOME: $1k → 16%WAYFORWARD RESOURCES: $100 → 10%WAYFORWARD RESOURCES: $100 → 10%MIDDLETON OUTREACH MINISTRY: $50 → 10%WAYFORWARD RESOURCES: $50 → 10%MIDDLETON OUTREACH MINISTRY: $50 → 10%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
MN
IL
WI
NY
OR
IA
OH
PA
CT
RI
CA
UT
NE
MO
KY
AZ
NC
DC
LA
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$122k · 35 repeat orgs$18k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

35 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 27 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

35
48

Total granted

$122k
$17k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+20%

Still filing today

43%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $850 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
Arts & CultureHealthEducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentAnimalsOther
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

  • GH
    GENERATE HEALTH STL
    7× · 2017–2023 · $11k · revenue +54%
  • WS
    WYOMING SCHOOL FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2018 · $1k · revenue +646%
  • LA
    LOAVES AND FISHES
    3× · 2023–2025 · $1k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • TS
    THE SAINT LOUIS ZOO ASSOCIATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $2k · revenue +146%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue +70%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $1k
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
Cincinnati Museum Center

Cincinnati museum center inspires people of all ages to learn more about our world through science, regional history, and educational, engaging and meaningful experiences.

Arts & Culture
2
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
3
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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4
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
5
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
6
Cincinnati Zoo Foundation Inc

Perform fundraising functions, provide financial support, carryout the purpose and otherwise operating for the benefit of the zoological society of cincinnati.

Animals
7
Sacramento Zoological Society

The sacramento zoo inspires appreciation, respect and a connection with wildlife and nature through education, recreation and conservation.

Animals
8
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
9
Colorado Museum of Natural History

Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.

Arts & Culture
10
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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11
Lincoln Children's Museum

The lincoln children's museum invites children to create, discover and learn through the power of play.

Arts & Culture
12
Missouri Historical Society

The missouri historical society (mhs) is a missouri pro forma decree, not-for-profit corporation whose primary functions are educational and community programs; collections and conservation; library and research; and exhibitions.…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cincinnati Museum Association; the most unlike its peers is Wyoming Community 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

42 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. 42 of the 88 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/42
Grantees still filing
25/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JUVENILE DIABETES RELIEF FUND: $41,140 · OtherJUVENILE DIABETES RELIEF FUNDJUVENILE DIABETES RELIEF FUND GALA SPONSOR: $16,170 · OtherJUVENILE DIABETES RELIEF FUND GALA SPONSORJUVENILE DIABETES RELIEF FUND FUND A CURE - HARRISBURG: $7,500 · OtherJUVENILE DIABETES RELIEF FUND FUND A CURE - HARRISBURGUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN: $7,252 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSINWESLEY CHAPEL MISSION - UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $7,162 · OtherWESLEY CHAPEL MISSION - UNITED METHODIST CHURCHIMPACT 100 WOMEN TOGETHER CHANGING LIVES: $5,500 · Other+58 more: $22,669 · Other+58 moreGENERATE HEALTH STL: $11,038 · HealthGENERATE HE…NATIONAL PSORIASIS FOUNDATION: $2,000 · HealthNATIONAL PS…AUTISM SPEAKS INC: $1,000 · HealthAUTISM SPEA…+2 more: $300 · HealthZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI: $4,632 · AnimalsTHE SAINT LOUIS ZOO ASSOCIATION: $2,100 · AnimalsSHEDD AQUARIUM SOCIETY: $250 · AnimalsCISE: $3,710 · ReligionUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $2,000 · EducationWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $300 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $263 · EducationMADISON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $250 · EducationCINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $840 · Arts & CultureTHE MUSEUM OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE: $500 · Arts & CultureMADISON MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART INC: $440 · Arts & CultureArizona Cowboy Poets Gathering: $250 · Arts & CultureMADISON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $200 · Arts & CultureKOHL CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF GREATER CHICAGO INC: $160 · Arts & CultureWISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO ASSOCIATION INC: $120 · Arts & CultureThe Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio: $1,000 · Human ServicesSACRAMENTO CHILDREN'S HOME: $500 · Human ServicesWAYFORWARD RESOURCES INC: $350 · Human ServicesStrategies to End Homelessness Inc: $250 · Human Services
Other$107,393Health$14,338Animals$6,982Religion$3,710Education$2,813Arts & Culture$2,510Human Services$2,100

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 budgetGENERATE HEALTH STL: $11,038 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI: $4,632 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCISE: $3,710 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PSORIASIS FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWYOMING SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $1,200 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCLEAN LAKES ALLIANCE INC: $1,065 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOAVES AND FISHES: $1,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $840 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWyoming Community Foundation: $510 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSACRAMENTO CHILDREN'S HOME: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MUSEUM OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetProKids: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMADISON MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART INC: $440 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWAYFORWARD RESOURCES INC: $350 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCatboat Association Inc: $265 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $263 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHEDD AQUARIUM SOCIETY: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMADISON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArizona Cowboy Poets Gathering: $250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetStrategies to End Homelessness Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE V FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CINCINNATI INTERNATIONAL WINE FESTIVAL INC: $245 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMADISON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKOHL CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF GREATER CHICAGO INC: $160 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO ASSOCIATION INC: $120 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLEARNING GROVE INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAgrace HospiceCare Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Cajun Navy: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS NEBRASKA INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $50 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds GENERATE HEALTH STL ↗
  • Who funds ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI ↗
  • Who funds CISE ↗
  • Who funds THE SAINT LOUIS ZOO ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PSORIASIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WYOMING SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CLEAN LAKES ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds The Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio ↗
  • Who funds LOAVES AND FISHES ↗
  • Who funds AUTISM SPEAKS INC ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Wyoming Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SACRAMENTO CHILDREN'S HOME ↗
  • Who funds THE MUSEUM OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE ↗
  • Who funds ProKids ↗
  • Who funds MADISON MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART INC ↗
  • Who funds WAYFORWARD RESOURCES INC ↗

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.

Madison Gas and Elect…Madison Community Fou…Sub-Zero Group Founda…Endres Manufacturing …The Evjue Foundation …Ge Aerospace Foundati…Green Bay Packers Fou…The Chicago Community…Baird Foundation IncThe Greater Cincinnat…Hooper Corp FoundationJohn J Frautschi Fami…
Madison Gas and Electric Foundation IncWI17.5× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · Madison Community Foundation · Sub-Zero Group Foundation Inc · Endres Manufacturing Foundation Inc · The Evjue Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Green Bay Packers Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Baird Foundation Inc · The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Hooper Corp Foundation · John J Frautschi Family 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 Jensen Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Jensen Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 88 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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