How much does The Jernigan Foundation give?

The Jernigan Foundation reported 7 itemized grants totaling $108,250, out of $180,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.

What does The Jernigan Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Youth Development (28%), International (17%), Education (12%).

Who are The Jernigan Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Boys and Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound ($72k), Museum of the Bible ($50k), Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Washington ($40k).

Does The Jernigan Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2021, 71% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as The Jernigan Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Puget Sound Energy Foundation, The Community Foundation of South Puget Sound, Thurston County Economic Development Cou.

Where is The Jernigan Foundation based?

The Jernigan Foundation is based in WA.

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Washington · Public charity

The Jernigan Foundation

Mission is to provide support to: 1) accredited public and parochial schools, colleges, and universities by providing funds to qualified educational institutions; 2) qualified charitable organizations, particularly those that care for and support individuals in need; 3) qualified churches and church missions; 4) foreign organizations…

$180k
Granted FY2021: 7
Itemized grants FY2021: 7
Organizations funded FY2021: 71%
First-time grantees FY2021

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Itemized, FY2021: $108k; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2021: $15,000
Largest grant, FY2021: $23,000
Organizations funded a year: 3 to 14; FY2017 to FY2021
States reached, FY2021: 5
Total assets, FY2021: $1.8M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2021, 71% of the organizations The Jernigan Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 77% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 23% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $83k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Human ServicesEducationInternationalReligionArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2021	7	$108k	71%
FY2020	3	$46k	67%
FY2019	14	$82k	43%
FY2018	14	$195k	50%
FY2017	10	$95k	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

Youth Development$153kInternational$92kEducation$65kArts & Culture$64kHealth$47kPhilanthropy$37kHousing & Shelter$30kHuman Services$27kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Boys and Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound	$72,000	4	0%
Museum of the Bible	$50,000	1	0%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Washington	$40,000	3	2%
Washington Trafficking Prevention	$30,000	2	17%
Street Business School	$25,000	2	1%
Northwest Family Life Learning And Counseling Center	$24,400	2	1%
Evergreen Christian Community	$23,500	2	n/a
Options Pregnancy Clinic	$21,500	3	2%
Atk International Inc	$20,000	1	6%
Tronie Foundation	$20,000	2	14%

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All grantees of The Jernigan Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Boys and Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound	$72,000	4	0%
Museum of the Bible	$50,000	1	0%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Washington	$40,000	3	2%
Washington Trafficking Prevention	$30,000	2	17%
Street Business School	$25,000	2	1%
Northwest Family Life Learning And Counseling Center	$24,400	2	1%
Evergreen Christian Community	$23,500	2	n/a
Options Pregnancy Clinic	$21,500	3	2%
Atk International Inc	$20,000	1	6%
Tronie Foundation	$20,000	2	14%
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	$17,499	2	n/a
Thurston County Chamber Foundation	$17,375	2	2%
South Puget Sound Community College Foundation	$15,000	3	0%
Childrens AIDS Art Programme	$14,000	2	16%
C3 Leaders	$12,500	1	2%
Freedom Firm USA	$10,000	1	3%
The Heart of Lebanon Inc	$10,000	1	14%
Northwest University Foundation	$10,000	1	1%
Rise Up Academy	$7,500	2	1%
Homeless Backpacks Inc	$7,000	1	1%
Union Gospel Mission Association of Olympia	$5,000	1	0%
Dry Tikes and Wet Wipes	$5,000	1	n/a
Sidewalk	$5,000	1	n/a
Saint Martin's University	$2,500	1	0%
American Cancer Society Inc	$2,500	1	0%
South Sound Young Men's Christian Assn	$2,500	1	0%
The Fathers Ranch Ministries	$2,500	1	n/a

Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($53k), not named here.

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Jernigan Foundation supplied at peak.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 22.

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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.

Puget Sound Energy FoundationDE22.9× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Puget Sound Energy Foundation · The Community Foundation of South Puget Sound · Thurston County Economic Development Cou · The Norcliffe Foundation · North Thurston Education Foundation · School's Out Washington · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust

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.

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About The Jernigan Foundation

How much does The Jernigan Foundation give?: The Jernigan Foundation reported 7 itemized grants totaling $108,250, out of $180,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
What does The Jernigan Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Youth Development (28%), International (17%), Education (12%).
Who are The Jernigan Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Boys and Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound ($72k), Museum of the Bible ($50k), Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Washington ($40k).
Does The Jernigan Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2021, 71% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Jernigan Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Puget Sound Energy Foundation, The Community Foundation of South Puget Sound, Thurston County Economic Development Cou.
Where is The Jernigan Foundation based?: The Jernigan Foundation is based in WA.