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The Jones Family Foundation

The mission of THE JONES FAMILY FOUNDATION is to identify, initiate and support endeavors that positively impact the quality of life in the red wing area of minnesota.

$867k
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$155k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Arts & Culture$1.3MYouth Development$1.1MEducation$905kCommunity Improvement$695kHuman Services$535kPublic Benefit$409kHealth$175kHousing & Shelter$121kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 18 grants below total $802,448 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $867,148 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $64,700 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $261k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $536k
$37,250
Median grant
1
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RED WING ARTS ASSOCIATION$155,000
RISEUP PARTNERSHIP$103,000
RED WING DOWNTOWN COUNCIL MAIN STREET INC$60,032
HISPANIC OUTREACH PROGRAM OF GOODHUE COUNTY$60,000
CITY OF RED WING$57,666
RED WING IGNITE$50,000
SERVEMINNESOTA$50,000
UNIVERSAL MUSIC CENTER INC$48,000
CREEKSTONE MONTESSORI SCHOOL$37,250
HOPE COALITION$36,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC$32,000
CARE CLINIC$30,000
HOPE & HARBOR HOMELESS SHELTER$20,000
UNITED WAY OF GOODHUE WABASHA & PIERCE COUNTIES$20,000
ANDERSON CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES INC$17,500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $376k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%RED WING IGNITE: $105k → 9%RED WING IGNITE: $64k → 9%RED WING IGNITE: $50k → 9%RED WING IGNITE: $50k → 9%RED WING IGNITE: $50k → 9%HOPE & HARBOR HOMELESS SHELTER: $22k → 9%HOPE & HARBOR HOMELESS SHELTER: $20k → 9%RED WING IGNITE: $8k → 9%FAITH IN ACTION IN RED WING: $7k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$5.3M · 25 repeat orgs$175k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +68% since the first grant, against +16% for the ones you funded once.

25 repeat relationships — 16 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
8

Total granted

$5.3M
$159k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+68%
+16%

Still filing today

84%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentHealthOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • RP
    RISEUP PARTNERSHIP
    8× · 2017–2024 · $956k · revenue +304% · 98% of their budget
  • AC
    ANDERSON CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $562k · revenue +194%
  • RW
    Red Wing Arts Association
    7× · 2017–2024 · $417k · revenue +427%

Funded once

  • FO
    Friends of American Ski Jumping
    one grant, 2018 · $83k · 26% of their budget
  • GC
    GOODHUE COUNTY
    one grant, 2019 · $15k
  • HV
    HIAWATHA VALLEY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue +48%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Huron Pines Resource Conservation & Development Council Inc

It is our mission at huron pines to conserve and enhance northern michigan's natural resources to ensure healthy water, protected places and vibrant communities. for alomst 50 years, our work across the forests, lakes and streams of…

Environment
2
Red Wing Environmental Learning Center
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3
Rock County Historical Society

To preserve the history of rock county, minnesota

—
4
Rochester Art Center

Rochester art center offers the opportunity for all people to understand and value the arts through innovative experiences with contemporary art. through world-class exhibitions and programs, we present a welcoming, integrated, and diverse…

Arts & Culture
5
Southwest Minnesota Pride
Civil Rights
6
Red Wing Riverlands

Red wing riverlands promotes the scenic beauty and outdoor appreciation of the red wing area by supporting the maintenance, enhancement, and enjoyment of the public lands and parks.

—
7
Science Museum of Minnesota

The museum's mission statement is "turn on the science: inspire learning. inform policy. improve lives."

Arts & Culture
8
Mankato Area Arts Council

The mission of the Mankato Area Arts Council, DBA Carnegie Art Center, is to be a vibrant community destination that inspires, nurtures, and expands artistic, cultural, and educational experiences.

—
9
The Great Northern Winter Festival

The great northern celebrates our cold, creative winters through ten days of diverse programming that invigorate mind and body. in an era of changing climate that threatens our signature season, we seek to create community, inspire action,…

Arts & Culture
10
Leadership Matters Mn

Leadership matters mn is focused on advancing a policy agenda that places working minnesotans first. we support economic growth, job creation and equitable tax and education policies that will allow every minnesotan to thrive.

Education
11
North Dakota Natural Resources Trust
—
12
Rochester Education Association

Our mission is to be a strong, dynamic, professional association that supports its members in leading the pursuit of educational excellence.

Employment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Springboard for the Arts and the most unlike its peers is Friends of American Ski Jumping. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 30 years old; the field is 25. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number11%3%<5yr13%3%5–10yr19%26%10–20yr16%29%20–35yr18%23%35–55yr23%16%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value11%1%<5yr13%2%5–10yr19%27%10–20yr16%47%20–35yr18%10%35–55yr23%13%55yr+

The field is 11% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 3% lost their exemption, against 7% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
3%1/37
the rest of the field
7%
27/367

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

30 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 30 of the 37 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

6
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/30
Grantees still filing
24/30
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CITY OF RED WING — $473,783 · OtherCITY OF RED WINGISD 256 — $262,860 · OtherISD 256RED WING FAMILY YMCA — $123,775 · OtherRED WING FAMILY YMCAUNITED WAY OF GOODHUEWABASHA & PIERCE COUNTIES — $67,000 · OtherGOODHUE COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC — $52,000 · OtherHOPE COALITION — $144,000 · OtherHOPE COALITIONRED WING PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION — $98,500 · OtherRED WING PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUND…LAKE PEPIN LEGACY ALLIANCE — $49,000 · Other+10 more — $169,180 · Other+10 moreANDERSON CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES INC — $561,500 · EducationANDERSON CENTER FOR …MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGE SOUTHEAST FOUNDATION — $317,312 · EducationMINNESOTA STATE COLL…CREEKSTONE MONTESSORI SCHOOL — $108,573 · EducationCREEKSTONE MONTESSOR…Red Wing Arts Association — $416,775 · Arts & CultureRed Wing Arts Assoc…HISPANIC OUTREACH OF GOODHUE COUNTY — $258,000 · Arts & CultureHISPANIC OUTREACH O…UNIVERSAL MUSIC CENTER INC — $113,000 · Arts & CultureUNIVERSAL MUSIC CEN…Friends of American Ski Jumping — $83,333 · Arts & CultureFriends of American…SPRINGBOARD FOR THE ARTS — $35,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more — $50,890 · Arts & CultureRISEUP PARTNERSHIP — $955,713 · Youth DevelopmentRISEUP PARTNERSHIPNORTHFIELD HEALTHY COMMUNITY INITIATIVE — $237,500 · Community ImprovementNORTHFIELD HE…SERVEMINNESOTA — $205,000 · Community ImprovementSERVEMINNESOT…RED WING DOWNTOWN MAIN STREET — $195,634 · Community ImprovementRED WING DOWN…RED WING IGNITE — $327,000 · Human ServicesHOPE & HARBOR — $42,000 · Human Services+1 more — $7,000 · Human ServicesC A R E Clinic — $160,750 · Health
Other$1,440,098Education$987,385Arts & Culture$956,998Youth Development$955,713Community Improvement$638,134Human Services$376,000Health$160,750

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetRISEUP PARTNERSHIP — $955,713 over 8y, 98% of budgetANDERSON CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES INC — $561,500 over 8y, 19% of budgetRed Wing Arts Association — $416,775 over 7y, 16% of budgetRED WING IGNITE — $327,000 over 6y, 71% of budgetMINNESOTA STATE COLLEGE SOUTHEAST FOUNDATION — $317,312 over 4y, 16% of budgetHISPANIC OUTREACH OF GOODHUE COUNTY — $258,000 over 8y, 24% of budgetNORTHFIELD HEALTHY COMMUNITY INITIATIVE — $237,500 over 3y, 7.3% of budgetSERVEMINNESOTA — $205,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetRED WING DOWNTOWN MAIN STREET — $195,634 over 5y, 23% of budgetC A R E Clinic — $160,750 over 7y, 6.7% of budgetHOPE COALITION — $144,000 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetRED WING FAMILY YMCA — $123,775 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetUNIVERSAL MUSIC CENTER INC — $113,000 over 6y, 34% of budgetCREEKSTONE MONTESSORI SCHOOL — $108,573 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetRED WING PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION — $98,500 over 3y, 34% of budgetFriends of American Ski Jumping — $83,333 over 1y, 26% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GOODHUEWABASHA & PIERCE COUNTIES — $67,000 over 3y, 6.4% of budgetGOODHUE COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC — $52,000 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetLAKE PEPIN LEGACY ALLIANCE — $49,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetHOPE & HARBOR — $42,000 over 2y, 29% of budgetSPRINGBOARD FOR THE ARTS — $35,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetPOTTERY MUSEUM RED WING INC — $26,850 over 2y, 9.0% of budgetSAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHIAWATHA VALLEY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC — $14,680 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMINNESOTA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOODHUE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC — $11,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetRED WING ARE SENIORS INC — $8,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetRIVER BLUFF HUMANE SOCIETY INC — $7,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetFAITH IN ACTION IN RED WING — $7,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Red Wing Shoe Company…Saint Paul & Minnesot…Xcel Energy FoundationUnited Way of Goodhue…Givinga Foundation IncSouthern Minnesota In…Otto Bremer TrustAlbrecht-Poss Family …Southeastern Minnesot…Mayo Clinic Group Ret…Mardag FoundationUsg Foundation Inc
Red Wing Shoe Company FoundationMN51.5× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Red Wing Shoe Company Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · United Way of Goodhuewabasha & Pierce Counties · Givinga Foundation Inc · Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Albrecht-Poss Family Foundation · Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council Inc · Mayo Clinic Group Return · Mardag Foundation · Usg Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Jones Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s 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
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Jones Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Jones Family 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 37 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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