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The Josephs Foundation at a glance

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The Josephs 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.

$152k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$104k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% 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$312kHousing & Shelter$135kHealth$84kFood & Nutrition$14kReligion$13kPhilanthropy$12kYouth Development$8kAnimals$7kOther$0
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $48k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $104k
$24,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ADAM'S PLACE FOR GRIEF$104,000
SHADE TREE$24,000
SAFE NEST$24,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–23, $49k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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%HELP OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $9k → 13%HELP OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $6k → 13%HELP OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $2k → 13%HELP OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $1k → 13%HELP OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $1k → 13%HELP OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $1k → 13%HELP OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $1k → 13%HELP OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $975 → 13%HELP OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $650 → 13%HELP OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $500 → 13%HELP OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $500 → 13%HELP OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $500 → 13%HELP OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $500 → 13%PROJECT 150: $2k → 13%PROJECT 150: $1k → 13%PROJECT 150: $500 → 13%BOYS TOWN OF NEVADA: $7k → 13%BOYS TOWN OF NEVADA: $5k → 13%BOYS TOWN OF NEVADA: $2k → 13%BOYS TOWN OF NEVADA: $1k → 13%BOYS TOWN OF NEVADA: $1k → 13%BOYS TOWN OF NEVADA: $1k → 13%BOYS TOWN OF NEVADA: $650 → 13%BOYS TOWN OF NEVADA: $500 → 13%BOYS TOWN OF NEVADA: $500 → 13%BOYS TOWN OF NEVADA: $500 → 13%BOYS TOWN OF NEVADA: $500 → 13%HELP OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $500 → 13%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.
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$581k · 21 repeat orgs$4k to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
3

Total granted

$581k
$4k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+59%
+106%

Still filing today

48%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
Human ServicesHealthHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionInternationalOther
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

  • NP
    NEVADA PARTNERSHIP FOR HOMELESS YOUTH
    4× · 2020–2023 · $28k · revenue +59%
  • HO
    HELP OF SOUTHERN NEVADA
    4× · 2020–2023 · $26k · revenue +56%
  • ST
    STREET TEENS
    4× · 2020–2023 · $25k · revenue +66%

Funded once

  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue -40%
  • SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDRENgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue +106%
  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SO NV
    one grant, 2020 · $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
Healthy Nevada
Health
2
Safe Nesttemporary Assistance for

Safe nest's mission is to provide comprehensive, collaborative, and innovative services for everyone affected by domestic and sexual violence while passionatley working to end this shared epidemic.

Human Services
3
Sacramento Children's Home

At the sacramento children's home, we are committed to opening doors to the future by maximizing the potential of children and families.

Human Services
4
Nevada Peer Support Network Inc
Health
5
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Greater Las Vegas

Ronald mcdonald house charities of greater las vegas, inc. is a nonprofit corporation under the laws of the state of nevada. this temporary "home away from home" provides housing, meals, transportation, and other support services for…

Unclassified
6
Communities in Schools of Nevada Inc

Communities in schools of nevada, inc. (the organization) was originally established in 1992 as cities of schools of las vegas, but remained relatively dormant until 2003 when it reestablished its mission to coincide with the national…

Human Services
7
Hopelink of Southern Nevada

Hopelink of southern nevada (hopelink) is a nevada nonprofit organization established in 1991 to provide services throughout clark county. hopelink's mission is to build a better community by preventing homelessness, keeping families…

Housing & Shelter
8
Safe House Inc

S.a.f.e. house is a community based non-profit organization committed to stop abuse in the family environment by providing a comprehensive approach to end domestic violence that includes crisis intervention, safe shelter, counseling,…

Human Services
9
Children's Advocacy Center

Our mission is to help and heal children and their families who have been traumatized by abuse and neglect. because every child deserves a voice, we provide vital services when they need it the most.

Human Services
10
Kids Chance of Nevada

Kids Chance of Nevada provides college and technical scholarships to the children of parents who have been killed or severely injured in a workplace accident in Nevada.

Education
11
Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation

Phoenix children's hospital foundation supports phoenix children's hospital through fundraising ensuring that the hospital continues to stay on the leading edge of pediatric medicine and is equipped to fulfill its mission to advance hope,…

Health
12
Las Vegas Rescue Mission

Through feeding the hungry, support, and care, we provide redemption, recovery, and re-entry to the homeless, addicted, and those in need.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Shriners Hospitals for Children; the most unlike its peers is Shriners International. 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

13 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. 13 of the 25 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
9/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE SHADE TREE INC: $106,898 · OtherTHE SHADE TREE INCADAM'S PLACE FOR GRIEF: $106,000 · OtherADAM'S PLACE FOR GRIEFSAFE NEST: $100,405 · OtherSAFE NESTSALVATION ARMY: $30,850 · OtherSALVATION ARMYOLIVE CREST LAS VEGAS: $24,625 · OtherOLIVE CREST LAS VEGASCURE FOR THE KIDS: $19,500 · Other+8 more: $53,700 · Other+8 moreHELP OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $25,825 · Human ServicesHELP OF SOUTHE…STREET TEENS: $24,675 · Human ServicesSTREET TEENSBoys Town Nevada Inc: $19,850 · Human ServicesBoys Town Neva…PROJECT 150: $3,500 · Human ServicesNEVADA PARTNERSHIP FOR HOMELESS YOUTH: $27,675 · Housing & ShelterNEVADA CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATION: $19,500 · HealthCANDLELIGHTERS FOR CHILDHOOD CANCER: $5,000 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $1,000 · HealthTHREE SQUARE: $13,500 · Food & NutritionWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $1,525 · InternationalHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Philanthropy
Other$441,978Human Services$73,850Housing & Shelter$27,675Health$25,500Food & Nutrition$13,500International$1,525Philanthropy$1,000

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 budgetTHE SHADE TREE INC: $106,898 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetNEVADA PARTNERSHIP FOR HOMELESS YOUTH: $27,675 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHELP OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $25,825 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSTREET TEENS: $24,675 over 4y, 6.6% of budgetBoys Town Nevada Inc: $19,850 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNEVADA CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATION: $19,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHREE SQUARE: $13,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCANDLELIGHTERS FOR CHILDHOOD CANCER: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSHRINERS INTERNATIONAL: $5,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetPROJECT 150: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $1,525 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 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 THE SHADE TREE INC ↗
  • Who funds NEVADA PARTNERSHIP FOR HOMELESS YOUTH ↗
  • Who funds HELP OF SOUTHERN NEVADA ↗
  • Who funds STREET TEENS ↗
  • Who funds Boys Town Nevada Inc ↗
  • Who funds NEVADA CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THREE SQUARE ↗
  • Who funds CANDLELIGHTERS FOR CHILDHOOD CANCER ↗
  • Who funds SHRINERS INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT 150 ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Mgm Resorts FoundationThe Mel & Ruth Wolzin…Canarelli Family Foun…Nevada Community Foun…Wynn Resorts Foundati…Engelstad Family Foun…United Way of Souther…NV Energy Charitable …Speedway Children's C…Frank and Victoria Fe…Raiders Foundation NvVegas Golden Knights …
Mgm Resorts FoundationNV19.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mgm Resorts Foundation · The Mel & Ruth Wolzinger Foundation · Canarelli Family Foundation · Nevada Community Foundation Inc · Wynn Resorts Foundation · Engelstad Family Foundation · United Way of Southern Nevada · NV Energy Charitable Foundation · Speedway Children's Charities · Frank and Victoria Fertitta Foundation Ltd · Raiders Foundation Nv · Vegas Golden Knights 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 Josephs Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Josephs Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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 25 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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