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The Ken and Judith Joy Family Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Ken and Judith Joy 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.

$200k
Granted FY2021
22
Grants FY2021
6
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0174% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$152kReligion$83kHealth$35kArts & Culture$28kFood & Nutrition$20kHuman Services$3kCrime & Legal$3kYouth Development$2kOther$0
02FY2021 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 22 grants below total $164,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $200,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $35,500 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k17 grants · $75k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $90k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$3.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
First Congregational Church of Chatham$30,000
North Cross School$25,000
Cornell University$15,000
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine$10,000
WIN$10,000
Sacred Heart Schools$7,500
City & Country School$7,000
Florida State University Foundation$6,000
Utah Film Center$6,000
1 Grain to 1,000 Grains$5,000
A Walk on Water$5,000
Music That Makes Community$5,000
University of Southern California$5,000
CECH$5,000
Community High School$5,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$275k · 12 repeat orgs$69k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2021, 0 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
9

Total granted

$275k
$36k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+72%

Still filing today

58%
22%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $34k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • NC
    North Cross School
    2× · 2020–2021 · $50k · revenue +37%
  • Cornell University
    2× · 2020–2021 · $30k · revenue +46%
  • TC
    THE CITY AND COUNTRY SCHOOL INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $14k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • BE
    Base: Experimental Arts + Space
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • PP
    Planned Parenthood (National Organization)
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • R
    Recess
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
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.

03Its 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
The Peak School

The peak school seeks to ignite a passion for learning, to develop students of diverse talents and backgrounds who think critically and act with integrity, and to graduate compassionate, confident, capable students who will embrace their…

Education
2
University Cooperative School

We take a joyful, community-oriented approach to raising engaged citizens, deep learners, and brave adventurers with the skills, creativity, and heart needed to better the world.

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3
Lowell School

Lowell school (the school) provides educational services to approximately 314 students in grades pre-kindergarten through 8th grade. the school strives to create a diverse, equitable, and inclusive learning environment, and offers a…

Education
4
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
5
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
6
University Liggett School

Inspiring lives of purpose through education grounded in a spirit of discovery university liggett school is a community committed to excellence in teaching and learning. we nurture curiosity, instill confidence, and foster personal and…

Education
7
South Shore Charter School

The mission of south shore charter school is to cultivate students the tenacity, integrity, and curiosity needed to become innovative and socially responsible leaders, ready to face and solve the ever-changing challenges facing our…

Education
8
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
9
Coker University

Coker university is a student-centered, comprehensive university. it is dedicated to providing every student an academic curriculum based upon a uniformly excellent liberal arts core that enhances the structured development of key personal…

Education
10
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
11
Carleton College

See schedule o.founded in 1866, carleton college is a private, coeducational liberal arts college of 2,007 students located in the historic river town of northfield, minnesota. nationally recognized as the nation's top college for…

Education
12
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The City and Country School Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Grateful Garment Project. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

17 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. 17 of the 31 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
10/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

First Congregational Church of Chatham: $83,000 · OtherFirst Congregational Church of ChathamVIRGINIA TECH CARILION SCHOOL OF MEDICINE INC: $20,000 · OtherVIRGINIA TECH CARILION SCHOOL OF MEDICINE INCWIN: $18,000 · OtherWINTHE CITY AND COUNTRY SCHOOL INC: $14,000 · OtherTHE CITY AND COUNTRY SCHOOL INCSACRED HEART SCHOOLS ATHERTON: $12,500 · OtherSACRED HEART SCHOOLS ATHERTONCommunity High School: $10,000 · Other+11 more: $42,000 · Other+11 moreNorth Cross School: $50,000 · EducationNorth Cross SchoolCornell University: $30,000 · EducationCornell UniversityUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $10,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIAPORTOLA VALLEY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $7,500 · EducationPORTOLA VALLEY SCHOOLS FOUNDATIONTHE DECISION EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $6,000 · EducationTHE DECISION EDUCATION FOUNDATIONThe Florida State University Foundation Inc: $6,000 · EducationThe Florida State University Founda…+1 more: $2,500 · EducationUTAH FILM CENTER: $9,000 · Arts & CultureMUSIC THAT MAKES COMMUNITY: $5,000 · Arts & CultureUNIQUE PROJECTS INC: $3,000 · Arts & Culture1 Grain to 1000 Grains: $15,000 · Food & NutritionLOWER CAPE OUTREACH COUNCILINC: $3,000 · Human ServicesThe Grateful Garment Project: $2,500 · Human ServicesA WALK ON WATER INC: $5,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$199,500Education$112,000Arts & Culture$17,000Food & Nutrition$15,000Human Services$5,500Recreation & Sports$5,000

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 budgetNorth Cross School: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCornell University: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budget1 Grain to 1000 Grains: $15,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetTHE CITY AND COUNTRY SCHOOL INC: $14,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUTAH FILM CENTER: $9,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPORTOLA VALLEY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE DECISION EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetThe Florida State University Foundation Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSIC THAT MAKES COMMUNITY: $5,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetA WALK ON WATER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetLOWER CAPE OUTREACH COUNCILINC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNIQUE PROJECTS INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLITTLE RED SCHOOL HOUSE INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Grateful Garment Project: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWINDMILL SCHOOL INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

Silicon Valley Commun…Charities Aid Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…American Endowment Fo…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA14.3× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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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Find your warmest path to The Ken and Judith Joy 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 31 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $250k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2021, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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