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The Mjk Family 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.

$210k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
17
Grants FY2024
25
Organizations funded FY2023
28%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,360
Largest grant, FY2024
$60,000
Organizations funded a year
25 to 64
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
5
Total assets, FY2024
$3.8M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 28% of the organizations The Mjk Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureCivil RightsRecreation & 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving16$210k13%
FY202325$233k28%
FY202235$520k26%
FY202140$497k25%
FY202035$430k23%
FY201943$454k33%
FY201864$448k39%
FY201752$401kn/a
93% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$1.0MArts & Culture$522kHealth$296kReligion$204kYouth Development$164kHuman Services$126kEnvironment$123kPublic Safety & Disaster$83kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
NH
MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
OH
CA
CO
VA
MD
AR
TN
NC
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Bushwick Starr Inc$310,00065%
Step Up$296,5006n/a
Vassar College$290,00080%
Dalton Schools Inc$275,00060%
Oakwood School$210,00080%
Trustees of Tufts College$145,00080%
Violence Intervention Program$97,50061%
Step Up Women's Network$87,00021%
Temple Israel of Hollywood$81,5007n/a
The Allen-Stevenson School$70,00070%
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All grantees of The Mjk Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Bushwick Starr Inc$310,00065%
Step Up$296,5006n/a
Vassar College$290,00080%
Dalton Schools Inc$275,00060%
Oakwood School$210,00080%
Trustees of Tufts College$145,00080%
Violence Intervention Program$97,50061%
Step Up Women's Network$87,00021%
Temple Israel of Hollywood$81,5007n/a
The Allen-Stevenson School$70,00070%
Greenpeace Fund Inc$65,00040%
One Story Inc$61,00063%
New York Public Radio$47,00030%
Los Angeles Police Foundation$40,50080%
Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation$40,00080%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$35,00030%
The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc$30,36050%
Anti-Defamation League$25,00020%
Milton Academy$20,00010%
Team Theatrics Inc Dba Los Angeles Ballet Academy$20,00042%
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence$19,50040%
Conservation International Foundation$19,50060%
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc$17,00040%
Nest Inc$15,00020%
Merona Leadership Foundation$15,00010%
Downtown Women's Center$12,50050%
Environmental Working Group$12,50030%
Central Park Conservancy Inc$10,50030%
Usagainstalzheimer's$10,50050%
Temple Chaverim$10,0001n/a
The Barack Obama Foundation$10,00010%
Planned Parenthood Los Angeles$10,00020%
Jhpiego Corporation$10,00070%
Lung Cancer Foundation of America$10,00031%
Brac USA Inc$10,00020%
Phase One Foundation$9,90031%
El Nido Family Centers$9,00060%
International Wilderness Leadership Foundation Inc$7,14120%
City Harvest Inc$7,00030%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$5,50030%
Jane's Due Process Inc$5,00010%
Visionary Women$5,00011%
Sentinel Foundation$5,00010%
Central Synagogue$5,0001n/a
Barnard College$5,00010%
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations$5,00010%
Trevor Project Inc$5,00010%
The Summit School$5,00010%
Wnet$4,25020%
Brotherhood Synagogue$3,9601n/a
Common Sense Media$3,50030%
Big Sunday$3,35020%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$3,00020%
Children Mending Hearts Inc$3,00011%
Fresh Air Fund$3,00020%
American Heart Association Inc$2,50010%
Weill Medical College of Cornell Univers$2,5001n/a
Grand Street Settlement Inc$2,50010%
City Year Inc$2,50010%
Bet Tzedek$2,50020%
The Ovarian Cancer Circle$2,50013%
Ps Arts$2,31010%
The Trustees of the New York Society Library$2,25030%
The Good Dog Foundation Inc$2,00020%
Present Now$2,00020%
Children in Conflict Inc$2,00010%
Barbuda Relief Network Inc$2,0001n/a
Blood Cancer United Inc$1,75010%
Sharewell$1,43510%
Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice$1,17010%
Legacy Youth Leadership International$1,00010%
A Sense of Home$1,00010%
International Rescue Committee INC$1,00010%
Dance Downtown la Inc la Dance Project$1,00020%
New York Cares Inc$1,00010%
Independent School Alliance for Minority Affairs$1,00010%
International Women's Media Foundation$1,00010%
The Pad Project$1,00010%
Epilepsy Foundation of America$1,00010%
Pro Publica Inc$1,00010%
One Voice$1,00010%
San Francisco University High School$1,00010%
Remote Area Medical$1,00010%
Rose City Rowing Club$75020%
Spark Program Inc$75010%
Hoping Hearts Foundation Inc$50010%
March of Dimes Inc$50010%
Children's Hospital Los Angeles$50010%
Chrysalis$5001n/a
Machen Center$50013%
Hollywood Heart$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 36 recipients with no EIN on record ($603k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Bushwick Starr Inc: $310,000 over 6y, 5.2% of budgetVassar College: $290,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetDalton Schools Inc: $275,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetOakwood School: $210,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $145,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetViolence Intervention Program: $97,500 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetStep Up Women's Network: $87,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetThe Allen-Stevenson School: $70,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGreenpeace Fund Inc: $65,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetOne Story Inc: $61,000 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetNew York Public Radio: $47,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLos Angeles Police Foundation: $40,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetLos Angeles Fire Department Foundation: $40,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Reproductive Rights Inc: $30,360 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMilton Academy: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTeam Theatrics Inc Dba Los Angeles Ballet Academy: $20,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetBrady Center to Prevent Gun Violence: $19,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetConservation International Foundation: $19,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEverytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc: $17,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNest Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMerona Leadership Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetDowntown Women's Center: $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Working Group: $12,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCentral Park Conservancy Inc: $10,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUsagainstalzheimer's: $10,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Barack Obama Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Los Angeles: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJhpiego Corporation: $10,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLung Cancer Foundation of America: $10,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetBrac USA Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPhase One Foundation: $9,900 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetEl Nido Family Centers: $9,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Wilderness Leadership Foundation Inc: $7,141 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCity Harvest Inc: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCrohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc: $5,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJane's Due Process Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVisionary Women: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSentinel Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBarnard College: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrevor Project Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Summit School: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWnet: $4,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommon Sense Media: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBig Sunday: $3,350 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budget

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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 83.

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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.

California Community FoundationCA25.9× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Jewish Communal Fund · The Annenberg Foundation · The Katie McGrath & Jj Abrams Family Foundation · Rosenthal Family Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · The Karl Slovin Private Charitable Foundation · Brotman Foundation of California · The Eisner Foundation Inc · The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert 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 Mjk 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.

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About The Mjk Family Foundation

How much does The Mjk Family Foundation give?
The Mjk Family Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $210,360 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 64 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Mjk Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (32%), Arts & Culture (16%), Health (9%).
Who are The Mjk Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Bushwick Starr Inc ($310k), Step Up ($297k), Vassar College ($290k).
Does The Mjk Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Mjk Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Mjk Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, Jewish Communal Fund.
Where is The Mjk Family Foundation based?
The Mjk Family Foundation is based in CA.

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 130 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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