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The Philip R Jonsson Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Philip R Jonsson Foundation

Its FY2020 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$4.4M
Granted FY2020
6
Grants FY2020
2
States reached
$1.1M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.

Philanthropy$4.2MArts & Culture$378kEducation$328kHealth$262kHuman Services$160kFood & Nutrition$80kScience & Tech$55kEnvironment$45kOther$0
02FY2020 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2020

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $22k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $120k
  • $250k+4 grants · $4.2M
$1,055,787
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JONSSON CHARITABLE FUND$1,055,787
THE JONSSON FOUNDATION$1,055,787
THE SUNNYSIDE FUND$1,055,787
CHRISTINA JONSSON CHARITABLE FUND$1,055,787
ARKANSAS ARTS CENTER$120,000
ARKANSAS FOOD BANK$22,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–19, $137k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HOSPICE AUSTIN: $5k → 10%HOSPICE AUSTIN: $5k → 10%LIFEQUEST OF ARKANSAS: $9k → 17%LIFEQUEST OF ARKANSAS: $8k → 17%LIFEQUEST OF ARKANSAS: $7k → 17%INTERFAITH FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 14%THEA FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%THEA FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%THEA FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVE: $15k → 14%HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVE: $10k → 14%HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVE: $9k → 14%WORLD SERVICES FOR THE BLIND: $45k → 17%BACHMAN LAKE TOGETHER: $5k → 14%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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
NH
MI
NY
MA
OR
IN
CA
AR
TN
TX
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.

20%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 30 repeat orgs$4.6M to everyone else

30 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2020, 29 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
26

Total granted

$1.1M
$329k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+3%
+34%

Still filing today

50%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 3% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4.2M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureHealthFood & 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

  • CF
    CARTI Foundation Inc
    3× · 2017–2019 · $60k · revenue +41%
  • PRO PUBLICA INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $40k · revenue +48%
  • BA
    BALLET ARKANSAS INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $30k · revenue +187%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS
    one grant, 2019 · $50k
  • AS
    ARKANSAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +37%
  • WS
    WORLD SERVICES FOR THE BLIND
    one grant, 2019 · $45k · revenue +12%
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
Opportunity Arkansas Foundation

Renewing the land of opportunity by simplifying government and solving generational problems for the next generation.

Philanthropy
2
Arkansas Education Association

Advocate for educational professionals and unite our members and the state to fulfill the promise of public education to prepare every student to succeed in a diverse and interdependent world.

Education
3
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families

Advocating for the development and implementation of data-driven public policy that improves child well-being in arkansas, with a focus on economic security, education, health, early childhood, child welfare, juvenile justice, and racial…

Human Services
4
Leadership Austin

Leadership austin connects and develops leaders to courageously engage and transform our communities.

Youth Development
5
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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6
The Arkansas Lighthouse for the Blind Inc

To improve occupational opportunity and public perception of legally blind arkansans through community engagement, work skills enhancement and the production of quality goods and services.

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7
Glasstire

Glasstire is a website about visual art in Texas. Our mission is to expand the conversation about visual art in Texas.

Arts & Culture
8
Foundation of the Arc of the United States

To promote, support and further the interests and purposes of the arc of the united states, inc.

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9
Behavior Analyst Certification Board Inc

We protect consumers of behavior analysis services by systematically establishing, promoting, and disseminating professional standards.

Employment
10
Arkansas Community Foundation Inc

Arkansas community foundation engages people, connects resources and inspires solutions to build community.

Philanthropy
11
Abilitypath

Empower people with special needs to achieve their full potential through innovative, inclusive programs and community partnerships.

Employment
12
Arizona Community Foundation

To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Easter Seal Society of Superior California; the most unlike its peers is Arkansas First Incorporated. 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

32 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 32 of the 61 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/32
Grantees still filing
20/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE SUNNYSIDE FUND: $1,055,787 · OtherTHE SUNNYSIDE FUNDCHRISTINA JONSSON CHARITABLE FUND: $1,055,787 · OtherCHRISTINA JONSSON CHARITABLE FUNDJONSSON CHARITABLE FUND: $1,055,787 · OtherJONSSON CHARITABLE FUNDTHE JONSSON FOUNDATION: $1,055,787 · OtherTHE JONSSON FOUNDATIONARKANSAS ARTS CENTER: $195,000 · Other+31 more: $695,500 · Other+31 moreWORLD SERVICES FOR THE BLIND: $45,000 · Human ServicesHUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVE OF NORTH TEXAS INC: $34,000 · Human ServicesLIFEQUEST OF ARKANSAS: $22,750 · Human ServicesTHEA FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Human ServicesHOSPICE AUSTIN: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE CALL: $5,000 · Human ServicesBACHMAN LAKE TOGETHER: $5,000 · Human ServicesINTERFAITH FAMILY SERVICES: $5,000 · Human ServicesLUMIN EDUCATION: $73,000 · EducationIsland Institute: $35,000 · EducationBrewster Academy: $10,000 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF HOUSTON INC: $10,000 · EducationArkansas FIRST Incorporated: $10,000 · EducationARKANSAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC: $50,000 · Arts & CulturePRO PUBLICA INC: $40,000 · Arts & CultureBALLET ARKANSAS INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureAmerican Heritage Education Foundation Inc: $5,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $3,000 · Arts & CultureCARTI Foundation Inc: $60,000 · HealthNexus Recovery Center Incorporated: $20,000 · HealthEASTER SEAL SOCIETY OF SUPERIOR CALIFORNIA: $10,000 · HealthPLENTY INTERNATIONAL: $35,000 · InternationalTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $30,000 · InternationalARKANSAS FOODBANK: $22,000 · Food & NutritionARKANSAS HUNGER RELIEF ALLIANCE INC: $10,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$5,113,648Human Services$141,750Education$138,000Arts & Culture$128,000Health$90,000International$65,000Food & Nutrition$32,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLUMIN EDUCATION: $73,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCARTI Foundation Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetARKANSAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetWORLD SERVICES FOR THE BLIND: $45,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetPRO PUBLICA INC: $40,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetIsland Institute: $35,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVE OF NORTH TEXAS INC: $34,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBALLET ARKANSAS INC: $30,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetARKANSAS FOODBANK: $22,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPCA of Texas: $21,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNexus Recovery Center Incorporated: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SUICIDE AND CRISIS CENTER OF NORTH TEXAS: $17,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetTHEA FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetARKANSAS HUNGER RELIEF ALLIANCE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDALLAS ARBORETUM AND BOTANICAL SOCIETY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBrewster Academy: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEASTER SEAL SOCIETY OF SUPERIOR CALIFORNIA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOSPICE AUSTIN: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetArkansas FIRST Incorporated: $10,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetTHE CALL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMY POSSIBILITIES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMiracle of Pentecost Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - AUSTIN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetINTERFAITH FAMILY SERVICES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heritage Education Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetTHE CONTEMPORARY AUSTIN MUSEUM INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArkansas Sheriffs Youth Ranches Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 LUMIN EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds CARTI Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds ARKANSAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD SERVICES FOR THE BLIND ↗
  • Who funds PRO PUBLICA INC ↗
  • Who funds PLENTY INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds Island Institute ↗
  • Who funds HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVE OF NORTH TEXAS INC ↗
  • Who funds BALLET ARKANSAS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC ↗
  • Who funds LIFEQUEST OF ARKANSAS ↗
  • Who funds ARKANSAS FOODBANK ↗
  • Who funds SPCA of Texas ↗
  • Who funds Nexus Recovery Center Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds THE SUICIDE AND CRISIS CENTER OF NORTH TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds THEA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ARKANSAS HUNGER RELIEF ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds DALLAS ARBORETUM AND BOTANICAL SOCIETY INC ↗

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.

Arkansas Community Fo…The Dallas FoundationCommunities Foundatio…Riggs Benevolent FundRoy and Christine Stu…Arvest FoundationTexas Women's Foundat…United Way of Metropo…Texas Instruments Fou…Brown FoundationC Louis and Mary C Ca…Nabholz Charitable Fo…
Arkansas Community Foundation IncAR24.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arkansas Community Foundation Inc · The Dallas Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Riggs Benevolent Fund · Roy and Christine Sturgis Charitable And · Arvest Foundation · Texas Women's Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · Brown Foundation · C Louis and Mary C Cabe Foundation · Nabholz Charitable 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Philip R Jonsson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Philip R Jonsson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Philip R Jonsson Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Philip R Jonsson 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 61 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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