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The Samuel and Latanya R Jackson Foundation at a glance

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The Samuel and Latanya R Jackson 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.

$345k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$1.3MEducation$640kPhilanthropy$500kHealth$140kYouth Development$105kScience & Tech$25kCivil Rights$10kCrime & Legal$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $40k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$20,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MOREHOUSE COLLEGE$250,000
IN A PERFECT WORLD FOUNDATION$50,000
HOLLYROD FOUNDATION$20,000
BLACK THEATRE UNITED$20,000
AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM OF THE PERFORMING ARTS$5,000
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 (FY17–22, $60k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 92% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR STUTTERING: $10k → 17%THE RINGER CENTER OF EXCELLENCE: $5k → 8%AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR STUTTERING: $10k → 17%AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR STUTTERING: $10k → 17%AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR STUTTERING: $10k → 17%AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR STUTTERING: $10k → 17%AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR STUTTERING: $5k → 17%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

IL
NY
OH
PA
CA
DC
GA
TX
FL
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 39% of The Samuel and Latanya R Jackson Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Samuel and Latanya R Jackson Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 7 repeat orgs$385k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
32

Total granted

$1.8M
$380k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+4%
+5%

Still filing today

100%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionOther
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

  • SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
    4× · 2017–2022 · $1.0M · revenue +31%
  • IA
    IN A PERFECT WORLD
    4× · 2017–2025 · $105k · revenue +4%
  • TA
    THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR STUTTERING TREATMENT AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
    6× · 2017–2022 · $55k · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • MJ
    MAGIC JOHNSON FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • LA
    LILLY AWARDS FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue -93%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
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
Women's Project & Productions Inc

Wp theater is the nation's oldest and largest theater company dedicated to developing, producing, and promoting the work of women+ at every stage of their careers. for over four decades we have served as leaders of a global movement…

Arts & Culture
2
Amigos Del Museo Del Barrio Inc El Museo Del Barrio

El museo's mission is to preserve, interpret, and promote the artistic heritage of puerto ricans and all latin americans in the united states by means of exhibitions, public programs, publications, and educational activities.

Arts & Culture
3
Theater Mu Incorporated

Theater mu produces great performances born of arts, equity, and justice from the heart of the asian american experience.

Arts & Culture
4
Move(Nyc) Foundation Inc

Move|nyc| is a civic arts and social justice organization committed to cultivating a more diverse and inclusive society through transforming the field of professional dance. more than an arts organization, move|nyc| is a movement for…

Public Benefit
5
New York Shakespeare Festival

As the nation's foremost producer of shakespeare and new work, the public theater is dedicated to achieving artistic excellence while developing an american theater that is accessible and relevant to all people through productions of…

Arts & Culture
6
Lookingglass Theatre Company

Lookingglass theatre company is a national leader in the creation and presentation of innovative, cutting-edge theatrical work. lookingglass interweaves movement, circus arts and narrative in original and captivating ways. guided by an…

Arts & Culture
7
Balletx

Balletx expands the vocabulary of contemporary ballet for all audiences through innovative performances, world premiere choreography, dance education, and community programs.

Arts & Culture
8
Artpace Inc (Audit)

Artpace san antonio is a nonprofit residency program which supports texas, national, and international artists in the creation of new art. see schedule o for continuation.

Arts & Culture
9
Amda Inc (American Musical and Dramatic Academy)

Amda is committed to providing an unsurpassed performing arts education to a diverse community of creative artists. amda seeks to be both the school and the stage, where students are given the support and the freedom to find their voice…

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10
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
11
Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Inc
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12
The Performance Art Museum

The performance art museum (pam) is the first u.s. institution exclusively dedicated to the presentation and preservation of live art. our mission is to facilitate the powerful impact of live experiences that can profoundly transform our…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Apollo Theater Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Ringer Center of Excellence. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

28 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. 28 of the 42 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)
26/28
Grantees still filing
19/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $1,024,359 · Arts & CultureSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONIN A PERFECT WORLD: $105,000 · Arts & CultureIN A PERFECT WORLDLILLY AWARDS FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureBLACK THEATRE UNITED INC: $45,000 · Arts & Culture+8 more: $117,500 · Arts & Culture+8 moreMOREHOUSE COLLEGE: $500,000 · EducationMOREHOUSE COLLEGETHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES O…CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE: $25,000 · EducationTHE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $500,000 · PhilanthropyTHE PITTSBURGH FOUND…MAGIC JOHNSON FOUNDATION: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherTHE DRAMA LEAGUE: $25,000 · OtherSAMARITAN DAYTOP FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · OtherDEBBIE ALLEN DANCE COMPANY: $10,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND: $10,000 · Other+15 more: $57,430 · OtherTHE AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR STUTTERING TREATMENT AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING: $55,000 · Human ServicesRINGER CENTER OF EXCELLENCE: $5,000 · Human ServicesHOLLYROD FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Recreation & SportsCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $25,000 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $5,000 · Health
Arts & Culture$1,341,859Education$575,000Philanthropy$500,000Other$192,430Human Services$60,000Recreation & Sports$30,000Health$30,000

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 budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $1,024,359 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $500,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMOREHOUSE COLLEGE: $500,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetIN A PERFECT WORLD: $105,000 over 4y, 6.1% of budgetTHE AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR STUTTERING TREATMENT AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING: $55,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetLILLY AWARDS FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLACK THEATRE UNITED INC: $45,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetAMERICAN THEATRE WING INC: $35,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetHOLLYROD FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetCHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW FEDERAL THEATRE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetSAMARITAN DAYTOP FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAPOLLO THEATER FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN OF PROMISE PREPARATORY ACADEMY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRINGER CENTER OF EXCELLENCE: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTHE DRAMATISTS GUILD FUND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWACO THEATER CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RAPE FOUNDATION: $5,000 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.

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.

Magic Johnson Foundat…California Community …Broadway Caresequity …Jewish Communal FundAmerican Endowment Fo…The Blackbaud Giving …National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Paypal Charitable Giv…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…
Magic Johnson Foundation IncCA13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Magic Johnson Foundation Inc · California Community Foundation · Broadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Samuel and Latanya R Jackson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Samuel and Latanya R Jackson 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%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report 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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Samuel and Latanya R Jackson Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Samuel and Latanya R Jackson 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 42 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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