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Vesely Family Foundation Co Jon S Vesely at a glance

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Vesely Family Foundation Co Jon S Vesely

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$162k
Granted FY2023
17
Grants FY2023
9
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2023.

Health$195kEducation$124kReligion$108kScience & Tech$105kInternational$100kFood & Nutrition$72kHuman Services$60kCommunity Improvement$55kOther$0
02FY2023 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k8 grants · $37k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $125k
$10,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$3.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TECHFORCE FOUNDATION$25,000
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT$15,000
EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION$15,000
AIRCRAFT OWNERS PILOTS ASSOCIATION$15,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$15,000
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$10,000
GLOBAL LEADERSHIP NETWORK$10,000
FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION$10,000
PHOENIX RESCUE MISSION$10,000
FEEDING THE GULF COAST$7,000
ARIZONA CANCER FOUNDATION$5,000
PHOENIX ZOO$5,000
MAYO CLINIC HOSPITAL$5,000
FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES$5,000
WALWORTH COUNTY FOOD PANTRY$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–23, $60k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $20k → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $15k → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $15k → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $10k → 11%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

MN
IL
WI
NY
IA
CO
MO
MD
AZ
NC
OK
AL
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$841k · 17 repeat orgs$84k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +85% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2023, 4 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
11

Total granted

$841k
$69k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+85%
+12%

Still filing today

82%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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
ReligionEducationHealthInternationalYouth 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

  • PC
    Phoenix Children's Hospital
    4× · 2018–2021 · $180k · revenue +85%
  • EA
    EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION INC
    6× · 2018–2023 · $105k · revenue +35%
  • PG
    PHOENIX GOSPEL MISSION
    5× · 2018–2023 · $77k · revenue +86%

Funded once

  • WC
    WILLOW CREEK COMMUNITY CHURCH INC
    one grant, 2018 · $25k
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +23%
  • IL
    IMMANUEL LUTHERAN SCHOOL
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
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
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
2
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
3
American Bible Society

Since 1816, american bible society has been fulfilling its mission of making the bible available to every person in a language and format each can understand and afford so all people may experience its life-changing message.

Religion
4
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
5
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
6
Phoenix Seminary Inc

Phoenix seminary's mission is to train men and women for christ-centered ministry for the building of healthy churches in phoenix and the world.

Education
7
Bibleproject

Bibleproject's mission is to help people experience the bible as a unified story that leads to jesus. this is achieved by creating biblical videos to be regularly released on a newly-created youtube channel. (continued on schedule o.)each…

Religion
8
Evangel University

Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god who will impact the church and society globally.

Education
9
100 Club of Arizona

To provide immediate financial assistance to families of public safety officers and firefighters who are seriously injured or killed in the line of duty, and to provide resources to enhance their safety and welfare.

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10
Arizona Community Foundation

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

Philanthropy
11
Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

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12
Blue Letter Bible

The specific purpose of this corporation is to present a biblical, christian ministry of the gospel, hope, encouragement and strength to as many people as possible. the intent of those who will conduct this corporation's work is to present…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Feed My Starving Children Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Lung Association. 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

20 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. 20 of the 32 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/20
Grantees still filing
19/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Phoenix Children's Hospital: $180,000 · HealthPhoenix Children's Hos…+1 more: $1,000 · HealthGLOBAL LEADERSHIP NETWORK: $55,000 · OtherGLOBAL LEADERSHIP NETWORKAIRCRAFT OWNERS PILOTS ASSOCIATION: $25,000 · OtherAIRCRAFT OWNERS PILOTS ASSOCIATI…WILLOW CREEK COMMUNITY CHURCH INC: $25,000 · OtherWILLOW CREEK COMMUNITY CHURCH IN…IMMANUEL LUTHERAN SCHOOL: $10,000 · OtherCompassion International Incorporated: $55,000 · OtherCompassion International Incorpo…TECHFORCE FOUNDATION: $30,000 · OtherTECHFORCE FOUNDATIONFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $25,000 · OtherFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES+12 more: $42,300 · Other+12 morePHOENIX GOSPEL MISSION: $77,000 · ReligionPHOENIX GOSPEL …SAMARITAN'S PURSE: $45,000 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PUR…CHICAGO FELLOWSHIP: $5,000 · ReligionSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $60,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLE…FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $40,000 · EducationFOLDS OF HONO…NORTHSTAR CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $10,000 · EducationNORTHSTAR CHR…EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION INC: $105,000 · Science & TechEXPERIMENTAL…WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $60,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 · Human ServicesWALWORTH COUNTY FOOD PANTRY INC: $40,000 · Food & NutritionFeeding the Gulf Coast: $24,676 · Food & Nutrition
Health$181,000Other$267,300Religion$127,000Education$110,000Science & Tech$105,000Human Services$70,000Food & Nutrition$64,676

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 budgetPhoenix Children's Hospital: $180,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION INC: $105,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPHOENIX GOSPEL MISSION: $77,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $60,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCompassion International Incorporated: $55,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $45,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWALWORTH COUNTY FOOD PANTRY INC: $40,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetTECHFORCE FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding the Gulf Coast: $24,676 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHSTAR CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetArizona Cancer Foundation for Children Inc: $8,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO FELLOWSHIP: $5,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $4,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION: $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.

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.

Gs Donor Advised Phil…Thrivent Charitable I…Natl Christian Charit…Morgan Stanley Global…Raymond James Charita…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management IncNY12.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Vesely Family Foundation Co Jon S Vesely funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Vesely Family Foundation Co Jon S Vesely. 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%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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 · 0–25%
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 32 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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