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Virginia L Jones 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.

$105k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$25k
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$200kEducation$110kReligion$50kInternational$35kYouth Development$28kCrime & Legal$25kHuman Services$25kFood & Nutrition$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $85k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$871k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
California Pacific Medical Center Foundation$25,000
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Northwest California$10,000
Sacred Heart Schools$10,000
Catholic Ladies Relief Society #3$10,000
Enloe Hospital Foundation$10,000
University Foundation California State University Chico$10,000
Catalyst Domestic Violence Services$10,000
Chico State Enterprises$5,000
Progress Foundation$5,000
Soroptimist International of Chico$5,000
Youth for Change$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 (FY25–25, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Youth for Change: $5k → 18%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.
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.
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Where the work is directed

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

About 12% of Virginia L Jones Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 91% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 83%.

Virginia L Jones Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 6.7% directed abroad (not shown)
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.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$375k · 8 repeat orgs$150k to everyone else

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

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
11

Total granted

$375k
$95k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+57%

Still filing today

75%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesHealthCrime & LegalRecreation & SportsInternationalOther
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

  • CP
    CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION
    5× · 2021–2025 · $125k · revenue +24%
  • TU
    The University Foundation California State University Chico
    2× · 2023–2025 · $32k · revenue +66%
  • CC
    CHICO COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP ASSOCIATION
    3× · 2020–2024 · $30k · revenue +53%

Funded once

  • SI
    Soroptomist International of Chico
    one grant, 2024 · $15k
  • FF
    Fremont Family Rescourse Center Corporation
    one grant, 2021 · $15k
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE NORTH VALLEY
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue -9%
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
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

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2
California State University Foundation

Established in 1962, the foundation is the central foundation for the california state university (csu) system and serves the office of the chancellor. the foundation exists to support excellence in teaching and learning, and to serve the…

Philanthropy
3
Chico Country Day School

We partner with students, families, and the community to spark curiosity and engage in work that matters.

Education
4
Califonia State University East Bay Foundation Inc

Csu east bay foundation is an auxiliary organization of california state university east bay and the california state university system. the organization's mission is to provide services that aid, supplement, and advance the educational…

Education
5
Children's Hospital & Research Center At Oakland

The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.

Health
6
Chac Fka Community Health Awareness Council

Chac seeks to improve lives and strengthen communities through access to comprehensive and culturally responsive mental health services in northern santa clara county.

Health
7
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology

The Chicago School educates the next generation of change-makers in innovative theory and culturally competent practice to strengthen the integrated health of individuals, organizations, and communities.

Education
8
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Promotion and advancement of children's health through patient care, research, and education.

Health
9
California State Student Association

CSSA as a student-led organization strives to improve the lives of California State University (CSU) students by advocating for student needs and engaging students in systemwide, state, and federal higher education policy making.

Education
10
Associated Students of California State University Chico

The purpose of the associated students is to enrich the quality of campus life at california state university, chico and to complement the educational mission of the university providing full actualization of the university experience…

Education
11
University of California Student Association

The University of California Student Association (UCSA) is a coalition of students and student governments that aims to provide a collective voice for all students through advocacy and direct action. UCSA participates in the shared…

Education
12
Chico Feminist Womens Health Center dba Womens Health Specialists

Womens Health Specialists vision is a world where women control their own bodies,reproduction, and sexuality. The center is dedicated to providing women-controlledhealth care for all women.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The University Foundation California State University Chico; the most unlike its peers is Girls On the Run of the North State. 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

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 26 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
9/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $125,000 · HealthCALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATIO…ENLOE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $70,000 · HealthENLOE HEALTH FOUNDATION+1 more: $5,000 · HealthJESUS CENTER: $50,000 · OtherJESUS CENTERSoroptomist International of Chico: $15,000 · OtherSoroptomist International of C…Fremont Family Rescourse Center Corporation: $15,000 · OtherFremont Family Rescourse Cente…Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Northwest California: $10,000 · OtherCatholic Charities of the Dioc…SACRED HEART SCHOOLS ATHERTON: $10,000 · OtherSACRED HEART SCHOOLS ATHERTONCatholic Ladies Relief Society #3: $10,000 · OtherCatholic Ladies Relief Society…Girls on the Run North State: $10,000 · OtherGirls on the Run North StateUniversity Foundation California State Chico: $10,000 · OtherUniversity Foundation Californ…Frank McCoppin Elementary School: $5,000 · OtherSt Anne School: $5,000 · OtherThe University Foundation California State University Chico: $32,000 · EducationThe University F…CHICO COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP ASSOCIATION: $30,000 · EducationCHICO COMMUNITY …Chico Center for Learning: $8,000 · EducationChico Center for…Chico State Enterprises: $5,000 · EducationChico State Ente…+1 more: $2,000 · EducationUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $35,000 · InternationalABILITY FIRST SPORTS: $10,000 · Human ServicesCatalyst Domestic Violence Services: $10,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 · Human ServicesYouth for Change: $5,000 · Human ServicesSoroptimist International of Chico: $25,000 · Crime & LegalBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE NORTH VALLEY: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS ON THE RUN OF THE NORTH STATE: $3,000 · Recreation & Sports
Health$200,000Other$140,000Education$77,000International$35,000Human Services$35,000Crime & Legal$25,000Youth Development$10,000Recreation & Sports$3,000

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 budgetCALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $125,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetENLOE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $70,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe University Foundation California State University Chico: $32,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCHICO COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP ASSOCIATION: $30,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetSoroptimist International of Chico: $25,000 over 3y, 20% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE NORTH VALLEY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetABILITY FIRST SPORTS: $10,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetCatalyst Domestic Violence Services: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChico Center for Learning: $8,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetYouth for Change: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROGRESS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChico State Enterprises: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Anne School: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN OF THE NORTH STATE: $3,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetCHICO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $2,000 over 1y, 1.2% 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.

North Valley Communit…The Foor FoundationGolden Valley Bank Co…Marshall Family Found…Enterprise Holdings F…Shell USA Company Fou…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
North Valley Community FoundationCA28× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: North Valley Community Foundation · The Foor Foundation · Golden Valley Bank Community · Marshall Family Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Virginia L Jones Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Virginia L Jones Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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 Virginia L Jones Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Virginia L Jones 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 26 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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