Illinois · Nonprofit
1 JAR FOUNDATION
1 JAR FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,500 to it, the largest being Diane & Norman Bernstein Foundation Inc ($30,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2021
- $12k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $31k
- Net assets
- $0
What 1 Jar Foundation does
Mission
We are committed to constantly encouraging our children, and any youth of all walks of life, to develop purpose-driven goals, securing a safe and healthy environment for them to develop. We believe in ev
As stated on its FY2021 Form 990.
Program
Received 12,176 in total direct deposit donations for children toys.
$12,176 spentof which $12,176 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2021 Form 990. Program spending in total: $12,176.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $500 → $30k.
From the IRS filings of 1 JAR FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
1 JAR FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
1 JAR FOUNDATION draws 98% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
1 JAR FOUNDATION's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 20,681 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2021
Organizations like 1 JAR FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
33% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for 1 JAR FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds 1 JAR FOUNDATION?
- 1 JAR FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,500 to it, the largest being Diane & Norman Bernstein Foundation Inc ($30,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does 1 JAR FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $30,500 in grants to 1 JAR FOUNDATION.
- Who is the largest funder of 1 JAR FOUNDATION?
- Diane & Norman Bernstein Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like 1 JAR FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2021 (financials across 2021–2021), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing