Ohio · Nonprofit
JACKSON BEAR HUGS INC
JACKSON BEAR HUGS INC (Ohio) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,097 to it, the largest being STARK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($12,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $249k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $23k
- Net assets
- $79k
What Jackson Bear Hugs Inc does
Mission
To collect, sort, and distribute clothing and household goods to members of the community who need them.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Distribution of donated goods through storefront location - operated a free retail store that distributed donated goods to more than 3500 community members in need. Store is open to the community at large, plus partnerships with local community service providers.
$82,569 spentof which $82,569 as grants42% of program spendingProm boutique shop - donations were accepted for dresses, suits, shoes, etc. To be able to set up a shop for local students to have the attire to be able to attend prom, who might otherwise have been unable to afford the ability to attend. This served over 400 local students.
$90,885 spentof which $90,100 as grants46% of program spendingSchool supplies drive - donated items to prepare local students for their back to school supplies needs, plus school snacks. This event served over 525 local students in preparation for the new school year.
$14,558 spentof which $12,875 as grants$3,516 earned by the program7% of program spendingProgram service expenses 7,494, grants and allocations 7,294, revenue 0 other events - stuffed animal giveaway and holiday bash that served over 275 people each event with stuffed animals and raffle items.
$7,494 spentof which $7,294 as grants4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $195,506.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $29k to $79k (+174%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of JACKSON BEAR HUGS INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (75% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $2k → $658.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 55% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of JACKSON BEAR HUGS INC’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
JACKSON BEAR HUGS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
55% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund JACKSON BEAR HUGS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 56% · 2023 84% — growing more concentrated.
“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
55% of JACKSON BEAR HUGS INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $10k that is directly attributable, 86% of it comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $13k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
JACKSON BEAR HUGS INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 5,070 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,070 public safety & disaster nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like JACKSON BEAR HUGS INC
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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for JACKSON BEAR HUGS INC: 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 JACKSON BEAR HUGS INC?
- JACKSON BEAR HUGS INC (Ohio) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,097 to it, the largest being STARK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($12,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does JACKSON BEAR HUGS INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $23,097 in grants to JACKSON BEAR HUGS INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JACKSON BEAR HUGS INC?
- STARK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $12,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JACKSON BEAR HUGS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2022–2024), and the filings of 6 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