Missouri · Nonprofit
JEFFERSON CITY PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION
JEFFERSON CITY PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION (Missouri) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $41,700 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $175k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $42k
- Net assets
- $528k
What Jefferson City Parks and Recreation Foundation does
Mission
To assist the city of jefferson parks and recreation commission by raising funds for the expansion and improvement of public parks and recreational activities in jefferson city and central missouri through lawful fund raising activities or enterprises and the acceptance of gifts of money and/or real or personal property and to carry out related investment, management and distribution functions as stipulated in the articles of incorporation.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The foundation sponsored several recreational activities in 2024 for residents of the city of jefferson city. Events include, but are not limited to: memorial trees, riverwalks, jc stars (formerly special olympics), splash park, ice skating show,and youth sponsorships.
$146,176 spent$8,903 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $146,176.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2020 to 2021, from $553k to $842k (+52%).
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.
95% of JEFFERSON CITY PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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
2019 → 2021: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $25k → $10k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 60% 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 JEFFERSON CITY PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 2 of 3 funders by total. 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
JEFFERSON CITY PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% 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
60% 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 JEFFERSON CITY PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 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
60% of JEFFERSON CITY PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION'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 $17k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Missouri funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $25k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
JEFFERSON CITY PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like JEFFERSON CITY PARKS AND RECREATION 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 Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
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 JEFFERSON CITY PARKS AND RECREATION 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 JEFFERSON CITY PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION?
- JEFFERSON CITY PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION (Missouri) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $41,700 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does JEFFERSON CITY PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $41,700 in grants to JEFFERSON CITY PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JEFFERSON CITY PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JEFFERSON CITY PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 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