Delaware · Nonprofit
JEFFERSON STREET CENTER INC
JEFFERSON STREET CENTER INC (Delaware) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $565,735 to it, the largest being DELAWARE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($338,920). 3 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 FY2025
- $201k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $566k
- Net assets
- $175k
What Jefferson Street Center Inc does
Mission
The mission of JSC is to advance community-driven priorities in Northwest Wilmington that promote the conditions necessary for all residents to thrive.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
JSC launched a Community Advisory Panel to create a Community Plan Update for Northwest Wilmington - building on and expanding the Washington Heights Blueprint Community Plan. This work centers around residents and organizational partners organizing to protect assets, improve vital conditions, and empower community voices & leadership. JSC also made space available for cultural programming and for free youth nutrition classes. JSC sponsored Pacem in Terris "Community Speaks" session. The Nothside Culture Food and Culture Market was held every Thursday for five months.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
The Northside Food and Culture Market was held every Thursday in a park every Thursday for five months. The market promoted local produce and local business products. There was entertainment for children and adults. Families were able to use SNAP benefits for food.
$40,935 spentof which $40,935 as grants31% of program spendingJSC was able to hire a Public Ally through grant funds. The Public Ally helped to manage Community Hub programming.
$35,825 spentof which $35,825 as grants27% of program spendingThe Community Advisory Panel participated in training and strategic planning to embark on a Community Plan Update for Northwest Wilmington - building on and expanding the Washington Heights Blueprint Community Plan! This work centers around residents and organizational partners organizing to protect assets, improve vital conditions, and empower community voices & leadership.
$28,423 spentof which $28,423 as grants21% of program spendingCommunity engagement and beautification expenses advanced public participation in programming and planning to promote the public good.
$3,732 spentof which $3,732 as grants3% of program spendingJSC provides community residents free Zumba exercise classes in our gym two evenings a week, with a professional instructor, providing another avenue to promote healthy activities. We also offer pickleball and basketball, modern dance, yoga, and Tai Chi.
$6,500 spentof which $6,500 as grants5% of program spendingJSC supported the Hanover Food Pantry and Clothing Closet provided in the Community Hub.
$5,706 spentof which $5,706 as grants4% of program spendingSeed funding was provided to community small businesses.
$5,222 spentof which $5,222 as grants4% of program spendingJSC provided funding for Pacem in Terris to conduct training of community participants in Restoring through Relationships as part of promoting public safety.
$7,750 spentof which $7,750 as grants6% of program spending
The 8 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $134,093.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2024 to 2025, from $252k to $176k (−30%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 25% · 2023 1% · 2024 27% · 2025 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of JEFFERSON STREET CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 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.
Chief executive
Amanda August
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $10k → $191k.
1 of 8 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 STREET CENTER 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
JEFFERSON STREET CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
64% 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 STREET CENTER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 83% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 50% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
25% of JEFFERSON STREET CENTER INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 38% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
60% of JEFFERSON STREET CENTER 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 $227k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Delaware funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $339k 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 STREET CENTER INC's revenue fell 34% between 2020 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding JEFFERSON STREET CENTER INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $21k on record.
- CONSULTANTS$15k
- GRANTS$6k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like JEFFERSON STREET CENTER 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 Delaware
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
63% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds JEFFERSON STREET CENTER INC?
- JEFFERSON STREET CENTER INC (Delaware) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $565,735 to it, the largest being DELAWARE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($338,920). 3 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 STREET CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $565,735 in grants to JEFFERSON STREET CENTER INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JEFFERSON STREET CENTER INC?
- DELAWARE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $338,920 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JEFFERSON STREET CENTER INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Delaware. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 8 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