Massachusetts · Nonprofit
JETT FOUNDATION INC
JETT FOUNDATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 59 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,883,194 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($5,291,494). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.4M
- Funders on record
- 59
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $10M
What Jett Foundation Inc does
Mission
Jett foundation empowers people and families impacted by duchenne muscular dystrophy through the development of transformative programming, educational opportunities, and ongoing support for every stage of a duchenne journey.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Direct services : camp promise, jett giving fund, family worshops/community webinar series, the community ambassador program, and family support/porch nite. Jett foundation's summer camp, camp promise, has been the only camp in the country for kids, teens, and adults with muscular dystrophy and neuromuscular diseases since 2009. With no upper age limit and a complete on-site, 24-hour medical team, jett provides a free and unique opportunity for campers to experience a week of independence, freedom and new opportunities away from the routine of daily life. Camp promise served 153 campers in person at seven locations and one week of virtual camp serving 80 campers. In total we served 233 campers with the support of 200 volunteers. More than 77% of campers were over the age of 18 (and have aged out of other camp options). Jett continues to host monthly events including trivia nights, game shows and more.the jett giving fund includes three financial assistance programs: the accessible vehicle fund, the emergency fund, and the equipment assistance fund.in 2025, the accessible vehicle fund provided 16 accessible vehicles, often to low-income families (under $50,000 household income)…
$2,347,405 spentof which $1,459,319 as grants85% of program spendingEducation and advocacy: educational care packages/newly diagnosed family education materials/series a duchenne diagnosis is incredibly overwhelming for a family. Jett foundation educational care packages provide crucial educational materials to newly diagnosed families, caregivers, teachers and clinicians that are seeking more guidance on duchenne. Jett foundation provided over 200 care packages in 2025 to those who requested them from the organization's website or attended jett events or programs. These free educational resources include support letters from the community, jett foundation brochure and welcome letter, health insurance flight plan, clinical trial flight plan, transition of care checklist, clinical trial cheat sheet, dan and dmd children's book, standards of care and durable medical equipment booklet.advocacythe jett foundation's continued work in advocacy has been focused on educating regulatory and industry partners about duchenne in hopes to accelerate the pathways to finding treatments for this fatal disease.
$425,815 spent15% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,773,220.
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 2024 to 2025, from $6.5M to $10M (+61%).
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 5% · 2021 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of JETT FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 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
Eric Snyder
President and CEO
Board chair
Alfred Jackson
Chair/director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $54k → $2.1M.
13 of 59 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 56% 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 JETT FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 59 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
JETT FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
58% 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 JETT FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 37% · 2018 33% · 2019 54% · 2020 78% · 2021 48% · 2022 43% · 2023 58% — 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.
How long its funders stay
34% of JETT FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
56% of JETT FOUNDATION 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 $4.8M that is directly attributable, 94% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
JETT FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,002 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,002 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like JETT FOUNDATION 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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
75%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 30 states
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds JETT FOUNDATION INC?
- JETT FOUNDATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 59 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,883,194 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($5,291,494). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does JETT FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 59 organizations giving $10,883,194 in grants to JETT FOUNDATION INC, 31 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JETT FOUNDATION INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $5,291,494 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JETT FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 59 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing