Oregon · Nonprofit
JOSEPHINE COUNTY FOUNDATION
JOSEPHINE COUNTY FOUNDATION (Oregon) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,157,587 to it, the largest being MEYER MEMORIAL TRUST ($694,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $344k
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $2.2M
- Net assets
- $129k
What Josephine County Foundation does
Mission
The Josephine County Foundation's mission is to educate high school students about non-profits, have them operate an actual business, learning skills such as public speaking, finances, fundraising, project management, leadership, teamwork, and to perform community work which results in a better educated, healthier and more vibrant community.
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.
Programs
Perform community service projects to make josephine county a healthier, better educated and more vibrant community. These projects are initiated by and performed by students at all four public high schools and one private high school in josephine county, plus one public high school in jackson county. These projects include free vision clinics, anti-bullying programs, student enrichment grants to classrooms, breast cancer awareness, support to local fire and search & rescue departments, drunk driving education, campus closets, teaching elementary students about money management, day of service to help beautify their communities, summer food program, summer educational academy, and program gap (graduation assistance program).
$260,313 spentof which $161,839 as grants89% of program spendingTeach high school students about non-profits, provide leadership in running a business by serving as officers and on the board of directors; project management experience performing their community service projects, grant writing and fundraising to fund their projects; and life skills such as public speaking, working with community and political leaders; and getting exposure to business leaders and possible career opportunities.
$27,104 spent9% of program spendingJosephine county has been named oregons least educated county by the state of oregon based on the percent of the population with a college degree. Jcf operates a competitive scholarship program designed to provide financial aid to students pursuing a four-year or two-year college degree or attending a technical trade school. The goal of the scholarship program is for recipients to get a college degree (especially first in family to get a college degree) and return to josephine county for their careers. The program also assists students at rogue river high school in jackson county.
$6,000 spentof which $6,000 as grants2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $293,417.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $442k to $556k (+26%).
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: 2021 1% · 2022 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of JOSEPHINE COUNTY 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. 0 of the last 5 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
Joan Jones
Secretary & exec director
Board chair
Frank Ault
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $107k → $440k.
5 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% 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 JOSEPHINE COUNTY 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
JOSEPHINE COUNTY FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
43% 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 JOSEPHINE COUNTY FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 47% · 2018 71% · 2019 38% · 2020 30% · 2021 33% · 2022 32% · 2023 25% — 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
80% of JOSEPHINE COUNTY FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 71% 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
75% of JOSEPHINE COUNTY FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Oregon funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $485k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
JOSEPHINE COUNTY FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like JOSEPHINE COUNTY 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 Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
52%
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 JOSEPHINE COUNTY 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 JOSEPHINE COUNTY FOUNDATION?
- JOSEPHINE COUNTY FOUNDATION (Oregon) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,157,587 to it, the largest being MEYER MEMORIAL TRUST ($694,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does JOSEPHINE COUNTY FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $2,157,587 in grants to JOSEPHINE COUNTY FOUNDATION, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JOSEPHINE COUNTY FOUNDATION?
- MEYER MEMORIAL TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $694,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JOSEPHINE COUNTY FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 17 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