Oregon · Nonprofit
JPR FOUNDATION INC
JPR FOUNDATION INC (Oregon) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,520,950 to it, the largest being THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($583,968). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.2M
- Funders on record
- 39
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $9.5M
What Jpr Foundation Inc does
Mission
The jpr foundation fosters the human intellectual and creative spirit by supporting southern oregon university's regional public radio network, jefferson public radio; presenting quality arts and cultural events; and preserving treasured historic buildings.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The jpr foundation (jprf) is a recognized foundation of southern oregon university (sou) with its primary mission being to raise funds and support sou's regional public radio network, jefferson public radio (jpr). Jpr strives to extend sou's regional educational mission and commitment to lifelong learning by providing public affairs and cultural programming designed to: build a diverse, tolerant community of informed, globally-aware citizens through fact-based journalism and programs that stimulate civic discourse, inspire community engagement, celebrate music, and foster the art of storytelling. In addition to raising funds for jpr, the jpr foundation publishes the jefferson journal, a magazine disseminated to jprf contributors, and assists in managing radio communication sites on which jpr operates some of its stations.
$1,935,969 spentof which $1,789,590 as grants$622,277 earned by the program62% of program spendingThe jpr foundation operates jefferson live! Llc, a single-member limited liability company, which helps fulfill the foundations' public service mission. Jefferson lives purposes are to: 1) strengthen rural communities by supporting jefferson public radio, operating theatres, and pursuing other educational, cultural and artistic programs that mitigate rural isolation and encourage healthier communities, 2) foster the development of community appreciation for the dramatic, cinematic and musical arts by sponsoring and presenting a diverse array of professional and community based plays, musicals and concerts, and 3) preserve the historic resources and character of communities by acquiring and restoring architecturally significant properties in a manner consistent with both federal and state historic preservation standards.
$1,178,408 spent$960,167 earned by the program38% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,114,377.
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 2022 to 2023, from $14M to $9.9M (−31%).
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: 2018 18% · 2019 0% · 2024 0% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
63% of JPR FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $116k → $179k.
13 of 39 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 73% 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 JPR FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 39 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
JPR FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 56%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
74% 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 JPR FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 64% · 2018 53% · 2019 42% · 2020 58% · 2021 48% · 2022 40% · 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
40% of JPR FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% 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
73% of JPR 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 $416k that is directly attributable, 60% of it comes from Oregon funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
JPR FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding JPR FOUNDATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $18k on record.
- DISTRIBUTION TO NON-PROFIT ORG$17k
- ADVERTISE, PUBLICITY, PUBLISH/PRINT SRVS$660
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 JPR 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 Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Jefferson Live LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for JPR FOUNDATION 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 JPR FOUNDATION INC?
- JPR FOUNDATION INC (Oregon) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,520,950 to it, the largest being THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($583,968). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does JPR FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 39 organizations giving $1,520,950 in grants to JPR FOUNDATION INC, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JPR FOUNDATION INC?
- THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $583,968 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JPR FOUNDATION INC 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 39 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