Oklahoma · Nonprofit
JUST THE BEGINNING
JUST THE BEGINNING (Oklahoma) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $761,906 to it, the largest being TULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($431,750). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $292k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $762k
- Net assets
- $84k
What Just the Beginning does
Mission
Empowering justice-involved women to break cycles while promoting health equity and strengthening our community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Empowerment Programs Serving Justice-Involved Individuals Our Empowerment Programs are designed to address the underlying causes of justice involvement while providing participants with the tools, accountability, and support needed to achieve lasting transformation. Empowerment Diversion Program (24 Months) The Empowerment Diversion Program is a minimum 24-month intensive program for justice-involved women who are facing incarceration and have been given the opportunity to remain in the community through diversion. Participants receive trauma-informed behavioral health case management, individualized service planning, life skills education, workforce readiness, substance use recovery support, court advocacy, healthy relationship education, financial literacy, and employment preparation. The program emphasizes personal accountability while helping women develop sustainable lifestyle changes that reduce recidivism and strengthen family stability. Empowerment Reentry Program (6 Months) The Empowerment Reentry Program provides a structured six-month transition for women returning to the community following incarceration. Participants receive individualized support focused on…
$125,739 spentof which $12,910 as grants$2,500 earned by the program63% of program spendingCareer Success Navigation Career Success Navigation prepares participants for meaningful employment that leads to long-term economic mobility and family-sustaining wages. Coaching to Employment - THRIVE Workforce Resilience Training (8 Weeks) The THRIVE (Transforming Habits, Rebuilding Identity, Vision & Empowerment) Workforce Resilience Training is an eight-week trauma-informed workforce development program that prepares participants for long-term workplace success. The curriculum combines workforce readiness, emotional intelligence, resilience, communication, conflict resolution, financial capability, professional behavior, healthy workplace relationships, time management, and career planning to help participants develop the confidence and skills necessary to obtain and retain employment. Technical Training to Employment (16 Weeks)
$62,843 spentof which $2,225 as grants31% of program spendingCommunity Outreach Just The Beginning believes community transformation occurs through collaboration, education, and access to opportunities. Second Chance Hiring Event The annual Second Chance Hiring Event connects justice-involved individuals and other job seekers with second-chance employers, workforce agencies, educational institutions, and community resources. Participants have access to on-site interviews, résumé assistance, workforce coaching, supportive services, and employment opportunities that promote long-term career success. Fall Carnival The annual Fall Carnival is a family-centered community event designed to strengthen neighborhoods by providing free food, family activities, children's entertainment, health and wellness resources, community services, educational information, and workforce opportunities. Together, the Second Chance Hiring Event and Fall Carnival are expected to serve more than 1,000 individuals annually, expanding access to critical resources while strengthening community connections.
$9,079 spent5% of program spending#HealthyMatters Workshops The #HealthyMatters initiative promotes health equity by addressing the physical, mental, emotional, nutritional, and spiritual well-being of participants through interactive workshops held throughout the year. Nutrition Workshop (4 Weeks) A four-week workshop designed to improve nutrition knowledge, meal planning, food budgeting, healthy cooking habits, and disease prevention through practical education and hands-on activities. Mental Health Workshop (8 Weeks) An eight-week workshop providing trauma-informed education on stress management, emotional wellness, resilience, healthy coping skills, self-awareness, and mental health resources that promote healing and long-term wellness. Physical Health Workshop (8 Weeks) An eight-week wellness workshop promoting healthy lifestyles through physical activity, movement, mindfulness, preventive health education, chronic disease awareness, and practical strategies that improve overall health and well-being.
$2,326 spent1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $199,987.
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 2022 to 2023, from $139k to $97k (−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.
99% of JUST THE BEGINNING’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Jenice Jones
President & CEO
Board chair
Anita Barnes
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $4k → $192k.
2 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 57% 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 JUST THE BEGINNING’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
JUST THE BEGINNING leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
87% 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 JUST THE BEGINNING.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 71% · 2021 98% · 2022 74% · 2023 53% — 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
100% of JUST THE BEGINNING's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 75% 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
57% of JUST THE BEGINNING'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 $330k that is directly attributable, 63% of it comes from Oklahoma funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $432k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
JUST THE BEGINNING has grown faster than half of the 7,850 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,850 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like JUST THE BEGINNING
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 Oklahoma
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
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 JUST THE BEGINNING: 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 JUST THE BEGINNING?
- JUST THE BEGINNING (Oklahoma) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $761,906 to it, the largest being TULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($431,750). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does JUST THE BEGINNING have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $761,906 in grants to JUST THE BEGINNING, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JUST THE BEGINNING?
- TULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $431,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JUST THE BEGINNING find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oklahoma. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 12 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