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JW FOUNDATION

JW FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $27,500 to it, the largest being The Robert & Kelly Kaplan Foundation ($27,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$159k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$28k
Net assets
$140k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 9%
01What it does

What Jw Foundation does

Mission

The specific purposes of this corporation are to provide relief to the poor, distressed or underprivileged and support other organizations conducting charitable activities.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Whitaker peace & development initiative2025 grant awarded: $25,000. Service/project provided: domestic harmonizer program (dhp) a conflict resolution and social-emotional learning (sel) program operating in southern california schools. Trains students, educators, and parents in peer mediation and restorative practices, tailored to each school's unique needs.(estimated) number of persons benefited: 200+

    $0 spent
  2. Western justice center2025 grant awarded: $25,000 service/project provided: peer mediation invitational: a youth-focused conflict resolution program that trains students in peer mediation and restorative justice through a countywide summit. Provides hands-on skill development, mentorship, and education to help students resolve conflicts and promote positive school environments.(estimated) number of persons benefited: 500+

    $0 spent
  3. Inner city law center2025 grant awarded: $20,000 service/project provided: inner city law seeks to expand services to low-income individuals in los angeles impacted by devastating fires. Two initiatives are included:tenant defense & tenants' rights education, $10,000: offers legal aid and education to protect displaced tenants from exploitationvital document recovery, $10,000: helps individuals replace lost personal documentation necessary for housing, employment, and benefits.(estimated) number of persons benefited: 1,000

    $0 spent

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($83k) Expenses 100 ($46k) Net assets 100 ($40k)2019 Revenue 62 ($52k) Expenses 111 ($51k) Net assets 102 ($40k)2020 Revenue 30 ($25k) Expenses 107 ($49k) Net assets 41 ($16k)2021 Revenue 136 ($113k) Expenses 123 ($56k) Net assets 183 ($72k)2022 Revenue 132 ($110k) Expenses 117 ($54k) Net assets 324 ($128k)2023 Revenue 140 ($116k) Expenses 192 ($88k) Net assets 394 ($156k)2024 Revenue 99 ($82k) Expenses 231 ($106k) Net assets 333 ($132k)2025 Revenue 192 ($159k) Expenses 329 ($151k) Net assets 352 ($140k)
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Revenue (192)Expenses (329)Net assets (352)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $16k to $72k (+350%).

$40k
$40k
$16k
$72k
$128k
$156k
$132k
$140k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of JW FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (73% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,446 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$37k
’18
$765
’19
−$24k
’20
$56k
’21
$56k
’22
$28k
’23
−$24k
’24
$8k
’25

Leadership and staff

Chief executive

Rosemarie Chiusano Drohan

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $10k.

Funder
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of JW 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.

Where its funders are

JW FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 1 state in all.

DE

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’22
’23
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

JW FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 850 unclassified nonprofits its size.

Operating margin5% · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)10% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 850 unclassified nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds JW FOUNDATION?
JW FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $27,500 to it, the largest being The Robert & Kelly Kaplan Foundation ($27,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does JW FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $27,500 in grants to JW FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of JW FOUNDATION?
The Robert & Kelly Kaplan Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $27,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like JW FOUNDATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 1 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