California · Nonprofit
LIVE LIKE JOJO FOUNDATION
LIVE LIKE JOJO FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $71,713 to it, the largest being THE DAVID WILLIAM UPHAM FOUNDATION ($38,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $174k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $72k
- Net assets
- $217k
What Live Like Jojo Foundation does
Mission
The mission of the Live Like Jojo Foundation is to infuse joy and enrich the lives of children and families impacted by chronic healthcare challenges in Southern California through activities advocacy and support.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Sunshine Boxes - Children with mitochondrial disease live in a medical world that is largely unknown underserved under researched and under supported. Over 800 children received Sunshine Boxes at CHOC at Mission CHOC at Orange Loma Linda University Childrens Memorial Care Miller Childrens Rady Childrens Riverside University Health System Medical Center Kaiser LA Kaiser Fontana & Valley Childrens Medical Center.
$28,044 spent44% of program spendingLive Fully Experiences - Raising and caring for a child with chronic healthcare needs is an intense demanding emotional journey affecting all members of the family. The sheer demands and stress of this journey can cause the family unit to be stretched thin. Our goal is to provide families with a Live Fully Experience which is an opportunity to make a special memory together; to share in an experience that provides a space of connection joy and out-of-the-ordinary fun. 5 families received Live Fully Experiences - Princess Party & Petting Zoo Experiences. 13 families received VIP Superhero Experiences at the Live Like Jojo Walk.
$9,110 spent14% of program spendingThanksgiving baskets - Given by the hospital staff to the families in the pediatric intensive care unit in the hospital. These baskets are a labor of love with many intentional items included to encourage bring hope and a moment of joy to these families on Thanksgiving. Over 100 families received Thanksgiving Baskets at CHOC at Mission CHOC at Orange Loma Linda University Childrens & Riverside University Health System Medical Center.
$9,195 spent14% of program spendingHospital Blankets - Over 150 families provided End of Life Jojo Blankets at CHOC at Mission CHOC at Orange Memorial Care Miller Childrens Riverside University Health System Medical Center Loma Linda University Childrens Kaiser Fontana & Valley Childrens Medical Center.
$17,168 spent27% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $63,517.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $59k to $121k (+107%).
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.
100% of LIVE LIKE JOJO FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (91% 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.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Monica Cline
Board Chair & CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $4k → $20k.
3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% 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 LIVE LIKE JOJO 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
LIVE LIKE JOJO FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
37% 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 LIVE LIKE JOJO FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 66% · 2022 50% · 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.
Where its funders are
85% of LIVE LIKE JOJO FOUNDATION's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $26k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
LIVE LIKE JOJO FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like LIVE LIKE JOJO 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 California
Nationally
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LIVE LIKE JOJO 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 LIVE LIKE JOJO FOUNDATION?
- LIVE LIKE JOJO FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $71,713 to it, the largest being THE DAVID WILLIAM UPHAM FOUNDATION ($38,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LIVE LIKE JOJO FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $71,713 in grants to LIVE LIKE JOJO FOUNDATION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LIVE LIKE JOJO FOUNDATION?
- THE DAVID WILLIAM UPHAM FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $38,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LIVE LIKE JOJO 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 6 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