Virginia · Nonprofit
THE JEFFERSON COUNCIL
THE JEFFERSON COUNCIL (Virginia) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $564,010 to it, the largest being THE MARCUS FOUNDATION INC ($200,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $543k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $564k
- Net assets
- $351k
What The Jefferson Council does
Mission
Charitable, educational, freedom of speech, diversity of opinion, particularly as related to the legacies of Thomas Jefferson and the University of Virginia. Academic integrity.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Sponsoring and co-sponsoring public speakers of note who address Jeffersonian principals of freedom of speech and expression and personal freedom and initiative and current issues re same in academia and society. Estimated audience of 2000 students and public, live and via internet. Objectives: educate public and students about Thos Jefferson, his ideals and his legacy; and promote freedom of speech and expression, diversity of viewpoints.
$130,252 spent43% of program spendingCommunication with UVA students, friends and alumni re freedom of speech and expression issues, academic integrity and University policies and administration. Monitor same. Approximate subscribers, 3500.
$136,007 spent45% of program spendingResearch and provision of data to UVA Board of Visitors re freedom of speech and expression, diversity of opinion, academic integrity and related expenses.
$36,653 spent12% of program spendingcoordinate with organizations with similar goals in Virginia and nationally.
$1,000 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $303,912.
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 2021 to 2022, from $64k to $456k (+618%).
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.
98% of THE JEFFERSON COUNCIL’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (99% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $2k → $68k.
6 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 59% 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 THE JEFFERSON COUNCIL’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
THE JEFFERSON COUNCIL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
61% 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 THE JEFFERSON COUNCIL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 57% · 2023 44% — 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
59% of THE JEFFERSON COUNCIL'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 $231k that is directly attributable, 98% of it comes from funders outside Virginia, across 4 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $333k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
THE JEFFERSON COUNCIL has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,798 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,798 civil rights nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like THE JEFFERSON COUNCIL
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 35 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE JEFFERSON COUNCIL: 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 THE JEFFERSON COUNCIL?
- THE JEFFERSON COUNCIL (Virginia) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $564,010 to it, the largest being THE MARCUS FOUNDATION INC ($200,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE JEFFERSON COUNCIL have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $564,010 in grants to THE JEFFERSON COUNCIL, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE JEFFERSON COUNCIL?
- THE MARCUS FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE JEFFERSON COUNCIL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 13 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