Michigan · Nonprofit
THE JEFFERSON PROJECT
THE JEFFERSON PROJECT (Michigan) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $155,200 to it, the largest being THE KANTZLER FOUNDATION ($100,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
THE JEFFERSON PROJECT runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,762 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,762 public benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- United Way of Bay Countyshared funderslocal
- The Cravens Foundationportfolio match
- Rdk Foundationportfolio match
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 PROJECT’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 PROJECT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
“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
100% of THE JEFFERSON PROJECT's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $25k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 stateis 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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 5 funders put you under-funded among the 206 organizations that share them.
- United Way of Bay Countyshared funderslocalMI · backs 16 organizations that share your funders · funds 15 organizations near you
- The Cravens Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Rdk Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Artist Communities Allianceportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Elba L and Gene Portteus Branigin Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Moya Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Steven McGeady Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Mertz Gilmore Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Low Road Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Eutopia Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Pershing Place Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Muriel Pollia Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Organizations like THE JEFFERSON PROJECT
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
36% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE JEFFERSON PROJECT: 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE JEFFERSON PROJECT?
- THE JEFFERSON PROJECT (Michigan) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $155,200 to it, the largest being THE KANTZLER FOUNDATION ($100,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE JEFFERSON PROJECT have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $155,200 in grants to THE JEFFERSON PROJECT, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE JEFFERSON PROJECT?
- THE KANTZLER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE JEFFERSON PROJECT find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 5funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing