J and J Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
934243995
IRS 990-PF coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2025
Location
Berkeley, CA, USA
Rating
39
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$51,486
Expenses
$5,903

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

Fund Raising and Fund Distribution

What it reported funding in 2025

The foundation reported 2 grants totaling $2,304. The stated grant purposes included charity and charitable.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from contributions.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no charitable disbursements for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filing identifies who received its grants. A relatively small share of spending goes to grants and assets provide a limited cushion relative to annual grants.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: NotEnoughData
  • Cost Efficiency: 39
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 50
  • Endowment Health: 8

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: Limited

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 39%; rating input score 39; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: Limited
  • Filing consistency checks: 7; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 0; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: Filed payout detail
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: Filed self-dealing detail
  • Investments: 8th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Cost Efficiency: Grant expense ratio scored 39/100.
  • High — Endowment Health: Endowment-health comparison scored 8/100.