About Ja Worldwide
JA inspires and prepares young people to succeed in a global economy.
Focus Areas
Entrepreneurship educationWork-readiness / career discoveryFinancial literacyYouth developmentDigital learning and AI-enabled educationTeacher and volunteer engagement
Who They Fund
nonprofit organizations (unspecified)unspecified end beneficiaries
Funding Style
unrestricted / general operating supportmission/core supportsustaining/capacity preservation
About Ja Worldwide
Ja Worldwide Inc centers its giving on Junior Achievement affiliates and related network programs that prepare young people for work, entrepreneurship, and financial decision-making. The largest recent grants go to Junior Achievement USA, including $387,614 in 2024 and $301,617 in 2023, showing a sustained commitment to the national organization that coordinates the JA network. Alongside those national awards, the foundation backs local affiliates that deliver programming in specific communities, such as Ja of New York Inc, Ja of Chicago Inc, Ja of Southeast Texas Inc, and Ja of Northern California Inc. Its grantmaking also reaches beyond the United States through Ja Africa Inc, reflecting a broader youth-opportunity agenda. The active program list adds more detail: one initiative supports youth employment and entrepreneurship education in Africa through bootcamps, seminars, workshops, and digital entrepreneurship education; another recognizes student company competition winners across the JA network; and a third supports entrepreneurship education and financial literacy. Across these channels, the foundation appears to fund both core network infrastructure and targeted programmatic initiatives.
What Ja Worldwide Funds
Entrepreneurship education is a clear throughline. Ja Worldwide Inc awarded $150,000 in 2025 to Ja Africa Inc in Boston for the Africa-focused network, and it also operates the JA–Z Zurich Foundation Social Equity Program to reduce NEET among youth in Africa through entrepreneurship bootcamps, seminars, workshops, and digital entrepreneurship education. Financial literacy is another recurring theme in the active programs: the Mark Victor Hansen Entrepreneurial Excellence Fund is tied to support for global financial literacy and youth entrepreneurship. The foundation also supports student recognition within the JA system through the De La Vega Global Entrepreneurship Award, which brings together first-place JA Student Company winners from the network’s six regions and provides a cash prize and educational opportunities to the winning company. These grants show a mix of direct program support and network-wide youth development activity.
How Ja Worldwide Gives
Typical grants cluster in the middle five figures, with a p25 of $10,000, a median of $17,500, and a p75 of $33,530. The recent record shows repeated support to the same national and affiliate organizations across multiple years, including Junior Achievement USA in 2023, 2024, and 2025, plus several local affiliates that appear more than once. That pattern points to continuing organizational support rather than one-off project funding. The foundation is a regular funder, not a DAF or individual-giving vehicle, and it does not make program-related investments. Philosophy tags indicate unrestricted, general operating, mission, and capacity support.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$888K
Total Assets
$25.8M
Total Revenue
$29.1M
Total Expenses
$26.3M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $34K, with a median of $18K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$18K
75th Percentile
$34K
Geographic Reach
National26 states funded
About 6% of grants go to recipients in CA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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