Jtmf Foundation
JTMF Foundation (John & Tami Marick Family Foundation) is a private foundation established by John and Tami Marick following the sale of Consumer Cellular; the site describes mission areas (children, older adults, intellectual/developmental disabilities, veterans) and lists recent grants. The site includes an Impact page with multiple 2025 grant posts and an About page describing the founders and history.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Regional or Oregon/Pacific Northwest nonprofits (and occasional national health research partners) working in children, older adults, intellectual/developmental disabilities, veterans, or Alzheimer’s research with projects that match the foundation’s program priorities and scale from modest operational support to capital or research funding.
Good Fit
- • Clear alignment with the foundation’s stated focus areas (children, seniors, I/DD, veterans, Alzheimer’s research).
- • Located in or serving Oregon/Pacific Northwest communities or demonstrating regional impact.
- • Project requests for program expansion, capital, scholarship/tuition assistance, or health/research initiatives.
- • Referral, introduction, or an existing relationship with trustees/staff or a current grantee.
- • Capacity to manage mid-to-large grants (many grants range into the $100k–$1M scale).
Geography
The foundation funded recipients across 15 states in the latest year, including national research and service organizations, though a majority of dollars and most grants were concentrated in Oregon (roughly half the dollars and a large share of grant count).
Recipient Variety
The latest year shows a large and diverse recipient set—about 118 distinct organizations—spanning schools, health systems, veterans’ programs, research funders, and local community nonprofits, despite some dollar concentration among larger grants.
New Applicants
Behavior shows substantial turnover (around half of 2024 recipients were new), indicating the foundation does add new grantees, but the public guidance explicitly discourages unsolicited requests and grants are described as preselected, so unfamiliar applicants are more likely to be considered via introductions or referral than by submitting a standard open application.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
