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Betty V and John M Jacobson Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Betty V and John M Jacobson Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$119k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$22k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$135kHuman Services$96kHealth$82kReligion$69kScience & Tech$50kHousing & Shelter$40kYouth Development$40kFood & Nutrition$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $6k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $113k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$849k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
STAN HYWET HALL AND GARDENS$21,645
OPEN M$20,000
K OF C COUNCIL 10936$11,500
ACCESS$10,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON$10,000
HE BROUGHT US OUT MINISTRIES$10,000
BROKEN CHAINS MINISTRY$10,000
NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME INC$10,000
DRAGON DREAM TEAM$10,000
SUMMIT FRESH MOBILE MARKET$5,000
SHELTER CARE$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $86k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%OPEN M: $20k → 13%OPEN M: $20k → 13%OPEN M: $20k → 13%OPEN M: $20k → 13%BATTERED WOMEN'S SHELTER: $3k → 13%BATTERED WOMEN'S SHELTER: $3k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$495k · 17 repeat orgs$86k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
7

Total granted

$495k
$48k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+66%

Still filing today

76%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $38k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesFood & NutritionReligionCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • SH
    STAN HYWET HALL & GARDENS INC
    6× · 2019–2025 · $98k · revenue +34%
  • NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $70k · revenue +46%
  • HB
    HE BROUGHT US OUT MINISTRY
    4× · 2019–2025 · $40k · revenue +41%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
  • HS
    HUMANE SOCIETY OF SUMMIT COUNTY
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -8%
  • BC
    BROKEN CHAINS
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Hospice & Palliative Care of the Ohio Valley Inc

Helping individuals live with dignity through the final stage of life.

Human Services
2
Akron Community Foundation

To identify, activate, and support informed and passionate philanthropists who strive to improve the quality of life in our community. we accomplish this by:- building a permanent source of charitable funding- cultivating strategic…

Philanthropy
3
Empowering and Strengthening Ohio's People Inc

Empowering and strengthening ohio's people (esop) helps adults in all stages of life achieve and maintain financial wellness and housing stability.

Housing & Shelter
4
Cleveland Rape Crisis Center

The cleveland rape crisis center is a non-profit organization which supports survivors of sexual violence, promotes healing and prevention, and advocates for social change.

Health
5
Emerge Ministries Inc

To help people discover a lifestyle of meaning joy and fulfillment through treatment and training. emerge ministries inc. is devoted to serving our clients. this service encompasses a biblically based mental health center with…

Human Services
6
Hospice of Dayton Inc

The hospice of dayton, inc. is committed to making quality hospice care available and accessible to terminally ill persons and their families, regardless of ability to pay, and in a manner consistent with the highest hospice standards. our…

Human Services
7
The Healthcare Connection Inc

To provide quality, culturally sensitive and accessible primary health care services focusing on the medically underserved, underinsured, and uninsured residing in northern hamilton county and surrounding areas.

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8
Akron Parks Collaborative

To engage the akron, ohio community around the creation and sustainability of vibrant public spaces within the city of akron. we foster and support neighborhood park advocates by enabling them to meet their goals, partner with the city and…

Recreation & Sports
9
Ohio Hills Health Services

Ohio hills health services is a non-profit health care operation, organized by communities in eastern ohio to promote healthy lifestyles and to provide preventative and comprehensive medical and dental care for area residents. the primary…

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10
Hospice of Central Ohio

Patients of hospice of central ohio receive compassionate, individualized end-of-life care. their desires guide the physical, emotional, and spiritual care support we provide. members of our community, patient's families, children, and…

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11
Philanthropy Ohio

To lead and equip ohio philanthropy to be effective partners for change in our communities.

Philanthropy
12
Ohio Living Holdings

See schedule oto provide older adults with caring and quality services toward enhancement of physical, mental and spiritual well-being consistent with the christian gospel. the organization is dedicated to living our mission and keeping…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Stewart's Caring Place Inc and Subsidiary; the most unlike its peers is Akron Art Museum. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 29 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
12/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

STAN HYWET HALL & GARDENS INC: $97,662 · Arts & CultureSTAN HYWET HALL & GARDENS INCNATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME INC: $70,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME INCTUESDAY MUSICAL ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTUESDAY MUSICAL ASSOCIATION+2 more: $7,000 · Arts & CultureNORTH HILL COMMUNITY HOUSE: $30,000 · OtherNORTH HILL COMMUNITY HOUSEBROKEN CHAINS MINISTRY: $30,000 · OtherBROKEN CHAINS MINISTRYACCESS INC: $20,000 · OtherACCESS INCK OF C COUNCIL 10936: $11,500 · OtherK OF C COUNCIL 10936THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON: $10,000 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF AKRONIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCHRIST CHILD SOCIETY OF AKRON INC: $10,000 · OtherCHRIST CHILD SOCIETY OF AKRON INCHAVEN OF REST MINISTRIES INCORPORATED: $10,000 · OtherHAVEN OF REST MINISTRIES INCORPORA…YOUNG LIFE GREATER AKRON: $10,000 · OtherYOUNG LIFE GREATER AKRONBROKEN CHAINS: $10,000 · OtherBROKEN CHAINSHEART TO HEART LEADERSHIP INC: $8,500 · OtherAKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUND: $6,000 · OtherTHE WELL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $7,500 · Other+1 more: $5,000 · OtherOPPORTUNITY PARISH ECUMENICAL NEIGHBORHOOD MINISTRY: $80,000 · Human ServicesOPPORTUNITY PARI…HOPE AND HEALING SURVIVOR RESOURCE CENTER: $6,000 · Human ServicesHOPE AND HEALING…STEWART'S CARING PLACE INC AND SUBSIDIARY: $40,000 · HealthSTEWART'S …DRAGON DREAM TEAM: $10,000 · HealthDRAGON DRE…RAPE CRISIS CENTER: $5,000 · HealthRAPE CRISI…+1 more: $1,000 · HealthHE BROUGHT US OUT MINISTRY: $40,000 · ReligionAKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK: $20,000 · Food & NutritionSUMMIT FRESH MOBILE MARKET: $5,000 · Food & NutritionHUMANE SOCIETY OF SUMMIT COUNTY: $10,000 · Animals
Arts & Culture$184,662Other$178,500Human Services$86,000Health$56,000Religion$40,000Food & Nutrition$25,000Animals$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSTAN HYWET HALL & GARDENS INC: $97,662 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetOPPORTUNITY PARISH ECUMENICAL NEIGHBORHOOD MINISTRY: $80,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetNATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME INC: $70,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSTEWART'S CARING PLACE INC AND SUBSIDIARY: $40,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetHE BROUGHT US OUT MINISTRY: $40,000 over 4y, 10% of budgetACCESS INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetAKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHRIST CHILD SOCIETY OF AKRON INC: $10,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetTUESDAY MUSICAL ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF SUMMIT COUNTY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEART TO HEART LEADERSHIP INC: $8,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetTHE WELL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE AND HEALING SURVIVOR RESOURCE CENTER: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSUMMIT COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AKRON OHIO: $5,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetRAPE CRISIS CENTER: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSUMMIT FRESH MOBILE MARKET: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetAKRON ART MUSEUM: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHELTER CARE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Welty Family Foun…Akron Community Found…Gar FoundationCharles E and Mabel M…Sisler McFawn Foundat…Mary S & David C Corb…Lloyd L & Louise K Sm…L R Moffitt & L W Mof…United Way of Summit …Glenn R & Alice V Bog…W Paul Mills & Thora …Lehner Family Foundat…
The Welty Family FoundationOH36.8× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Welty Family Foundation · Akron Community Foundation · Gar Foundation · Charles E and Mabel M Ritchie Memorial · Sisler McFawn Foundation Pfdn · Mary S & David C Corbin Foundation · Lloyd L & Louise K Smith Foundation · L R Moffitt & L W Moffitt Foundation · United Way of Summit and Medina · Glenn R & Alice V Boggess Memorial · W Paul Mills & Thora J Mills Memorial · Lehner Family Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Betty V and John M Jacobson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Betty V and John M Jacobson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Betty V and John M Jacobson Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Betty V and John M Jacobson Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 29 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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