South Carolina · Private foundation
Bill Jennie & Harry Ackerman Foundation Trust
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $350k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $196,485
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 23
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Bill Jennie & Harry Ackerman Foundation Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 15 | $335k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $264k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $372k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $406k | 15% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $269k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pro Bono Legal Services Inc | $1,126,885 | 5 | 33% |
| Jcc Housing Corporation | $105,000 | 3 | 5% |
| The Charis Circle Inc | $60,000 | 5 | 11% |
| Jewish Family Services of Greater Charleston Inc | $58,000 | 5 | 2% |
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $21,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $14,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Charleston Habitat for Humanity Inc | $13,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Lowcountry Food Bank Inc | $12,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Chabad of Charleston Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pro Bono Legal Services Inc | $1,126,885 | 5 | 33% |
| Jcc Housing Corporation | $105,000 | 3 | 5% |
| The Charis Circle Inc | $60,000 | 5 | 11% |
| Jewish Family Services of Greater Charleston Inc | $58,000 | 5 | 2% |
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $21,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $14,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Charleston Habitat for Humanity Inc | $13,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Lowcountry Food Bank Inc | $12,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Chabad of Charleston Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life | $6,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Wings for Kids | $4,500 | 3 | 0% |
| American College of the Building Arts | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Hebrew Benevolent Society | $2,000 | 2 | 4% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($194k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Bill Jennie & Harry Ackerman Foundation Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Henry & Sylvia Yaschik Foundation Inc · Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · The Sherman Family Charitable Trust · Trident United Way · The Joanna Foundation · The Leon Levine Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Bill Jennie & Harry Ackerman Foundation Trust
- How much does Bill Jennie & Harry Ackerman Foundation Trust give?
- Bill Jennie & Harry Ackerman Foundation Trust reported 16 grants totaling $349,985 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 23 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Bill Jennie & Harry Ackerman Foundation Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (64%), Housing & Shelter (9%), Philanthropy (8%).
- Who are Bill Jennie & Harry Ackerman Foundation Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Pro Bono Legal Services Inc ($1.1M), Jcc Housing Corporation ($105k), The Charis Circle Inc ($60k).
- Does Bill Jennie & Harry Ackerman Foundation Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bill Jennie & Harry Ackerman Foundation Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Bill Jennie & Harry Ackerman Foundation Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Henry & Sylvia Yaschik Foundation Inc, Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc, The Sherman Family Charitable Trust.
- Where is Bill Jennie & Harry Ackerman Foundation Trust based?
- Bill Jennie & Harry Ackerman Foundation Trust is based in SC.
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