Illinois · Private foundation
David and Claudia Jackson Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $21k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $102k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations David and Claudia Jackson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $21k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $21k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $25k | 56% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $25k | 56% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $25k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $25k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $59k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $51k | 93% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depaul University | $38,338 | 8 | 0% |
| Breakthrough Urban Ministries Inc | $23,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Illinois Environmental Council Education | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Golf Road Baptist Church | $14,500 | 3 | n/a |
| The Good People Fund Inc | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Willow Creek Community Church Inc | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chicago Lights | $9,100 | 1 | 0% |
| Camp Blodgett | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Billion Oyster Project Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Chicago Theatre Group Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 28 grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($124k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget David and Claudia Jackson Foundation supplied at peak.
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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.
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How this is measured
Compare David and Claudia Jackson Foundation with peer funders
About David and Claudia Jackson Foundation
- How much does David and Claudia Jackson Foundation give?
- David and Claudia Jackson Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $21,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does David and Claudia Jackson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (27%), Education (17%), Environment (15%).
- Who are David and Claudia Jackson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Depaul University ($38k), Breakthrough Urban Ministries Inc ($24k), Illinois Environmental Council Education ($15k).
- Does David and Claudia Jackson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does David and Claudia Jackson Foundation 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 David and Claudia Jackson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation, AbbVie Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust.
- Where is David and Claudia Jackson Foundation based?
- David and Claudia Jackson Foundation is based in IL.
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