· Private foundation
David B Jones Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k5 grants · $26k
- $10k–50k12 grants · $348k
- $50k–250k10 grants · $887k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MAMMOTH SITE OF HOT SPRINGS SOUTH DAKOTA INC | $202,500 |
| MUSEUM OF THE ROCKIES | $145,000 |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN | $86,315 |
| BOARD OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA | $85,207 |
| LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY FOUND | $70,000 |
| MINNESOTA CHILDRENS MUSEUM | $65,000 |
| LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO | $62,337 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION INCORPORATED | $60,146 |
| IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC | $60,000 |
| SCIENCE KIDS | $50,000 |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO | $49,156 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM | $41,702 |
| DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE | $39,156 |
| NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF SCIENCE | $38,788 |
| ALBION COLLEGE | $37,334 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 68% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 21% of David B Jones Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.
27 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $566k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MSMAMMOTH SITE OF HOT SPRINGS4× · 2020–2024 · $563k · revenue +63%
- NCNormandale Community College Foundation Inc3× · 2020–2022 · $359k · revenue +412%
- CMColorado Museum of Natural History5× · 2020–2024 · $291k · revenue +38%
Funded once
- NWNorthern Wyoming Community College Foundationone grant, 2021 · $81k · revenue -28%
- DMDES MOINES UNIVERSITY OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL CENTERgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $61k · revenue +33%
- SMSCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTAgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $61k · revenue +51%
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.
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.
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
To create a place of lifelong learning where people, from young child to senior citizen, embrace science as a way of knowing about themselves, their community, and their world.
Supports the teaching of mineralogical concepts and procedures, and attempts to raise the scientific literacy of society with respect to issues involving mineralogy in the widest sense. The Society publishes journals, a magazine, and…
The museum is an educational corporation formed to ignite a life-long passion for exploring, discovering, and valuing nature and science.
The Museum inspires wonder, discovery, and stewardship of our natural world. The Museum is a catalyst for conservation and a valued learning resource, facilitating active scientific and historical inquiry for all ages.
The academy is a renowned scientific and educational institution with a mission to regenerate the natural world through science, learning, and collaboration. based in san francisco's golden gate park, it is home to a world-class aquarium,…
Agu's mission is to advance and support an inclusive community of earth and space scientists and partners dedicated to discovery and solutions to societal challenges. agu seeks to catalyze discovery and solutions to scientific and societal…
See schedule ouniversity corporation for atmospheric research (ucar), on behalf of, and in cooperation with its member university members, is engaged in the management of long-term atmospheric and related research and educational…
The witte museum inspires people to shape the future of texas through transformative and relevant experiences in nature, science and culture.
University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…
How this is measured
41 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. 41 of the 52 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
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- Who funds ALBION COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds Northern Wyoming Community College Foundation ↗
- Who funds MACALESTER COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SAN DIEGO SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY ↗
- Who funds LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds DES MOINES UNIVERSITY OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds SCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA ↗
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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: National Geographic Society · South Dakota Community Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization David B Jones Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from David B Jones Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Delaware Academy of Science Inc: 99% of income from government
- Stamford Museum & Nature Center Inc: 9% of income from government
How this is measured
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