Florida · Private foundation
Donald M James Family 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.
- $1.8M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 37
- Grants FY2025
- 41
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $881,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 24 to 41
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $19M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Donald M James Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 71% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 29% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M 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 | 36 | $1.8M | 3% |
| FY2024 | 41 | $1.4M | 17% |
| FY2023 | 37 | $1.3M | 11% |
| FY2022 | 35 | $1.3M | 31% |
| FY2021 | 30 | $882k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 26 | $754k | 15% |
| FY2019 | 24 | $430k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 24 | $537k | 79% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jgj Gene Research Inc | $881,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Rand Corporation | $520,000 | 9 | 0% |
| United Way of Central Alabama Inc | $275,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Crimson Tide Foundation | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United Way of West Florida Inc | $195,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary Inc Fd Breeden Tua | $107,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Woodlawn United Inc | $80,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Birmingham Zoo Inc | $66,676 | 8 | 0% |
| The Children's Hospital of Alabama | $55,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Stair of Birmingham | $40,000 | 8 | 2% |
Show all 37 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($6.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Donald M James Family 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.
Open a dossier: The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Mike and Gillian Goodrich Foundation · Protective Life Foundation · The Hackney Foundation · The Maynard Nexsen Foundation · Susan Mott Webb Charitable Trust · Hill Crest Foundation Inc · Altecstyslinger Foundation · The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · Robert R Meyer Foundation · The Hugh Kaul Foundation · Dunn-French Foundation
How this is measured
About Donald M James Family Foundation
- How much does Donald M James Family Foundation give?
- Donald M James Family Foundation reported 37 grants totaling $1,847,076 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 41 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Donald M James Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (43%), Education (24%), Health (11%).
- Who are Donald M James Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Jgj Gene Research Inc ($881k), The Rand Corporation ($520k), United Way of Central Alabama Inc ($275k).
- Does Donald M James Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Donald M James Family 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 Donald M James Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Daniel Foundation of Alabama, Mike and Gillian Goodrich Foundation, Protective Life Foundation.
- Where is Donald M James Family Foundation based?
- Donald M James Family Foundation is based in FL.
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