Massachusetts · Private foundation
Herb and Maxine Jacobs Foundation Inc
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.
- $1.4M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $125,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 13
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $22M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 15% of the organizations Herb and Maxine Jacobs Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $130k 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 | 11 | $1.4M | 9% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $1.3M | 15% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $1.3M | 18% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $1.4M | 33% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $1.2M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northeastern University | $1,366,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Bunker Hill Community College Foundation Inc | $939,410 | 5 | 10% |
| Framingham State University Foundation Inc | $367,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Cambridge Affordable Housing Corp | $335,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Jewish Family Service of Metrowest Inc | $225,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Hack Diversity Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Alray Taylor Second Chance Scholarship Fund Corporation | $196,200 | 4 | 15% |
| Steps to Success Inc | $60,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Middlesex Community College Foundation C/O Jackson Chege | $60,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Montgomery County Womens Center | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northeastern University | $1,366,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Bunker Hill Community College Foundation Inc | $939,410 | 5 | 10% |
| Framingham State University Foundation Inc | $367,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Cambridge Affordable Housing Corp | $335,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Jewish Family Service of Metrowest Inc | $225,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Hack Diversity Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Alray Taylor Second Chance Scholarship Fund Corporation | $196,200 | 4 | 15% |
| Steps to Success Inc | $60,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Middlesex Community College Foundation C/O Jackson Chege | $60,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Montgomery County Womens Center | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Civic Heart Community Services | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Houston Food Bank | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Daniel's Table Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Wily Network | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Herb and Maxine Jacobs Foundation Inc 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
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About Herb and Maxine Jacobs Foundation Inc
- How much does Herb and Maxine Jacobs Foundation Inc give?
- Herb and Maxine Jacobs Foundation Inc reported 12 grants totaling $1,397,175 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 13 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Herb and Maxine Jacobs Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (60%), Housing & Shelter (15%), Science & Tech (11%).
- Who are Herb and Maxine Jacobs Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Northeastern University ($1.4M), Bunker Hill Community College Foundation Inc ($939k), Framingham State University Foundation Inc ($367k).
- Does Herb and Maxine Jacobs Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Herb and Maxine Jacobs Foundation Inc 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 Herb and Maxine Jacobs Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc), Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc.
- Where is Herb and Maxine Jacobs Foundation Inc based?
- Herb and Maxine Jacobs Foundation Inc is based in MA.
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