Texas · Private foundation
J Squared Family Foundation
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.
- $1.7M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 58
- Grants FY2024
- 51
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $450,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 29 to 51
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $41M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 22% of the organizations J Squared Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k 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 | 56 | $1.6M | 14% |
| FY2023 | 51 | $1.3M | 22% |
| FY2022 | 47 | $886k | 15% |
| FY2021 | 45 | $895k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 47 | $687k | 30% |
| FY2019 | 49 | $693k | 49% |
| FY2018 | 36 | $524k | 56% |
| FY2017 | 29 | $372k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Methodist Hospital Foundation | $1,176,000 | 6 | 0% |
| St Lukes United Methodist Church | $775,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Vanderbilt University | $611,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The George W Bush Foundation | $500,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Chinquapin Preparatory School | $256,600 | 4 | 5% |
| Girls Preparatory School Inc | $250,000 | 7 | 0% |
| 'Sconset Trust Inc | $210,000 | 5 | 6% |
| St John's School | $200,500 | 7 | 0% |
| My Connect Community | $167,500 | 8 | 3% |
| Stages | $140,000 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 82 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 44 recipients with no EIN on record ($852k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
J Squared Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 77 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: Greater Houston Community Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · The Elkins Foundation · Willard And Ruth Johnson Charitable Foundation · Vivian L Smith Foundation · The Powell Foundation · The John M O'Quinn Foundation · Marek Family Foundation · MD Anderson Foundation · Strake Foundation · Houston Endowment Inc
How this is measured
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About J Squared Family Foundation
- How much does J Squared Family Foundation give?
- J Squared Family Foundation reported 58 grants totaling $1,676,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 51 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does J Squared Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (26%), Health (20%), Religion (12%).
- Who are J Squared Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Methodist Hospital Foundation ($1.2M), St Lukes United Methodist Church ($775k), Vanderbilt University ($611k).
- Does J Squared Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does J Squared 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 J Squared Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, The Brown Foundation Inc, Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation.
- Where is J Squared Family Foundation based?
- J Squared Family Foundation is based in TX.
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