Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Jack and Jill of America Foundation Inc
To address issues affecting african american children and families by investing in programs and services that create a strong foundation for children to thrive long-term. The organization's vision is to transform african american communities, one child at a time.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 43
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 29
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 52%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $960k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 43
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 19
- Total assets, FY2025
- $11M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 52% of the organizations Jack and Jill of America Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $199k 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 | 42 | $960k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 29 | $813k | 52% |
| FY2023 | 37 | $679k | 68% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $593k | 69% |
| FY2021 | 32 | $890k | 78% |
| FY2020 | 43 | $488k | 81% |
| FY2019 | 26 | $273k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $444k | 33% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Negro College Fund Inc | $613,616 | 8 | 0% |
| Jack & Jill of America Inc | $364,556 | 4 | 1% |
| Southern Illinois University- Carbondale | $171,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Kodjoe Family Foundation | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alcorn State University | $129,024 | 1 | n/a |
| Chicago State Foundation | $90,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Langston University Foundation | $71,465 | 2 | 3% |
| Tennessee State University Foundation | $64,987 | 2 | 0% |
| Morgan State University | $50,880 | 1 | n/a |
| Philander Smith College | $50,365 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 148 grantees
Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Jack and Jill of America Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 112 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.
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How this is measured
Compare Jack and Jill of America Foundation Inc with peer funders
About Jack and Jill of America Foundation Inc
- How much does Jack and Jill of America Foundation Inc give?
- Jack and Jill of America Foundation Inc reported 43 itemized grants totaling $959,914, out of $1,123,611 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 43 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Jack and Jill of America Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (47%), Youth Development (21%), Human Services (14%).
- Who are Jack and Jill of America Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: United Negro College Fund Inc ($614k), Jack & Jill of America Inc ($365k), Southern Illinois University- Carbondale ($172k).
- Does Jack and Jill of America Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 52% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Jack and Jill of America Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Tom Joyner Foundation Inc, Strada Education Foundation Inc, National Basketball Association Foundation.
- Where is Jack and Jill of America Foundation Inc based?
- Jack and Jill of America Foundation Inc is based in DC.
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