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Jack in the Box Foundation

The JACK IN THE BOX FOUNDATION's mission is to help people access and explore life outside the box. The foundation champions the success of others, with a focus on feeding, educating, and empowering kids and families. Our primary community partner is share our strength/no kid hungry, along with 100+ local, youth-serving nonprofits across…

$2.7M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
43
Itemized grants FY2024
6
Organizations funded FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$2.5M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,585,278
States reached, FY2024
13
Total assets, FY2024
$4.1M
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$1.6MInternational$400kEducation$324kYouth Development$274kHuman Services$100kRecreation & Sports$91kPublic Safety & Disaster$55kHealth$53kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
ID
OR
IN
CA
CO
MO
AZ
NC
DC
HI
OK
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Jack in the Box Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Share Our Strength$1,585,27812%
Junior Achievement of San Diego County Inc$400,000210%
Monarch School Project$306,50024%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Diego County Inc$161,50023%
Pro Kids Golf Academy Inc$75,00021%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$55,00020%
YMCA of San Diego County$50,00020%
West Side Helping Hand$25,000112%
Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii$15,00010%
El Pasoans Fighting Hunger$15,00010%
The Journey to Dream Foundation$15,00011%
Oakland Elizabeth House$12,00012%
Boys and Girls Club of Harlingen$10,00011%
Habitat for Humanity of North Idaho$10,00011%
Kandelia$10,00011%
Special Education Foundation$10,00012%
Diabetes Prevention and Aid Fund$10,00010%
Northeast Youth and Family Services$10,00013%
Illumination Health Home formerly The Illumination Foundation$10,00010%
Here to Serve Inc$10,00015%
The German St Vincent Orphan Association$10,00010%
Darrington Food Bank$10,00017%
Sam Houston High School Alumni Association$10,0001n/a
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Arizona Inc$10,00010%
Mt Hood Kiwanis Camp$10,00010%
Drug Awareness Foundation$7,50018%
Youth Alliance$7,50010%
Cavett Kids Foundation Inc$7,50011%
Way Back Inn Foundation$7,50015%
Bright Futures for Youth$7,50010%
Partnership With Native Americans$7,50010%
Angels Foster Family Agency$7,50010%
Together We Rise$7,50010%
Self Enhancement Inc$7,50010%
Backcountry Communities Thriving$7,50013%
Wedontwaste Inc$7,50010%
Reading Partners$7,50010%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central and Western North Carolina Inc$7,50010%
Sisu Youth Inc$7,50010%
Mentors Care Fka Movement Toward a Future Inc$7,50011%
Borderland Rainbow Center$7,50011%
Foothills Food Bank$7,50010%
League of Miracles Inc$6,00015%

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Jack in the Box Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetShare Our Strength: $1,585,278 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetJunior Achievement of San Diego County Inc: $400,000 over 2y, 9.7% of budgetMonarch School Project: $306,500 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of San Diego County Inc: $161,500 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetPro Kids Golf Academy Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $55,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYMCA of San Diego County: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWest Side Helping Hand: $25,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Hawaii: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEl Pasoans Fighting Hunger: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Journey to Dream Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetOakland Elizabeth House: $12,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Harlingen: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of North Idaho: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetKandelia: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSpecial Education Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetDiabetes Prevention and Aid Fund: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNortheast Youth and Family Services: $10,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetIllumination Health Home formerly The Illumination Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHere to Serve Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetThe German St Vincent Orphan Association: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDarrington Food Bank: $10,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Arizona Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMt Hood Kiwanis Camp: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetDrug Awareness Foundation: $7,500 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetYouth Alliance: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCavett Kids Foundation Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetWay Back Inn Foundation: $7,500 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetBright Futures for Youth: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPartnership With Native Americans: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAngels Foster Family Agency: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTogether We Rise: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSelf Enhancement Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBackcountry Communities Thriving: $7,500 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetWedontwaste Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetReading Partners: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Central and Western North Carolina Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSisu Youth Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMentors Care Fka Movement Toward a Future Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBorderland Rainbow Center: $7,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetFoothills Food Bank: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLeague of Miracles Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 42.

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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.

The Blackbaud Giving FundSC14× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Walter J & Betty C Zable Foundation · The Cushman Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · The Nordson Corporation Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation · Sempra Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Jack in the Box Foundation

How much does Jack in the Box Foundation give?
Jack in the Box Foundation reported 43 itemized grants totaling $2,470,778, out of $2,748,057 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing.
What does Jack in the Box Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2024, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (55%), International (13%), Education (11%).
Who are Jack in the Box Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2023 to FY2024: Share Our Strength ($1.6M), Junior Achievement of San Diego County Inc ($400k), Monarch School Project ($307k).
Which funders back the same organizations as Jack in the Box Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Blackbaud Giving Fund, Walter J & Betty C Zable Foundation, The Cushman Foundation.
Where is Jack in the Box Foundation based?
Jack in the Box Foundation is based in CA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 43 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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