Illinois · Private foundation
Jackson 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.
- $67k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Jackson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 | 6 | $67k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $210k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $172k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $180k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $196k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $123k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $145k | 57% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $107k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 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, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uniting Voices | $228,000 | 7 | 1% |
| People United to Serve Humanity | $142,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Protestant Episcopal High School in Virginia | $100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Hampton University | $92,500 | 4 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Virginia Student Aid Foundation Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Thomas the Apostle Parish & School | $42,500 | 3 | n/a |
| The North Carolina A&T Real Estate Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Soul Children of Chicago Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Healthy Hood Chicago | $21,000 | 3 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uniting Voices | $228,000 | 7 | 1% |
| People United to Serve Humanity | $142,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Protestant Episcopal High School in Virginia | $100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Hampton University | $92,500 | 4 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Virginia Student Aid Foundation Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Thomas the Apostle Parish & School | $42,500 | 3 | n/a |
| The North Carolina A&T Real Estate Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Soul Children of Chicago Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Healthy Hood Chicago | $21,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Frances Xavier Warde School Nfp | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Para Mar Dance | $17,500 | 2 | 6% |
| Sit in Movement Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Timeless Gifts | $15,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Teamwork Englewood Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fractured Atlas Inc | $12,600 | 2 | 0% |
| Chicago Blackhawks Foundation | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Urban Born Nonprofit | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the D of C | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| First Step Youth Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | 21% |
| Reading Is Fundamental Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| After the Game Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Jack and Jill of America Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Debate It Forward | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Project LOVE Chicago | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City Kids Camp | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Jackson Chance Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($258k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Jackson 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: AbbVie Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Jackson Foundation
- How much does Jackson Foundation give?
- Jackson Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $67,386 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Jackson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (32%), Arts & Culture (22%), Religion (13%).
- Who are Jackson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Uniting Voices ($228k), People United to Serve Humanity ($142k), The Protestant Episcopal High School in Virginia ($100k).
- Does Jackson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Jackson 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 Jackson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include AbbVie Foundation, Arthur J Gallagher Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust.
- Where is Jackson Foundation based?
- Jackson Foundation is based in IL.
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