Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Jacob L Reiss 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.
- $330k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 25
- Grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 32%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $38,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 29
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 32% of the organizations Jacob L Reiss Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k 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 | 25 | $330k | 56% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $300k | 32% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $321k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $360k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 26 | $306k | 4% |
| FY2020 | 29 | $288k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown University | $201,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Mercy Care for the Adirondacks Inc | $183,000 | 5 | 6% |
| The Julian Reiss Foundation Inc | $178,000 | 6 | 33% |
| Monmouth Medical Center Foundation Inc | $111,000 | 4 | 0% |
| St Joseph's Rehabilitation Center Inc | $103,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Blinknow Foundation a Nj Nonprofit | $86,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Rumson Country Day School | $41,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Fairfield University | $36,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Community Solutions International Inc | $31,740 | 2 | 0% |
| Cormaria Retreat Center In | $26,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown University | $201,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Mercy Care for the Adirondacks Inc | $183,000 | 5 | 6% |
| The Julian Reiss Foundation Inc | $178,000 | 6 | 33% |
| Monmouth Medical Center Foundation Inc | $111,000 | 4 | 0% |
| St Joseph's Rehabilitation Center Inc | $103,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Blinknow Foundation a Nj Nonprofit | $86,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Rumson Country Day School | $41,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Fairfield University | $36,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Community Solutions International Inc | $31,740 | 2 | 0% |
| Cormaria Retreat Center In | $26,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Agnes Church | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| California School for the Deaf Alumni | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rumson Endowment Fund Inc | $17,760 | 1 | 4% |
| Loyola School | $17,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Society of the Holy Child Jesus | $16,000 | 3 | n/a |
| St Josephs Roman Catholic Church | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
| St Lukes Roman Catholic Church Inc | $13,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Church of the Nativity | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Maryknoll Sisters of St Dominic | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Families First in Essex County Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Haven | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Oceanic Public Library Trust | $10,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Maryknoll Sisters of St Dominic Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Lukes Church | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Haven at First and Market Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Lacordaire Academy | $6,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Northwestern Ct YMCA Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Bridgeport Roman Catholic Diocesan Corporation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Haven Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Crossroads Ministry of Estes Park | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Lords Place | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Passionist Communications Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Lord's Place Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($662k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Jacob L Reiss Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 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
About Jacob L Reiss Foundation
- How much does Jacob L Reiss Foundation give?
- Jacob L Reiss Foundation reported 25 grants totaling $330,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 29 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Jacob L Reiss Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (23%), Health (23%), Human Services (15%).
- Who are Jacob L Reiss Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Georgetown University ($201k), Mercy Care for the Adirondacks Inc ($183k), The Julian Reiss Foundation Inc ($178k).
- Does Jacob L Reiss Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Jacob L Reiss 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 Jacob L Reiss Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Jacob L Reiss Foundation based?
- Jacob L Reiss Foundation is based in PA.
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