Texas · Private foundation
Jacobs Charitable Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $274k
- Granted FY2023
- 3
- Grants FY2023
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $267,788
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Jacobs Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 3 | $274k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $5k | 75% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $13k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $10k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $6k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $12k | 83% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $3k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Houston | $6,300 | 2 | n/a |
| Bluebonnet Youth Ranch | $5,800 | 2 | 1% |
| Perpetual Help Home Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hospice of South Texas Inc | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| Christ's Kitchen | $550 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($307k), not named here.
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: The O'Connor & Hewitt Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation
How this is measured
About Jacobs Charitable Foundation
- How much does Jacobs Charitable Foundation give?
- Jacobs Charitable Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $273,788 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Jacobs Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (93%), Human Services (2%), Youth Development (2%).
- Who are Jacobs Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: University of Houston ($6k), Bluebonnet Youth Ranch ($6k), Perpetual Help Home Inc ($2k).
- Does Jacobs Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Jacobs Charitable 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 Jacobs Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The O'Connor & Hewitt Foundation, Greater Houston Community Foundation.
- Where is Jacobs Charitable Foundation based?
- Jacobs Charitable Foundation is based in TX.
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