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Jacobs Engineering Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.6M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
396
Itemized grants FY2024
314
Organizations funded FY2022
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Itemized, FY2024
$2.7M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$3,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$125,000
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$249k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site
91% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Environment$1.1MInternational$1.0MScience & Tech$479kCommunity Improvement$478kHealth$465kEducation$384kRecreation & Sports$183kArts & Culture$160kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 165 grantees
All grantees of Jacobs Engineering Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
US Water Alliance$60,00011%
The Water Research Foundation$59,25910%
National League of Cities$50,00010%
Global Compact Network USA Inc$40,00012%
National Association of Corporate Directors$40,00010%
National Forum for Black Public Administrators Inc$33,03011%
Oic of South Florida Inc$30,00010%
University of Hawaii Foundation$29,66710%
Council for Watershed Health$25,00011%
Oceantic Network Inc$25,00011%
Regional Plan Association Inc$25,00010%
Landscape Architecture Foundation$25,00011%
Center for Transportation & the Environment$25,00010%
Soccer In the Streets Inc$23,25011%
Association of Defense Communities Inc$20,00011%
World Environment Center Inc$20,00014%
Foundation for the Global Compact$20,00010%
New York Water Environment Association Inc$18,30012%
United Negro College Fund Inc$18,00010%
Hoag Charity Sports$17,50010%
The Conference Board Inc$16,00010%
the Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Louisville Inc$13,50010%
The Association of State Floodplain Managers Inc$11,15010%
ACE Mentor Program of Greater New York Inc$10,50012%
Blood Cancer United Inc$10,50010%
Spur - San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association$10,30010%
Highline Schools Foundation for Excellence$10,00011%
Georgie Badiel Foundation Inc$10,00011%
Wildlife Habitat Council$10,00010%
Pasadena Hospital Association Ltd$10,00010%
Next Generation Action Network Foundation$10,0001n/a
Catalyst Inc$10,00010%
Colorado State University Foundation$10,00010%
Asante Foundation$10,00010%
Southern California Water Coalition$10,00012%
Life Science Cares Inc$10,00010%
Urban Affairs Coalition$10,00010%
Cec Seabee Historical Foundation$10,00011%
Girl Scouts Western Pennsylvania$10,00010%
Cooper Foundation Inc$10,000124%
Center for Climate and Energy Solutions Inc$10,00010%
Green Hydrogen Coalition$10,00010%
Fort Bend ISD Education Foundation$7,50011%
Columbus Recreation and Parks Foundation$7,50011%
Hudson Riverfront Performing Arts Center Inc$7,50015%
American Water Works Association$7,31810%
Austin Science Education Foundation$7,00014%
Washington Architectural Foundation$6,50011%
Washington Hospital Healthcare Foundation$6,50010%
The Western Stock Show Association$6,50010%
Tony Jannus Distinguished Aviation Society Inc$6,00017%
American Society of Civil Engineers - Md$6,000111%
Thomas Jefferson University$6,00010%
American Water Works Association$5,90012%
The Home of the Innocents Inc$5,60010%
Centro de Ninos Inc$5,50010%
Mileage Based User Fee Alliance$5,50012%
Healing Heart Project$5,45415%
Association of State Dam Safety Officials$5,40010%
The Louisville Urban League Inc$5,00010%
Choc Foundation$5,00010%
Eno Transportation Foundation$5,00010%
Washington Water Trust$5,00010%
Gulf Stream Council of Boy Scouts of America Inc$5,00010%
Gay Lesbian Bisexual & Transgend Community Center of Colorado$5,00010%
Ho'Ola Na Pua$5,00010%
St Luke's Health Foundation Ltd$5,00010%
Central Florida Sports Commission Inc$5,00010%
Waterfront Alliance Inc$5,00010%
Girls Incorporated of Metropolitan Dallas$5,00010%
The Fund for the Water Works$5,00011%
Orange County Business Council$5,00010%
Scripps Health$5,00010%
Georgia Association of Water Professionals$4,39610%
American Public Works Association$4,13010%
Anthony Wayne Rotary Charitable Foundation$4,00015%
The Wings Club Foundation Inc$3,80010%
Caspar Inc$3,75010%
The Greenway Foundation Inc$3,50010%
Ace Mentor Program of Illinois Inc$3,50011%
Atlanta Regional Commission$3,5001n/a
Urban Water Institute$3,45011%
Centennial Rotary Foundation Inc$3,25015%
New England Water Environment Association Inc$3,25010%
Science Central Inc$3,20810%
International Ultraviolet Association Inc$3,20011%
United Way Fox Cities Inc$3,10010%
The Claire C Bennitt Watershed Fund Inc$3,00013%
Dallas Downtown Association$3,00011%
Greater Dallas Planning Council$3,00011%
Brian P Stack Civic Association Inc$2,75010%
Italian American Executives of Transportation$2,52514%
United States Capitol Historical Society$2,50010%
Perot Museum of Nature & Science$2,50010%
Chattahoochee Nature Center Inc$2,50010%
Young Caribbean Professional Network$2,50013%
Texas A&M Foundation$2,50010%
Global Philadelphia Associaton Inc$2,50011%
Better Schools for America$2,5001n/a
North Texas Commission$2,50010%
United Way of Tarrant County$2,50010%
Charity Challenge Inc$2,50013%
Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana$2,50010%
Rocky Mountain Water Environment Association$2,50010%
Clemson University Foundation$2,50010%
Hawaii Water Environment Association$2,45016%
Water Environment Association of Texas Inc$2,30010%
Florida Water Resources Conference Inc$2,19310%
Heart of Florida United Way Inc$2,00010%
Museum of Latin American Art$2,00010%
Christine Ann Domestic Abuse Services Inc$2,00010%
Philadelphia Engineering Foundation$2,0001n/a
The Street Trust Community Fund$2,00010%
Central Florida Council Boy Scouts of America Inc$2,00010%
Orange County Water Association$1,80014%
United Way of Blount County$1,80010%
Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful Services$1,50012%
Alliance Air Productions$1,50010%
Kaweah Delta Hospital Foundation$1,50010%
Louisiana Engineering Foundation$1,44011%
Spokane Hoopfest Association$1,40010%
Meyer Center for Special Children$1,40010%
Nevada Water Environment Assn$1,20011%
The Water Tower Institute$1,10010%
Citysprouts Inc$1,00010%
YMCA of Southwest Florida Inc$1,00010%
Indiana Economic Development Association Inc$1,00010%
Mvsu Atlanta Metro Alumni Chapter$1,0001n/a
Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Nc Inc$1,00010%
Florida Puerto Rico District of Ite$1,0001n/a
McKinney Avenue Transit Authority$1,0001n/a
American Heart Association Inc$1,00010%
Friends of the Centennial Trail$1,00011%
Airport Marina Counseling Service$1,00010%
Dmax Foundation$1,00010%
Douglas County Fair Foundation$1,00010%
Bicycle Coalition Of Greater Philadelphia$1,00010%
Virginia Water Environment Association Inc$1,00010%
University of Nevada Reno Foundation$1,00010%
Luigi Aprea Fundamental School Parent Club$1,00011%
Catholic Youth Association of Pittsburgh$1,00010%
Corvallis Public Schools Foundation$1,00010%
Partnership for the Delaware Estuary Inc$1,00010%
Tulsa Engineering Foundation Inc$85012%
Construction Career Days Northeast Florida Inc$75010%
Az Water Association$75010%
Alaska Engineering Education Foundation$75011%
Engineers Without Borders-Usainc$75010%
Society of Women Engineers$58310%
Florida Engineering Foundation Inc$50010%
National Academy of Construction$50010%
Southeast Stormwater Association$50010%
Florida Institute of Technology Inc$50010%
Fox Valley Technical College Foundation Inc$50010%
The Masonry Society$50010%
Its Georgia Inc$45011%
South County Economic Development Council$38510%
Space Coast Field of Dreams Inc$30013%
Idaho Environmental Forum$2501n/a
Friends of the Colusa County Free Library$2501n/a
Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc$25010%
Westlake Football Foundation$2501n/a
Illinois Section of the American Water Works Association Inc$20010%
Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia$10010%
American Society of Civil Engineers Florida Section$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 406 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.6M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Jacobs Engineering Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUS Water Alliance: $60,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetThe Water Research Foundation: $59,259 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNational League of Cities: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGlobal Compact Network USA Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetNational Association of Corporate Directors: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Forum for Black Public Administrators Inc: $33,030 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetOic of South Florida Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUniversity of Hawaii Foundation: $29,667 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCouncil for Watershed Health: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetOceantic Network Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetRegional Plan Association Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLandscape Architecture Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCenter for Transportation & the Environment: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSoccer In the Streets Inc: $23,250 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetAssociation of Defense Communities Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetWorld Environment Center Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetFoundation for the Global Compact: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNew York Water Environment Association Inc: $18,300 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetUnited Negro College Fund Inc: $18,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHoag Charity Sports: $17,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Conference Board Inc: $16,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetthe Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Louisville Inc: $13,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Association of State Floodplain Managers Inc: $11,150 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetACE Mentor Program of Greater New York Inc: $10,500 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $10,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSpur - San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association: $10,300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHighline Schools Foundation for Excellence: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGeorgie Badiel Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetWildlife Habitat Council: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPasadena Hospital Association Ltd: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCatalyst Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetColorado State University Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAsante Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern California Water Coalition: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetLife Science Cares Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUrban Affairs Coalition: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCec Seabee Historical Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGirl Scouts Western Pennsylvania: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCooper Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetCenter for Climate and Energy Solutions Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGreen Hydrogen Coalition: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFort Bend ISD Education Foundation: $7,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetColumbus Recreation and Parks Foundation: $7,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetHudson Riverfront Performing Arts Center Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetAmerican Water Works Association: $7,318 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAustin Science Education Foundation: $7,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetWashington Architectural Foundation: $6,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetWashington Hospital Healthcare Foundation: $6,500 over 1y, 0.2% 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 155.

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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.

Water Environment FederationVA24× affinity9 shared granteesties to 1 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Water Environment Federation · AARP · Transitcenter Inc · Hdr Foundation · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated · Kpf Foundation Co Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC · Pwc Foundation Inc · AT&T Foundation · The William Penn Foundation · Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida Foundation · The Sidley Austin 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 Jacobs Engineering Foundation

How much does Jacobs Engineering Foundation give?
Jacobs Engineering Foundation reported 396 itemized grants totaling $2,655,181, out of $3,560,312 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing.
What does Jacobs Engineering Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (7%), International (7%), Science & Tech (3%).
Who are Jacobs Engineering Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: US Water Alliance ($60k), The Water Research Foundation ($59k), National League of Cities ($50k).
Does Jacobs Engineering Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Jacobs Engineering Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Water Environment Federation, AARP, Transitcenter Inc.
Where is Jacobs Engineering Foundation based?
Jacobs Engineering Foundation is based in TX.

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 573 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-PF 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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