Utah · Private foundation
Jacobsen Lake 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.
- $13k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $3,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $264k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Jacobsen Lake Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $13k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $13k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $16k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $16k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $13k | 55% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $13k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $13k | 14% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $13k | 11% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Utah | $48,375 | 9 | n/a |
| Salt Lake Civil Network Inc | $13,601 | 7 | 2% |
| City Academy | $10,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Alliance Defending Freedom | $8,650 | 9 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $6,363 | 5 | 0% |
| Folds of Honor Foundation | $3,590 | 3 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $3,550 | 4 | 0% |
| Mission Pre-Born Inc | $2,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Girl Scouts of Utah | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Utah | $48,375 | 9 | n/a |
| Salt Lake Civil Network Inc | $13,601 | 7 | 2% |
| City Academy | $10,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Alliance Defending Freedom | $8,650 | 9 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $6,363 | 5 | 0% |
| Folds of Honor Foundation | $3,590 | 3 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $3,550 | 4 | 0% |
| Mission Pre-Born Inc | $2,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Girl Scouts of Utah | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Save Our Great Salt Lake | $1,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Women for Women International | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wasatch Homeless Health Care | $749 | 1 | 0% |
| International Dyslexia Association Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Young Women's Christian Association of Utah | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($20k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Jacobsen Lake 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: Hemingway Foundation · The Community Foundation of Utah · American Express Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Jacobsen Lake Foundation
- How much does Jacobsen Lake Foundation give?
- Jacobsen Lake Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $13,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Jacobsen Lake Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (54%), Civil Rights (26%), Human Services (10%).
- Who are Jacobsen Lake Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Utah ($48k), Salt Lake Civil Network Inc ($14k), City Academy ($11k).
- Does Jacobsen Lake Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Jacobsen Lake 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 Jacobsen Lake Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hemingway Foundation, The Community Foundation of Utah, American Express Foundation.
- Where is Jacobsen Lake Foundation based?
- Jacobsen Lake Foundation is based in UT.
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