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Jacobsen Lake Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$4k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$67kCivil Rights$32kHuman Services$12kArts & Culture$4kYouth Development$2kInternational$2kEnvironment$2kHealth$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$264k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH$3,500
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH$3,000
SALT LAKE CIVIL NETWORK$2,000
CITY ACADEMY$1,500
ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM$750
WOUNDED WARRIORS$750
PREBORN$750
TUNNEL TO TOWERS$750
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $2k → 14%PREBORN: $1k → 16%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%PREBORN: $1k → 16%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%PREBORN: $750 → 16%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
IN
UT
MD
AZ
DC
OK
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$119k · 15 repeat orgs$5k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +77% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
7

Total granted

$119k
$5k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+77%
+29%

Still filing today

67%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentCivil RightsYouth DevelopmentHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CA
    City Academy
    9× · 2017–2025 · $11k · revenue +39%
  • ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM
    9× · 2017–2025 · $9k · revenue +134%
  • WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC
    5× · 2017–2022 · $6k · revenue +90%

Funded once

  • IC
    INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR LAW
    one grant, 2023 · $1k
  • WF
    WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONALgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $1k · revenue +26%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $750
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

To effectively and efficiently mitigate risks to the reliability and security of the western interconnection's bulk power system.

Public Benefit
2
Utah Domestic Violence Advisory Council

The organization's mission is to end domestic violence in utah through advocacy, education, collaboration, and leadership. the organization is the nationally recognized domestic violence coalition for the state of utah.

Crime & Legal
3
Utah Water Ways Inc

Utah water ways promotes water conservation through collaboration between government, non-profit groups, and private sector partners and empowers the public to be wise stewards of this critical shared resource.

Environment
4
Utah Foundation

Utah foundation's mission is to produce objective, thorough and well- reasoned research and analysis that promotes the effective use of public resources, a thriving economy, a well-prepared workforce and a high quality of life for utahns.…

Public Benefit
5
Midwives College of Utah

Educate and train midwives to provide safe, professional, affordable and personal maternity and general health care.

Education
6
Utah World Trade Center

World trade center utah accelerates growth for utah companies through our global networks, programs, and services.

Community Improvement
7
United Way of Greater Salt Lake

United way of salt lake (uwsl) mobilizes people and resources to support basic needs and education.

Human Services
8
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
9
Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment

The organization is dedicated to protecting the health and well-being of the citizens of utah by promoting science-based health education.

Environment
10
Utah Swat Inc
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11
American Civil Liberties Union of Utah

The organization's mission is to preserve and promote individual civil rights and civil liberties as guaranteed by the united states and utah constitutions and the civil rights laws within the state of utah.

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12
Womens Campaign International

Women's campaign international (wci) empowers girls and women around the world to actively participate and fill leadership roles in the economy, community development, civil society, and pacebuilding efforts.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is Save Our Great Salt Lake. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 22 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
11/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH: $48,375 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF UTAHSALT LAKE CIVIL NETWORK INC: $13,601 · OtherSALT LAKE CIVIL NETWORK INCBYU INT'L CTR FOR LAW & RELIGION: $10,000 · OtherBYU INT'L CTR FOR LAW & RELIGIONUNIV OF UTAH MUSEUM OF FINE ART: $4,000 · Other+7 more: $7,100 · Other+7 moreCity Academy: $10,500 · EducationCity AcademyFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $3,590 · EducationFOLDS OF HONOR F…STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $3,550 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER T…WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $6,363 · Human ServicesMission Pre-Born Inc: $2,750 · Human ServicesALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $8,650 · Civil RightsGIRL SCOUTS OF UTAH: $2,000 · Youth DevelopmentHEALTHY ENVIRONMENT ALLIANCE OF UTAH: $1,000 · EnvironmentSAVE OUR GREAT SALT LAKE: $1,000 · EnvironmentWOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL: $1,000 · InternationalWasatch Homeless Health Care: $749 · Health
Other$83,076Education$17,640Human Services$9,113Civil Rights$8,650Youth Development$2,000Environment$2,000International$1,000Health$749

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSALT LAKE CIVIL NETWORK INC: $13,601 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetCity Academy: $10,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $8,650 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $6,363 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $3,590 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $3,550 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMission Pre-Born Inc: $2,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF UTAH: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHEALTHY ENVIRONMENT ALLIANCE OF UTAH: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWasatch Homeless Health Care: $749 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Women's Christian Association of Utah: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds SALT LAKE CIVIL NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds City Academy ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Mission Pre-Born Inc ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF UTAH ↗
  • Who funds HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT ALLIANCE OF UTAH ↗
  • Who funds SAVE OUR GREAT SALT LAKE ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds Wasatch Homeless Health Care ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Young Women's Christian Association of Utah ↗

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.

Hemingway FoundationThe Community Foundat…American Express Foun…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Hemingway FoundationIL13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Jacobsen Lake Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jacobsen Lake Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 22 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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