California · Private foundation
Jake Fund
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.
- $136k
- Granted FY2018
- 25
- Grants FY2018
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2018
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2018
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Jake Fund’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Oregon Jewish Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2018, the last year Jake Fund named its own grantees at scale: 11 organizations, $136k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2018
- $3,500
- Largest grant, FY2018
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 22 to 25
- FY2017 to FY2018
- States reached, FY2018
- 12
- Total assets, FY2018
- $1.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2018, 36% of the organizations Jake Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | 25 | $136k | 36% |
| FY2017 | 22 | $109k | n/a |
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 FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Jewish Women's Archive Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Abortion Liberation Fund of Pa | $34,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $22,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Animal Protection New Mexico | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| All-Options | $10,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Community Counseling Center Inc | $9,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Negative Population Growth Inc | $9,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Mercy Corps | $4,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Aspen Valley Land Trust | $4,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Midwest Access Coalition | $3,500 | 2 | 4% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Jewish Women's Archive Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Abortion Liberation Fund of Pa | $34,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $22,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Animal Protection New Mexico | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| All-Options | $10,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Community Counseling Center Inc | $9,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Negative Population Growth Inc | $9,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Mercy Corps | $4,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Aspen Valley Land Trust | $4,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Midwest Access Coalition | $3,500 | 2 | 4% |
| Northern Jaguar Project | $3,500 | 2 | 1% |
| The Trumpeter Swan Society | $3,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Girl Scouts of Oregon & Sw Washington Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Yellowstone Forever | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($99k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Jake Fund 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: Horizons Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Jake Fund
- How much does Jake Fund give?
- Jake Fund reported 25 grants totaling $135,500 in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 25 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
- What does Jake Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Community Improvement (58%), Philanthropy (21%), International (5%).
- Who are Jake Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: The Jewish Women's Archive Inc ($50k), Abortion Liberation Fund of Pa ($34k), Friends of the Israel Defense Forces ($22k).
- Does Jake Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2018, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Jake Fund 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 Jake Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Horizons Foundation, Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Jake Fund based?
- Jake Fund is based in CA.
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