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Jay and Ruth Pack Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$558k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
42
Grants FY2024
37
Organizations funded FY2023
38%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$118,000
Organizations funded a year
10 to 37
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
12
Total assets, FY2024
$5.7M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 38% of the organizations Jay and Ruth Pack Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthHuman ServicesEducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyFood & NutritionOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving40$498k53%
FY202337$420k38%
FY202232$532k50%
FY202120$444k30%
FY202028$355k64%
FY201919$207k63%
FY201814$158k64%
FY201710$201kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$945kEnvironment$617kPhilanthropy$349kFood & Nutrition$312kReligion$255kHuman Services$158kArts & Culture$119kHealth$102kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
MA
NJ
CT
CA
MO
VA
MD
DE
AZ
KS
TN
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 67 grantees
All grantees of Jay and Ruth Pack Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society Inc$539,49971%
Umkc Foundation$380,00041%
The George W Bush Foundation$349,43370%
North Texas Food Bank$109,62630%
Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City$101,80030%
Foundation for Fresh Produce by Ifpa Inc$100,00038%
Naval Postgraduate School Foundation Inc$78,49350%
Powell Gardens Inc$77,05731%
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc$60,00060%
Share Our Strength$52,80030%
Village Shalom Inc$38,39130%
The Nasher Sculpture Center$37,25650%
First Call Alcoholdrug Prevention Recovery$36,80070%
Brighter Bites Inc$35,22820%
Digital Nest Inc$27,50031%
Montage Health Foundation$25,18050%
Pembroke Hill School$22,16050%
The Teak Fellowship Inc$20,00010%
Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum$16,70030%
The Crystal Charity Ball$15,36030%
Friends of United Hatzalah Inc$10,40010%
Maddies Mission Foundation$10,00013%
Aberg Center for Literacy$9,60031%
Congregation Beth Shalom$7,2001n/a
Baylor Health Care System Foundation$5,40010%
Americares Foundation Inc$5,00010%
City Year Inc$5,00010%
The Houston Food Bank$5,00010%
Dallas Children's Advocacy Center$5,00010%
Foundation for the Defense of Democracies Inc$5,00010%
Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute for Texas$4,30020%
Sonoma Family Meal$3,60013%
All Saints Episcopal Day School$3,6001n/a
Boys & Girls Clubs of Monterey County$3,50010%
American Jewish Committee$2,50010%
Baylor Scott & White Health$2,50010%
Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas Inc$2,50010%
American Friends of Leket Israel Inc$1,80010%
American Society for Yad Vashem Inc$1,80010%
American Friends of Meir Panim$1,80010%
Friends of Duvdevan$1,80010%
Cristo Rey$1,8001n/a
Crossroads Community Services Inc$1,80010%
Jewish Agency for Israel - North American Council$1,80010%
The Kansas City Royals Foundation$1,80010%
Pacific Repertory Theatre$1,80010%
Foundation for Angelman Syndrome Therapeutics$1,80010%
Dinner Bell Foundation Inc$1,8001n/a
Forefront Living Foundation$1,08010%
BIGVISION Foundation$1,08010%
Be the Difference Foundation$1,04020%
Friends of Solar Prep$1,00020%
Future Citizens Foundation Dba the First Tee of Monterey County$55010%
Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center$50010%
Semper Fi & America's Fund$18010%
Texas Womans University Foundation Inc$18010%
Covenant House Texas$18010%
Salinas Valley Fair Heritage Foundation Inc$18010%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$18010%
Congregation Shearith Israel Endowment Fund$1801n/a
I Am Als$18010%
Who U With Ministries$18010%
Midwest Center for Holocaust Education$18010%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$18010%
Highland Park Isd Education Foundation$18010%
North Texas Public Broadcasting Inc$18010%
Texas Children's Hospital$18010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 39 recipients with no EIN on record ($573k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Jay and Ruth Pack Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDallas Arboretum and Botanical Society Inc: $539,499 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetUmkc Foundation: $380,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetThe George W Bush Foundation: $349,433 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetNorth Texas Food Bank: $109,626 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City: $101,800 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFoundation for Fresh Produce by Ifpa Inc: $100,000 over 3y, 8.1% of budgetNaval Postgraduate School Foundation Inc: $78,493 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetPowell Gardens Inc: $77,057 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetShare Our Strength: $52,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVillage Shalom Inc: $38,391 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Nasher Sculpture Center: $37,256 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFirst Call Alcoholdrug Prevention Recovery: $36,800 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetBrighter Bites Inc: $35,228 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDigital Nest Inc: $27,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetMontage Health Foundation: $25,180 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPembroke Hill School: $22,160 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Teak Fellowship Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetDallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum: $16,700 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Crystal Charity Ball: $15,360 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of United Hatzalah Inc: $10,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMaddies Mission Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetAberg Center for Literacy: $9,600 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetBaylor Health Care System Foundation: $5,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmericares Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCity Year Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDallas Children's Advocacy Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for the Defense of Democracies Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMeadows Mental Health Policy Institute for Texas: $4,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSonoma Family Meal: $3,600 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Monterey County: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Jewish Committee: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBaylor Scott & White Health: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Greater Texas Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Leket Israel Inc: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Society for Yad Vashem Inc: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Meir Panim: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Duvdevan: $1,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCrossroads Community Services Inc: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Agency for Israel - North American Council: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Kansas City Royals Foundation: $1,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPacific Repertory Theatre: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for Angelman Syndrome Therapeutics: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetForefront Living Foundation: $1,080 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIGVISION Foundation: $1,080 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBe the Difference Foundation: $1,040 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Solar Prep: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% 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 62.

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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.

Greater Kansas City Community FoundationMO19.9× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Monterey Peninsula Foundation · Texas Women's Foundation · Dallas Jewish Community Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · William T & Frances D Grant Charitable Trust and Foundation · Patricia Werthan Uhlmann Foundation · The Hoglund Foundation · The Addy Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City · Ewing Marion Kauffman 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 Jay and Ruth Pack Foundation

How much does Jay and Ruth Pack Foundation give?
Jay and Ruth Pack Foundation reported 42 grants totaling $558,220 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 37 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Jay and Ruth Pack Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (30%), Environment (20%), Philanthropy (11%).
Who are Jay and Ruth Pack Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society Inc ($539k), Umkc Foundation ($380k), The George W Bush Foundation ($349k).
Does Jay and Ruth Pack Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Jay and Ruth Pack 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 Jay and Ruth Pack Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, Monterey Peninsula Foundation.
Where is Jay and Ruth Pack Foundation based?
Jay and Ruth Pack 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 109 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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