Texas · Private foundation
Jess and Varda Fields 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.
- $21k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,180
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $41k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Jess and Varda Fields Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 87% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 13% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 8 | $21k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $20k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $6k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $4k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $21k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $7k | 71% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $15k | 71% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $14k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ut Chabad House | $25,360 | 6 | n/a |
| Northeast Houston Baptist Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Shul of Bellaire Chabad Lubavitch | $4,570 | 4 | n/a |
| Baylor University | $3,843 | 1 | 0% |
| Golfers Against Cancer Inc | $3,183 | 1 | 1% |
| Hermann Park Conservancy | $3,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Niekro Aneurysm and Avm Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Nancy Owens Breast Cancer Foundation | $360 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ut Chabad House | $25,360 | 6 | n/a |
| Northeast Houston Baptist Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Shul of Bellaire Chabad Lubavitch | $4,570 | 4 | n/a |
| Baylor University | $3,843 | 1 | 0% |
| Golfers Against Cancer Inc | $3,183 | 1 | 1% |
| Hermann Park Conservancy | $3,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Niekro Aneurysm and Avm Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Nancy Owens Breast Cancer Foundation | $360 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Torah Vachesed | $180 | 1 | n/a |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Santa Maria Hostel Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas 4000 for Cancer | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Congregation Emanu El | $36 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Beth Yeshurun | $36 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($59k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Jess and Varda Fields 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.
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How this is measured
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About Jess and Varda Fields Foundation
- How much does Jess and Varda Fields Foundation give?
- Jess and Varda Fields Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $20,611 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Jess and Varda Fields Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (56%), Health (19%), Arts & Culture (7%).
- Who are Jess and Varda Fields Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Ut Chabad House ($25k), Northeast Houston Baptist Church ($5k), The Shul of Bellaire Chabad Lubavitch ($5k).
- Does Jess and Varda Fields Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Jess and Varda Fields 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 Jess and Varda Fields Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, Jewish Federation of Greater Houston, Houston Jewish Community Foundation.
- Where is Jess and Varda Fields Foundation based?
- Jess and Varda Fields Foundation is based in TX.
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