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Jewell Foundation Limited

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.

$110k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
35
Grants FY2025
31
Organizations funded FY2024
23%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,084
Largest grant, FY2025
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
25 to 34
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
8
Total assets, FY2025
$2.2M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 23% of the organizations Jewell Foundation Limited funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentCivil RightsInternationalHuman ServicesCrime & LegalPublic BenefitOther
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
FY2025still arriving34$107k26%
FY202431$99k23%
FY202325$68k20%
FY202230$107k7%
FY202132$130k28%
FY202033$123k30%
FY201934$129k44%
FY201826$113k54%
96% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$176kHealth$147kEducation$108kCommunity Improvement$74kCrime & Legal$67kFood & Nutrition$61kInternational$54kArts & Culture$48kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
WA
IL
NY
MA
OR
OH
NJ
CA
VA
MD
AZ
TN
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 60 grantees
All grantees of Jewell Foundation Limited by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
East Bay Community Law Center$55,50080%
Prison University Project Inc Dba Mount Tamalpais College$53,94690%
The Potomac Conservancy Inc$42,50091%
Berkeley Community Scholars DBA Berkeley Community Fund$35,40061%
Dolores C Huerta Foundation$35,32080%
C&O Canal Trust Inc$35,00071%
Institute for Policy Studies$34,00080%
Positive Communication Practices Inc$31,55041%
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights$27,66040%
Center for Common Ground$25,35061%
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc$24,50090%
Kqed Inc$21,00050%
Infact DBA Corporate Accountability$19,00070%
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc$17,50070%
Ashby Village Inc$17,00071%
Physicians for a National Health Program$16,5004n/a
Oakland Elizabeth House$16,00031%
Physicians for Social Responsibility$14,50060%
Insight Housing FKA Berkeley Food and Housing Project$13,00030%
One Fair Wage Inc$11,00030%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$10,88460%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$10,50040%
Kovno Communications Inc$10,0002n/a
Physicians for a National Health Program$10,00020%
Public Citizen Foundation Inc$10,00020%
The Andrew Goodman Foundation Inc$9,00040%
Center for Constitutional Rights$8,00030%
Community Water Center$7,80030%
Sierra Club$7,00030%
Center on Race Poverty & the Environment$5,37030%
Valley Voices$5,30030%
J-Sei Inc$5,00030%
Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind Inc$5,00030%
Alameda Emergency Food DBA Alameda Food Bank$5,00010%
Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc$5,00020%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$4,00020%
Rubicon Programs Inc$4,00020%
Community Bridges$3,20010%
National Japanese American Historical Society Inc$3,00030%
Actblue Charities Inc$3,0001n/a
Sierra Club Foundation$3,00010%
K9s for Warriors Inc$3,00030%
Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative Education Fund Inc$3,00011%
Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative Inc$3,00013%
Pro Publica Inc$2,0001n/a
Project K9 Hero$2,00020%
Asian & Pacific Islander American Vote$2,00010%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$2,00010%
The Actors' Fund of America$2,0001n/a
The Shepherds Table Inc$2,00020%
John Muir Land Trust prev Muir Heritage Land Trust$2,00010%
Densho$2,00020%
National Park Foundation$2,00010%
Working America Education Fund$1,50010%
Independent Arts & Media$1,0001n/a
Western Regional Advocacy Project$1,00010%
The Mercy Health Clinic Inc$1,0001n/a
Lava Mae$1,00010%
Community Initiatives$1,00010%
Claremont Canyon Conservancy$1,00011%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($271k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Jewell Foundation Limited supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEast Bay Community Law Center: $55,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetPrison University Project Inc Dba Mount Tamalpais College: $53,946 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetThe Potomac Conservancy Inc: $42,500 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetBerkeley Community Scholars DBA Berkeley Community Fund: $35,400 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetDolores C Huerta Foundation: $35,320 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetC&O Canal Trust Inc: $35,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetInstitute for Policy Studies: $34,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetPositive Communication Practices Inc: $31,550 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetElla Baker Center for Human Rights: $27,660 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCenter for Common Ground: $25,350 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetChesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: $24,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetKqed Inc: $21,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetInfact DBA Corporate Accountability: $19,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetThe Union of Concerned Scientists Inc: $17,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAshby Village Inc: $17,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetOakland Elizabeth House: $16,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetPhysicians for Social Responsibility: $14,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetInsight Housing FKA Berkeley Food and Housing Project: $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOne Fair Wage Inc: $11,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $10,884 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $10,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPhysicians for a National Health Program: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPublic Citizen Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Andrew Goodman Foundation Inc: $9,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCenter for Constitutional Rights: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Water Center: $7,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSierra Club: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCenter on Race Poverty & the Environment: $5,370 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetValley Voices: $5,300 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetJ-Sei Inc: $5,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGuide Dog Foundation for the Blind Inc: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAlameda Emergency Food DBA Alameda Food Bank: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRubicon Programs Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Bridges: $3,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Japanese American Historical Society Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSierra Club Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetK9s for Warriors Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMaryland Citizens' Health Initiative Education Fund Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMaryland Citizens' Health Initiative Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetProject K9 Hero: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAsian & Pacific Islander American Vote: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWikimedia Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Shepherds Table Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJohn Muir Land Trust prev Muir Heritage Land Trust: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDensho: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 53.

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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.

The San Francisco FoundationCA35.8× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · The California Wellness Foundation · The James Irvine Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The California Endowment · Tides Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Cerity Partners Foundation · United Way of the Bay Area

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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How do I get to Jewell Foundation Limited?

Find your warmest path to Jewell Foundation Limited through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Jewell Foundation Limited

How much does Jewell Foundation Limited give?
Jewell Foundation Limited reported 35 grants totaling $110,084 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 34 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Jewell Foundation Limited fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (17%), Health (14%), Education (11%).
Who are Jewell Foundation Limited's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: East Bay Community Law Center ($56k), Prison University Project Inc Dba Mount Tamalpais College ($54k), The Potomac Conservancy Inc ($43k).
Does Jewell Foundation Limited fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Jewell Foundation Limited 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 Jewell Foundation Limited?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Francisco Foundation, East Bay Community Foundation, The California Wellness Foundation.
Where is Jewell Foundation Limited based?
Jewell Foundation Limited is based in MD.

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 97 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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