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John T and Suzanne S Jacobus Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$91k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
11
Grants FY2025
11
Organizations funded FY2024
0%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$15,000
Organizations funded a year
11 to 28
FY2017 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
3
Total assets, FY2025
$2.3M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 0% of the organizations John T and Suzanne S Jacobus Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’18’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEnvironmentHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsOther
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 arriving11$91k55%
FY202411$95k0%
FY202313$101k8%
FY202213$84k38%
FY202113$66k38%
FY202015$68k20%
FY201827$62k15%
FY201728$54kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$197kHousing & Shelter$164kPhilanthropy$85kEnvironment$75kArts & Culture$59kHealth$31kEducation$24kFood & Nutrition$20kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
NY
OH
NJ
CA
AZ
NC
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.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Community Service Alliance$82,50069%
Sojourner Family Peace Center Inc$77,55060%
Urban Ecology Center Inc$75,00050%
Safe Alliance Inc$43,00050%
Bridge Communities Inc$43,00040%
Food Pantry of Waukesha County Inc$20,00040%
Community Advocates Inc$18,00030%
Milwaukee Rescue Mission$18,0007n/a
Milwaukee Public Museum Inc$15,00050%
The Women's Center Inc$15,00030%
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All grantees of John T and Suzanne S Jacobus Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Community Service Alliance$82,50069%
Sojourner Family Peace Center Inc$77,55060%
Urban Ecology Center Inc$75,00050%
Safe Alliance Inc$43,00050%
Bridge Communities Inc$43,00040%
Food Pantry of Waukesha County Inc$20,00040%
Community Advocates Inc$18,00030%
Milwaukee Rescue Mission$18,0007n/a
Milwaukee Public Museum Inc$15,00050%
The Women's Center Inc$15,00030%
Milwaukee Art Museum Inc$10,50030%
Roof Above Inc$10,00010%
The New York Times Communities Fund$10,00020%
Julie and Michael Tracy Family Foundation$10,00011%
Charlotte Film Society$10,00011%
United Performing Arts Fund Inc$9,50030%
The Uwm Foundation Inc$9,25020%
Smile Train Inc$9,00070%
The Milwaukee Women's Center Inc$8,55020%
Pathfinders Milwaukee Inc$8,00040%
Shelter From the Storm Inc$7,5502n/a
The Relatives Inc$7,20210%
The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc$6,50020%
Eisenhower Medical Center$6,00060%
Red Arrow Camp Foundation Inc$5,00041%
Autism Speaks Inc$5,00010%
Guide Dogs of the Desert$4,00040%
Friends for Health in Haiti Inc$4,00021%
Hope Center Inc$4,00040%
University Radio Foundation Inc$3,00010%
Chicago Public Media Inc$3,00010%
Hephzibah Children's Association$3,00010%
Messmer Inc$3,0001n/a
Fresh Air Fund$3,00010%
Betty Brinn Children's Museum Inc$2,00020%
American Heart Association Inc$50010%
Elmbrook Humane Society Inc$25010%
Northpoint Community Church$2501n/a
Badger Institute Inc$20020%
Wisconsin Policy Forum Inc$20020%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($53k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget John T and Suzanne S Jacobus Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCommunity Service Alliance: $82,500 over 6y, 9.1% of budgetSojourner Family Peace Center Inc: $77,550 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetUrban Ecology Center Inc: $75,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSafe Alliance Inc: $43,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetBridge Communities Inc: $43,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFood Pantry of Waukesha County Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Advocates Inc: $18,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMilwaukee Public Museum Inc: $15,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Women's Center Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMilwaukee Art Museum Inc: $10,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRoof Above Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe New York Times Communities Fund: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJulie and Michael Tracy Family Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCharlotte Film Society: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetUnited Performing Arts Fund Inc: $9,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Uwm Foundation Inc: $9,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSmile Train Inc: $9,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Milwaukee Women's Center Inc: $8,550 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPathfinders Milwaukee Inc: $8,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Relatives Inc: $7,202 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Medical College of Wisconsin Inc: $6,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEisenhower Medical Center: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRed Arrow Camp Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetAutism Speaks Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGuide Dogs of the Desert: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFriends for Health in Haiti Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetHope Center Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity Radio Foundation Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Public Media Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHephzibah Children's Association: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFresh Air Fund: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBetty Brinn Children's Museum Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetElmbrook Humane Society Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBadger Institute Inc: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWisconsin Policy Forum Inc: $200 over 2y, 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 36.

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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.

Herbert H Kohl Charities IncWI23.4× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Joseph and Vera Zilber Family Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Weiss Family Foundation · Ralph Evinrude Foundation Inc · Harley-Davidson Foundation Inc · Waukesha County Community Foundation · Green Bay Packers 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 John T and Suzanne S Jacobus Family Foundation

How much does John T and Suzanne S Jacobus Family Foundation give?
John T and Suzanne S Jacobus Family Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $91,202 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 28 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
What does John T and Suzanne S Jacobus Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (28%), Housing & Shelter (24%), Philanthropy (12%).
Who are John T and Suzanne S Jacobus Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Community Service Alliance ($83k), Sojourner Family Peace Center Inc ($78k), Urban Ecology Center Inc ($75k).
Does John T and Suzanne S Jacobus Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does John T and Suzanne S Jacobus Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as John T and Suzanne S Jacobus Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc, United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc, Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc.
Where is John T and Suzanne S Jacobus Family Foundation based?
John T and Suzanne S Jacobus Family Foundation is based in WI.

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 53 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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