Texas · Private foundation
JSL Foundation
Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $69k
- Granted FY2021
- 5
- Grants FY2021
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2021
- $15,500
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $19,700
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 40% of the organizations JSL Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 57% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $39k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 5 | $69k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $13k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $9k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $5k | 57% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $3k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Creative Communication Ce | $19,700 | 1 | 4% |
| Dallas Chinese Bible Church | $19,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Plano Chinese Alliance Church | $6,200 | 4 | n/a |
| Austin Chinese Church | $700 | 1 | n/a |
| Bible Study Fellowship | $70 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($53k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
About JSL Foundation
- How much does JSL Foundation give?
- JSL Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $69,200 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does JSL Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Religion (99%), Food & Nutrition (1%).
- Who are JSL Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Christian Creative Communication Ce ($20k), Dallas Chinese Bible Church ($20k), Plano Chinese Alliance Church ($6k).
- Does JSL Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does JSL 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 JSL Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is JSL Foundation based?
- JSL Foundation is based in TX.
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