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Max & Belle Jacoby Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$12k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
25
Grants FY2025
24
Organizations funded FY2024
29%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$500
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,000
Organizations funded a year
16 to 28
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
8
Total assets, FY2025
$125k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Max & Belle Jacoby Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentInternationalHealthAnimalsArts & CultureEducationOther
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 arriving23$12k48%
FY202424$13k29%
FY202328$11k54%
FY202225$10k60%
FY202124$13k88%
FY202016$21kn/a
93% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Environment$20kHealth$16kAnimals$7kEducation$7kArts & Culture$6kHuman Services$5kInternational$4kPhilanthropy$3kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
PA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
MD
DC
LA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 45 grantees
All grantees of Max & Belle Jacoby Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Heritage Conservancy Inc$8,70050%
University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc$3,00030%
River Crossing Young Men's Christian Association$2,50010%
Land Preservation Trust Inc$2,20050%
American Academy of Ophthalmology Inc$2,00020%
Franklin & Marshall College$2,00020%
The Maryland Spca Inc$1,95040%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$1,77540%
Protect Democracy Project$1,75020%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$1,45030%
Bucks County Housing Group Inc$1,26640%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$1,15020%
Project Orbis International Inc$1,15020%
World Central Kitchen Inc$1,10030%
Fbi Agents Association Memorial College Fund$1,0001n/a
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund Inc$1,00010%
Defenders of Wildlife$95020%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$85030%
County Theater Inc$68130%
The Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology$65010%
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc$65010%
Fbi Agents Association$50010%
Leadership Philadelphia$50010%
Rolling Harvest Food Rescue$50010%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$50010%
American Bird Conservancy$30010%
Feeding America$30010%
Doylestown Health Foundation$30010%
Rainforest Trust$30010%
Americares Foundation Inc$30010%
Bucks County Audubon Society$30020%
Alzheimer's Foundation of America Inc$30010%
Helping Up Mission Inc$30010%
National Geographic Society$25010%
Bucks County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$25010%
Aark Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Center Inc$25010%
National Park Foundation$25010%
National Audubon Society Inc$25010%
The Bucks County Historical Society Inc$2501n/a
Former Agents of the FBI Foundation$25010%
Road Recovery Foundation Inc$25010%
Birthright Israel Foundation$25010%
Fbiaa Membership Assistance Fund$25010%
The Barnes Foundation$17010%
Doylestown Fire Company No 1$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 40 recipients with no EIN on record ($35k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Max & Belle Jacoby Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHeritage Conservancy Inc: $8,700 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRiver Crossing Young Men's Christian Association: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLand Preservation Trust Inc: $2,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Academy of Ophthalmology Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFranklin & Marshall College: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Maryland Spca Inc: $1,950 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $1,775 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetProtect Democracy Project: $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $1,450 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBucks County Housing Group Inc: $1,266 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $1,150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetProject Orbis International Inc: $1,150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $1,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNational Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $950 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $850 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCounty Theater Inc: $681 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology: $650 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: $650 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFbi Agents Association: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLeadership Philadelphia: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRolling Harvest Food Rescue: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Bird Conservancy: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDoylestown Health Foundation: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRainforest Trust: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmericares Foundation Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBucks County Audubon Society: $300 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAlzheimer's Foundation of America Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHelping Up Mission Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Geographic Society: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBucks County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAark Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Center Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Audubon Society Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFormer Agents of the FBI Foundation: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRoad Recovery Foundation Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBirthright Israel Foundation: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFbiaa Membership Assistance Fund: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Barnes Foundation: $170 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDoylestown Fire Company No 1: $100 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 43.

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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 Marvin and Dee Woodall Charitable FoundationPA17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Marvin and Dee Woodall Charitable Foundation · Foundations Community Partnership · Penn Community Bank Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · The Byers Foundation · Bucks County Foundation · Bbla Foundation Inc · Waldman Family Charitable Trust · Bucks County Conference & Visitors Bureau · Norman Raab Foundation · Chubb Charitable 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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How do I get to Max & Belle Jacoby Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Max & Belle Jacoby Foundation 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 Max & Belle Jacoby Foundation

How much does Max & Belle Jacoby Foundation give?
Max & Belle Jacoby Foundation reported 25 grants totaling $12,020 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 28 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Max & Belle Jacoby Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (24%), Health (20%), Animals (9%).
Who are Max & Belle Jacoby Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Heritage Conservancy Inc ($9k), University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc ($3k), River Crossing Young Men's Christian Association ($3k).
Does Max & Belle Jacoby Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Max & Belle Jacoby Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Max & Belle Jacoby Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Marvin and Dee Woodall Charitable Foundation, Foundations Community Partnership, Penn Community Bank Foundation.
Where is Max & Belle Jacoby Foundation based?
Max & Belle Jacoby Foundation is based in PA.

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 87 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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