Maryland · Private foundation
No Plain Jane Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $92k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2026
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $16,500
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 5
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 2
- Total assets, FY2026
- $2.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 50% of the organizations No Plain Jane Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 3 | $75k | 33% |
| FY2025 | 2 | $110k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $94k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $70k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $80k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $150k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $315k | 80% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $32k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joyce Meyer Ministries Inc | $370,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Rest Connection | $184,000 | 5 | 28% |
| Bucks County Opportunity Council Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| North Point Ministries Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Filmmakers Collaborative Inc | $49,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Center for Action and Contemplation | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Autism Cares Foundation | $40,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| A Woman's Place | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joyce Meyer Ministries Inc | $370,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Rest Connection | $184,000 | 5 | 28% |
| Bucks County Opportunity Council Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| North Point Ministries Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Filmmakers Collaborative Inc | $49,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Center for Action and Contemplation | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Autism Cares Foundation | $40,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| A Woman's Place | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| St Pauls Lutheran Church | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Grove City College | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Doylestown Rugby | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Refreshing Life Praise Cathedral Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Young Life | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity Choptank Inc | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Talbot Hospice Foundation Inc | $8,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Greater Things | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fly Fishing Collaborative | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($251k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
No Plain Jane Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
Open a dossier: Foundations Community Partnership · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About No Plain Jane Foundation
- How much does No Plain Jane Foundation give?
- No Plain Jane Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $91,500 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 5 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does No Plain Jane Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Religion (48%), Human Services (13%), Community Improvement (8%).
- Who are No Plain Jane Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Joyce Meyer Ministries Inc ($370k), Rest Connection ($184k), Bucks County Opportunity Council Inc ($100k).
- Does No Plain Jane Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does No Plain Jane 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 No Plain Jane Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Foundations Community Partnership, The Blackbaud Giving Fund, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is No Plain Jane Foundation based?
- No Plain Jane Foundation is based in MD.
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