Iowa · Private foundation
Richard O Jacobson Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $200k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $200,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $69M
- 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 Richard O Jacobson 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $200k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $370k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $4.2M | 33% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $8.9M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $2.5M | 40% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $8.8M | 56% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $23M | 89% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $14M | 56% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa State University Foundation | $13,000,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Iowa State Fair Foundation | $12,715,999 | 4 | 75% |
| Pinellas County Education Foundation Inc | $6,350,000 | 4 | 56% |
| State University of Iowa Foundation | $4,500,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Clearwater Marine Aquarium Inc | $3,000,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Creative Pinellas Inc | $2,500,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trinity Lutheran Church | $2,104,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Build a Better Belmond | $1,200,000 | 3 | 47% |
| Youth and Shelter Services Inc | $1,000,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Chapel by the Sea | $706,000 | 4 | n/a |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa State University Foundation | $13,000,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Iowa State Fair Foundation | $12,715,999 | 4 | 75% |
| Pinellas County Education Foundation Inc | $6,350,000 | 4 | 56% |
| State University of Iowa Foundation | $4,500,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Clearwater Marine Aquarium Inc | $3,000,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Creative Pinellas Inc | $2,500,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trinity Lutheran Church | $2,104,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Build a Better Belmond | $1,200,000 | 3 | 47% |
| Youth and Shelter Services Inc | $1,000,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Chapel by the Sea | $706,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Ellipsis Inc | $350,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Iowa | $250,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Tampa Bay Charities Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 56% |
| Clearwater for Youth Inc | $110,000 | 2 | 15% |
| Variety - the Children's Charity of Iowa | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Blank Park Zoo Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| World Food Prize Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($18M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Richard O Jacobson Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 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: Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Deb & Bob Pulver Foundation · Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc · Susan J Glazer Foundation · John Ruan Foundation Trust · Kyle J & Sharon Krause Family Foundation · Ita Group Foundation · The West Bancorporation Foundation Inc · The Merchants Bonding Company Foundation · Meredith Corporation Foundation · Henry G & Norma Peterson Charitable Tr · Thomas & Linda Koehn Foundation
How this is measured
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About Richard O Jacobson Foundation
- How much does Richard O Jacobson Foundation give?
- Richard O Jacobson Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $200,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Richard O Jacobson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (47%), Recreation & Sports (18%), Philanthropy (10%).
- Who are Richard O Jacobson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Iowa State University Foundation ($13M), Iowa State Fair Foundation ($13M), Pinellas County Education Foundation Inc ($6.3M).
- Does Richard O Jacobson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Richard O Jacobson Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Richard O Jacobson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn, Deb & Bob Pulver Foundation, Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc.
- Where is Richard O Jacobson Foundation based?
- Richard O Jacobson Foundation is based in IA.
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