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Stacy R Jacobs Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$871k
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$350k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$692kCommunity Improvement$529kPhilanthropy$305kEnvironment$285kArts & Culture$267kInternational$90kAnimals$27kRecreation & Sports$16kOther$0
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k9 grants · $31k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $55k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $135k
  • $250k+2 grants · $650k
$8,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$341k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UC BERKELEY FOUNDATION$350,000
The Invictus Fund NV$300,000
Ole Health Foundation$135,000
LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE$15,000
The Population Council Inc$15,000
Napa Valley Vine Trail Coalition$13,937
Athenaeum Music Arts Library$11,000
East Bay Agency for Children$8,000
Curebound$5,250
Uplift Youth Foundation$5,206
Rooftop Films$5,154
NAPA VALLEY VINTNERS$4,300
If When How$1,500
Deaf Counseling AdvocacyReferral Ag$1,055
RUTHERFORD VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMEN$500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–19, $500) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN DIEGO: $500 → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MI
NY
MA
CA
CO
VA
AZ
DC
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.0M · 15 repeat orgs$566k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
17

Total granted

$3.0M
$225k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+28%

Still filing today

80%
76%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $341k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyAnimalsEnvironmentEducationOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • NV
    Napa Valley Vintners
    3× · 2017–2024 · $529k · revenue +1%
  • ID
    Infact DBA Corporate Accountability
    5× · 2018–2023 · $285k · revenue +24%
  • TA
    THEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DBA LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE
    7× · 2017–2024 · $88k · revenue +63%

Funded once

  • PS
    POPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL
    one grant, 2020 · $75k · revenue -31%
  • FL
    Family Life Resource Center Incgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue +31%
  • JA
    Jameson Animal Rescue Ranch
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue -24%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
2
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
3
California Forward

Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…

Public Benefit
4
San Francisco Film Society

SFFILM is a nonprofit organization whose mission ensures independent voices in film are welcomed, heard, and given the resources to thrive. SFFILM connects and inspires audiences, students and teachers, and filmmakers through our film…

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5
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
6
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego

The museum of contemporary art san diego invites all audiences to experience our world, our region, and ourselves through the prism of contemporary art.

Arts & Culture
7
San Diego Opera Association

Mission: the mission of san diego opera is to deliver exceptional performances and exciting, accessible programs to diverse audiences, focusing on community partnerships, and the transformative and expressive power of the human voice. as…

Arts & Culture
8
Women Donors Network

Women donors network advances a just, equitable, and sustainable world through the power of philanthropy, women's leadership, and collective and individual action.

Philanthropy
9
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
10
California Association of Nonprofits

Calnonprofits, the leading policy voice for california's nonprofit sector, focuses on advocacy, education, and research to build a more powerful and politically engaged nonprofit network across california.

Philanthropy
11
San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory

The San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory is dedicated to the conservation of birds and their habitats through science and outreach.

Environment
12
The Bar Association of San Francisco

The bar association of san francisco champions equal access to justice and promotes humanity, excellence, and diversity in the legal profession. we provide legal services to disadvantaged and underserved individuals in san francisco. we…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank; the most unlike its peers is Sawa-Someone a World Away. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

32 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 32 of the 40 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
32/32
Grantees still filing
19/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UC BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $1,330,000 · OtherUC BERKELEY FOUNDATIONNapa Valley Vintners: $529,050 · OtherNapa Valley VintnersPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $90,000 · OtherPOPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL: $75,000 · Other+15 more: $156,622 · Other+15 moreOLE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $540,450 · PhilanthropyOLE HEALTH FOUNDATIONTHE INVICTUS FUND NV: $300,000 · PhilanthropyTHE INVICTUS FUND NV+1 more: $5,000 · PhilanthropyInfact DBA Corporate Accountability: $285,000 · EnvironmentInfact DB…Napa Valley Vine Trail Coalition: $16,437 · EnvironmentNapa Vall…THEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DBA LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE: $87,900 · Arts & CultureTHE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART LOS ANGELES: $54,400 · Arts & CultureWOMEN MAKE MOVIES INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureMIJENTE SUPPORT COMMITTEE: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $11,154 · Arts & CultureJameson Animal Rescue Ranch: $20,000 · AnimalsSAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA: $6,500 · AnimalsEast Bay Agency for Children: $8,000 · HealthCUREBOUND: $5,250 · HealthUPLIFT YOUTH FOUNDATION: $5,206 · HealthONE MIND: $5,000 · HealthNORTHERN BAND AND ORCHESTRA PARENTS: $15,000 · EducationROOM TO READ: $1,414 · Education
Other$2,180,672Philanthropy$845,450Environment$301,437Arts & Culture$183,454Animals$26,500Health$23,456Education$16,414

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOLE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $540,450 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetNapa Valley Vintners: $529,050 over 3y, 8.3% of budgetTHE INVICTUS FUND NV: $300,000 over 1y, 37% of budgetInfact DBA Corporate Accountability: $285,000 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetTHEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DBA LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE: $87,900 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetPOPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL: $75,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART LOS ANGELES: $54,400 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFamily Life Resource Center Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetJameson Animal Rescue Ranch: $20,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetWOMEN MAKE MOVIES INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNapa Valley Vine Trail Coalition: $16,437 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetNORTHERN BAND AND ORCHESTRA PARENTS: $15,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetTHE POPULATION COUNCIL INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTER: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMIJENTE SUPPORT COMMITTEE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEast Bay Agency for Children: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA: $6,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCUREBOUND: $5,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUPLIFT YOUTH FOUNDATION: $5,206 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetROOFTOP FILMS INC: $5,154 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRESOURCE GENERATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetONE MIND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAWA-SOMEONE A WORLD AWAY: $4,500 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetBALBOA ART CONSERVATION CENTER: $4,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRUTHERFORD VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $2,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetIFWHENHOW: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROOM TO READ: $1,414 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetdi Rosa Preserve: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN DIEGO: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Jewish Community Foun…Amalgamated Charitabl…Robert Lee Hudson Fou…Tides FoundationEast Bay Community Fo…The San Francisco Fou…American Endowment Fo…ImpactassetsincThe Ayco Charitable F…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Morgan Stanley Global…Silicon Valley Commun…
Jewish Community Foundation of San DiegoCA14.9× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Robert Lee Hudson Foundation · Tides Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Impactassetsinc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Silicon Valley Community 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Stacy R Jacobs Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Stacy R Jacobs Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Infact Dba Corporate Accountability: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to Stacy R Jacobs Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Stacy R Jacobs 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.

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 40 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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