· Private foundation
The Charles Jacob Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k11 grants · $28k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LIFT - CHICAGO | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| WOMEN EMPLOYED | $5,000 |
| VIRGINIA CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS | $5,000 |
| ONE HEALTH | $4,000 |
| LIVING TRADITIONS | $2,500 |
| OLD TOWN SCHOOL OF FOLK MUSIC | $2,500 |
| MARWEN | $2,500 |
| MY BLOCK MY HOOD MY CITY | $2,000 |
| CRIVITZ YOUTH CENTER | $1,000 |
| OPEN STUDIO PROJECT | $1,000 |
| REFUGEE ONE | $1,000 |
| TASTE FOR THE HOMELESS | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–21, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.
14 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- LILIFT INC6× · 2020–2025 · $65k · revenue +131%
- WEWOMEN EMPLOYED6× · 2020–2025 · $30k · revenue +0%
- OTOLD TOWN SCHOOL OF FOLK MUSIC6× · 2020–2025 · $15k · revenue +50%
Funded once
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INCgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $12k · revenue +36%
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INCone grant, 2023 · $12k · revenue +1%
UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEFone grant, 2023 · $12k · revenue +1%
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.
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.
The greater chicago food depository is the nonprofit food bank serving cook county. our mission - is to end hunger. we believe food is a basic human right. to achieve our mission, we work in partnership with a network of community-based…
World music institute is committed to presenting the best in traditional and contemporary music and dance from around the world to enrich lives through the arts, promote awareness and appreciation of the worlds rich cultural traditions and…
Women first invests in grassroots initiatives driven by women and girls in developing economies that sustainably advance their lives.
The mission of the international women's forum is to advance women's leadership worldwide. iwf takes direct action to achieve our mission in three important ways. connect: our convenings provide networking and cutting-edge content…
Our mission is to build a movement of global citizens whose actions will help achieve our vision of a world without extreme poverty.
The mission of new york city center is to be new york city's leading center for dance and musical theater. dedicated to making the arts accessible to the broadest possible audience, city center seeks to create a welcoming environment and…
To invest in america's finest artists and illuminate the value of artists to society.
Wbenc's mission is to fuel economic growth globally by identifying, certifying, and facilitating the development of women-owned businesses.
Cultural vistas leverages the power of international exchange to connect lives, enhance global skills, and drive positive change.
Nashville public radio's mission is to be the most trusted & independent nashville voice, connecting our communities through non-partisan journalism, compelling storytelling, civil conversation and music discovery.
At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…
Established in 1971, the mission of the new york foundation for the arts (nyfa) is to empower artists in all disciplines, as well as cultural workers, to achieve success on their own terms by providing critical support, resources, and…
How this is measured
15 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. 15 of the 24 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds LIFT INC ↗
- Who funds VIRGINIA CENTER FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS ↗
- Who funds WOMEN EMPLOYED ↗
- Who funds OLD TOWN SCHOOL OF FOLK MUSIC ↗
- Who funds Role Model Movement Inc (NFP) ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
- Who funds LIVING TRADITIONS INC ↗
- Who funds BIGHORN VALLEY HEALTH CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds Taste For The Homeless ↗
- Who funds REFUGEEONE ↗
- Who funds KIDIZENSHIP INC ↗
- Who funds OPEN STUDIO PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds I Grow Chicago NFP ↗
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: The Chicago Community Trust · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Charles Jacob Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Charles Jacob Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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