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The Dr Jack and Libby Jacobs Family Foundation John F Jacobs Jr

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.

$145k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
3
Grants FY2025
3
Organizations funded FY2024
0%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$134,000
Organizations funded a year
3 to 42
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$863k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Dr Jack and Libby Jacobs Family Foundation John F Jacobs Jr 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.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationInternationalHealthPhilanthropyHuman ServicesCivil RightsOther
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 arriving3$145k33%
FY20243$51k0%
FY202317$93k12%
FY202233$70k9%
FY202126$66k12%
FY202035$76k6%
FY201942$50k14%
FY201842$45k48%
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

International$305kPublic Safety & Disaster$147kReligion$49kEducation$25kFood & Nutrition$23kHuman Services$15kHealth$10kHousing & Shelter$5kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
IL
NY
MA
WY
SD
OH
PA
NJ
CO
MO
VA
MD
KS
TN
NC
DC
OK
AL
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Global Sisterhood Inc$235,100963%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$139,05060%
Partners in Development Incorporated$42,93980%
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank$21,94070%
United States Fund for Unicef$13,00050%
Hood College$6,55070%
Johns Hopkins University$6,22570%
United States Association for UNHCR$5,50010%
Laramie Foster Closet$4,9505n/a
St Josephs Indian School$4,8207n/a
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All grantees of The Dr Jack and Libby Jacobs Family Foundation John F Jacobs Jr by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Global Sisterhood Inc$235,100963%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$139,05060%
Partners in Development Incorporated$42,93980%
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank$21,94070%
United States Fund for Unicef$13,00050%
Hood College$6,55070%
Johns Hopkins University$6,22570%
United States Association for UNHCR$5,50010%
Laramie Foster Closet$4,9505n/a
St Josephs Indian School$4,8207n/a
Robert Morris University$4,50040%
Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc$3,80050%
Lower Cape Outreach Councilinc$3,70060%
City Rescue Mission$3,0003n/a
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$2,15060%
Grub Street Inc$1,74560%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$1,72560%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$1,60070%
Amnesty International of the USA Inc$1,50040%
North Bennet Street School$1,25030%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$1,25030%
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$1,10040%
Homeless Children's Education Fund$95050%
National Congress of Parents & Teachers$95050%
Project H O P E Inc$8201n/a
North Hills Food Bank$75010%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$69040%
Croatian Relief Services Inc$65220%
Amigos de las Americas$65050%
Harwich Fire Association Inc$63050%
American Heart Association Inc$63040%
Light of Life Ministries Inc$60010%
Harwich Conservation Trust$60050%
National Domestic Workers Alliance Inc$40010%
Harwich Police Association Inc$40030%
Upmc$4001n/a
March of Dimes Inc$32540%
Accion International$30030%
Friends of the Orphans D/B/A Nph-Usa$25010%
League of Women Voters Education Fund$25020%
Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation Inc$20020%
American Lung Association$18020%
New England Aquarium Corporation$15020%
Duke University$10010%
The University of Akron Foundation$10010%
University of Pittsburgh$10010%
Planned Parenthood of Western Pa Inc$10010%
Northern Tier Regional Library$5010%
American Cancer Society Inc$5010%
McCandless Franklin Park Amb$3510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($116k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Dr Jack and Libby Jacobs Family Foundation John F Jacobs Jr supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 45 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGlobal Sisterhood Inc: $235,100 over 9y, 63% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $139,050 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPartners in Development Incorporated: $42,939 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetGreater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank: $21,940 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $13,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHood College: $6,550 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $6,225 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRobert Morris University: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetProject Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc: $3,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLower Cape Outreach Councilinc: $3,700 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $2,150 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGrub Street Inc: $1,745 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $1,725 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $1,600 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAmnesty International of the USA Inc: $1,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Bennet Street School: $1,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $1,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMarine Toys for Tots Foundation: $1,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHomeless Children's Education Fund: $950 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNational Congress of Parents & Teachers: $950 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Hills Food Bank: $750 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $690 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCroatian Relief Services Inc: $652 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmigos de las Americas: $650 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHarwich Fire Association Inc: $630 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $630 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLight of Life Ministries Inc: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHarwich Conservation Trust: $600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNational Domestic Workers Alliance Inc: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHarwich Police Association Inc: $400 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMarch of Dimes Inc: $325 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAccion International: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Orphans D/B/A Nph-Usa: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLeague of Women Voters Education Fund: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWomen in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation Inc: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Lung Association: $180 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNew England Aquarium Corporation: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDuke University: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe University of Akron Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Pittsburgh: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Western Pa Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorthern Tier Regional Library: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMcCandless Franklin Park Amb: $35 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 45.

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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.

Green Family Charitable FoundationMA13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Green Family Charitable Foundation · The Pittsburgh Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Aetna Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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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About The Dr Jack and Libby Jacobs Family Foundation John F Jacobs Jr

How much does The Dr Jack and Libby Jacobs Family Foundation John F Jacobs Jr give?
The Dr Jack and Libby Jacobs Family Foundation John F Jacobs Jr reported 3 grants totaling $145,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 42 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Dr Jack and Libby Jacobs Family Foundation John F Jacobs Jr fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (48%), Public Safety & Disaster (23%), Religion (8%).
Who are The Dr Jack and Libby Jacobs Family Foundation John F Jacobs Jr's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Global Sisterhood Inc ($235k), American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ($139k), Partners in Development Incorporated ($43k).
Does The Dr Jack and Libby Jacobs Family Foundation John F Jacobs Jr fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Dr Jack and Libby Jacobs Family Foundation John F Jacobs Jr 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 The Dr Jack and Libby Jacobs Family Foundation John F Jacobs Jr?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Green Family Charitable Foundation, The Pittsburgh Foundation, Ge Aerospace Foundation.
Where is The Dr Jack and Libby Jacobs Family Foundation John F Jacobs Jr based?
The Dr Jack and Libby Jacobs Family Foundation John F Jacobs Jr is based in MA.

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 84 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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