California · Private foundation
The Howard G & Samita B Jacobs Fndtn
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $149k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 21%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $17,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 19
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.9M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 21% of the organizations The Howard G & Samita B Jacobs Fndtn funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k 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 | 18 | $118k | 22% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $99k | 21% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $91k | 7% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $128k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $125k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
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, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc | $85,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Union for Reform Judaism | $70,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Southern Center for Human Rights | $31,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion | $25,000 | 5 | n/a |
| MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Public Art Fund Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Clean Air Task Force Inc | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| America Gives Inc | $16,000 | 1 | 0% |
| NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc | $16,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc | $85,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Union for Reform Judaism | $70,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Southern Center for Human Rights | $31,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion | $25,000 | 5 | n/a |
| MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Public Art Fund Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Clean Air Task Force Inc | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| America Gives Inc | $16,000 | 1 | 0% |
| NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc | $16,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Share Our Strength | $13,000 | 3 | 0% |
| National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
| League of Women Voters of Marin County | $11,500 | 2 | 16% |
| Lawyers for Children Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Smile Train Inc | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Congregation Beth Israel | $10,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Equal Justice Initiative | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| CaringBridge | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Physicians for Human Rights Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish Family Service of San Diego | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($137k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Howard G & Samita B Jacobs Fndtn supplied at peak.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About The Howard G & Samita B Jacobs Fndtn
- How much does The Howard G & Samita B Jacobs Fndtn give?
- The Howard G & Samita B Jacobs Fndtn reported 21 grants totaling $149,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 19 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does The Howard G & Samita B Jacobs Fndtn fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Civil Rights (25%), Philanthropy (17%), Religion (17%).
- Who are The Howard G & Samita B Jacobs Fndtn's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc ($85k), Union for Reform Judaism ($70k), Southern Center for Human Rights ($31k).
- Does The Howard G & Samita B Jacobs Fndtn fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Howard G & Samita B Jacobs Fndtn accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Howard G & Samita B Jacobs Fndtn?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Howard G & Samita B Jacobs Fndtn based?
- The Howard G & Samita B Jacobs Fndtn is based in CA.
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