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The Jabez Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Jabez Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$150k
Granted FY2024still arriving
21
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$26k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$265kYouth Development$178kHuman Services$100kReligion$67kPublic Safety & Disaster$62kArts & Culture$60kHealth$58kAnimals$50kOther$0
02FY2024 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k16 grants · $69k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $81k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLUMBUS EDUCATION FOUNDATION$26,000
Individual grant recipient$20,000
FAYETTEVILLE COMMUNITY CENTER$15,000
HEALTH & WELLNESS COUNCIL$10,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CHAMPION V$10,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$7,000
THREE CROSSES MINISTRIES$6,200
FAMILY YOUTH SERVICES$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
COLUMBUS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT$5,000
FORT BEN BOYS CHOIR$5,000
PAWS FOR HEROS$5,000
FIRST LIBERTY$5,000
WEIMARANER RESCUE OF TEXAS$5,000
ST PAUL CHRISTIAN LEARNING ACAD$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $26k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%COLUMBUS EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $26k → 15%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.
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$844k · 25 repeat orgs$181k to everyone else

25 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
19

Total granted

$844k
$127k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+73%

Still filing today

52%
21%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $54k 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
EducationYouth DevelopmentAnimalsPhilanthropyArts & CulturePublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • CC
    CORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
    3× · 2018–2020 · $203k · revenue +47%
  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF CHAMPION VALLEY INC
    3× · 2018–2020 · $104k · revenue +9%
  • PF
    Paws for Heroes
    5× · 2018–2024 · $33k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • HH
    HELPING HANDS
    one grant, 2017 · $30k
  • AP
    ATTACK POVERTY
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue -177%
  • IC
    INFINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMYgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue +73%
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
Texas Rescue Inc
Animals
2
Fort Worth Cops for Kids Inc
Youth Development
3
Good News Foundation of Texas
Philanthropy
4
West Texas Hero Homes Inc

Support of special needs military or first responders and their families.

Housing & Shelter
5
Texas Flying Legends Museum
—
6
Disabled American Veterans of Texas Service Foundation
Human Services
7
Faith Bible Church Atx

The church exists to glorify God and make disciples of Jesus Christ

Religion
8
Texans for Lawsuit Reform Foundation
Philanthropy
9
Texas Bankers Foundation
Education
10
Texas Prairieland Foundation
Philanthropy
11
Texas Christian Foundation

Texas Christian Foundations mission is to mobilize resources by inspiring biblical generosity and educating Texans on ways their generosity can impact their community, Texas and the world.

Philanthropy
12
Texas Foster Care & Adoption Serv

A state of texas licensed foster care and adoption agency that identifies and provides approved healing foster homes for children.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is First Liberty Institute; the most unlike its peers is Parc Foundation Inc. 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

20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 49 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/20
Grantees still filing
9/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CHAMPION V: $63,498 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CHAMPION VHEALTH & WELLNESS COUNCIL: $55,764 · OtherHEALTH & WELLNESS COUNCILLITTLE FOOTPRINTS CHILDREN'S MINISTRIES: $42,500 · OtherLITTLE FOOTPRINTS CHILDREN'S MINISTRIESHELPING HANDS: $30,000 · OtherHELPING HANDSExchange Club of Sugar Land: $30,000 · OtherExchange Club of Sugar LandCOLUMBUS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $30,000 · OtherCOLUMBUS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTFAYETTEVILLE COMMUNITY CENTER: $26,100 · OtherFort Bend Boys Choir of Texas Inc: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $22,500 · OtherSUGAR LAND LEGANCY FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherRURAL ARTS OF FAYETTE COUNTY: $20,000 · OtherATTACK POVERTY: $20,000 · Other+26 more: $147,124 · Other+26 moreCORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $202,500 · EducationCORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN ACA…INFINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $15,000 · EducationINFINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEM…Turtle Wing Foundation: $13,800 · EducationTurtle Wing FoundationBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF CHAMPION VALLEY INC: $103,750 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GI…+1 more: $500 · Youth DevelopmentPaws for Heroes: $32,500 · AnimalsWEIMARANER RESCUE OF NORTH TEXAS INC: $17,000 · AnimalsFRELSBURG VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT: $32,000 · Public Safety & DisasterPARC FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · PhilanthropyThe Columbus Education Foundation Inc: $26,000 · Human Services
Other$552,486Education$231,300Youth Development$104,250Animals$49,500Public Safety & Disaster$32,000Philanthropy$30,000Human Services$26,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $202,500 over 3y, 5.5% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF CHAMPION VALLEY INC: $103,750 over 3y, 7.3% of budgetPaws for Heroes: $32,500 over 5y, 6.3% of budgetPARC FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetExchange Club of Sugar Land: $30,000 over 3y, 17% of budgetThe Columbus Education Foundation Inc: $26,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetFort Bend Boys Choir of Texas Inc: $25,000 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetATTACK POVERTY: $20,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetWEIMARANER RESCUE OF NORTH TEXAS INC: $17,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetFIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE: $16,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTurtle Wing Foundation: $13,800 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetFAYETTEVILLE COMMUNITY CENTER GROUP: $10,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetColumbus Food Pantry Inc: $9,750 over 3y, 6.4% of budgetCHAMPIONS KIDS CAMP INC: $8,500 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetROSENBERG RICHMOND HELPING HANDS INC: $8,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTEXAS SENTINELS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetTexas Prison Outreach: $1,300 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCamp For All Foundation: $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.

  • Who funds CORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF CHAMPION VALLEY INC ↗
  • Who funds Paws for Heroes ↗
  • Who funds FRELSBURG VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT ↗
  • Who funds PARC FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Exchange Club of Sugar Land ↗
  • Who funds The Columbus Education Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Fort Bend Boys Choir of Texas Inc ↗
  • Who funds ATTACK POVERTY ↗
  • Who funds WEIMARANER RESCUE OF NORTH TEXAS INC ↗
  • Who funds FIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds INFINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds Turtle Wing Foundation ↗
  • Who funds FAYETTEVILLE COMMUNITY CENTER GROUP ↗
  • Who funds Columbus Food Pantry Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHAMPIONS KIDS CAMP INC ↗
  • Who funds ROSENBERG RICHMOND HELPING HANDS INC ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS SENTINELS FOUNDATION INC ↗

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.

Leon & Beatrice Obenh…Fred and Mabel R Park…The George FoundationShell USA Company Fou…Greater Houston Commu…Paypal Charitable Giv…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Leon & Beatrice Obenhaus Grodhaus FoundationTX13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Leon & Beatrice Obenhaus Grodhaus Foundation · Fred and Mabel R Parks Foundation · The George Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 The Jabez Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Jabez Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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.

    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 49 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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