Maine · Public charity
The Jackson Laboratory
The purposes of the laboratory are scientific, medical, charitable, and educational. Our mission is to discover precise genomic solutions for disease and empower the biomedical community.
- $3.0M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $222k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $16,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $122,832
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.6B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations The Jackson Laboratory funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 6 | $222k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $230k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $258k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $222k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $239k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $179k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $127k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $108k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Town of Bar Harbor | $867,476 | 8 | n/a |
| City of Ellsworth | $348,919 | 7 | n/a |
| Connecticut Science Center Inc | $102,199 | 4 | 1% |
| Connecticut Science Fair Association Inc | $37,500 | 3 | 11% |
| Sacramento Police Foundation Inc | $36,000 | 5 | 9% |
| Jesup Memorial Library | $22,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Foundation for Biomedical Research | $18,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $17,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Foundation for a Strong Maine Economy | $16,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Assoc for Biomedical Research | $15,500 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Town of Bar Harbor | $867,476 | 8 | n/a |
| City of Ellsworth | $348,919 | 7 | n/a |
| Connecticut Science Center Inc | $102,199 | 4 | 1% |
| Connecticut Science Fair Association Inc | $37,500 | 3 | 11% |
| Sacramento Police Foundation Inc | $36,000 | 5 | 9% |
| Jesup Memorial Library | $22,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Foundation for Biomedical Research | $18,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $17,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Foundation for a Strong Maine Economy | $16,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Assoc for Biomedical Research | $15,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Human Genome Organization International | $14,760 | 1 | n/a |
| Maine Discovery Museum | $12,500 | 2 | 1% |
| National Academy of Sciences | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Heart of Maine United Way | $10,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Acadia | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Society of Human Genetics | $7,581 | 1 | 0% |
| Translational Research Cancer Cente | $7,500 | 1 | 8% |
| National Association of Corporate Directors | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Mt Desert Island YMCA | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Healthy Acadia | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Jackson Laboratory 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.
Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Jackson Laboratory
- How much does The Jackson Laboratory give?
- The Jackson Laboratory reported 6 itemized grants totaling $222,295, out of $3,015,996 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Jackson Laboratory fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (76%), Science & Tech (10%), Health (5%).
- Who are The Jackson Laboratory's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Town of Bar Harbor ($867k), City of Ellsworth ($349k), Connecticut Science Center Inc ($102k).
- Does The Jackson Laboratory fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Jackson Laboratory?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maine Community Foundation Inc, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Jackson Laboratory based?
- The Jackson Laboratory is based in ME.
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