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The Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation

The mission of THE JACOBS CENTER FOR NEIGHBORHOOD INNOVATION is to foster a thriving community envisioned and realized by its residents.

$72k
Granted FY2024still arriving
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Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$28k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Community Improvement$205kEducation$38kPublic Safety & Disaster$25kEmployment$22kCivil Rights$17kFood & Nutrition$16kRecreation & Sports$10kCrime & Legal$8kOther$0
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 2 grants below total $52,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $72,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $19,500 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$27,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$38M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
URBAN COLLABORATIVE PROJECT$27,500
HARVEY FAMILY FOUNDATION$25,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–21, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%UNION OF PAN ASIAN COMMUNITIES: $13k → 11%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 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
California Urban Partnership

The California Urban Partnership's (CUP) mission is to build economic security in communities of color through policy research, education and organizing community action. We advocate for systems changes that increase investments to improve…

Community Improvement
2
Urban League of San Diego County

Assist African Americans and other underserved people in San Diego County to acheive social and economic equality through advocacy, bridge building, program services and research.

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3
APIs Mobilize

APIs Mobilize seeks to cultivate greater participation of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders in public service through educational opportunities.

Youth Development
4
Asian Law Caucus

The Asian Law Caucus's mission is to promote, advance, and represent the legal and civil rights of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities, recognizing that social, economic, political and racial inequalities continue to exist…

Crime & Legal
5
Stem Advantage

Talent is equally distributed, but opportunity is not. STEM Advantage mentors, prepares, and inspires first-generation, low-income, and underserved college students for careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). We level…

Youth Development
6
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
7
Black American Political Association of California San Dieg

The San Diego Chapter of the Black American Political Association of California, BAPAC SD, works to ensure the economic, social, and political force of the Black community in San Diego County remains relevant.

Civil Rights
8
Herencia Hispana San Diego

Unite all latino americans

Membership Benefit
9
Water Education for Latino Leaders

Well educates and trains local latino elected officials about california water policy to promote timely and equitable actions that serve to develop a robust economy, healthy communities, and a resilient environment for all californians.

Human Services
10
Urban League of the Greater San Francisco Bay Area

The Urban League of the Greater San Francisco Bay Area pursues a mission to enable African-Americans, other minorities and the underserved to secure economic self-reliance, parity, power, social equality and civil rights. The Organization…

Community Improvement
11
Partners in College Success

Partners in College Success (PiCS) ensures equal access to higher education and an equitable college experience for low-income, refugee, immigrant, foster, homeless and disadvantaged youth in San Diego County. PiCS provides dedicated,…

Education
12
California Black Power Network Action Fund

Promote social welfare thru political policy

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Building Skills Partnership; the most unlike its peers is Black American Political Association of California. 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

13 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. 13 of the 20 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
11/13
Grantees still filing
8/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LOGAN HEIGHTS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $108,625 · Community ImprovementLOGAN HEIGHTS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONTHE URBAN COLLABORATIVE PROJECT DBA URBAN COLLABORATIVE PROJECT: $27,500 · Community ImprovementTHE URBAN COLLABORATIVE PROJECT DBA URBAN COLLABORATIV…ACCESSITY: $21,000 · Community ImprovementACCESSITYRISE Urban Leadership Institute of San Diego: $15,000 · Community ImprovementRISE Urban Leadership Institute of San DiegoHarvey Family Foundation: $25,000 · OtherHarvey Family FoundationSOUTHWESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT: $15,625 · OtherSOUTHWESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE DIST…SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE: $15,625 · OtherSOUTHWESTERN COLLEGESOUTHEAST ALANO CLUB: $9,625 · OtherSOUTHEAST ALANO CLUBKITCHENS FOR GOOD: $8,135 · OtherKITCHENS FOR GOODHOUSE OF RESTORATION INC: $7,500 · OtherHOUSE OF RESTORATION INCCOOK CASA INC: $7,500 · OtherCOOK CASA INCPEOPLES ASSOCIATION OF JUSTICE ADVOCATES: $7,500 · OtherPEOPLES ASSOCIATION OF JUSTICE ADVO…MUSLIM LEADERSHIP COUNCIL OF SAN DIEGO INC: $7,125 · OtherMUSLIM LEADERSHIP COUNCIL OF SAN DI…SAN DIEGO YOUTH DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $7,125 · OtherSAN DIEGO YOUTH DEVELOPMENT FOUNDAT…ACCION INTERNATIONAL: $20,000 · InternationalBlack American Political Association of California: $16,500 · Civil RightsFIRST GEN SCHOLARS: $15,000 · EducationUNION OF PAN ASIAN COMMUNITIES: $12,600 · Human ServicesBuilding Skills Partnership: $5,875 · EmploymentOur Genetic Legacy Inc: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Community Improvement$172,125Other$110,760International$20,000Civil Rights$16,500Education$15,000Human Services$12,600Employment$5,875Arts & Culture$5,000

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 budgetLOGAN HEIGHTS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $108,625 over 3y, 6.6% of budgetTHE URBAN COLLABORATIVE PROJECT DBA URBAN COLLABORATIVE PROJECT: $27,500 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetHarvey Family Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetACCESSITY: $21,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetACCION INTERNATIONAL: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBlack American Political Association of California: $16,500 over 1y, 81% of budgetRISE Urban Leadership Institute of San Diego: $15,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetFIRST GEN SCHOLARS: $15,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetUNION OF PAN ASIAN COMMUNITIES: $12,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKITCHENS FOR GOOD: $8,135 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPEOPLES ASSOCIATION OF JUSTICE ADVOCATES: $7,500 over 1y, 14% of budgetBuilding Skills Partnership: $5,875 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOur Genetic Legacy Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 4.3% 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.

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.

The San Diego Foundat…Catalyst of San Diego…Alliance Healthcare F…The Conrad Prebys Fou…Jewish Community Foun…United Way of San Die…Sempra FoundationLocal Initiatives Sup…Amazonsmile Foundation
The San Diego FoundationCA22.7× affinity9 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Diego Foundation · Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties · Alliance Healthcare Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · United Way of San Diego County · Sempra Foundation · Local Initiatives Support Corporation · 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 Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.
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    How do I get to The Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation?

    Find your warmest path to The Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 20 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 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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