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The Jacobsen Family Foundation at a glance

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The Jacobsen Family Foundation

Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$406k
Granted FY2018
7
Grants FY2018
4
States reached
$349k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.

Philanthropy$360kHousing & Shelter$40kEducation$32kYouth Development$31kPublic Safety & Disaster$20kArts & Culture$2kHuman Services$400
02FY2018 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2018

  • Under $10k3 grants · $3k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $53k
  • $250k+1 grant · $349k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JACOBSEN FAMILY FOUNDATION SCHWAB DAF$349,010
SHERWOOD FOREST CAMP$23,350
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY STL$20,000
CALVIN COLLEGE$10,000
SHERWOOD FOREST CAMP$1,500
MONMOUTH COLLEGE$1,500
100 NEEDIEST CASES - UNITED WAY$400
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $20k → 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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

19%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$91k · 5 repeat orgs$394k to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
8

Total granted

$91k
$45k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+6%
+46%

Still filing today

60%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2018, 14% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $349k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18
EducationYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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

  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY STL
    2× · 2017–2018 · $40k
  • SF
    SHERWOOD FOREST CAMP INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $26k · revenue +11%
  • CU
    CALVIN UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2017–2018 · $20k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branchesgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue +46%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue -17%
  • Lake Forest Collegegraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · 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
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
2
St Marys University of Minnesota

Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.

Education
3
Mount Saint Mary's University Inc

As a catholic university, mount st. mary's graduates ethical leaders who are inspired by a passion for learning and lead lives of significance in service to god and others.

Education
4
St Louis University

The mission of saint louis university is the pursuit of truth for the greater glory of god and for the service of humanity. the university seeks excellence in the fulfillment of its corporate purposes of teaching, research, health care and…

Education
5
Centenary College of Louisiana

Provide undergraduate and graduate education in a variety of programs to approximately 600 undergraduate and 100 graduate students.

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6
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
7
Benedictine University

Benedictine University is an inclusive academic community dedicated to teaching and learning, scholarship and service, truth and justice, as inspired by the Catholic intellectual tradition, the social teaching of the Church, and the…

Education
8
Marquette University

As a Catholic, Jesuit university our mission is to search for truth, discover shareknowledge, foster personal professional excellence, promote a life of faith and developleadership expressed in service to others. See Schedule O.

Education
9
Loyola University

Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work…

Education
10
Loyola University of Chicago

We are chicago's jesuit, catholic university - a diverse community seeking god in all things and working to expand knowledge in the service of humanity through learning, justice, and faith.

Education
11
Mount Mary University Inc

Mount mary university, an urban catholic university for women sponsored by the school sisters of notre dame, provides an environment for the development of the whole person. the university encourages leadership, integrity, and a deep sense…

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12
The Corporation of Saint Mary's College Notre Dame

The corporation of saint mary's college, notre dame (saint mary's) is a catholic, residential, women's, liberal arts college offering undergraduate degrees and co-educational graduate programs. (continued in schedule o)

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Maryville University - St Louis; the most unlike its peers is Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri 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

9 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. 9 of the 14 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
7/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JACOBSEN FAMILY FOUNDATION SCHWAB DAF: $349,010 · OtherJACOBSEN FAMILY FOUNDATION SCHWAB DAFHABITAT FOR HUMANITY STL: $40,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY STL+4 more: $5,900 · OtherCALVIN UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · EducationLake Forest College: $5,000 · EducationMaryville University - St Louis: $3,500 · EducationMONMOUTH COLLEGE: $3,000 · EducationSHERWOOD FOREST CAMP INC: $26,350 · Youth DevelopmentAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $20,000 · Human ServicesUNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropySAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $1,500 · Arts & Culture
Other$394,910Education$31,500Youth Development$26,350Human Services$20,000Philanthropy$10,000Arts & Culture$1,500

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSHERWOOD FOREST CAMP INC: $26,350 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCALVIN UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLake Forest College: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMaryville University - St Louis: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONMOUTH COLLEGE: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN MISSOURI INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $1,500 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Jacobsen Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Jacobsen Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%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 · 0–15%
    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 14 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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