New York · Private foundation
The Jacobson Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $104k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $48,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $85k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations The Jacobson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | $104k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $186k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $290k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $18k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $35k | 38% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $25k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $163k | 70% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $368k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keren Hachomesh Inc | $245,100 | 4 | 18% |
| Machne Israel Inc | $141,333 | 4 | n/a |
| Goodness and Kindness Inc | $38,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Crown Heights Chevra Simchas Shabbos V'Yom Tov Inc | $36,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Solomon Center Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 2% |
| United Lubavitcher Yeshivoth Inc | $19,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Camp Gan Israel Inc | $11,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Tzivos Hashem | $10,633 | 3 | n/a |
| American Friends of Tzohar | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Cheder Menachem | $3,600 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keren Hachomesh Inc | $245,100 | 4 | 18% |
| Machne Israel Inc | $141,333 | 4 | n/a |
| Goodness and Kindness Inc | $38,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Crown Heights Chevra Simchas Shabbos V'Yom Tov Inc | $36,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Solomon Center Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 2% |
| United Lubavitcher Yeshivoth Inc | $19,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Camp Gan Israel Inc | $11,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Tzivos Hashem | $10,633 | 3 | n/a |
| American Friends of Tzohar | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Cheder Menachem | $3,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Lahak Hanochos Inc | $2,233 | 2 | 0% |
| Yagdil Torah Inc | $1,940 | 2 | 1% |
| Lubavitch of Iowa Inc | $1,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Jewish Educational Media | $933 | 2 | 0% |
| Chabad of Eastern Shores | $500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($645k), not named here.
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: Jewish Communal Fund · Nash Charity Foundation Inc · The Ben-Abou Foundation · Barber Family Foundation · Lets Make It Happen Ny Inc · Krinsky Foundation Inc · The Rav-Noy Family Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Tgvzg18 Foundation · Saul Schottenstein Foundation C · Crain-Maling Foundation · The Ojc Fund
How this is measured
About The Jacobson Foundation
- How much does The Jacobson Foundation give?
- The Jacobson Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $103,900 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Jacobson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (42%), International (12%), Philanthropy (3%).
- Who are The Jacobson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Keren Hachomesh Inc ($245k), Machne Israel Inc ($141k), Goodness and Kindness Inc ($38k).
- Does The Jacobson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Jacobson Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Jacobson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Nash Charity Foundation Inc, The Ben-Abou Foundation.
- Where is The Jacobson Foundation based?
- The Jacobson Foundation is based in NY.
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