Pennsylvania · Private foundation
The Jake Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $57k
- Granted FY2021
- 6
- Grants FY2021
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
54% of The Jake Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to The Philadelphia Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 4 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year The Jake Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $57k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2021
- $7,500
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 2
- Total assets, FY2021
- $148k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 0% of the organizations The Jake Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 6 | $57k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $54k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $248k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $20k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $24k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States Squash Racquets Assoc Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Philadelphia Museum of Art | $90,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Squashsmarts Inc | $61,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Project Home | $51,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Baker Industries Inc | $46,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Zoological Society of Philadelphia | $22,000 | 5 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($72k), not named here.
About The Jake Foundation
- How much does The Jake Foundation give?
- The Jake Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $57,000 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does The Jake Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (34%), Arts & Culture (15%), Education (10%).
- Who are The Jake Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: United States Squash Racquets Assoc Inc ($200k), Philadelphia Museum of Art ($90k), Squashsmarts Inc ($61k).
- Does The Jake Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Jake 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.
- Where is The Jake Foundation based?
- The Jake Foundation is based in PA.
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