California · Private foundation
The Jans 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.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $400,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 10
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $18M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations The Jans Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $56k 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 | 5 | $1.2M | 20% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $933k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $1.1M | 43% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $1.2M | 57% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $1.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher Ground USA Inc | $2,084,900 | 5 | 16% |
| Father Flanagan's Boys' Home | $1,100,000 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Nebraska Foundation | $845,000 | 4 | 0% |
| St Josephs Indian School | $490,000 | 4 | n/a |
| International Relief Teams | $269,826 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends & Family Community Connection | $188,766 | 1 | 35% |
| Shepherd's House Ministries | $60,000 | 2 | 1% |
| St Vincent de Paul Village Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cristo Rey San Diego High School Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher Ground USA Inc | $2,084,900 | 5 | 16% |
| Father Flanagan's Boys' Home | $1,100,000 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Nebraska Foundation | $845,000 | 4 | 0% |
| St Josephs Indian School | $490,000 | 4 | n/a |
| International Relief Teams | $269,826 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends & Family Community Connection | $188,766 | 1 | 35% |
| Shepherd's House Ministries | $60,000 | 2 | 1% |
| St Vincent de Paul Village Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cristo Rey San Diego High School Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Community Partners | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Old Mission San Luis Rey | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Travis Mills Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($298k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Jans Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Jans Foundation
- How much does The Jans Foundation give?
- The Jans Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $1,235,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 10 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Jans Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (37%), Education (30%), Human Services (20%).
- Who are The Jans Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Higher Ground USA Inc ($2.1M), Father Flanagan's Boys' Home ($1.1M), University of Nebraska Foundation ($845k).
- Does The Jans Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Jans 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 Jans Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Jans Foundation based?
- The Jans Foundation is based in CA.
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