Texas · Public charity
The Jcpenney Foundation
To support america's diverse, working families with access to skill-building and resources that allow everyone to thrive.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 42
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 52%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $507k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $6,819
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $175,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 56
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 21
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 52% of the organizations The Jcpenney Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 81% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 19% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $406k 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 | 42 | $507k | 64% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $502k | 52% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $308k | 57% |
| FY2021 | 56 | $516k | 84% |
| FY2018 | 49 | $2.2M | 88% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $1.7M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Council of YMCAs of the USA | $1,749,421 | 2 | 1% |
| After-School All-Stars | $631,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Emergency Assistance Foundation Inc | $327,694 | 5 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $275,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $210,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Dreambuilders Foundation Inc | $200,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of America | $181,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Step Up Women's Network | $150,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Armed Services YMCA of the USA | $150,000 | 2 | 1% |
| National Pan-Hellenic Council Foundation International | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 150 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
The Jcpenney Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 135 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: Boys & Girls Clubs of America · Boys & Girls Clubs of America (Group Return) · Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation · Inspire Brands Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Gap Foundation · AT&T Foundation · National Council of YMCAs of the USA · Dollar General Literacy Foundation · Rite Aid Healthy Futures · Carmax Foundation · Pacific Youth Foundation
How this is measured
About The Jcpenney Foundation
- How much does The Jcpenney Foundation give?
- The Jcpenney Foundation reported 42 itemized grants totaling $507,376, out of $1,242,868 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 56 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Jcpenney Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Youth Development (45%), Human Services (24%), Public Safety & Disaster (7%).
- Who are The Jcpenney Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: National Council of YMCAs of the USA ($1.7M), After-School All-Stars ($631k), Emergency Assistance Foundation Inc ($328k).
- Does The Jcpenney Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 52% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Jcpenney Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Boys & Girls Clubs of America (Group Return), Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation.
- Where is The Jcpenney Foundation based?
- The Jcpenney Foundation is based in TX.
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