New Jersey · Private foundation
The Jessica Foundation Inc
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.
- $161k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 37
- Grants FY2024
- 35
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 3%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 30 to 43
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 11
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 3% of the organizations The Jessica Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 37 | $161k | 3% |
| FY2023 | 35 | $138k | 3% |
| FY2022 | 35 | $156k | 6% |
| FY2021 | 42 | $160k | 5% |
| FY2020 | 43 | $151k | 28% |
| FY2019 | 33 | $69k | 45% |
| FY2018 | 33 | $55k | 18% |
| FY2017 | 30 | $54k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey Institute for Disabilities Inc | $116,180 | 6 | 0% |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | $39,000 | 8 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $35,500 | 8 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $13,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Children's Specialized Hospital | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $9,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Inc | $9,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc | $9,000 | 5 | 0% |
| St Lukes Episcopal Church | $7,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey Institute for Disabilities Inc | $116,180 | 6 | 0% |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | $39,000 | 8 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $35,500 | 8 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $13,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Children's Specialized Hospital | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $9,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Inc | $9,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc | $9,000 | 5 | 0% |
| St Lukes Episcopal Church | $7,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| March of Dimes Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Father Flanagan's Boys' Home | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Autism Speaks Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Woodwild Park Association | $1,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Elijahs Promise Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 53 recipients with no EIN on record ($669k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Jessica Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About The Jessica Foundation Inc
- How much does The Jessica Foundation Inc give?
- The Jessica Foundation Inc reported 37 grants totaling $160,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 30 and 43 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Jessica Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (63%), Religion (9%), Human Services (7%).
- Who are The Jessica Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: New Jersey Institute for Disabilities Inc ($116k), The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia ($39k), St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc ($36k).
- Does The Jessica Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 3% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Jessica Foundation Inc 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 Jessica Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Jessica Foundation Inc based?
- The Jessica Foundation Inc is based in NJ.
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