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The Jim Jacobson Charitable Fund at a glance

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The Jim Jacobson Charitable Fund

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.

$55k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Human Services$78kHealth$75kInternational$35kCrime & Legal$35kEducation$21kPublic Safety & Disaster$21kAnimals$12kCivil Rights$12kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $30k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Malnati Brain Tumor Institute$10,100
Ruth & Norman Rales Jewish Family Services$10,000
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS)$10,000
Briarwood Scholarship Foundation$5,000
Oregon Health Justice Center$5,000
Jackson Health Foundation Inc$5,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center$5,000
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund$2,500
Pap Corp$2,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–23, $31k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 35% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HANDS ON TZEDAKAH INC: $10k → 9%JEWISH ADOPTION AND FAMILY CARE OPTIONS: $6k → 13%HANDS ON TZEDAKAH INC: $10k → 9%HELPING HAND CENTER: $5k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
IN
PA
VA
MD
TN
DC
HI
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

64%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$205k · 16 repeat orgs$114k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +18% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
29

Total granted

$205k
$99k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+14%

Still filing today

81%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthInternationalHuman ServicesCrime & LegalYouth DevelopmentEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • OH
    OREGON HEALTH JUSTICE CENTER
    5× · 2021–2025 · $22k · revenue +167%
  • BS
    BRIARWOOD SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION
    4× · 2022–2025 · $20k · revenue +38%
  • HANDS ON TZEDAKAH INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $20k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • NO
    No One Left Behind
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -83%
  • Northwestern University
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +14%
  • MA
    MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
America's Health Insurance Plans Inc

Ahip is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. ahip's members provide health care coverage, services and solutions to more than 200 million americans. we are committed to market-based solutions and…

Membership Benefit
2
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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3
Uchicago Medicine Network Inc

Uchicago medicine network, inc. supports and encourages health and human service by providing support, directly or indirectly to ingalls memorial hospital, the university of chicago medical center, and other related tax-exempt…

Health
4
Indiana University Health Frankfort Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
5
Indiana University Health West Hospital Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
6
National Opinion Research Center

See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…

Social Science
7
Indiana University Health Care Associates Inc

To deliver preeminent medical care and service to our patients and communities through outstanding and innovative medical leadership and practice, while participating in and supporting excellence in education and research. We achieve this…

Health
8
American Society of Clinical Oncology Inc

See schedule o:asco is a professional oncology society committed to conquering cancer through research, education, and promotion of the highest quality patient care.

Health
9
University of Illinois Foundation

The Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, is an independent and separate nonprofit entity from the University of Illinois. Our mission is to encourage and administer private gifts and serve the UI System by working closely with…

Education
10
MRIGlobal

To improve the lives of people through innovative scientific and engineering research.

Science & Tech
11
Indiana University Health Bedford Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
12
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Helping Hand Center; the most unlike its peers is Oregon Health Justice Center. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

29 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 29 of the 47 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
16/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HEBREW IMMIGRANT AID SOCIETY: $20,000 · OtherHEBREW IMMIGRANT AID SOCIETYMalnati Brain Tumor Institute: $10,100 · OtherMalnati Brain Tumor InstituteMD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER: $10,000 · OtherMD ANDERSON CANCER CENTERBEAGLE RESCUE EDUCATION AND WELFARE (BREW) INC: $8,500 · OtherBEAGLE RESCUE EDUCATION AND WELFARE (BR…Pap Corp: $7,500 · OtherPap CorpTHE ROGER BALDWIN FOUNDATION OF ACLU INC: $5,500 · OtherSTUDENT CENTER FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE & IDENTITY - VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY: $5,000 · OtherHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION - MAUI RELIEF FUND: $5,000 · OtherALBERT D GERMAN WAREHOUSE CONSERVANCY: $5,000 · OtherNorthwestern University: $10,000 · OtherNorthwestern UniversityUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC: $10,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC+13 more: $15,350 · Other+13 moreWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $15,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCH…HIAS INC: $15,000 · InternationalHIAS INCAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $10,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF…Best Buddies International Inc: $10,000 · InternationalBest Buddies Intern…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF SOROKA MEDICAL CENTER INC: $5,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF…HANDS ON TZEDAKAH INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesHANDS ON TZEDA…No One Left Behind: $10,000 · Human ServicesNo One Left Be…Jewish Adoption and Family Care Options Inc: $6,000 · Human ServicesJewish Adoptio…HELPING HAND CENTER: $5,000 · Human ServicesHELPING HAND C…RUTH & NORMAN RALES JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES INC: $16,000 · HealthRUTH & NORMA…MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $7,500 · HealthMEMORIAL SLO…JACKSON HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · HealthJACKSON HEAL…Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: $3,500 · HealthAnn & Robert…GREATER RICHLAND AREA CANCER ELIMINATION INC: $2,000 · HealthGREATER RICH…+3 more: $2,000 · Health+3 moreOREGON HEALTH JUSTICE CENTER: $22,000 · Crime & LegalOREGON HEALT…EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $12,500 · Crime & LegalEVERYTOWN FO…BRIARWOOD SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationIndiana University Foundation: $1,350 · EducationPickles Group Inc: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentCamp for All Kids: $3,900 · Youth Development
Other$111,950International$55,000Human Services$41,000Health$36,000Crime & Legal$34,500Education$21,350Youth Development$18,900

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOREGON HEALTH JUSTICE CENTER: $22,000 over 5y, 5.1% of budgetBRIARWOOD SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetHANDS ON TZEDAKAH INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetRUTH & NORMAN RALES JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES INC: $16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPickles Group Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetHIAS INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNo One Left Behind: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBest Buddies International Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Adoption and Family Care Options Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE ROGER BALDWIN FOUNDATION OF ACLU INC: $5,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SOROKA MEDICAL CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJACKSON HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHELPING HAND CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCamp for All Kids: $3,900 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER RICHLAND AREA CANCER ELIMINATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE 100 CLUB OF ILLINOIS: $1,350 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIndiana University Foundation: $1,350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS FOR PATRICK: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetORPHANS OF THE STORM: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO COALITION FOR FAMILY BUILDING: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Jewish Federation of …Baird Foundation IncJpmorgan Chase Founda…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan ChicagoIL15.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Baird Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Jim Jacobson Charitable Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Jim Jacobson Charitable Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Jackson Health Foundation Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 47 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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