North Carolina · Private foundation
The Jonas 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.
- $436k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $145,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 21
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations The Jonas Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 15 | $436k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $430k | 6% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $633k | 6% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $647k | 5% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $650k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $537k | 24% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $532k | 15% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $372k | 16% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caldwell County Yokefellow Inc | $302,022 | 9 | 5% |
| Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care Inc Dba Amorem | $245,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Helping Hands Clinic Inc | $174,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Shelter Home of the Foothills Inc | $115,500 | 9 | 3% |
| Lenoir-Rhyne University | $109,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Episcopal Diocese of Western Nc | $99,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Caldwell County Habitat for Humanity Inc | $99,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Caldwell County Schools | $70,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Education Foundation Inc of Caldwell County | $51,500 | 6 | 2% |
| Caldwell Opportunities | $46,300 | 9 | 1% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caldwell County Yokefellow Inc | $302,022 | 9 | 5% |
| Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care Inc Dba Amorem | $245,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Helping Hands Clinic Inc | $174,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Shelter Home of the Foothills Inc | $115,500 | 9 | 3% |
| Lenoir-Rhyne University | $109,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Episcopal Diocese of Western Nc | $99,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Caldwell County Habitat for Humanity Inc | $99,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Caldwell County Schools | $70,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Education Foundation Inc of Caldwell County | $51,500 | 6 | 2% |
| Caldwell Opportunities | $46,300 | 9 | 1% |
| Town of Hudson | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Nurses Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Caldwell Arts Council Inc | $19,700 | 5 | 2% |
| Bethel Colony of Mercy Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Caldwell County Lions Association Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Jonas Foundation 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Broyhill Family Foundation Inc · Stevens Family Foundation Inc · North Carolina Community Foundation · The Coffey Foundation Inc · Hogan Family Foundation Inc · Bernhardt Furniture Foundation · George Foundation Inc · The Wilson Family Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Blue Ridge Energy Members Foundation · E Rhodes and Leona B Carpenter Foundation
How this is measured
About The Jonas Foundation
- How much does The Jonas Foundation give?
- The Jonas Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $435,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Jonas Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (42%), Health (23%), Human Services (9%).
- Who are The Jonas Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Caldwell County Yokefellow Inc ($302k), Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care Inc Dba Amorem ($245k), Helping Hands Clinic Inc ($174k).
- Does The Jonas Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Jonas 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 Jonas Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Broyhill Family Foundation Inc, Stevens Family Foundation Inc, North Carolina Community Foundation.
- Where is The Jonas Foundation based?
- The Jonas Foundation is based in NC.
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