Illinois · Private foundation
The Robert a and Shirley J Jones 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.
- $137k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 28
- Grants FY2025
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 33
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations The Robert a and Shirley J Jones Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 | 28 | $137k | 11% |
| FY2024 | 24 | $113k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 27 | $130k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 33 | $119k | 36% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $113k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 26 | $116k | 19% |
| FY2019 | 28 | $118k | 36% |
| FY2018 | 23 | $112k | 35% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connections for the Homeless Inc | $90,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Heartland Alliance Health | $85,000 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Michigan | $55,000 | 4 | 8% |
| Ravinia Festival Association | $42,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan | $41,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Community Sharing Program | $40,200 | 6 | n/a |
| Carehouse of Oakland County Inc | $37,000 | 6 | 0% |
| University of California Irvine Foundation | $33,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Naples Zoo Inc | $32,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $25,000 | 6 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($360k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Robert a and Shirley J Jones 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: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · National Philanthropic Trust · Flagstar Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · DTE Energy Foundation · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · The Kresge Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · AbbVie Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust
How this is measured
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About The Robert a and Shirley J Jones Foundation
- How much does The Robert a and Shirley J Jones Foundation give?
- The Robert a and Shirley J Jones Foundation reported 28 grants totaling $137,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 33 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Robert a and Shirley J Jones Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (26%), Housing & Shelter (18%), Food & Nutrition (17%).
- Who are The Robert a and Shirley J Jones Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Connections for the Homeless Inc ($90k), Heartland Alliance Health ($85k), University of Michigan ($55k).
- Does The Robert a and Shirley J Jones Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Robert a and Shirley J Jones 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 Robert a and Shirley J Jones Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, National Philanthropic Trust, Flagstar Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Robert a and Shirley J Jones Foundation based?
- The Robert a and Shirley J Jones Foundation is based in IL.
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