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The Robert E 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.

$142k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
34
Grants FY2025
22
Organizations funded FY2024
36%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$20,000
Organizations funded a year
15 to 26
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
8
Total assets, FY2025
$1.4M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 36% of the organizations The Robert E Jones Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsHuman ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving34$142k41%
FY202422$90k36%
FY202318$90k28%
FY202215$94k27%
FY202118$88k33%
FY202019$98k53%
FY201920$112k50%
FY201826$100k42%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$469kAnimals$169kHuman Services$98kHousing & Shelter$77kInternational$39kFood & Nutrition$37kYouth Development$30kEducation$22kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
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CA
MO
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MD
TN
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DC
OK
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 65 grantees
All grantees of The Robert E Jones Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$86,50090%
Brianna Marie Foundation Inc$72,000925%
The Covering House$53,50080%
Give Kids the World Inc$48,00090%
Stray Rescue of St Louis$28,00070%
Arthritis Foundation$26,7004n/a
Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc$23,50070%
Cardinal Glennon Children's Foundation$22,50020%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Florida Inc$22,50050%
AdventHealth Foundation Inc$18,50070%
Rescue Outreach Mission of Central Florida Inc$18,00081%
Hilton Head Humane Association$12,50030%
Homeless Services Network of Central Florida Inc$12,00060%
The National Children's Cancer Society$11,50040%
Little Smiles Inc$10,00021%
Rhema Christian School Inc$10,00011%
AdventHealth Home Health and Hospice Inc$10,00020%
Arthritis Foundation Inc$10,0001n/a
Old Friends Senior Dogs Inc$8,00010%
Loaves and Fishes for St Louis Inc$7,50010%
Chance 2 Dance Inc$7,00031%
New Hope for Kids Inc$7,00020%
The Ranken-Jordan Home For Convalescent Crippled Children$7,00020%
Shriners Hospital for Children$5,2502n/a
Angels' Arms$5,00010%
Baking Memories 4 Kids Inc$5,00011%
Child Center-Marygrove$5,00010%
Center for Animal Rescue & Enrichment of St Louis$5,00010%
Habitat for Horses Inc$5,00010%
Last Chance for Animals$5,00010%
Animal Protective Association of Missouri$5,00020%
US Naval Academy Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Hopeful Horizons$5,00010%
Mirasol Health Inc$5,00010%
Five Acres Animal Shelter$5,00010%
Mercy Ships International$5,00010%
Wildlife Rescue Center$5,00021%
Second Helpings$5,00011%
Lovable Paws Rescue$5,0001n/a
Saint Louis Senior Dog Project$5,0001n/a
Open Door Animal Sanctuary$5,00010%
Gateway Homeless Services Inc$4,50020%
Pink Ribbon Good Inc$4,25010%
St Louis Area Food Bank Inc$3,00010%
Women's Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh$3,00010%
Adam Morgan Foundation$3,0001n/a
Athletes for Animals Inc$2,50012%
Friends of Kids With Cancer$2,50010%
Gentle Giants Draft Horse Rescue Society Ltd$2,50010%
Spca International Inc$2,50010%
Safe Connections$2,50010%
St Patrick Center$2,50010%
Mercy Chefs Inc$2,50010%
St Louis Area Diaper Bank$2,5001n/a
Humane Society of Missouri$2,50010%
City Hope St Louis$2,00010%
Our Ladys Inn$1,50010%
Mater Media$1,5001n/a
The Bolles School$1,00010%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$1,0001n/a
Guiding Eyes for the Blind Inc$1,00010%
Paws for Purple Hearts$1,00010%
Press Club of Metropolitan St Louis Charitable Fund$1,00011%
Greater Saint Louis Honor Flight Inc$1,00010%
Paws of Honor Inc$1,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($239k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Robert E Jones Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $86,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetBrianna Marie Foundation Inc: $72,000 over 9y, 25% of budgetThe Covering House: $53,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetGive Kids the World Inc: $48,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetStray Rescue of St Louis: $28,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSecond Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc: $23,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCardinal Glennon Children's Foundation: $22,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Central Florida Inc: $22,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAdventHealth Foundation Inc: $18,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetRescue Outreach Mission of Central Florida Inc: $18,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetHilton Head Humane Association: $12,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHomeless Services Network of Central Florida Inc: $12,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe National Children's Cancer Society: $11,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLittle Smiles Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetRhema Christian School Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetAdventHealth Home Health and Hospice Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOld Friends Senior Dogs Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLoaves and Fishes for St Louis Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetChance 2 Dance Inc: $7,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetNew Hope for Kids Inc: $7,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Ranken-Jordan Home For Convalescent Crippled Children: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAngels' Arms: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBaking Memories 4 Kids Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetChild Center-Marygrove: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Animal Rescue & Enrichment of St Louis: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHabitat for Horses Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLast Chance for Animals: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAnimal Protective Association of Missouri: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUS Naval Academy Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHopeful Horizons: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMirasol Health Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFive Acres Animal Shelter: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMercy Ships International: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWildlife Rescue Center: $5,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetSecond Helpings: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetOpen Door Animal Sanctuary: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGateway Homeless Services Inc: $4,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPink Ribbon Good Inc: $4,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSt Louis Area Food Bank Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWomen's Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAthletes for Animals Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetFriends of Kids With Cancer: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGentle Giants Draft Horse Rescue Society Ltd: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSpca International Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSafe Connections: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSt Patrick Center: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Chefs Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane Society of Missouri: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 55.

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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.

St Louis Community FoundationMO33.5× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: St Louis Community Foundation · World Wide Technology Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation Inc · Edward Jones Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Enterprise Bank & Trust Foundation · Moneta Group Charitable Foundation · Brown Dana Charitable Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · Tsf · Jefferson Foundation

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.

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About The Robert E Jones Foundation

How much does The Robert E Jones Foundation give?
The Robert E Jones Foundation reported 34 grants totaling $141,750 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 26 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Robert E Jones Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (49%), Animals (18%), Human Services (10%).
Who are The Robert E Jones Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc ($87k), Brianna Marie Foundation Inc ($72k), The Covering House ($54k).
Does The Robert E Jones Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Robert E 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 E Jones Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include St Louis Community Foundation, World Wide Technology Foundation, St Louis Community Foundation Inc.
Where is The Robert E Jones Foundation based?
The Robert E Jones Foundation is based in MO.

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 90 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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