David B Jones Foundation
Wilmington, DE · EIN 41-1909574. Reported 98 grants totalling $5,025,150 to 52 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. David B Jones Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $37,683. Half of everything it gave fell between $18,750 and $71,290; the smallest was $2,500 and the largest $256,601. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boy Scouts of America | Sioux Falls, SD | $524,875 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mammoth Site of Hot Springs South Dakota Inc | Hot Springs, SD | $482,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of Wisconsin System | Madison, WI | $314,857 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Washington Pavilion Management Inc | Sioux Falls, SD | $269,101 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $258,945 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Minnesota Childrens Museum | Saint Paul, MN | $238,956 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Normandale Community College Foundation Inc | Eagan, MN | $215,717 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Carthage College | Kenosha, WI | $205,740 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of Nebraska Foundation | Lincoln, NE | $171,949 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Science Kids | Sheridan, WY | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Burke Museum Association | Seattle, WA | $145,850 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Museum of the Rockies | Bozeman, MT | $145,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | Denver, CO | $129,723 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Raymond M Alf Museum | Claremont, CA | $121,120 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Friends of Ndgs Paleo | Mandan, ND | $101,902 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Regents of the University of California - Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | $92,290 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Board of the University of Alabama | Tuscaloosa, AL | $85,207 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Albion College | Albion, MI | $82,668 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Northern Wyoming Community College Foundation Dba | Sheridan, WY | $81,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Macalester College | Saint Paul, MN | $77,413 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Denver Museum of Nature and Science | Denver, CO | $77,188 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Colorado Museum of Natural History | Denver, CO | $75,229 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Augustana University Association | Sioux Falls, SD | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Found | Los Angeles, CA | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| San Diego Society of Natural History Balboa Park | San Diego, CA | $67,386 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Loyola University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $62,337 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Des Moines University Osteopathic Medical Center | Des Moines, IA | $61,455 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of New Mexico Foundation Incorporated | Albuquerque, NM | $60,146 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Idaho State University Foundation Inc | Pocatello, ID | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dayton Society of Natural History Dayton Museum of | Dayton, OH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Towson University Foundation Inc | Towson, MD | $48,617 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| North Carolina State University College of Science | Raleigh, NC | $38,788 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kansas University Endowment Assoc | Lawrence, KS | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Casper College Rodeo Fund | Casper, WY | $34,458 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Csusb Philanthropic Foundation | Sn Bernrdno, CA | $30,156 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Catawba Science Center Inc | Hickory, NC | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Dinosaur Ridge | Morrison, CO | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Washington Academic Middle | Sanger, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Utah Field House | Vernal, UT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Childrens Museum of Phoenix | Phoenix, AZ | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wyoming Dinosaur Center | Thermopolis, WY | $20,060 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Society of Vertebrate Paleontology | Mclean, VA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends of Nc State Museum of Natural Sciences | Raleigh, NC | $18,750 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bighorn Basin Paleontological Institute | Willow Grove, PA | $16,722 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Science Journal for Kids | Austin, TX | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| San Joaquin Valley Paleontology Foundation | Madera, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| A Man and His Bones | Sioux Falls, SD | $11,545 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Western Center Community Foundation | Hemet, CA | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Stamford Museum and Nature Center Incorporated | Stamford, CT | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The University of Tennessee Foundation Inc | Martin, TN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Union Museum of History and Art | Farmerville, LA | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Delaware Academy of Science Inc | Newark, DE | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
26 of 52 (50%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 55%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Washington Pavilion Management Inc
Expanding the Reach of Paleontology at the Washington Pavilion - Mammoth Site of Hot Springs South Dakota Inc
Mammoth Site Intern Program - Boy Scouts of America
David B. Jones Nature Center and Museum - University of Wisconsin System
Excavation to publication: an undergraduate research journey through North America's oldest dinosauromorph assemblage (Late Triassic [Carnian] Popo Agie Formation, Wyoming) - Museum of the Rockies
Cretaceous Crossroads and Discover Science!: A Paleontological Education Initiative - Normandale Community College Foundation Inc
Expanding Exposure to Career Pathways in Anthropology & Archeology
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 71 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 23 | $1,429,655 | $49,503 |
| 2022 | 24 | $1,037,633 | $27,770 |
| 2023 | 24 | $1,297,005 | $36,555 |
| 2024 | 27 | $1,260,857 | $38,788 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 27% of this one's giving went to organizations in South Dakota. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $37,683. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in South Dakota.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from David B Jones Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Foundation Source 501 Silverside Rd, Wilmington, DE, 19809. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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