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Jacob Press Foundation

Rye, CO · EIN 13-6120372. Reported 139 grants totalling $108,691 to 61 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$200median grant
$108,691granted, 2020-2023
61organizations funded
61%of grantees funded again the next year
$586,824assets, latest filing

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. Jacob Press 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.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $200. Half of everything it gave fell between $100 and $775; the smallest was $25 and the largest $5,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
106 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
24 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
9 grants

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
University of Florida HillelGainesville, FL$20,000442023
Temple EmanuelPueblo, CO$17,500442023
Santa Fe PrepSanta Fe, NM$12,500332023
Jewish ColoradoDenver, CO$10,000442023
Jarc FloridaBoca Raton, FL$7,200332023
St Mary Corwin Health FoundationPueblo, CO$5,500442023
Valley BackpacksRye, CO$4,500332023
Congregation Bnai IsraelBoca Raton, FL$3,645332022
Faith CircleJacksonville, FL$3,200442023
Sangre De Cristo Art CenterPueblo, CO$2,500332023
Faulk Center for CounselingBoca Raton, FL$2,000222021
Adoption Choices of ColoradoGolden, CO$1,500222023
Alzheimer's AssociationMiami, FL$1,500332022
Kadoya GalleryPueblo, CO$1,000112020
Planned ParenthoodWest Palm Beach, FL$1,000442023
US Holocaust Memorial MuseumWashington, DC$800442023
Acequia Madre Elementary SchoolSanta Fe, NM$775112020
Boys TownBoys Town, NE$700442023
Pueblo Library FoundationPueblo, CO$650332022
Care and Share Food BankPueblo, CO$558442023
No Kid HungryWashington, DC$550442023
Wounded Warrior ProjectJacksonville, FL$550332023
Advanced Design SketchingChicago, IL$500112020
Facing History & OurselvesBoston, MA$500112023
Shriner's Hospitals for Children Office of DevelopmentTampa, FL$500332023
St Jude Children's Research HospitaMemphis, TN$500112020
Temple Beth ShalomMiami Beach, FL$500112020
Walk to End AlzheimersMiami, FL$500112023
Easter SealsPueblo, CO$450332023
Habitat for HumanityAericus, GA$450222022
MsaaCherry Hill, NJ$450442023
Feeding AmericaWashington, DC$400332023
Veterans of Foreign WarsWashington, DC$400332023
Doctors Without Borders USANew York, NY$388222021
The Leukemia & Lymphoma SocietyRye Brook, NY$350332022
Toys for Tots FoundationTriangle, VA$340332023
National Park FoundationWashington, DC$325222021
Boys and Girls Club of AmerAtlanta, GA$300332022
Paralyzed Veterans of AmericaWashington, DC$300332022
Paws for Purple HeartsPenngrove, CA$300222022
Pembroke Pines Church of GodPembroke Pines, FL$300112021
Idsa's Design FoundationHerndon, VA$250112020
Salvation ArmyPueblo, CO$250222023
Volunteers for CommunityOrlando, FL$250112021
American Civil Liberties UnionDenver, CO$200222022
Disabled VeteransCold Springs, KY$200222023
Special OlympicsClermont, FL$200222022
St Jude Research HospitalMemphis, TN$200112022
Susan G Komen for the CureDallas, TX$175222023
American Parkinson Disease AssociatStaten Island, NY$150222023
City of Pueblo Co Library DistPueblo, CO$150112023
ASPCAWashington, DC$125222021
American Diabetes AssociationMerrifield, VA$100112020
Make a WishWashington, DC$100112022
National Parks Conservation AssocWashington, DC$100112023
Smithsonian NmaahcWashington, DC$100112023
UnicefNew York, NY$100112022
Parkinson Research FoundationMiami, FL$50112021
Paws of HonorWilliamsburg, VA$50112022
Humane SocietyPueblo, CO$35112020
March of DimesArlington, VA$25112023

40 of 61 (66%) 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 61%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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 kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 54 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Health Care
7 grants
Religion
6 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
6 grants
Diseases & Disorders
6 grants
Arts & Culture
6 grants
Housing & Shelter
3 grants
Medical Research
3 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202042$36,105$250
202129$21,963$200
202236$24,748$150
202332$25,875$150

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. 41% of this one's giving went to organizations in Colorado. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Colorado
$45K
Florida
$41K
New Mexico
$13K
District of Columbia
$3K
New York
$988
Virginia
$765
Georgia
$750
Nebraska
$700

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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.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund10 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc9 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust7 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc7 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program6 shared recipientsAmerican Endowment Foundation6 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $200. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Colorado.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Jacob Press Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 9685 Shortcut Road 707, Rye, CO, 81069. 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.

EIN 13-6120372 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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