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Jasteka Foundation

Jeffersonville, IN · EIN 61-1356020. Reported 139 grants totalling $7,470,030 to 51 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$5,000median grant
$7,470,030granted, 2020-2023
51organizations funded
89%of grantees funded again the next year
$23.3Massets, 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. Jasteka 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $31,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $1,155,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
5 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
45 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
32 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
13 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
12 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
8 grants
$100,000 and Up
24 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
The River Ridge Learning CenterJeffersonville, IN$2,045,000442023
Center for Creative EducationWest Palm Beach, FL$1,220,030442023
The Louisville OrchestraLouisville, KY$983,000442023
The Speed Art MuseumLouisville, KY$822,000442023
Palm Beach United WayBoynton Beach, FL$475,000442023
Kravis CenterWest Palm Beach, FL$410,000442023
Jewish FederationLouisville, KY$402,000442023
Norton Museum of ArtWest Palm Beach, FL$337,500442023
Sylvester Manor Educational FarmShelter Island, NY$162,000442023
American Heart AssociationDallas, TX$75,000222023
Kentucky Country DayLouisville, KY$75,000332023
The Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York, NY$50,000222023
The Society of Four ArtsPalm Beach, FL$40,000442023
The Nature ConservancyArlington, VA$35,000442023
West End Prep SchoolLouisville, KY$25,000112020
Barnard CollegeNew York, NY$22,000442023
Blue Sky BridgeBoulder, CO$20,000442023
The Academy for TeachersNew York, NY$20,000442023
Tuck School of BusinessHanover, NH$20,000332023
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, TN$20,000332023
Columbia UniversityNew York, NY$17,500442023
The Palm Beach Police & Fire Foundation IncPalm Beach, FL$17,500332023
Alexander Dawson School FundLas Vegas, NV$15,000332023
Dance to Be FreeBoulder, CO$15,000332023
Filson Historical SocietyLouisville, KY$15,000222021
Shelter Island Historical SocietyShelter Island, NY$13,500442023
Cultural Council of Palm Beach CountyLake Worth, FL$10,500442023
Brooklyn MuseumBrooklyn, NY$10,000112020
Foundcare Health CenterWest Palm Beach, FL$10,000112020
Greater Clark Co SchoolsJeffersonville, IN$10,000112021
Shelter Island LibraryShelter Island, NY$10,000442023
Centre CollegeDanville, KY$7,500332023
Cu FoundationDenver, CO$6,000222021
National Links TrustWashington, DC$6,000332023
Trinity SchoolNew York, NY$6,000442023
Louisville BalletLouisville, KY$5,000112023
National STEM Cell FoundationLouisville, KY$5,000112023
The Dairy Arts CenterBoulder, CO$5,000112021
Perlman Music ProgramShelter Island Heights, NY$4,000442023
The Joyce TheaterNew York, NY$4,000442023
Colorado University BoulderBoulder, CO$3,000112023
Swim Across BostonCharlotte, NC$3,000222022
National Alliance for Eating DisordersWest Palm Beach, FL$2,000112022
The Pug Queen FoundationCalabasas, CA$2,000222023
Vertile FoundationBoulder, CO$2,000112020
West Side Montessori SchoolNew York, NY$2,000442023
Boulder Symphony & Music AcademyBoulder, CO$1,500112023
Bluegrass Center for AutismLouisville, KY$1,000112023
Play Boulder FoundationBoulder, CO$1,000112023
There With CareBoulder, CO$1,000112022
New York International Children's Film FestivalNew York, NY$500112020

36 of 51 (71%) 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 89%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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 80 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Arts & Culture
39 grants
Education
22 grants
Crime & Legal
7 grants
Food & Nutrition
4 grants
Animal Welfare
2 grants
Recreation & Sports
2 grants
Mental Health
1 grant
Human Services
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202029$2,486,000$10,000
202135$1,785,500$5,000
202236$1,831,530$5,000
202339$1,367,000$5,000

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. 34% of this one's giving went to organizations in Florida. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Florida
$2.5M
Kentucky
$2.3M
Indiana
$2.1M
New York
$322K
Texas
$75K
Colorado
$54K
Virginia
$35K
New Hampshire
$20K

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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 Fund24 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc22 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc20 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust18 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program15 shared recipientsMorgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc15 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. 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 Florida.
  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 Jasteka 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: 266 America Place, Jeffersonville, IN, 47130. 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 61-1356020 · 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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