Charles D Jacobus Family Foundation
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 39-1559892. Reported 143 grants totalling $1,516,975 to 55 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. Charles D Jacobus Family 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 $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $15,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $50,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Arrow Foundation | Delafield, WI | $130,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| United Way of Greater Milwaukee | Milwaukee, WI | $115,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Medical College of Wisconsin | Milwaukee, WI | $96,675 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kids Forward | Madison, WI | $68,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Children's Hospital Foundation | Milwaukee, WI | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Milwaukee Rescue Mission | Milwaukee, WI | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pathfinders Milwaukee Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Penfield Children's Center | Milwaukee, WI | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ten Chimney's Foundation | Genesee Depot, WI | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cathedral Center | Milwaukee, WI | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Coa Youth & Family Centers | Milwaukee, WI | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| College Possible | Milwaukee, WI | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Arts Large | Milwaukee, WI | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wisconsin Preservation Fund | Milwaukee, WI | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| True Skool | Milwaukee, WI | $37,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Milwaukee, WI | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kid's Matter Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Milwaukee Tennis & Education Foundation | Milwaukee, WI | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Next Door Foundation | Milwaukee, WI | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Safe & Sound Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Milwaukee Parks Foundation | Milwaukee, WI | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra | Milwaukee, WI | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Robert Connor Dawes Foundation | Elm Grove, WI | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation (wwbic) | Milwaukee, WI | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wwbic | Milwaukee, WI | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Zoological Society | Milwaukee, WI | $17,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Donors Forum of Wisconsin | Brookfield, WI | $16,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| United Performing Arts Fund | Milwaukee, WI | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| America Scores Milwaukee | Milwaukee, WI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kradwell School Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Local Initiatives Support Organization | New York, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Milwaukee Diaper Mission Inc | Cudahy, WI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Outreach Community Health Centers Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United Community Center Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Junior Achievement | Milwaukee, WI | $14,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Via Cdc | Milwaukee, WI | $14,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Charles Boesel Fdn | Milwaukee, WI | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| City on a Hill Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Discovery World | Milwaukee, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| La Causa Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Literacy Services of Wisconsin | Milwaukee, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Malaika Early Learning Center | Milwaukee, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hope House | Milwaukee, WI | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| I Have a Dream Foundation - Milwaukee Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nia Imani Family Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Urban Ecology Center | Milwaukee, WI | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Benjamin E Croft | Milwaukee, WI | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Abigail Regenfuss | Milwaukee, WI | $5,300 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Aryel J Sirovina | Milwaukee, WI | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| City Champs Foundation Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jennifer J Austin | Milwaukee, WI | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Local Initiatives Support Corporation | Milwaukee, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dance Works | New York, NY | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Marlee K Koplin | Milwaukee, WI | $1,300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ryan Hamell | Milwaukee, WI | $1,300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
37 of 55 (67%) 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 81%, 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 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.
- Red Arrow Foundation
SUPPORT PRESERVATION OF RED ARROW CAMP - Medical College of Wisconsin
SUPPORT FOR MEDICAL PROGRAMS - United Way of Greater Milwaukee
SUPPORT FOR PROGRAMS TO HELP THE DISADVANTAGED - Kids Forward
SUPPORT TO PROMOTE CHILD PROGRAMS AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERY FAMILY IN WISCONSIN - America Scores Milwaukee
SUPPORT FOR URBAN YOUTH EDUCATION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY - Cathedral Center
SUPPORT FOR HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 68 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 36 | $394,550 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 31 | $322,850 | $7,500 |
| 2023 | 39 | $403,900 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 37 | $395,675 | $10,000 |
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. 99% of this one's giving went to organizations in Wisconsin. 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 $10,000. 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 Wisconsin.
- 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 Charles D Jacobus Family 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: 11414 W Park Place Suite 300, Milwaukee, WI, 53224. 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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