The F & Js Fund Inc
Austin, TX · EIN 23-7042425. Reported 40 grants totalling $4,657,222 to 38 organizations across tax years 2021-2023. 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. The F & Js Fund Inc 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 $7,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $3,866,376. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schwab Charitable Fund | San Francisco, CA | $3,975,017 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Columbia Law School | New York, NY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Film Collaborative | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| 350ORG | Boston, MA | $36,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Environmental Defense Fund | New York, NY | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alliance for Justice | Washington, DC | $26,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Citizens Committee for Children | New York, NY | $26,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Montefiore Medical Center | Bronx, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Planned Parenthood of Ny | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Swarthmore College | Swarthmore, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | Bronx, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| End of Life Choices Ny | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| WNET-Thirteen & Wliw 21 | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City Bar Association | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Compassion & Choices | Portland, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Final Exit Network | Tallahassee, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Legal Aid Society | Bronx, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pesticide Action Network | Berkeley, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Correctional Association of Ny | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Harvard Law School | Cambridge, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Museum of Natural History | New York, MA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Avenues for Justice | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Columbia Presbyterian Hospital | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nantucket Land Council | Nantucket, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New York Landmarks Conservancy | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance | Salt Lake City, UT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Trickle Up | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Pennsylvania Law School | Philadelphia, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cambridge Community Chorus | Cambridge, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Court Appointed Special Advocates Inc | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New York Historical Society | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Xerces Society | Portland, OR | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New York Women's Bar Association | New York, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ny County Lawyers Assn | New York, NY | $205 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| World Wildlife Fund | Washington, DC | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ny Botanical Gardens | Bronx, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
1 of 38 (3%) received money in more than one year over the 3 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 0%, across 1 year-to-year transition. 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.
- Schwab Charitable Fund
THIS CONTRIBUTION HAS BEEN MADE TO PROVIDE THE FUND WITH RESOURCES TO CARRYOUT ITS CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES. - Columbia Law School
TO SUPPORT THE SCHOOL'S LEGAL CURRICULUM AND SCHOLARSHIPS - The Film Collaborative
TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATIONS "YOU ARE NOT ALONE" PROJECT - 350ORG
TO SUPPORT THE GOAL OF COMMUNITY-LED RENEWABLE ENERGY - Environmental Defense Fund
TO SUPPORT THE GOAL OF A SAFER AND HEALTHIER ENVIROMENT. - Alliance for Justice
TO SUPPORT ACCESS TO THE COURTS AND MAINTANING A FAIR AND INDEPENDENT JUSTICE SYSTEM
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 21 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 37 | $682,205 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 2 | $3,963,199 | $1,981,599 |
| 2023 | 1 | $11,818 | $11,818 |
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. 88% of this one's giving went to organizations in California. 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 $7,500. 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 California.
- 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.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The F & Js Fund Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 3 returns (tax years 2021-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 4108 Avenue G, Austin, TX, 78751. 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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