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The Frank and Marta Jager

Chevy Chase, MD · EIN 45-3340410. Reported 76 grants totalling $230,300 to 50 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$1,000median grant
$230,300granted, 2021-2024
50recipients, as named on its returns
38%of grantees funded again the next year
$1,188,611assets, 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. The Frank and Marta Jager 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 $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $2,000; the smallest was $50 and the largest $22,650. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
25 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
37 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
2 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
12 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
US Holocaust Memorial MuseumWashington, DC$55,000442024
The Defiant Requiem FoundationWashington, DC$33,650222022
Defiant RequiemWashington, DC$29,000222024
MakonRockville, MD$20,000222023
Compassion & ChoicesWashington, DC$11,500442024
MakomRockville, MD$10,000112024
The Jewish Fnd for Group HomesRockville, MD$10,000112021
Jewish FederationNorth Bethesda, MD$5,000112023
N Street VillageWashington, DC$4,000332024
Give Kids the World VillageKissimmee, FL$3,500222023
Wilson CollegeChambersburg, PA$3,500442024
Annandale VillageSuwanee, GA$3,250332024
Nahs FoundationAtlanta, GA$3,000222022
DC Central KitchenWashington, DC$2,500332024
Leukemia Lymphoma SocietyWashington, DC$2,500112023
National Museum of American JewsPhiladelphia, PA$2,300112021
Jeff Brody EndowChapel Hill, NC$2,062112023
Coral Restoration FdnTavernier, FL$2,000222024
Planned Parenthood FederationNew York, NY$2,000112023
The Theatre LabWashington, DC$2,000112022
World Central KitchenWashington, DC$2,000222022
Jack SandlerMalta, NY$1,938112023
Feeding AmericaWashington, DC$1,500112023
N Atlanta High School FoundationAtlanta, GA$1,500112024
National Wwii MuseumNew Orleans, LA$1,350332024
Als AssociationArlington, VA$1,000112022
Alzeimer's AssociationChicago, IL$1,000112021
Gamaraal FoundationZurich, Zurich$1,000112022
Parkinsons Disease FoundationMiami, FL$1,000112022
Sutton PTAAtlanta, GA$1,000112021
Team ClemsonClemson, SC$1,000112023
US Against Alzheimer'sChevy Chase, MD$1,000112021
Warner Family OrganizationChandler, AZ$1,000112023
J Street TheatreWashington, DC$750222022
Jeff Brodey Endowment UncChapel Hill, NC$750112024
Theater JWashington, DC$750112024
For Kids FoundationReno, NV$500112023
George Mason UniversityFairfax, VA$500112021
Good FriendsMorrisville, PA$500112021
Link Counseling CenterSandy Springs, GA$500112023
Martha's TableWashington, DC$500112021
The Jack Sandler FoundationMalta, NY$500112021
The Traron CenterWashington, DC$500112021
Unc Health FoundationChapel Hill, NC$500112021
Atlanta Humane SocietyAtlanta, GA$450222024
American Red CrossBoone, IA$250112024
Doctors Without BordersNew York, NY$100112024
Sarcoma Foundation of AmericaDamascus, MD$100112023
American FoundationRockville, MD$50112022
World Wildlife FundWashington, DC$50112021

16 of 50 (32%) 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 38%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 29 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

Arts & Culture
13 grants
Education
6 grants
Mental Health
3 grants
Environment
3 grants
Human Services
2 grants
Health Care
1 grant
Food & Nutrition
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202122$46,850$750
202217$63,950$1,000
202321$68,550$1,938
202416$50,950$1,000

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

63% of its giving went to organizations in District of Columbia. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

District of Columbia
$146K
Maryland
$46K
Georgia
$10K
Florida
$6K
Pennsylvania
$6K
New York
$5K
North Carolina
$3K
Virginia
$2K

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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund16 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc15 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program15 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust11 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc11 shared recipientsMorgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc10 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in District of Columbia.
  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 The Frank and Marta Jager's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

Address of record on the latest return: 5610 Wisconsin Avenue 1106, Chevy Chase, MD, 20815. 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 45-3340410 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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