GrantmakersDistrict of Columbia

Jack and Jill of America Foundation Inc

Washington, DC · EIN 51-0224656. Reported 134 grants totalling $2,974,746 to 109 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.

109organizations funded
$10,000median reported grant
$2,974,746granted, 2020-2023
16%of grantees funded again the next year
14%of dollars to its largest recipient

Does this grantmaker accept applications?

Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.

Three things in the filing do bear on it:

  1. What kind of organization it is. For Jack and Jill of America Foundation Inc, the IRS classifies it under youth development rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE O50Z) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
  2. How spread out its giving is. 109 distinct organizations, with 14% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
  3. How much its list changes. 16% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.

How big are its grants?

The median reported grant is $10,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $20,000; the smallest was $5,500 and the largest $251,745. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.

Schedule I only reports grants over $5,000. Form 990 requires a charity to list recipients it paid more than that and lets it omit the rest, so every grant-size figure on this page describes the grants it reported, not all of them. Its real median is lower and its real recipient count is higher. This is also why these numbers cannot be compared with the private-foundation figures elsewhere on this site -- Form 990-PF has no reporting floor, so the two are different populations rather than two samples of one.
$5,000 - $10,000
30 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
74 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
15 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
11 grants
$100,000 - $250,000
3 grants
$250,000 Or More
1 grant

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Jack and Jill of America IncWashington, DC$430,224312023
Jack & Jill of America IncWashington, DC$300,312622022
United Negro College Fund IncWashington, DC$211,113332022
Southern Illinois University- CarbondaleCarbondale, IL$171,800112020
Alcorn StateLorman, MS$129,024112020
Langston University FoundationLangston, OK$71,465222021
UNCFWashington, DC$66,667112023
Tennessee State University FoundationNashville, TN$64,987222022
University District of ColumbWashington, DC$60,898112023
Morgan State UniversityBaltimore, MD$50,880112022
Philander Smith CollegeLittle Rock, AR$50,365112020
Xavier University of LouisianaNew Orleans, LA$44,422112020
Shaw UniversityRaleigh, NC$35,109222022
Grambling UniversityGrambling, LA$31,671112020
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Augusta IncAugusta, GA$30,000222022
Dillard UniversityNew Orleans, LA$29,458112020
University of DCWashington, DC$29,381112020
Bowie State University FoundationBowie, MD$29,107112021
Morgan State University Foundation IncorporatedBaltimore, MD$29,100112021
Benedict CollegeColumbia, SC$29,077112021
Savannah State College Foundation IncSavannah, GA$29,062112021
Lincoln UniversityLincoln Univ, PA$28,888112021
Howard UniversityWashington, DC$27,596222022
NAMI ChicagoChicago, IL$27,000332022
National Cares Mentoring Movement IncNew York, NY$25,000112022
Jackson State UniversityJackson, MS$23,883112020
Ingenuity Project IncBaltimore, MD$22,000222021
Calebs KidsSouthfield, MI$20,415222021
Chicago State FoundationChicago, IL$20,000222022
Metropolitan Family ServicesMerrionette Park, IL$20,000222022
Morehouse CollegeAtlanta, GA$20,000112020
Sister to Sister International IncYonkers, NY$20,000112020
Little Bit FoundationMaryland Hts, MO$18,500212021
Lawrence HallChicago, IL$18,225222023
African American Community Services AgencySan Jose, CA$18,000222022
The Center for Healthy Families IncColumbus, OH$18,000222022
Coppin State College Development Foundation IncBaltimore, MD$17,829112020
Cor IncAtlanta, GA$17,400222022
Streetcode AcademyE Palo Alto, CA$15,000112021
Law & Leadership Institute LLCColumbus, OH$12,500112021
African American Community SeSan Jose, CA$10,000112023
Amys Friends Dba New FriendsDallas, TX$10,000112023
Archaeology in the CommunityWashington, DC$10,000112020
Atlanta Childrens ShelterAtlanta, GA$10,000112023
Birthmark Doula CollectiveNew Orleans, LA$10,000112023
Blue Heart Foundation IncSan Diego, CA$10,000112022
Boys & Girls Club of Plam BeaWest Palm Beach, FL$10,000112023
Boys & Girls Clubs of GreaterAugusta, GA$10,000112023
Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern MichiganDetroit, MI$10,000112020
Boys and Girls Club of Middle Tennessee IncNashville, TN$10,000112022
Breakthrough Urban Ministries IncChicago, IL$10,000112020
Center for Survivors of TortuDallas, TX$10,000112023
Center for Survivors of TortureDallas, TX$10,000112022
Chicago State FoundationChicago, IL$10,000112023
Childrens Center of Wayne County IncDetroit, MI$10,000112021
Choice for AllRoosevelt, NY$10,000112022
Class Matters IncOklahoma City, OK$10,000112022
Coburn Place Safehaven II IncIndianapolis, IN$10,000112022
Cor IncAtlanta, GA$10,000112023
Covenant House CaliforniaHollywood, CA$10,000112023
Damani Gibson FoundationFayetteville, AR$10,000112020
Family Gateway IncDallas, TX$10,000112022
Girls Incorporated of Metro DenverDenver, CO$10,000112022
Grady Health FoundationAtlanta, GA$10,000112023
Greene ScholarsSanta Clara, CA$10,000112023
Join Hands Esl IncE Saint Louis, IL$10,000112022
Make-a-Wish Foundation of CentralW Lake Hills, TX$10,000112020
Maternal and Child Health Consortium of Chester CountyWest Chester, PA$10,000112020
Mental Health America of Central Carolinas IncCharlotte, NC$10,000112022
Metropolitan Family ServicesChicago, IL$10,000112023
Minority Engineering Program of IndianaIndianapolis, IN$10,000112022
NAMI Greater HoustonHouston, TX$10,000112022
Neighborhood House AssociatioSan Diego, CA$10,000112023
Nubian Village AcademyRichmond, VA$10,000112022
Peer Health Exchange IncOakland, CA$10,000112022
Project ExplorationChicago, IL$10,000112023
Project SyncereChicago, IL$10,000112022
Reading PartnersWashington, DC$10,000112023
Renaissance West Community InitiativeCharlotte, NC$10,000112020
Stars Math & English AcademyCharlotte, NC$10,000112022
Stars Math and English aCharlotte, NC$10,000112023
STEM ConnectionIndianapolis, IN$10,000112022
Stemcompass IncAtlanta, GA$10,000112020
Strong TiesPeoria, AZ$10,000112022
T Leroy Jefferson Medical SoWest Palm Beach, FL$10,000112023
The Blue Heart FoundationSan Diego, CA$10,000112023
The Little Bit FoundationOlivette, MO$10,000112023
Ththe Grady Health Foundation IncAtlanta, GA$10,000112022
University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation IncBaltimore, MD$10,000112020
Young Women on the MoveKansas City, KS$10,000112022
Black Girls Dive FoundationOwings Mills, MD$9,982112020
Brown Girls CodeAugusta, GA$9,957112020
Baltimore Alliance for CareerBaltimore, MD$9,745112023
Girls Inc HuntsvilleHuntsville, AL$9,618112023
Habilitative Systems IncorporatedChicago, IL$9,350112022
Envision ChildrenCincinnati, OH$9,200112020
SDM2 Project EducationDetroit, MI$8,854112022
BreakthroughChicago, IL$8,800112023
Crosby Scholars Community ParWinstonsalem, NC$8,701112023
NAMI ChicagoChicago, IL$8,681112023
Atlanta Childrens Shelter IncAtlanta, GA$8,000112021
Building Blocks to Success CorporationPortland, OR$8,000112021
Cy-Hope IncCypress, TX$8,000112021
Gaskins FoundationCincinnati, OH$8,000112021
New Beginnings Family Academy IncBridgeport, CT$8,000112021
One Family IllinoisChicago, IL$8,000112021
Teen Parent Connection IncGlen Ellyn, IL$8,000112021
Michigan State University FoundationEast Lansing, MI$6,000112021
Marian Middle SchoolSaint Louis, MO$5,500112021

16 of 109 (15%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 65 of 109 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.

Education
29 orgs
Youth Development
16 orgs
Human Services
11 orgs
Housing & Shelter
2 orgs
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
2 orgs
Arts & Culture
1 org
International Affairs
1 org
Community Improvement
1 org

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants reportedTotalMedian grant
202032$890,131$10,000
202132$592,540$10,000
202239$678,741$10,000
202331$813,334$10,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.

Where its money goes

39% of its giving went to organizations in District of Columbia. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.

District of Columbia
$1.1M
Illinois
$360K
Maryland
$179K
Georgia
$174K
Mississippi
$153K
Louisiana
$116K
California
$103K
North Carolina
$84K

Down to the city

Washington, DC
$1.1M
Carbondale, IL
$172K
Chicago, IL
$150K
Baltimore, MD
$140K
Lorman, MS
$129K
Atlanta, GA
$95K

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How to approach this grantmaker

  1. Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
  2. Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $10,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
  3. Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in District of Columbia.
  4. Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Jack and Jill of America Foundation Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.

On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 0 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 31 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.

Address of record on the latest return: 1930 17TH Street Nw, Washington, DC, 20009.

EIN 51-0224656 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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