Jones Day Foundation
Cleveland, OH · EIN 34-1570455. Reported 128 grants totalling $30.1M to 83 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
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:
- What kind of organization it is. The IRS has no activity classification on file for this one, so we cannot tell you whether it is a community foundation or a single-institution support fund. The recipient list below is the better guide.
- How spread out its giving is. 83 distinct organizations, with 10% 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.
- How much its list changes. 50% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 57% median for grantmaking charities -- noticeably lower than the 67% private foundations manage. Organizations like this one rotate more of their list each year, which is where an opening for a newcomer tends to be.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $139,000. Half of what it reported fell between $83,333 and $300,000; the smallest was $10,000 and the largest $2,000,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hope for a Healthier Humanity Foundation Inc | Staten Island, NY | $2,928,994 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Nus America Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $2,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cleveland Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $1,600,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Musical Arts Association | Cleveland, OH | $1,220,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American India Foundation | New York, NY | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund Inc | New York, NY | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New York Catholic Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Cleveland Clinic Foundation | Independence, OH | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lawyers Without Borders Inc | New Haven, CT | $900,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hands Together for Haitians Inc | N Palm Beach, FL | $679,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of Notre-Dame De Paris | Washington DC, DC | $610,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Aslan Project Inc | Washington, DC | $600,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois Inc | Skokie, IL | $565,020 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Inc | Cleveland, OH | $550,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Eradicate Hate Global Summit | Pittsburgh, PA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| John Jay College Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Swades Foundation USA Inc | Marina Dl Rey, CA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Childrens Scholarship Fund | New York, NY | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United States Association for Unhcr | Washington, DC | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cleveland State University Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $435,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United States Holocaust Memorial Council | Washington, DC | $425,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | $400,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| National Center for Civil and Human Rights Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Children of Haiti | Peoria, IL | $350,700 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | New York, NY | $350,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of United Hatzalah Inc | New York, NY | $350,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hospice of the Western Reserve Inc | Cleveland, OH | $333,333 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc | Silver Spring, MD | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cleveland Museum of Natural History | Cleveland, OH | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Communities in Schools of the Nations Capital Inc | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fordham University | Bronx, NY | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hadassah the Womens Zionist Organization of America Inc | New York, NY | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Rights | Chicago, IL | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Just the Beginning - a Pipeline Organization | Chicago, IL | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Promedica Foundation | Toledo, OH | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pilnet | New York, NY | $275,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Ny | New York, NY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City Club of Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hear Scholarship Foundation Inc | Glenview, IL | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Momentum Advisory Collective | West Chester, OH | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid Inc | Mercedes, TX | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Northeast Ohio Hispanic Center for Economic Development | Cleveland, OH | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington Inc | Washington, DC | $241,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild Inc | Washington, DC | $240,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education | Chicago, IL | $215,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bread for the City Inc | Washington DC, DC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Brigham Young University | Provo, UT | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta Inc | Brookhaven, GA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Thrive Ministry | Lakewood, CO | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| World Justice Project | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Frank M Johnson JR Institute | Montgomery, AL | $195,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cleveland Zoological Society | Cleveland, OH | $166,666 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rand Corporation | Santa Monica, CA | $158,333 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Equal Justice Works | Washington, DC | $148,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Valley Hope Church | Swannanoa, NC | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Law Institute | Philadelphia, PA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Armenian General Benevolent Union | Pasadena, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Atlanta Ballet Incorporated | Atlanta, GA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Center for Domestic Peace | Sylva, NC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Consortium of Catholic Academies of the Archdiocese of Washington Inc | Hyattsville, MD | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dallas Holocaust Museum | Dallas, TX | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Diocese of Laredo | Laredo, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| District of Columbia School of Law Foundation | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Public Pvt Pship for Justice in Afg | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Girl Scouts Seal of Ohio Council Inc | Columbus, OH | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Heal Trafficking Inc | Long Beach, CA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Network Group Inc | Arlington, VA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nijc Nfp | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Program on International Financial Systems Inc | Cambridge, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Nita Foundation | Louisville, CO | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Christian Herald Assn Inc | New York, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boy Scouts of America | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boy Scouts of America | Irving, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Corporation of Yaddo | Saratoga Spgs, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Georgia Research Alliance Inc | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Greater Cleveland Food Bank Inc | Cleveland, OH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Manufacturing Advocacy & Growth Network Inc | Cleveland, OH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Peace Corps Foundation | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Greater Cleveland Sports Commission | Cleveland, OH | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | Americus, GA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Patent Quality Education & Training Foundation | Cary, NC | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Islamic Scholarship Fund | Berkeley, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
25 of 83 (30%) 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 kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 69 of 83 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.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 25 | $7,100,702 | $100,000 |
| 2022 | 41 | $11.0M | $200,000 |
| 2023 | 26 | $5,094,390 | $110,000 |
| 2024 | 36 | $6,980,322 | $139,000 |
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
36% of its giving went to organizations in New York. 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.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available 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 grantmaker
- 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.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $139,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in New York.
- 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 Jones Day Foundation's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 36 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 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: 901 Lakeside Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44114.
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