The Jamie & Denise Jacob Family
Bloomfield Hills, MI · EIN 30-0232178. Reported 209 grants totalling $22.7M to 76 organizations across tax years 2020-2024, 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. For The Jamie & Denise Jacob Family, the IRS classifies it as a private grantmaking foundation (NTEE T20).
- How spread out its giving is. 76 distinct organizations, with 12% 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. 74% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is well above the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and above the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $70,000. Half of what it reported fell between $50,000 and $125,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $1,751,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan College Access Network | Lansing, MI | $2,640,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Developing Kingdoms in Different Stages | Southfield, MI | $2,451,130 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Midnight Golf Program | Detroit, MI | $2,010,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $897,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Wayne State University | Detroit, MI | $800,172 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Give Merit Inc | Detroit, MI | $796,150 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| The Michigan Hispanic Collaborative | Detroit, MI | $678,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Mosaic Youth Theater of Detroit | Detroit, MI | $629,338 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Teen Hype | Detroit, MI | $528,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alternatives for Girls | Detroit, MI | $485,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Friends of Children-Detroit | Detroit, MI | $475,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Next Level Scholars | Detroit, MI | $462,890 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| American Civil Liberties Union Fund of Michigan | Detroit, MI | $460,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Birth Detroit Inc | Detroit, MI | $450,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Vision to Learn | Los Angeles, CA | $450,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Urban Neighborhood Initiatives Inc | Detroit, MI | $397,620 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Success Network | Detroit, MI | $390,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Insideout Literary Arts Project | Detroit, MI | $375,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Hope Ignites | Saint Louis, MO | $352,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Childrens Center of Wayne County Inc | Detroit, MI | $335,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Michigan Organization on Adolescent Sexual Health | Lansing, MI | $333,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Atlantic Impact | Detroit, MI | $311,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Racquet Up Detroit | Detroit, MI | $293,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Hazel Park Promise Zone Authority | Hazel Park, MI | $277,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cots Community Housing Development Organization | Detroit, MI | $272,346 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation | Detroit, MI | $253,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Strategic Community Partners Inc | Detroit, MI | $250,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Michigan Voices | Detroit, MI | $240,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Forum for Youth Investment | Washington, DC | $237,639 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Detroit College Access Network | Detroit, MI | $225,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Starfish Family Services Inc | Inkster, MI | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Winning Futures | Troy, MI | $217,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Detroit Food & Entrepreneurship Academy | Detroit, MI | $215,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Detroit Phoenix Center | Detroit, MI | $210,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Givedirectly Inc | New York, NY | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Care House of Oakland County Inc | Pontiac, MI | $175,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Detroit Achievement Academy Foundation | Detroit, MI | $175,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Bottom Line Inc | Jamaica Plain, MA | $166,667 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Yunion | Detroit, MI | $151,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lawn Academy | Detroit, MI | $150,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Allied Media Projects Inc | Detroit, MI | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Focusing Philanthropy Inc | Santa Monica, CA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cots | Detroit, MI | $136,173 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Detroit Regional Chamber Foundation Inc | Detroit, MI | $124,128 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation | Washington, DC | $110,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wayne State University | Detroit, MI | $102,790 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Umoja Debate Team | Detroit, MI | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Kids Kicking Cancer Inc | Southfield, MI | $97,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan | Detroit, MI | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Downtown Boxing Gym Youth Program | Detroit, MI | $78,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alkebu-Lan Village | Detroit, MI | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Orchards Childrens Services Inc | Southfield, MI | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pathfinder International | Washington, DC | $65,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Reproductive Rights Inc | New York, NY | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit | Bloomfield Hills, MI | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Grace in Action Collectives | Detroit, MI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Family Service | W Bloomfield, MI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Abortion Federation | Annapolis Jct, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Michigan Afterschool Partnership | Lansing, MI | $43,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Msi US | Washington, DC | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sanctum House Inc | Novi, MI | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Detroit Cristo Rey High School Inc | Detroit, MI | $31,250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Michigan Civic Education Fund | Madison Hts, MI | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mostyn Community and Education Development | Detroit, MI | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Childrens Hospital of Michigan Foundation | Detroit, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Detroit Cristo Rey High School Corporate Work Study Program Inc | Detroit, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Afterschool Alliance | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Equal Justice Initiative | Montgomery, AL | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Michigan League for Public Policy | Lansing, MI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Power to Decide | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pro Publica Inc | New York, NY | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | Montgomery, AL | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Center for Michigan Inc | Detroit, MI | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jocotoco Conservation Foundation | Glenview, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Council of Michigan Foundations Inc | Detroit, MI | $6,100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
51 of 76 (67%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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.
- Midnight Golf Program
TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY. - Detroit College Access Network
TO SUPPORT HIGHER EDUCATION - Jewish Family Service of Metropolitan Detroit
TO SUPPORT THE JEWISH COMMUNITY - Jewish Federation of Detroit
TO SUPPORT THE ANNUAL CAMPAIGN - The Children's Foundation
TO SUPPORT CHILDREN'S HEALTH - Kids Kicking Cancer Inc
TO SUPPORT FAMILIES FACING ILLNESS.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 68 of 76 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 39 | $3,010,547 | $60,000 |
| 2021 | 33 | $3,209,913 | $66,000 |
| 2022 | 41 | $3,763,770 | $70,000 |
| 2023 | 43 | $4,915,517 | $66,000 |
| 2024 | 53 | $7,801,896 | $85,000 |
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
91% of its giving went to organizations in Michigan. 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 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.
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 $70,000 -- 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 Michigan.
- 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 The Jamie & Denise Jacob Family's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 53 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: Po Box 2030 6735 Telegraph Rd, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 48301.
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