The Jacobson Family Foundation
New York, NY · EIN 13-3922461. Reported 204 grants totalling $12.5M to 127 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". The Jacobson Family Foundation checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
4 of the organizations The Jacobson Family Foundation funded make grants themselves, and it reported 13 grants totalling $463,966 to them. That is 4% of the $10.4M of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Inc | federated giving programme | Florida | $360,300 | 4 | 4 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Boston Foundation Inc | community foundation | Massachusetts | $66,666 | 2 | 2 | 2022 | Its form does not ask |
| The Red Sox Foundation Inc | grantmaking organization | Massachusetts | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Town of Palm Beach United Way Inc | federated giving programme | Florida | $7,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,500 and $24,000; the smallest was $260 and the largest $1,296,000.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York-Presbyterian Fund Inc | New York, NY | $3,107,772 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts | New York, NY | $2,921,131 | 7 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Israel Education Foundation | Washington, DC | $2,350,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Uja-Federation of New York | Syosset, NY | $1,175,750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County | West Palm Beach, FL | $360,300 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Northwell Health Foundation | Great Neck, NY | $305,300 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Women's Foundation of Boston | Boston, MA | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center | East Hills, NY | $201,180 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boston Foundation (quinn House) | Boston, MA | $200,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nyu Daily Gift Account | New York, NY | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Northwell Health | New Hyde Park, NY | $200,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Norton Museum of Art | West Palm Beach, FL | $131,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Central Park Conservancy | New York, NY | $101,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boston Foundation | Boston, MA | $66,666 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Atlantic Golf Club Educational Fund | Bridgehampton, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Oliver Scholars | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | New York, NY | $36,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Palm Beach Orthodox Synagogue Inc | Palm Beach, FL | $36,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Head Injury Foundation Inc | Hauppauge, NY | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Red Sox Foundation | Boston, MA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Friends of United Hatzalah | New York, NY | $28,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | West Palm Beach, FL | $27,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| American Friends of the Israel Museum | New York, NY | $26,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Shalva | New York, NY | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Atlantic Golf Club Foundation | Bridgehampton, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Guggenheim Museum | West Palm Beach, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Palm Beach Center to Combat Antisemitism & Hatred | West Palm Beach, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brothers for Life | Seattle, WA | $23,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Palm Beach Police and Fire Foundation | Palm Beach, FL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | New York, NY | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish National Fund | New York, NY | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mental Health Coalition | New York, NY | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Prep for Prep | New York, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| St Francis Hospital | Roslyn, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Riverside Church in the City of New York | New York, NY | $13,333 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| North Country Reform Temple | Glen Coveq, NY | $13,194 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Beit Ruth | New York, NY | $12,832 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of Morselife | West Palm Beach, FL | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nassau County Police Dept Foundation | Garden City, NY | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation | New York, NY | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundation | Chicago, IL | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| American Council of Trustees and Alumni | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Citizens' Committee for Children of New York | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Morselife Foundation | West Palm Beach, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New York City Police Foundation | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundation | Palm Beach, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Unrestricted | New York, NY | $9,760 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Locust Valley Library | New York, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Palm Beach Country Club Foundation | Palm Beach, FL | $7,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Summaeverythang Community Center Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Friends of the Hebrew University | Hollywood, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Friends of the Hebrew University | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Birthright Israel | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Citizens' Committee for Children of Ny | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | Hagerstown, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Palm Beach United Way Inc | Palm Beach, FL | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Solomon R Guggenheim Museum | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| George Polli Foundation Inc | Northport, NY | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gift of Life | Boca Raton, FL | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| No Kid Hungry | Philadelphia, PA | $3,600 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Jewish Museum | New York, NY | $3,600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Joan and Sanford I Weill Medical College | New York, NY | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Friends of the Israel Philharmonic Orches | New York, NY | $3,300 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| City of Hope | Duarte, CA | $3,125 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Glen Oaks Club Philanthropic Fund | Old Westbury, NY | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America | New York, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| North Shore Soup Kitchen | Glen Cove, NY | $2,850 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Cancer Society | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Museum of Natural History | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Beth's Furry Friends Foundation | Albany, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brigham & Women's Hospital | Boston, ME | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Children's Medical Fund of New York | Syosset, NY | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cove Animal Rescue | Glen Cove, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gatto Pups & Friends | Glen Head, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hearing the Ovarian Cancer Whisper Inc | Jupiter, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Island Harvest | Bethpage, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Last Hope Inc | Wantagh, NE | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mgh Transplant Gold Classics | Boston, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Make-a-Wish of Suffolk County Ny | Ronkonkoma, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Planned Parenthood of South Flordia | West Palm Beach, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sunrise Day Camps Association | Oceanside, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Museum of Modern Art | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish Histor | Philadephia, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Yai (ihope) | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| How | Jupiter, FM | $2,400 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Board | New York, NY | $2,390 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mass General Transplant Golf Classic | Boston, MA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Town of Palm Beach United Way Inc | Palm Beach, FL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Metropolitan Opera | New York, NY | $1,865 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hamptons Community Outreach | Bridgehampton, NY | $1,853 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Childrens Healthalliance | San Rafael, CA | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Japan Society | New York, NY | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Selfhelp Community Services Foundation | New York, NY | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Student Advocacy | Elmsford, NY | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Brooklyn, NY | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Gls Memorial Fund | Boca Raton, FL | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lawrence Polatsch Memorial Fund | Rye Brook, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mount Sinai Health System | New York, NC | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Scs Foundation | New York, NY | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Nyc Pba Widows and Childrens Fund | New York, NY | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Friends of Migdal Ohr | New York, NY | $1,030 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness | West Palm Beach, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Friends of Yahad in Unum | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Heart Association | West Palm Beach, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Association to Benefit Children | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Breast Cancer Research Foundation | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Charles M Schwartz Memorial Foundation | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of Jewish Heritage in Poland | Woodbridge, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Idf | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Jcc Krakow | Suffern, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jcrc-Ny | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation | King Prussia, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Migdal Ohr | Coral Springs, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Solomon Institute Inc | Palm Beach, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fidf | New York, NY | $760 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Children's Aid Society | New York, NY | $530 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Paps Corp | Deerfield Beach, FL | $513 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Israel Tennis Centers Foundation | Deerfield Beach, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Leukemia & Lymphoma Society | Pittsfield, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lung Cancer Research Foundation | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Orangewood Foundation | Santa Ana, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Providence House | Brooklyn, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Southampton Village Pba | Speonk, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New York Road Runners | New York, NY | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
36 of 127 (28%) 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 46%, 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, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 126 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.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 52 | $2,228,734 | $4,372 |
| 2022 | 46 | $2,902,798 | $2,445 |
| 2023 | 49 | $5,168,761 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 57 | $2,204,291 | $9,760 |
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
70% of its giving went to organizations in New York.
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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. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Jacobson Family Foundation'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: 55 Hudson Yards, New York, NY, 10001. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
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