David B Jones Foundation

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

2 grants matching “accumulated” · $82,668

• $37,334

  Albion College · Albion, MI · 2024

  Undergraduate Research on Macro- to Micro-scale Trends in Fossil Accumulation and Preservation during the Permian Period of the Intermountain West

• $45,334

  Albion College · Albion, MI · 2023

  Undergraduate Research on Macro- to Micro-scale Trends in Fossil Accumulation and Preservation during the Permian Period of the Intermountain West

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

• Boy Scouts of America4 grants · $350,000
• Mammoth Site of Hot Springs South Dakota2 grants · $332,500
• University of Wisconsin System3 grants · $314,857
• Regents of the University of Michigan3 grants · $258,945
• Minnesota Childrens Museum3 grants · $184,641
• Burke Museum Association2 grants · $145,850
• Museum of the Rockies1 grant · $145,000
• Carthage College2 grants · $131,094
• Raymond M Alf Museum4 grants · $121,120
• University of Nebraska Foundation2 grants · $120,549

Giving over time

Grant history

All 75 reported grants, largest first.

• $202,500

  Mammoth Site of Hot Springs South Dakota · Hot Springs, SD · 2024

  Mammoth Site Intern Program

• $195,000

  Boy Scouts of America · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023

  David B. Jones Nature Center and Museum

• $189,752

  University of Wisconsin System · Madison, WI · 2023

  Excavation to publication: an undergraduate research journey through North America's oldest dinosauromorph assemblage (Late Triassic [Carnian] Popo Agie Formation, Wyoming)

• $145,000

  Museum of the Rockies · Bozeman, MT · 2024

  Cretaceous Crossroads and Discover Science!: A Paleontological Education Initiative

• $130,000

  Mammoth Site of Hot Springs South Dakota · Hot Springs, SD · 2022

  Enhancing the Paleontology Internship Scholarship program

• $105,000

  Boy Scouts of America · Sioux Falls, SD · 2022

  David B. Jones Nature Center and Museum

• $101,049

  University of Nebraska Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2023

  General & Unrestricted

• $90,717

  Normandale Community College Foundation · Eagan, MN · 2022

  Supporting Career Exploration in Anthropology and Archaeology

• $86,315

  Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024

  Mammalian evolution in dynamic environments across the K-Pg boundary in the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming

• $86,315

  Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023

  Mammalian evolution in dynamic environments across the K-Pg boundary in the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming

• $86,315

  Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022

  Mammalian evolution in dynamic environments across the K-Pg boundary in the Bighorn Basin

• $85,207

  Board of the University of Alabama · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2024

  Training the next generation of curators and collection managers via impactful museum collection activities

• $83,403

  University of Wisconsin System · Madison, WI · 2023

  Paleoecology and Stratigraphy of the Upper Jurassic Dinosaur Fauna of Jurassic National Monument, Emery County, Utah

• $76,720

  Carthage College · Kenosha, WI · 2023

  Carthage Institute of Paleontology's Preparator and Undergraduate Paleo Education Project

• $75,000

  Augustana University Association · Sioux Falls, SD · 2022

  Mitchell Prehistoric Indian Village Archeological Collection Conservation, Archeological Publications, and Public Education Outreach Activities.

• $72,925

  Burke Museum Association · Seattle, WA · 2023

  Partnering Paleontological Research with Public Outreach

• $72,925

  Burke Museum Association · Seattle, WA · 2022

  Partnering Paleontological Research with Public Outreach at the Burke Museum

• $70,000

  Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Found · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  Dinosaur Institute Summer Internship in Fossil Conservation at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

• $65,000

  Minnesota Childrens Museum · Saint Paul, MN · 2024

  Dinosaurs: Land of Fire and Ice Exhibit National Tour

• $65,000

  Minnesota Childrens Museum · Saint Paul, MN · 2023

  Dinosaurs: Land of Fire and Ice Exhibit National Tour

• $62,337

  Loyola University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Expanding insights into end-Cretaceous community dynamics from microfossil assemblages of the Lance Formation, Wyoming

• $61,455

  Des Moines University Osteopathic Medical Center · Des Moines, IA · 2023

  Natural Trap Cave 2.0

• $60,146

  University of New Mexico Foundation Incorporated · Albuquerque, NM · 2024

  Future Fossils on Fans: The Pilcomayo fan, Paraguay, as a model for terrestrial vertebrate fossil preservation

• $60,000

  Idaho State University Foundation · Pocatello, ID · 2024

  Education Everywhere Idaho

• $54,641

  Minnesota Childrens Museum · Saint Paul, MN · 2022

  Dinosaurs: Land of Fire and Ice Exhibit National Tour

• $54,374

  Carthage College · Kenosha, WI · 2022

  Carthage Institute of Paleontology's Preparator and Undergraduate Paleo Education Project

• $50,000

  Science Kids · Sheridan, WY · 2024

  Science Kids Program Support

• $50,000

  Dayton Society of Natural History Dayton Museum of · Dayton, OH · 2023

  Dayton's Dinosaur: A Place-Based Paleontology Exhibit

• $50,000

  Science Kids · Sheridan, WY · 2022

  Science Kids Program Support

• $49,156

  Regents of the University of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024

  Illuminating the Late Cretaceous (ca. 68 - 74 million-year-old) mammals and other tiny vertebrates of Colorado's Western Slope through discovery and study of microvertebrate sites in the Williams Fork Formation

• $45,334

  Albion College · Albion, MI · 2023

  Undergraduate Research on Macro- to Micro-scale Trends in Fossil Accumulation and Preservation during the Permian Period of the Intermountain West

• $43,650

  Friends of Ndgs Paleo · Mandan, ND · 2022

  General & Unrestricted

• $41,702

  University of Wisconsin System · Madison, WI · 2024

  Paleoecology and Stratigraphy of the Upper Jurassic Dinosaur Fauna of Jurassic National Monument, Emery County, Utah

• $39,156

  Denver Museum of Nature and Science · Denver, CO · 2024

  David B. Jones Internship Program in Paleontology at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science

• $38,788

  North Carolina State University College of Science · Raleigh, NC · 2024

  K-12 students doing paleontology in the classroom and the lab

• $38,032

  Denver Museum of Nature and Science · Denver, CO · 2023

  David B. Jones Internship Program in Paleontology at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science

• $37,334

  Albion College · Albion, MI · 2024

  Undergraduate Research on Macro- to Micro-scale Trends in Fossil Accumulation and Preservation during the Permian Period of the Intermountain West

• $36,940

  The Colorado Museum of Natural History · Denver, CO · 2022

  Renewed Support for the David B. Jones Internship Program in Paleontology at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science

• $35,078

  San Diego Society of Natural History Balboa Park · San Diego, CA · 2023

  Paleontology Apprenticeship Program for Undergraduate Students

• $35,040

  Raymond M Alf Museum · Claremont, CA · 2024

  Vertebrate Paleontology of the Mesaverde Formation (Late Cretaceous) of Wyoming

• $35,000

  Kansas University Endowment Assoc · Lawrence, KS · 2023

  David B. Jones Fellows in Vertebrate Paleontology at the University of Kansas: Research, Training and Public Educational Outreach

• $30,540

  Raymond M Alf Museum · Claremont, CA · 2022

  Vertebrate Paleontology of the Mesaverde Formation

• $28,540

  Raymond M Alf Museum · Claremont, CA · 2023

  Vertebrate Paleontology of the Mesaverde Formation (Late Cretaceous) of Wyoming

• $27,263

  Macalester College · Saint Paul, MN · 2024

  Enriching the Paleontology Experience at Macalester College

• $27,000

  Raymond M Alf Museum · Claremont, CA · 2024

  Cosplay for Science - Paleontology and Pop Culture at San Diego Comic Con STEAM FAIR

• $25,850

  Macalester College · Saint Paul, MN · 2023

  Enriching the Paleontology Experience at Macalester College

• $25,000

  Boy Scouts of America · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023

  David B. Jones Legacy Friends of Scouting

• $25,000

  Friends of the Utah Field House · Vernal, UT · 2023

  Installation of New Exhibit: A Ceratosaurus for the Jurassic Hall

• $25,000

  Boy Scouts of America · Sioux Falls, SD · 2022

  David B. Jones Legacy Friends of Scouting

• $24,300

  Macalester College · Saint Paul, MN · 2022

  Enriching the Paleontology Experience at Macalester college

• $21,000

  Regents of the University of California - Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2022

  Advancing Community College Education and Student Success

• $20,060

  Wyoming Dinosaur Center · Thermopolis, WY · 2022

  Fossils working on Fossils & Teachers' Workshop

• $20,000

  Washington Academic Middle · Sanger, CA · 2022

  Paleontology Club

• $19,500

  University of Nebraska Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2022

  Virtual Field Trip Educator and Internships for Field Experience in Vertebrate Paleontology at Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park

• $19,334

  The Colorado Museum of Natural History · Denver, CO · 2022

  Support for David B. Jones Interns in Paleontology in the Earth Sciences Internship Program of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science Project

• $18,750

  Friends of Nc State Museum of Natural Sciences · Raleigh, NC · 2024

  Leveraging the New 'Dueling Dinosaurs' Paleontology Exhibit to Enhance Paleontology Learning for NC Students Youth from Under Resourced Schools and Communities

• $17,229

  Casper College Rodeo Fund · Casper, WY · 2023

  Tate Museum Collections Expansion Project

• $17,229

  Casper College Rodeo Fund · Casper, WY · 2022

  Tate Museum Collections Expansion Project

• $15,078

  Csusb Philanthropic Foundation · Sn Bernrdno, CA · 2022

  Late Jurassic Theropods Of Jemez Pueblo

• $15,000

  San Joaquin Valley Paleontology Foundation · Madera, CA · 2022

  Prioritizing our Mock Dig

• $12,500

  Washington Pavilion Management · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024

  T. Rex Documentary at the Washington Pavilion

• $11,545

  A Man and His Bones · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024

  Curation of the Lange/Ferguson Archaeological Site Artifacts and Archive at the South Dakota Archaeological Research Center (ARC)

• $10,000

  Society of Vertebrate Paleontology · McLean, VA · 2024

  Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Futures Award

• $10,000

  Society of Vertebrate Paleontology · McLean, VA · 2023

  Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Futures Award

• $10,000

  Washington Academic Middle · Sanger, CA · 2023

  Paleontology Club

• $8,749

  Friends of Ndgs Paleo · Mandan, ND · 2023

  General & Unrestricted

• $6,118

  Bighorn Basin Paleontological Institute · Willow Grove, PA · 2024

  David B. Jones Summer Field Internship Program

• $6,000

  Childrens Museum of Phoenix · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

  Dinosaur Month at the Children's Museum of Phoenix

• $6,000

  Childrens Museum of Phoenix · Phoenix, AZ · 2023

  Dinosaur Month at the Children's Museum of Phoenix

• $6,000

  Childrens Museum of Phoenix · Phoenix, AZ · 2022

  Dinosaur Month at the Children's Museum of Phoenix

• $5,574

  Bighorn Basin Paleontological Institute · Willow Grove, PA · 2023

  David B. Jones Summer Field Internship Program

• $5,500

  Stamford Museum and Nature Center Incorporated · Stamford, CT · 2024

  Dinosaur Discoveries at Stamford Museum

• $5,030

  Bighorn Basin Paleontological Institute · Willow Grove, PA · 2022

  David B. Jones Summer Field Internship Program

• $5,000

  The University of Tennessee Foundation · Martin, TN · 2024

  Junior Paleontology Program

• $3,500

  Union Museum of History and Art · Farmerville, LA · 2024

  Expedition: Ice Age