Funding search · EIN 760239810 · Houston, TX

The Jacobson Family Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

63
grants reported
$3.9M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

serviceshealthcarewomentrainingcommunityeducationeducational

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1 grant matching “chairty · $2.9M

  • $2.9M

    Bny Mellon Charitable Gift Fund · Boston, MA · 2024

    To support charitable activiities thorugh a donor advised fund maintained by a public chairty.

Top recipients

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  • Bny Mellon Charitable Gift Fund1 grant · $2.9M
  • Houston Food Bank2 grants · $150,000
  • Interfaith Ministries of Greater Houston2 grants · $120,000
  • The Rose3 grants · $75,000
  • Anti- Defamation League3 grants · $72,500
  • The Shlenker School3 grants · $67,000
  • Houston Area Women'S Center1 grant · $65,000
  • Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast2 grants · $60,000
  • Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center2 grants · $50,000
  • Avenue Cdc3 grants · $45,000

Giving over time

$350,581
2022
$461,500
2023
$3.1M
2024

Grant history

All 63 reported grants, largest first.

  • $2.9M

    Bny Mellon Charitable Gift Fund · Boston, MA · 2024

    To support charitable activiities thorugh a donor advised fund maintained by a public chairty.

  • $100,000

    Houston Food Bank · Houston, TX · 2023

    Food insecurity resource

  • $65,000

    Houston Area Women'S Center · Dallas, TX · 2023

    Women's crisis shelter and services

  • $60,000

    Interfaith Ministries of Greater Houston · Houston, TX · 2023

    Meals on wheels and animeals

  • $60,000

    Interfaith Ministries of Greater Houston · Houston, TX · 2022

    Meals on wheels and animeals

  • $50,000

    Houston Food Bank · Houston, TX · 2022

    Food insecurity resource

  • $47,000

    The Shlenker School · Houston, TX · 2024

    Educational scholarship & capital campaign

  • $40,000

    Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast · Houston, TX · 2023

    Women's health and family planning

  • $40,000

    Anti- Defamation League · Houston, TX · 2022

    Anti bias training, education and security

  • $30,000

    Anti- Defamation League · Houston, TX · 2023

    Anti bias training, education and security

  • $25,000

    Holocaust Museum Houston · Houston, TX · 2024

    Holocaust education

  • $25,000

    The Rose · Houston, TX · 2024

    Women's health care services and support

  • $25,000

    Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center · Houston, TX · 2023

    Community program support

  • $25,000

    Jewish Federation of Greater Houston · Houston, TX · 2023

    Israel social and medical support

  • $25,000

    The Rose · Houston, TX · 2023

    Women's health care services and support

  • $25,000

    Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center · Houston, TX · 2022

    Community program support

  • $25,000

    The Rose · Houston, TX · 2022

    Women's health care services and support

  • $23,000

    Heart · Houston, TX · 2022

    Training programs for intellectually disabled adults

  • $20,000

    Md Anderson Cancer Center · Houston, TX · 2024

    Cancer research

  • $20,000

    Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast · Houston, TX · 2022

    Women's health and family planning

  • $20,000

    The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship · Houston, TX · 2022

    Professional training to assist vulnerable populations

  • $15,000

    Avenue Cdc · Houston, TX · 2024

    Affordable housing

  • $15,000

    Avenue Cdc · Houston, TX · 2023

    Affordable housing and community development

  • $15,000

    The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship · Houston, TX · 2023

    Training medical population to reduce health disparity

  • $15,000

    Avenue Cdc · Houston, TX · 2022

    Affordable housing and community development

  • $10,000

    Jewish Family Services · Houston, TX · 2023

    Community social services

  • $10,000

    Seven Acres Jewish Senior Care Services · Houston, TX · 2023

    Senior care services

  • $10,000

    The Shlenker School · Houston, TX · 2023

    Educational scholarship

  • $10,000

    Harris County Hospital District · Houston, TX · 2022

    Health care services event

  • $10,000

    Museum of Fine Arts Houston · Houston, TX · 2022

    Art museum

  • $10,000

    The Shlenker School · Houston, TX · 2022

    Educational scholarship

  • $5,000

    A Purposeful Rescue · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Dog rescue and rehabilitaion

  • $5,000

    Arthritis Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024

    Research and support services

  • $5,000

    The Texas Tribune · Austin, TX · 2024

    Non profit investigative news reporting

  • $5,000

    Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023

    Houston methodist johnson center for cellular therapuetics

  • $5,000

    The Texas Tribune · Austin, TX · 2023

    News reporting and investigative support

  • $5,000

    Alight Response for Ukraine · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

    Refugee assistance

  • $5,000

    American Jewish Joint Committee (Jdc) · New York, NY · 2022

    Ukraine refugee services

  • $5,000

    American Red Cross of Greater Houston · Houston, TX · 2022

    Fund disaster operations

  • $5,000

    International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2022

    Refugee assistance

  • $5,000

    Seven Acres Jewish Senior Care Services · Houston, TX · 2022

    Senior care services

  • $5,000

    Shelter Box USA · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    Refugee homes

  • $5,000

    The Texas Tribune · Austin, TX · 2022

    News reporting and investigative support

  • $3,090

    The Greater Houston Community Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024

    Rural women's health study

  • $2,581

    Emergency Relief Fund Familes Trans Youth · Asheville, NC · 2022

    Health and educational program

  • $2,500

    Anti- Defamation League · Houston, TX · 2024

    Anti bias training, education and security

  • $2,500

    Ronald McDonald House · Houston, TX · 2024

    Family support services for ill children

  • $2,500

    St Jude Children'S Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024

    Research and medical care for children

  • $2,500

    Arthritis Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023

    Research and support services

  • $2,500

    Giving Back Fund · Boston, MA · 2023

    New approaches think tank addressing the challenge of combating antisemitism and hate speech online

  • $2,500

    Ieducate · Bellaire, TX · 2023

    Student tutorial in public schools

  • $2,500

    Memorial Park Conservancy · Houston, TX · 2023

    Maintenance services for park

  • $2,500

    Nature Conservancy · Arlington, TX · 2023

    Land conservation

  • $2,500

    Ronald McDonald House · Houston, TX · 2023

    Family support services for ill children

  • $2,500

    St Jude Children'S Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2023

    Research and medical care for children

  • $2,500

    Memorial Park Conservancy · Houston, TX · 2022

    Maintenance services for park

  • $2,500

    Uh Scholarshiop Fund Bauer College · Houston, TX · 2022

    Educational scholarshiops

  • $1,050

    Galveston Bay Foundation · Kemah, TX · 2024

    Bay conservation

  • $1,000

    Nature Conservancy · Arlington, TX · 2024

    Land conservation

  • $1,000

    Aclu · New York, NY · 2023

    Civil liberties support

  • $1,000

    Bo'S Place · Houston, TX · 2023

    Grief counseling

  • $1,000

    Houston Public Media Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023

    Public media

  • $1,000

    Jung Center · Houston, TX · 2023

    Continuing education psychological & artistic topics

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.