Funding search · EIN 826789996 · Wellesey, MA

The Jobson Family Foundation

Name: The Jobson Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

48
grants reported: $8.7M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $41,146
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

natural playground education educational leadership women animal communication

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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 “caravan” · $75,000

$50,000
Caravan To Class · Sausalito, CA · 2025
Scholarship program
$25,000
Caravan To Class · Sausalito, CA · 2023
Provide natural playground

Top recipients

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

Colene Hoose Elementary School19 grants · $7.3M
Georgetown University1 grant · $500,000
McLean County Unit 5 Chool District2 grants · $150,000
Newton Country Day School4 grants · $125,000
Seed Works2 grants · $114,876
Altadena Arts Magnet Es1 grant · $107,081
Wellesley College4 grants · $101,000
Caravan To Class2 grants · $75,000
The Fessenden School3 grants · $60,000
New York University1 grant · $50,000

Giving over time

$4.5M

2022

$3.0M

2023

$242,292

2024

$965,665

2025

Grant history

All 48 reported grants, largest first.

$1.2M
Colene Hoose Elementary School · Normal, IL · 2022
Provide natural playground
$906,923
Colene Hoose Elementary School · Normal, IL · 2023
Provide natural playground
$857,625
Colene Hoose Elementary School · Normal, IL · 2022
Provide natural playground
$524,108
Colene Hoose Elementary School · Normal, IL · 2022
Provide natural playground
$524,060
Colene Hoose Elementary School · Normal, IL · 2022
Provide natural playground
$521,270
Colene Hoose Elementary School · Normal, IL · 2022
Provide natural playground
$510,057
Colene Hoose Elementary School · Normal, IL · 2023
Provide natural playground
$500,000
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2025
Support education program
$491,437
Colene Hoose Elementary School · Normal, IL · 2023
Provide natural playground
$454,505
Colene Hoose Elementary School · Normal, IL · 2023
Provide natural playground
$334,886
Colene Hoose Elementary School · Normal, IL · 2023
Provide natural playground
$273,184
Colene Hoose Elementary School · Normal, IL · 2022
Provide natural playground
$228,305
Colene Hoose Elementary School · Normal, IL · 2022
Provide natural playground
$173,225
Colene Hoose Elementary School · Normal, IL · 2022
Provide natural playground
$107,081
Altadena Arts Magnet Es · Pasadena, CA · 2025
Support educational program
$101,030
Colene Hoose Elementary School · Normal, IL · 2023
Provide natural playground
$82,584
Seed Works · Bloomington, IL · 2025
To support education program
$75,000
McLean County Unit 5 Chool District · Normal, IL · 2025
To support education programs
$75,000
McLean County Unit 5 Chool District · Normal, IL · 2024
To support education programs
$70,000
Newton Country Day School · Newton, MA · 2024
Support of educational programs
$66,735
Colene Hoose Elementary School · Normal, IL · 2023
Provide natural playground
$64,656
Colene Hoose Elementary School · Normal, IL · 2022
Provide natural playground
$50,000
Caravan To Class · Sausalito, CA · 2025
Scholarship program
$50,000
New York University · New York, NY · 2023
To support education program
$32,292
Seed Works · Bloomington, IL · 2024
To support education program
$31,049
Colene Hoose Elementary School · Normal, IL · 2022
Provide natural playground
$30,000
Newton Country Day School · Newton, MA · 2025
Support of educational programs
$30,000
The Fessenden School · West Newton, MA · 2025
To support education program
$30,000
Animal Rescue Foundation · Walnut Creek, CA · 2022
Animal rescue programs
$26,000
Wellesley College · Wellesley, MA · 2023
Women's leadership programs
$25,000
Hopekids · Scottsdale, AZ · 2025
To support education program
$25,000
University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2025
Support education program
$25,000
Wellesley College · Wellesley, MA · 2025
Women's leadership programs
$25,000
Hopekids · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024
To support education program
$25,000
Wellesley College · Wellesley, MA · 2024
Women's leadership programs
$25,000
Caravan To Class · Sausalito, CA · 2023
Provide natural playground
$25,000
Wellesley College · Wellesley, MA · 2022
Women's leadership programs
$18,247
Colene Hoose Elementary School · Normal, IL · 2022
Provide natural playground
$16,460
Colene Hoose Elementary School · Normal, IL · 2022
Provide natural playground
$15,000
The Fessenden School · West Newton, MA · 2024
To support education program
$15,000
Newton Country Day School · Newton, MA · 2023
Support of educational programs
$15,000
The Fessenden School · West Newton, MA · 2023
To support education program
$11,000
Michael Dukakis Institute · Bostan, MA · 2025
Charitable purposes
$10,000
Newton Country Day School · Newton, MA · 2022
Support of educational programs
$5,000
Health Network · Haverhill, MA · 2025
Medical program
$1,000
Middlebury Language Schools · Middlebury, VT · 2022
Language education programs
$1,000
New Philoharmonic Orchestra · Newton, MA · 2022
Music program services
$1,000
Wgbh Ed Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022
Public communication programs

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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.