Funding search · EIN 352373932 · Lexington, KY

Don Jacobs Sr Charitable Foundation

Name: Don Jacobs Sr Charitable 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.

57
grants reported: $2.9M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
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.

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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University of Kentucky4 grants · $810,000
The Hope Center4 grants · $750,000
UK Markey Cancer Foundation4 grants · $620,000
The Lexington Cancer Foundation4 grants · $130,000
One Parent Scholar House4 grants · $100,000
Kentucky Conference United Methodist Church1 grant · $100,000
Town Branch Park4 grants · $80,000
Worldwide Hearts and Hands4 grants · $80,000
Chrysalis House3 grants · $45,000
Jubilee Jobs of Lexington4 grants · $40,000

Giving over time

$545,000

2022

$670,000

2023

$667,500

2024

$1.0M

2025

Grant history

All 57 reported grants, largest first.

$360,000
The Hope Center · Lexington, KY · 2025
Subsidy
$210,000
The Hope Center · Lexington, KY · 2023
Subsidy
$210,000
University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2023
Subsidy
$200,000
University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2025
Subsidy
$200,000
University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2024
Subsidy
$200,000
University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2022
Subsidy
$170,000
The Hope Center · Lexington, KY · 2024
Subsidy
$160,000
UK Markey Cancer Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2024
Subsidy
$160,000
UK Markey Cancer Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2023
Subsidy
$150,000
UK Markey Cancer Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2025
Subsidy
$150,000
UK Markey Cancer Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2022
Subsidy
$100,000
The Lexington Cancer Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2025
Subsidy
$100,000
Kentucky Conference United Methodist Church · Crestwood, KY · 2022
Subsidy
$50,000
Worldwide Hearts and Hands · Lexington, KY · 2025
Subsidy
$25,000
One Parent Scholar House · Lexington, KY · 2025
Subsidy
$25,000
Troy Dream Center · Troy, MO · 2025
Subsidy
$25,000
One Parent Scholar House · Lexington, KY · 2024
Subsidy
$25,000
One Parent Scholar House · Lexington, KY · 2023
Subsidy
$25,000
One Parent Scholar House · Lexington, KY · 2022
Subsidy
$20,000
Town Branch Park · Lexington, KY · 2025
Subsidy
$20,000
Chrysalis House · Lexington, KY · 2024
Subsidy
$20,000
Town Branch Park · Lexington, KY · 2024
Subsidy
$20,000
Town Branch Park · Lexington, KY · 2023
Subsidy
$20,000
Town Branch Park · Lexington, KY · 2022
Subsidy
$15,000
Chrysalis House · Lexington, KY · 2025
Subsidy
$15,000
Jubilee Jobs of Lexington · Lexington, KY · 2025
Subsidy
$10,000
Child Development Center of the Bluegrass · Lexington, KY · 2025
Subsidy
$10,000
Junior Achievement of the Bluegrass · Lexington, KY · 2025
Subsidy
$10,000
Operalex Encore · Lexington, KY · 2025
Subsidy
$10,000
Uniting Voices Lexington · Lexington, KY · 2025
Subsidy
$10,000
Child Development Center of the Bluegrass · Lexington, KY · 2024
Subsidy
$10,000
Jubilee Jobs of Lexington · Lexington, KY · 2024
Subsidy
$10,000
Junior Achievement of the Bluegrass · Lexington, KY · 2024
Subsidy
$10,000
Operalex Encore · Lexington, KY · 2024
Subsidy
$10,000
The Lexington Cancer Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2024
Subsidy
$10,000
Worldwide Hearts and Hands · Lexington, KY · 2024
Subsidy
$10,000
Jubilee Jobs of Lexington · Lexington, KY · 2023
Subsidy
$10,000
The Lexington Cancer Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2023
Subsidy
$10,000
Worldwide Hearts and Hands · Lexington, KY · 2023
Subsidy
$10,000
Chrysalis House · Lexington, KY · 2022
Subsidy
$10,000
The Hope Center · Lexington, KY · 2022
Subsidy
$10,000
The Lexington Cancer Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2022
Subsidy
$10,000
Worldwide Hearts and Hands · Lexington, KY · 2022
Subsidy
$5,000
Uniting Voices Lexington · Lexington, KY · 2024
Subsidy
$5,000
Operalex Encore · Lexington, KY · 2023
Subsidy
$5,000
Uniting Voices · Chicago, IL · 2023
Subsidy
$5,000
Jubilee Jobs of Lexington · Lexington, KY · 2022
Subsidy
$5,000
Operalex Encore 2022 · Lexington, KY · 2022
Subsidy
$2,500
Dv8 Kitchen Vocational Trust · Lexington, KY · 2025
Subsidy
$2,500
God'S Pantry Food Bank · Lexington, KY · 2025
Subsidy
$2,500
Grin Grant · Lexington, KY · 2025
Subsidy
$2,500
Kentucky Center for the Arts Foundation Inc Governor'S School for the Arts · Louisville, KY · 2025
Subsidy
$2,500
Dv8 Kitchen Vocational Trust · Lexington, KY · 2024
Subsidy
$2,500
Grin Grant · Lexington, KY · 2024
Subsidy
$2,500
Kentucky Center for the Arts Foundation Inc Governor'S School for the Arts · Louisville, KY · 2024
Subsidy
$2,500
Grin Grant · Lexington, KY · 2023
Subsidy
$2,500
Kentucky Center for the Arts Foundation Inc Governor'S School for the Arts · Louisville, KY · 2023
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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.