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The Jelks Family Foundation

Name: The Jelks Family Foundation grants, 2024–2025
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.

119
grants reported: $447,400
total given: 2024–2025
filing years: $1,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2024–2025. 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

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.

Top recipients

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

Conserving Carolina2 grants · $90,375
Florida State Parks Foundation2 grants · $50,500
Trust for Public Land2 grants · $40,000
Southern Enviromental Law Center2 grants · $29,675
Alachua Conservative Trust2 grants · $29,500
Sarasota Audubon Society2 grants · $21,500
Big Waters Land Trust1 grant · $21,000
Conservative Foundation1 grant · $21,000
Wambale2 grants · $13,075
Florida Conservation Group1 grant · $10,000

Giving over time

$218,400

2024

$229,000

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 119 grants.

$62,500
Conserving Carolina · Hendersonville, NC · 2024
Donation
$50,000
Florida State Parks Foundation · Tallahassee, FL · 2025
Donation
$27,875
Conserving Carolina · Hendersonville, NC · 2025
Donation
$25,000
Trust for Public Land · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Donation
$21,000
Big Waters Land Trust · Osprey, FL · 2025
Donation
$21,000
Conservative Foundation · Osprey, FL · 2024
Donation
$21,000
Southern Enviromental Law Center · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
Donation
$17,500
Sarasota Audubon Society · Sarasota, FL · 2025
Donation
$16,500
Alachua Conservative Trust · Gainesville, FL · 2025
Donation
$15,000
Trust for Public Land · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Donation
$13,000
Alachua Conservative Trust · Gainesville, FL · 2024
Donation
$10,000
Florida Conservation Group · Bradenton, FL · 2024
Donation
$8,675
Southern Enviromental Law Center · Charlottesville, VA · 2025
Donation
$7,525
Wambale · Longmont, CO · 2025
Donation
$5,700
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
Donation
$5,550
Wambale · Longmont, CO · 2024
Donation
$5,000
Florida Defenders of the Enviroment · Gainesville, FL · 2024
Donation
$4,000
First United Methodist Church · Sarasota, FL · 2025
Donation
$4,000
First United Methodist Church · Sarasota, FL · 2024
Donation
$4,000
Sarasota Audubon Society · Sarasota, FL · 2024
Donation
$3,900
Justice First · Washington, DC · 2025
Donation
$3,900
Progress Unity Fund · Washington, DC · 2025
Donation
$3,850
Justice First · Washington, DC · 2024
Donation
$3,850
Progress Unity Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Donation
$3,500
Cancer Research Institute · New York, NY · 2025
Donation
$3,500
Center for Biological Diversity · Tuscon, AZ · 2025
Donation
$3,000
The Marine Mammal Center · Sausalito, CA · 2024
Donation
$2,650
Cancer Research Institute · New York, NY · 2024
Donation
$2,500
National Alliance · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Donation
$2,500
Oceana · Washington, DC · 2024
Donation
$2,350
National Alliance · Baltimore, MD · 2025
Donation
$2,000
Beaches Emergency Assistance · Jacksonville Beach, FL · 2025
Donation
$2,000
Beaches Go Green · Jacksonville Beach, FL · 2025
Donation
$2,000
Hugs St Johns County · Ponte Vedre, FL · 2025
Donation
$2,000
Investing in Kids · St Augustine, FL · 2025
Donation
$2,000
Jacksonville Symphony Association · Jacksonville, FL · 2025
Donation
$2,000
Oceana · Washington, DC · 2025
Donation
$2,000
Putnam Land Conservancy · Interlacheb, FL · 2025
Donation
$2,000
Hugs St Johns County · Ponte Vedre, FL · 2024
Donation
$2,000
Investing in Kids · St Augustine, FL · 2024
Donation
$2,000
Jacksonville Symphony Association · Jacksonville, FL · 2024
Donation
$1,900
Beaches Emergency Assistance · Jacksonville Beach, FL · 2024
Donation
$1,200
Beaches Go Green · Jacksonville Beach, FL · 2024
Donation
$1,000
Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps · Rosemont, IL · 2025
Donation
$1,000
Ferndano Pullum Community Arts · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Donation
$1,000
Florida Wildlife Federation · Tallahassee, FL · 2025
Donation
$1,000
Manasota 88 · Nokomis, FL · 2025
Donation
$1,000
New American Pathways · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Donation
$1,000
Wusf Public Media · Orlando, FL · 2025
Donation
$1,000
Blue Ridge Humane Society · Hendersonville, NC · 2024
Donation
$1,000
Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps · Rosemont, IL · 2024
Donation
$1,000
Ferndano Pullum Community Arts · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Donation
$1,000
Hippodrome State Theatre · Gainesville, FL · 2024
Donation
$1,000
Humane Society of · Sarasota, FL · 2024
Donation
$1,000
Making An Impact · Lakewood Ranch, FL · 2024
Donation
$1,000
Manasota 88 · Nokomis, FL · 2024
Donation
$1,000
New American Pathways · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Donation
$1,000
Sarasota Manatee · Sarasota, FL · 2024
Donation
$1,000
Southern College of Optometry · Memphis, TN · 2024
Donation
$1,000
St Augustine Humane Society · St Augustine, FL · 2024
Donation
$875
Blue Ridge Humane Society · Hendersonville, NC · 2025
Donation
$800
Florida State University Foundation · Tallahassee, FL · 2025
Donation
$800
Hippodrome State Theatre · Gainesville, FL · 2025
Donation
$800
Planned Parenthood · Washington, DC · 2025
Donation
$800
Florida State University Foundation · Tallahassee, FL · 2024
Donation
$800
Humane Society of North Central Fl · Gainesville, FL · 2024
Donation
$800
Planned Parenthood · Washington, DC · 2024
Donation
$575
Floridas 5 Wuft-Tv · Gainesville, FL · 2025
Donation
$500
Alzheimer'S Association-Louisiana · Metarie, LA · 2025
Donation
$500
Apalachicola River Keeper · Apalachicola, FL · 2025
Donation
$500
City Dogs Rescue City Kitties · Washington, DC · 2025
Donation
$500
Florida Defenders of the Enviroment · Gainesville, FL · 2025
Donation
$500
Florida Trail Association · Gainesville, FL · 2025
Donation
$500
Fogartyvile Community Media and · Sarasota, FL · 2025
Donation
$500
Humane Society of North Central Fl · Gainesville, FL · 2025
Donation
$500
Making An Impact · Lakewood Ranch, FL · 2025
Donation
$500
National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2025
Donation
$500
Nature Conservancy · Winter Park, FL · 2025
Donation
$500
Rails To Trails Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2025
Donation
$500
Sarasota Manatee · Sarasota, FL · 2025
Donation
$500
Tall Timbers · Tallahassee, FL · 2025
Donation
$500
The Conservation Fund · Arlington, VA · 2025
Donation
$500
The Marine Mammal Center · Sausalito, CA · 2025
Donation
$500
Washington Area · Washington, DC · 2025
Donation
$500
Alliance Francaise De Washington Dc · Washington, DC · 2024
Donation
$500
Alzheimer'S Association-Louisiana · Metarie, LA · 2024
Donation
$500
Anacostia Watershed Society · Bladensburg, MD · 2024
Donation
$500
Apalachicola River Keeper · Apalachicola, FL · 2024
Donation
$500
Blue Ridge Gator Club · Gainesville, FL · 2024
Donation
$500
Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation · Winstonsalem, NC · 2024
Donation
$500
Center for Biological Diversity · Tuscon, AZ · 2024
Donation
$500
City Dogs Rescue City Kitties · Washington, DC · 2024
Donation
$500
Florida State Parks Foundation · Tallahassee, FL · 2024
Donation
$500
Florida Wildlife Federation · Tallahassee, FL · 2024
Donation
$500
Healthy Gulf · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Donation
$500
National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2024
Donation
$500
Nature Conservancy · Winter Park, FL · 2024
Donation
$500
Rails To Trails Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2024
Donation
$500
Season of Sharing · Sarasota, FL · 2024
Donation
$500
Tall Timbers · Tallahassee, FL · 2024
Donation

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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.