Funding search · EIN 832734681 · Chicago, IL

The Jim Jacobson Charitable Fund

Name: The Jim Jacobson Charitable Fund 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.

45
grants reported: $202,500
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
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

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.

Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society2 grants · $20,000
Ruth & Norman Rales Jewish Family Services2 grants · $16,000
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (Hias)2 grants · $15,000
Malnati Brain Tumor Institute1 grant · $10,100
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund1 grant · $10,000
Briarwood Scholarship Foundation2 grants · $10,000
Briarwood Scholarship Foundation2 grants · $10,000
Hands On Tzedakah1 grant · $10,000
Oregon Health Justice Center2 grants · $10,000
Pickles Group2 grants · $10,000

Giving over time

$52,000

2022

$48,000

2023

$47,400

2024

$55,100

2025

Grant history

All 45 reported grants, largest first.

$15,000
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society · Washington, DC · 2022
General purpose
$10,100
Malnati Brain Tumor Institute · Chicago, IL · 2025
General Purpose
$10,000
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (Hias) · Washington, DC · 2025
General purpose
$10,000
Ruth & Norman Rales Jewish Family Services · Boca Raton, FL · 2025
General purpose
$10,000
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
$10,000
Hands On Tzedakah · Boca Raton, FL · 2022
General purpose
$6,000
Ruth & Norman Rales Jewish Family Services · Boca Raton, FL · 2024
General purpose
$6,000
Jewish Adoption and Family Care Options · Sunrise, FL · 2023
General purpose
$5,000
Briarwood Scholarship Foundation · Deerfield, IL · 2025
General Purpose
$5,000
Jackson Health Foundation · Miami, FL · 2025
General Purpose
$5,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2025
General purpose
$5,000
Oregon Health Justice Center · Portland, OR · 2025
General purpose
$5,000
American Friends of Magen David Adom · New York, NY · 2024
General Purpose
$5,000
Best Buddies International · Tysons, VA · 2024
General Purpose
$5,000
Briarwood Scholarship Foundation · Deerfield, IL · 2024
General Purpose
$5,000
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (Hias) · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
$5,000
Oregon Health Justice Center · Portland, OR · 2024
General purpose
$5,000
Pap Corp · Deerfield Beach, FL · 2024
General purpose
$5,000
American Friends of Magen David Adom · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$5,000
American Friends of Soroka Medical Center · Scarsdale, NY · 2023
General purpose
$5,000
Best Buddies International · Tysons, VA · 2023
None
$5,000
Briarwood Scholarship Foundation · Deerfield, IL · 2023
General purpose
$5,000
Hawaii Community Foundation - Maui Relief Fund · Honolulu, HI · 2023
None
$5,000
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$5,000
Oregon Health Justice Center · Portland, OR · 2023
General purpose
$5,000
Pickles Group · Winnetka, IL · 2023
General purpose
$5,000
Briarwood Scholarship Foundation · Deerfield, IL · 2022
General purpose
$5,000
Pickles Group · Winnetka, IL · 2022
General purpose
$3,900
Camp for All Kids · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$3,000
Jewish Adoption and Family Care Options · Northbrook, IL · 2022
General purpose
$2,500
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund · New York, NY · 2025
General Purpose
$2,500
Pap Corp · Deerfield Beach, FL · 2025
General purpose
$2,500
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$2,000
Oregon Health Justice Center · Portland, OR · 2022
General purpose
$1,500
Jewish Adoption and Family Care Options (Jafco) · Sunrise, FL · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
Beagle Rescue Education and Welfare (Brew) · Rockville, MD · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
Bjbe - High Holiday Appeal · Deerfield, IL · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
Mass General (Marcela Maus Immunotherapy Research) · Boston, MA · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
$1,000
Beagle Rescue Education and Welfare · Rockville, MD · 2022
General purpose
$500
Chicago Coalition for Family Building · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Purpose
$500
Autism Speaks · Washington, DC · 2023
None
$500
Bjbe · Deerfield, IL · 2023
None
$500
Camp Ramah in Wisconsin · Chicago, IL · 2023
None
$500
Orphans of the Storm Animal Shelter · Riverwoods, IL · 2023
None

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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.