Funding search · EIN 391560018 · Milwaukee, WI

John T and Suzanne S Jacobus

Name: John T and Suzanne S Jacobus grants, 2022–2025
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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: $371,202
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,500
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.

Sojourner Family Peace Center4 grants · $70,000
Urban Ecology Center4 grants · $60,000
Community Service Alliance3 grants · $45,000
Bridge Communities3 grants · $40,000
Safe Alliance4 grants · $23,000
Community Advocates3 grants · $18,000
The Women'S Center3 grants · $15,000
The New York Times Communities Fund2 grants · $10,000
Roof Above1 grant · $10,000
Food Pantry of Waukesha County2 grants · $10,000

Giving over time

$84,000

2022

$101,000

2023

$95,000

2024

$91,202

2025

Grant history

All 48 reported grants, largest first.

$20,000
Sojourner Family Peace Center · Milwauke, WI · 2024
Operating
$20,000
Sojourner Family Peace Center · Milwauke, WI · 2023
Operating
$15,000
Sojourner Family Peace Center · Milwauke, WI · 2025
General operating support
$15,000
Urban Ecology Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General operating support
$15,000
Bridge Communities · Glen Ellyn, IL · 2024
Operating
$15,000
Community Service Alliance · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Operating
$15,000
Urban Ecology Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating
$15,000
Bridge Communities · Glen Ellyn, IL · 2023
Operating
$15,000
Community Service Alliance · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Operating
$15,000
Urban Ecology Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Operating
$15,000
Community Service Alliance · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Operating
$15,000
Sojourner Family Peace Center · Milwauke, WI · 2022
Operating
$15,000
Urban Ecology Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Operating
$10,000
Bridge Communities · Glen Ellyn, IL · 2025
General operating support
$10,000
Charlotte Film Society · Charlotte, NC · 2025
General operating support
$10,000
Habitat for Humanity Charlotte Regi · Charlotte, NC · 2025
General operating support
$10,000
Roof Above · Charlotte, NC · 2025
General operating support
$7,202
The Relatives · Charlotte, NC · 2025
General operating support
$6,000
Community Advocates · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating
$6,000
Safe Alliance · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Operating
$6,000
Community Advocates · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Operating
$6,000
Safe Alliance · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Operating
$6,000
Community Advocates · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Operating
$6,000
Safe Alliance · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Operating
$5,000
Safe Alliance · Charlotte, NC · 2025
General operating support
$5,000
The New York Times Communities Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Operating
$5,000
The Women'S Center · Waukesha, WI · 2024
Operating
$5,000
Food Pantry of Waukesha County · Waukesha, WI · 2023
Operating
$5,000
The New York Times Communities Fund · New York, NY · 2023
Operating
$5,000
The Women'S Center · Waukesha, WI · 2023
Operating
$5,000
Autism Speaks · Princeton, NJ · 2022
Operating
$5,000
Food Pantry of Waukesha County · Waukesha, WI · 2022
Operating
$5,000
The Women'S Center · Waukesha, WI · 2022
Operating
$3,000
Chicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operating support
$3,000
University Radio Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2025
General operating support
$3,000
Uwm Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General operating support
$3,000
Milwaukee Public Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating
$3,000
Milwaukee Rescue Mission · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating
$3,000
Milwaukee Public Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Operating
$3,000
Milwaukee Rescue Mission · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Operating
$3,000
Milwaukee Rescue Mission · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Operating
$3,000
The Fresh Air Fund · New York, NY · 2022
Operating
$3,000
The New York Times Neediest Cases F · New York, NY · 2022
Operating
$2,000
Smile Train · Washington, DC · 2024
Operating
$2,000
Smile Train · Washington, DC · 2023
Operating
$2,000
Smile Train · Washington, DC · 2022
Operating
$1,000
Eisenhower Health Foundation · Rancho Mirage, CA · 2023
Operating
$1,000
Eisenhower Medical Center · Rancho Mirage, CA · 2022
Operating

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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.