Jane Bosart Foundation

• The filing states that the foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and works by invitation only, so a cold proposal is unlikely to be considered and a small charity should look first for a route to an invitation.
• Its giving has been organisational, mostly for general support, and its recipients have included a high school, a Christian academy, a university foundation, a charitable society, a performing-arts organisation and a church, so educational, charitable, arts and religious groups all appear.
• No geographic focus is stated, though the filing shows grants mainly in Texas, Colorado, Ohio and Connecticut, so an organisation elsewhere should not assume it is excluded but should note that past grants have not gone there.
• The typical grant band is $1,000 to $300,000, with about 8 in 10 grants falling in it, a median of $100,000 and a largest grant of $325,000, and half of its 15 grants to organisations were $100,000 or less, so a modest request sits well within what it has given.
• Repeat giving is meaningful, with 29% of its grant dollars in the latest filing going to organisations it had also funded earlier, which suggests existing relationships matter, though the filing gives no timing guidance.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Bishop Lynch High School · General fund
  $300,0002024 tax year
• Scholar Shot · General support
  $130,0002024 tax year
• Summer's Way Foundation · General support
  $101,0002024 tax year
• University of Colorado Foundation · General support
  $50,0002024 tax year
• Faithway Christian Academy · General support
  $47,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.