River Branch Foundation
At a glance
Key takeaways
- If your organisation is a recognised nonprofit working in the Jacksonville area, it fits the foundation's stated priority, though its grants also reach organisations in several other states.
- Most grants fall between $25,000 and $1,000,000, and half are $100,000 or less, so a modest request near the lower end of that range is the realistic starting point.
- The filing says written requests are accepted in any format and that no submission deadlines are given, so you can approach the foundation whenever your project is ready.
- Repeat recipients received 34% of its grant dollars, so an existing relationship counts for something, but that does not rule out a first approach.
- Only recognised nonprofit organisations may submit a request, so groups without that status should not apply.
Overview
River Branch Foundation is a US private foundation based in Ponte Vedra, FL.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2025, TY2024, TY2023) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
River Branch Foundation makes grants to IRS-recognised charitable organisations, with most recipients in the Jacksonville area. Its filings describe the grants as support for programme services. The grant record is led by environmental and conservation organisations, including land trusts, river-protection groups and wildlife and nature bodies. Other recipients include community foundations, educational institutions, cultural organisations and social-service charities. Its grants reach organisations in several states, while the filing identifies the Jacksonville area as the main geographic concentration. Written requests are accepted from recognised nonprofit organisations, without a prescribed format, and the filing states that there are no submission deadlines.
Geographic Focus
Priority: Jacksonville area. From its grants, not stated by the foundation: Florida; Vermont; New Jersey; Virginia.
How to apply
Recognised nonprofit organisations may submit a written request; there is no prescribed application format.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2025 filing, 34% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2023 or TY2024 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2023, TY2024 and TY2025 filings, half of its 63 grants to organisations were $100,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2023–2025.
Grant dollars by state
4 other states: 5%
- The largest single recipient received 22% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2025, 34% of grant dollars went to organisations River Branch Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 2% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 25 grants in tax year 2025 by size
Median $230k (tax year 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Conservation Fund · Provide for program services$2,000,0002025 tax year
- University of North Florida Foundation · Provide for program services$1,060,0002025 tax year
- Taos Land Trust · Provide for program services$1,020,0002025 tax year
- Hunterdon Land Trust · Provide for program services$1,000,0002025 tax year
- Audubon Florida · Provide for program services$1,000,0002025 tax year
- Alachua Conservation Trust · Provide for program services$620,0002025 tax year
- NatureConnect Florida · Provide for program services$500,0002025 tax year
- Jacksonville Community Foundation · Provide for program services$500,0002025 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Jason Gregg — Trustee
- Simon Gregg — Trustee
- Kari Jenkins — Trustee
- Jennifer Johnson Duke — Director
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 tax year | $1,059,550 | $845,000 | $30,680,384 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $11,871,992 | $12,315,000 | $22,660,740 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
| 2025 tax year | $10,677,786 | $10,495,000 | $14,217,052 | Filing for 2025 tax year |
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.
Sources
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- Ponte Vedra, FL
Applying to River Branch Foundation?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- (904) 435-3204
- Ponte Vedra, FL