Fletcher Jones Foundation

• The Fletcher Jones Foundation focuses its giving on California, with its main support going to private colleges and universities in the state; academic proposals need to represent a high priority for the institution, and the Foundation is particularly interested in transformative grants that have lasting benefit.
• From time to time, Trustees may also initiate support for other non-profit organisations within the Foundation's broad charter, though these special grants are initiated by Trustees rather than through unsolicited proposals.
• Most grants are modest: half of the Foundation's 155 grants were $10,000 or less, though awards can range from $2,500 up to $500,000, with the largest recorded grant at $1,000,000, so a request towards the lower end is realistic for most institutions.
• The Foundation paid $8,075,000 in total, and 60% of its grant dollars went to organisations it had already funded, suggesting a relationship-led approach where repeat support features heavily.
• Institutions new to the Foundation must first submit a Letter of Inquiry for the President to review before any full application goes to the Board, with the Executive Director setting a submission cut-off each quarter; applicants should discuss their proposal with the Executive Director rather than contacting Trustees directly, and should note that indirect, overhead or similar costs are not funded.

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

• Chapman University · The fletcher jones foundation endowed professorship in free speech
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• Claremont McKenna College · The robert day sciences center
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery · The "this land is" initiative marking the 250th anniversary of the signing of the declaration of independence
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• Pomona College · A global liberal arts laboratory for leadership education in an interconnected world
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• Saint Mary's College of California · Fund renovations at saint albert hall library
  $750,0002024 tax year
• Whittier College · The civics scholar program
  $700,0002024 tax year
• Simpson University · Nursing cohort & simulated clinical expansion
  $500,0002024 tax year
• California Baptist University · Endowed scholarship
  $500,0002024 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.