Jean Perkins Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The filing says the foundation makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold application is not the route it uses.
- If your work is in an area it has funded, such as medical research, scholarships, education or support for veterans, the most useful step is to look for a genuine introduction, though the filing does not say how preselection works.
- About 8 in 10 of its 70 grants fall between $20,000 and $500,000, with a median of about $170,000, so that is the typical band rather than a limit, and a modest request sits comfortably within it.
- Because 84% of its grant dollars went to organisations it had already funded, the foundation looks relationship-led, and no geographic focus is stated, so the grants the filing shows mainly in California, Texas and Washington should not stop you from asking.
Overview
Jean Perkins Foundation is a US private foundation based in Las Vegas, NV.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) 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
Across the filings, grants went to universities and colleges, hospitals and medical research institutes, schools, and charities serving veterans and their families. Stated purposes include medical research, medical equipment, scholarships, education programmes, and support for veterans; other gifts supported national-security, technology and law work, early-childhood programmes, and emergency equipment for firefighters. Some grants are recorded only as qualified charitable exempt purposes or general support. The foundation’s filing says it makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in California, Texas and Washington.
How to apply
It makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 84% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 70 grants to organisations were about $170,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
3 other states: <1%
- The largest single recipient received 21% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 84% of grant dollars went to organisations Jean Perkins Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- <1% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 23 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $100k (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- UCLA Foundation · To support the research efforts of ucla's urology department and additional medical device needs$959,6802024 tax year
- Hoover Institute · To support the organization's programatic efforts around national security, technology, and the law$553,9002024 tax year
- St John's Health Care Foundation · To purchase medical equipment$487,6752024 tax year
- American Cancer Society · To support the sarah cavallaro liquid biopsies & dr delito research$367,5002024 tax year
- Henry M. Jackson Foundation · To support the organization's medical research program around traumatic brain injury$350,0002024 tax year
- University of Texas · To support the school's veteran scholarship program$325,0002024 tax year
- Sanford-Burnham Medical Research · To provide the general support$300,0002024 tax year
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles · To support the hospital's cbdi program$300,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Justine Carroll-Campbell — Director
- R Joseph Hull — Director
- James Carroll III — President & CEO
- J Joe Connolly — Financial Officer
- Cynthia Sprague Connolly — Director
- Cindy Connolly — Director
- Caitlin Bell Carroll — Director
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $8,143,585 | $5,788,000 | $112,898,978 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $7,392,118 | $5,184,218 | $119,482,721 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $7,378,277 | $4,944,192 | $126,720,211 | Filing for 2024 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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No credit card required
Contact
- Las Vegas, NV