Jessie Ball duPont Fund
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- This funder focuses on economic opportunity (including affordable housing and flexible business capital) and on vibrant, welcoming public spaces, so a good fit nonprofit will sit squarely in one of those two themes.
- It funds nationally, with priority given to Virginia, Florida and Delaware, so organisations outside those priority places may still fit but should check their proposal speaks to the stated themes.
- Most grants are modest: about eight in ten of its 533 grants fall between $500 and $105,000, and the median grant is around $27,000, so a request in that range is realistic, though a few grants have reached as high as $400,000.
- The Fund makes grants by invitation only and does not accept unsolicited requests, so a grant writer cannot simply submit a proposal; building a relationship or being identified by the Fund is the route in.
- With 73% of its grant dollars by value going to organisations it had also funded the previous year, it looks like a relationship-led funder that favours continuing partners, so new applicants should be patient and focus on getting known to the Fund rather than expecting a quick first-time award.
Overview
Jessie Ball duPont Fund is a US private foundation based in Jacksonville, FL.
What they fund
Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The Fund says it invests in economic opportunity and welcoming public spaces. Its stated economic-opportunity focus is access to prosperity, including safe, stable, affordable housing and patient, flexible business capital. Its place-based work aims to create vibrant spaces of interconnectedness and belonging; it says communities are stronger when everyone helps build the vision for the future. Its grants reach community-development organisations, service organisations, colleges and universities, hospitals, churches, museums and arts organisations. The Fund combines grantmaking with place-based community work and makes grants by invitation only, rather than through an open application process.
Themes
- Economic opportunity
- Vibrant spaces
Geographic Focus
The nation. Priority: Virginia; Florida; Delaware.
How to apply
The Fund makes grants by invitation only and has no open application process; the site describes no public application steps.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 73% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 533 grants to organisations were about $27,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: 8%
Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 4%
- The largest single recipient received 4% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 73% of grant dollars went to organisations Jessie Ball duPont Fund had funded in earlier filings.
- <1% of grant dollars went directly to organisations outside the US (Canada).
- 22% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 305 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $15,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Southern Baptist Hospital of Florida · Placemaking$400,0002024 tax year
- City of Jacksonville · Placemaking$366,5302024 tax year
- IM Sulzbacher Center for the Homeless Inc · Equity$351,1252024 tax year
- Local Initiatives Support Corporation · CDFI Support$250,0002024 tax year
- Pioneer Bay Community Development Corporation · Equity$230,0002024 tax year
- CFNF DAF - 904Ward · Placemaking$202,0002024 tax year
- CFNF Daf - Lift Jax · Placemaking$200,0002024 tax year
- We Care Jacksonville · Equity$196,1602024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Martha Lanahan — Trustee
- Jennifer Bailey Helderman — Trustee
- Allison DeFoor — Trustee
- David Miller — Trustee
- Ken Shuyama — COO (beg 11/24)
- Mari Kuraishi — President
- Chuck Redmond — Trustee
- Elizabeth Kiss — Trustee
- Anna Cabral — Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $27,996,372 | $18,631,388 | $305,429,204 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $22,916,949 | $13,343,400 | $346,867,772 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $20,978,158 | $11,977,604 | $366,962,346 | 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
Registers and filings
Other sources
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At a glance
Applying to Jessie Ball duPont Fund?
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Contact
- mcost@dupontfund.org
- info@dupontfund.org
- Jacksonville, FL
- dupontfund.org
Applying to Jessie Ball duPont Fund?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- mcost@dupontfund.org
- info@dupontfund.org
- Jacksonville, FL
- dupontfund.org