JBJ Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- JBJ Foundation carries out its own direct charitable work in education, including improving literacy and numeracy among primary-school pupils through tablets and software, promoting peace and understanding among young people through education, and in Malawi increasing access to education, developing parenting skills, providing essential medicines and delivering community health services for a catchment area in Balaka District.
- It does not accept unsolicited requests and makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations, so small nonprofits without an existing relationship should not apply.
- This makes the foundation relationship-led rather than open to competitive application, and its annual giving of $10,525,908 paid gives a sense of scale but no grant range or geographic focus for applicants is stated, so a realistic request size cannot be judged from the record.
- Because funding goes only to organisations the foundation has already chosen, grant writers are best advised not to prepare an unsolicited approach to JBJ Foundation.
Overview
JBJ Foundation is a US private foundation based in Coral Gables, FL.
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
The foundation's direct charitable work centres on education. It seeks to improve literacy and numeracy among primary-school pupils through tablets and software, and to promote peace and understanding among young people through education initiatives. Its work in Malawi includes increasing access to education, developing parenting skills and providing essential medicines. It also carries out community health services for a catchment area in Balaka District. The record describes programme delivery as well as charitable contributions, but gives no named grant recipients or general criteria for organisations seeking support. The filing indicates that contributions are made only to preselected charitable organisations.
Themes
- Literacy and numeracy
- Peace education
- Parenting skills
- Essential medicines
- Community health services
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Officers and directors
- Carissa Tepovich — Officer
- Michael K Park — Officer
- Beth Ertel — Director
- David Ertel — Director
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $2,431,192 | $1,572,757 | $128,566,430 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $13,487,058 | $11,985,075 | $152,905,549 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $12,353,898 | $10,525,908 | $221,799,105 | 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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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- Coral Gables, FL