Jefferson Foundation

• Jefferson Foundation funds charitable and educational work that promotes individual and community health and well-being in Jefferson County, covering areas such as academic scholarships, basic needs, dental services, substance abuse treatment and prevention, foster care and adoption, health-related education, mental health counselling, disability services, preventive care and transportation assistance, so check your work sits within this remit before applying.
• About 8 in 10 of its 621 grants to organisations fall between $5,000 and $88,000, with a median grant of $20,000, so a modest request in that range is realistic, though its Responsive Portfolio can support requests up to $250,000 and the largest grant recorded was $550,000.
• Applications are made online against fixed deadlines: June-cycle applications are due in February and December-cycle applications are due in July, so plan your submission well ahead of these dates.
• A large share, 87%, of its grant dollars went to organisations it had also funded in the prior two filings, suggesting it leans towards continuing relationships, though this is a share of dollars rather than of the number of grants made.
• Under its Responsive Portfolio, it does not fund endowment funds, loans, deficit financing, travel, political activities, fundraising activities, individuals, programmes that are political in nature, lobbying activities, efforts to influence political elections, general operating expenses of churches, overhead or expenses not directly associated with the grant activities, or dinners or other ticketed events, so organisations or requests falling into these categories should not apply under that portfolio.

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

• Chestnut Health Systems · Project access
  $345,4882024 tax year
• Mercy Health Foundation Jefferson · Mercy hospital jefferson da vinci robotic surgeon phase two
  $312,5002024 tax year
• Saint Louis Counseling · Outpatient mental health services
  $200,0002024 tax year
• Jefferson County Health Department · Life saving support for prevention services
  $175,0002024 tax year
• Upward Smiles · 2024a - upward smiles program support
  $150,0002024 tax year
• Jefferson College Foundation · Jefferson college student scholarships and vikings' vault food pantry
  $125,0002024 tax year
• Chads Coalition for Mental Health · Chads school outreach
  $120,0002024 tax year
• Jefferson College Foundation · Jefferson college ems simulation equipment
  $110,4902024 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.