The Herbert Jones Foundation

• The Herbert Jones Foundation, based in Seattle, WA, concentrates its recorded giving on entrepreneurship programmes delivered through colleges and universities, mainly in Washington, alongside some support for education programmes for deaf and hard-of-hearing children, community navigator and certificate programmes, business savings clubs and low-income scholarships.
• About eight in ten of its 39 grants to organisations fall between $25,000 and $530,000, with a median grant of about $205,000, so a request in that range is realistic, though its largest recorded grant was $1,500,000.
• It makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests, so cold applications are not the way in; 37% of its grant dollars went to organisations it had also funded in the two preceding filings, suggesting a relationship-led, invitation-only style of giving.
• Annual giving in its most recent filing was $8,164,405, though a typical year sees giving closer to about $860,000.
• Entrepreneurship-focused higher education bodies and specialist education or community-support organisations fit its pattern best, but given the by-invitation-only approach, organisations without an existing connection should not expect to apply directly.

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

• Northwest School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children · General purpose grant
  $1,500,0002024 tax year
• Seattle University · Jones progress awards, business plan competition award, idea challenge awards, innovation & entrepreneurship grant
  $1,494,3302024 tax year
• Pierce College Foundation · Grant for entrepreneurship program
  $553,2002024 tax year
• Spokane Colleges Foundation · Grant for entrepreneurship program
  $529,1002024 tax year
• Seattle Colleges Foundation · Grant for entrepreneurship program
  $493,0002024 tax year
• Pacific Lutheran University · Community navigator prgm.; nourish certificate prgm.
  $307,0002024 tax year
• Green River College Foundation · Grant for entrepreneurship program
  $288,6002024 tax year
• Walla Walla Community College Foundation · Grant for entrepreneurship program
  $276,6002024 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.