The Jaggers Family Foundation concentrates large, targeted gifts on workforce and vocational training—particularly construction trades—and on a small set of mission-oriented organizations. They provide both capital/project support (e.g., facilities/campus support for training programs) and unrestricted operating support, while also channeling a significant share of giving through a donor-advised fund. Recipients are a mix of workforce development nonprofits, a free‑speech/civil‑liberties organization, and youth sports programming, suggesting interests in practical job pathways, civic freedoms, and youth development.
Jaggers Family Foundation’s recent giving is defined by large, targeted support for construction skills and vocational pathways, especially in the Sacramento area. The biggest recent grants go to Home Builders Institute, including $600,000 in 2024 for a construction skills academy and $400,000 in 2025 for the Sacramento Academy, showing a sustained interest in training people for work in the building trades. Their portfolio also includes capital and operating support for JobTrain, where the foundation backed both a $250,000 capital campaign gift in 2025 and a $250,000 unrestricted grant in 2024. Beyond workforce training, the foundation has backed civic and educational institutions with significant unrestricted gifts, including Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression and Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. The pattern suggests a funder that favors practical, project-based investments while also leaving room for flexible operating support. Grants are typically large enough to affect facilities, programs, or endowments rather than small project expenses, and the recipient list shows repeat support to several organizations over multiple years.
Construction training is the clearest theme. In 2024, Jaggers Family Foundation gave $600,000 to Home Builders Institute for a construction skills academy, then followed with $400,000 in 2025 for the Sacramento Academy. Workforce development appears in other forms as well: JobTrain received $250,000 for its capital campaign in 2025 and $250,000 unrestricted in 2024, plus a $40,000 unrestricted gift in 2025. The foundation also supports civic and policy-oriented work. Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression received $250,000 unrestricted in 2025 after earlier grants of $200,000 in 2024 and $150,000 in 2023. Higher education and policy research show up through a $100,000 grant to Stanford University for the Hoover Institution in 2025.
Typical grant size clusters around a median of $150,000, with the 25th percentile at $62,500 and the 75th percentile at $250,000. The foundation’s recent record includes repeated awards to the same organizations across multiple years, including Home Builders Institute, JobTrain, Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, and Ravenswood Education Foundation. It also mixes operating support, capital campaign funding, endowment support, and donor-advised giving through Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. That combination points to a structured, multi-channel approach rather than one-off project grants only.
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Most grants fall between $63K and $250K, with a median of $150K.
25th Percentile
$63K
Median
$150K
75th Percentile
$250K
About 0% of grants go to recipients in CA.
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Concentrated, high-dollar grants to a small number of repeat and flagship grantees (several multi‑grant relationships), mixing large capital/project gifts and unrestricted support; a notable portion of funding is routed through a donor‑advised fund.
Notable grantees: Home Builders Institute, JobTrain, Inc., Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, Court Sports for Life Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
Giving is national, and every recent grant in the sample went to a U.S. recipient. Colorado appears frequently, with grants to organizations in Steamboat Springs and Steamboat Springs/Steamboat Spr as well as a top-state share concentrated there. California is also prominent, especially Menlo Park, Palo Alto, San Jose, Sacramento-area recipients, and Stanford. Washington, DC and Philadelphia also appear among recipient locations. The geographic pattern reflects a mix of Bay Area, Colorado mountain community, and national-policy grantees.
The foundation’s recent grants center on construction skills and vocational training, especially for the Sacramento area, plus workforce development organizations. It also funds civil-liberties and free-expression advocacy, youth sports programming, food access groups, and selected education or policy institutions.
Recent grants cluster at a median of $150,000, with a 25th percentile of $62,500 and a 75th percentile of $250,000. That range shows the foundation usually makes sizable awards rather than small discretionary gifts.
Yes. Several recipients appear in multiple years, including Home Builders Institute, JobTrain, Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, Ravenswood Education Foundation, East Palo Alto Tennis and Tutoring, and Second Harvest of Silicon Valley. The repeated awards include both unrestricted and project-specific support.
The recent grant list includes multiple gifts to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund for the Kurt and Sue Jaggers Fund and Kurt and Sue Jaggers Gift Fund. Those gifts are part of the foundation’s recent activity and sit alongside direct grants to operating nonprofits.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND | CINCINNATI, OH | $525,000 | 2025 | Kurt and Sue Jaggers Fund |
| HOME BUILDERS INSTITUTE | WASHINGTON, DC | $400,000 | 2025 | Funds for the Sacramento Academy |
| JOBTRAIN INC | MENLO PARK, CA | $250,000 | 2025 | Capital Campaign |
| FOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION IN | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $250,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| STANFORD UNIVERSITY | STANFORD, CA | $100,000 | 2025 | Hoover Institution |
| SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY | SAN JOSE, CA | $100,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| Yampa Valley Community Foundation | STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, CO | $100,000 | 2025 | Funds for acquisition of Casey's Pond Senior Living Center |
| EAST PALO ALTO TENNIS AND TUTORING | PALO ALTO, CA | $50,000 | 2025 | EPATT Capital Campaign |
| RAVENSWOOD EDUCATION FOUNDATION | MENLO PARK, CA | $50,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| JOBTRAIN INC | MENLO PARK, CA | $40,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RE | WASHINGTON, DC | $25,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| CATO INSTITUTE | WASHINGTON, DC | $25,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| HOME BUILDERS INSTITUTE | WASHINGTON, DC | $600,000 | 2024 | Funding for construction skills academy |
| COURT SPORTS FOR LIFE FOUNDATION | STEAMBOAT SPR, CO | $400,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| JOBTRAIN INC | MENLO PARK, CA | $250,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND | CINCINNATI, OH | $250,000 | 2024 | Kurt and Sue Jaggers Gift Fund |
| FOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION IN | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $200,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY | SAN JOSE, CA | $150,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND | CINCINNATI, OH | $100,000 | 2024 | Kurt and Sue Jaggers Gift Fund |
| RAVENSWOOD EDUCATION FOUNDATION | MENLO PARK, CA | $50,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| EAST PALO ALTO TENNIS AND TUTORING | PALO ALTO, CA | $50,000 | 2024 | EPATT Capital Campaign |
| MENLO ATHERTON HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTU | MENLO PARK, CA | $50,000 | 2024 | Endowment Fund |
| EAST PALO ALTO TENNIS AND TUTORING | PALO ALTO, CA | $40,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| HOME BUILDERS INSTITUTE | WASHINGTON, DC | $300,000 | 2023 | Construction skills academy in the Sacramento area |
| FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND | CINCINNATI, OH | $250,000 | 2023 | Kurt and Sue Jaggers Fund |
| FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND | CINCINNATI, OH | $250,000 | 2023 | Kurt and Sue Jaggers Fund |
| FOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION IN | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $150,000 | 2023 | General & Unrestricted |
| COURT SPORTS FOR LIFE FOUNDATION | STEAMBOAT SPR, CO | $150,000 | 2023 | Donation to Phase 1 Steamboat Tennis and Pickleball Center expansion project |
| SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY | SAN JOSE, CA | $100,000 | 2023 | General & Unrestricted |
| RAVENSWOOD EDUCATION FOUNDATION | MENLO PARK, CA | $50,000 | 2023 | General & Unrestricted |
General & Unrestricted
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
$100,000Hoover Institution
SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY
$100,000General & Unrestricted
Funds for acquisition of Casey's Pond Senior Living Center
COURT SPORTS FOR LIFE FOUNDATION
$400,000General & Unrestricted
General & Unrestricted
MENLO ATHERTON HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTU
$50,000Endowment Fund
General & Unrestricted
COURT SPORTS FOR LIFE FOUNDATION
$150,000Donation to Phase 1 Steamboat Tennis and Pickleball Center expansion project