About Jamie and Denise Jacob Family Private Foundation
The Jamie and Denise Jacob Family Private Foundation concentrates its giving in Detroit-area community development with a clear focus on direct services for children, families, and neighborhoods. The foundation has made a major, multi-year investment in birth access (funding Detroit's first birth center) while also supporting youth development, school/vision health for low-income children, and grassroots community organizations working on neighborhood stability. Grants are programmatic and often general operating or capital in nature, aimed at scaling local nonprofit capacity and services.
Focus Areas
Community birth access — capital support for Detroit's first birth center (Birth Detroit)Free pediatric vision care in low-income communities (Vision to Learn)Youth development and media/arts programs in Detroit (Allied Media / youth resource center)Neighborhood stabilization and community improvement in Detroit (COTS Detroit; Center for Success)Black-led grassroots community organizations and cultural community centers (Alkebu-Ian Village)
Who They Fund
Detroit residents and neighborhoodspregnant people/birthing persons in Detroit
About Jamie and Denise Jacob Family Private Foundation
A defining feature of the Jamie and Denise Jacob Family Private Foundation’s recent giving is its repeated support for Birth Detroit’s capital campaign to build Detroit’s first birth center, with $250,000 granted in both 2024 and 2025. That multi-year commitment sits alongside other large awards tied to Detroit community infrastructure and direct services. The foundation’s grants also support youth programming, community improvement, and access to care for children and families, showing a pattern of funding practical local services rather than broad, abstract initiatives. Recent awards include $155,000 to Allied Media for a youth development resource center in Detroit, $150,000 to Vision to Learn for free optometry services to children in low-income communities, and $136,173 to Cots Detroit for community improvement efforts in Detroit. Other grants back neighborhood organizations, college support, and inclusive recreation. The overall profile is one of a family foundation using sizable programmatic grants to strengthen Detroit-area institutions and selected service providers that work with children, parents, and neighborhood-based communities.
What Jamie and Denise Jacob Family Private Foundation Funds
Community birth access is one of the clearest themes in the foundation’s grantmaking. In 2025, it gave $250,000 to Birth Detroit for the capital campaign to construct Detroit’s first birth center, following a $150,000 grant in 2024 for the same organization’s general fund to support a birthing center and community-based midwifery care for all. The foundation also supports youth development and education-related services. It awarded $155,000 to Allied Media for aid to the youth development resource center in Detroit, and $30,000 to Boys Hope Girls Hope for a college support program in Detroit. Health access appears through Vision to Learn, which received $150,000 for free optometry services to children in low-income communities. Inclusive enrichment is represented by Adventures Without Limits, which received $20,000 for outdoor recreation activities for childhood enrichment regardless of ability, socio-economic status, gender, ethnicity, or age.
How Jamie and Denise Jacob Family Private Foundation Gives
Typical grant size centers in the middle six figures: the p25 is $117,500, the median is $150,000, and the p75 is $175,000. The foundation makes programmatic grants and also uses capital and general operating support, with large awards spanning construction, general funds, and service delivery. The recent record shows repeat support for the same recipient across multiple years, most clearly with Birth Detroit in 2024 and 2025. It is a regular funder rather than a DAF and does not fund individuals or make program-related investments.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$811K
Total Assets
$69.6M
Total Revenue
$30.4M
Total Expenses
$1.2M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $118K and $175K, with a median of $150K.
25th Percentile
$118K
Median
$150K
75th Percentile
$175K
Geographic Reach
Regional3 states funded
About 50% of grants go to recipients in MI.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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