JB Foundation Inc appears focused on strengthening essential local services in Jacksonville and Northeast Florida, prioritizing community health, basic needs, and civic life. Their grants support hospitals and clinical services, regional food security, affordable housing initiatives, literacy for low‑income children, and local public media — indicating a community-centered philanthropic strategy that favors practical, service-oriented organizations.
Jb Foundation Inc’s largest recent grants have gone to local healthcare delivery in Jacksonville, including $52,500 to Baptist Health Foundation in 2025 and $50,000 in 2024 for community healthcare. That pattern sits alongside support for basic needs and neighborhood institutions, suggesting a funder centered on practical services rather than broad, generalized philanthropy. Across the recent grant list, the foundation backs organizations that touch daily life in Northeast Florida: hospitals, a regional food bank, housing support, literacy programs for low-income children, public media, and community-based civic groups. It also makes repeated awards to some recipients over multiple years, including Feeding Northeast Florida, The Community Foundation, Read USA Inc, Women’s Center of Jacksonville, and The Neurosurgery Outreach Foundation. The portfolio includes both larger program-support grants and smaller awards in the $2,500 to $11,500 range, with named grants reaching beyond direct service into advocacy, cultural programming, and specialized research. Recipients are almost entirely in Florida, with Jacksonville and nearby communities appearing most often. One out-of-state grant in the list supports research toward Friedreich’s ataxia.
Community healthcare is a major thread in Jb Foundation Inc’s giving. In 2025, it gave $5,000 to Volunteers in Medicine Jacksonville Inc to provide patient care for low-income residents, and it also supported The Neurosurgery Outreach Foundation with $10,000 in 2024 for neurosurgical residents to provide care for their patients. Food security is another recurring area. The foundation awarded $25,000 in both 2024 and 2025 to Feeding Northeast Florida to support a foodbank for Northeast Florida residents, and earlier granted $4,205 to the same organization in 2023. Housing stability appears in grants to Blue Ocean Cares Inc for safe and efficient housing needs and to Beam for keeping families in their homes and helping them become self-sufficient. The foundation also supports early literacy, including $36,000 to Read USA Inc in 2025 and prior awards for reading materials for low-income children.
Typical grants are modest, with a p25 of $2,500, a median of $5,000, and a p75 of $11,500. The list shows repeated awards to the same organizations across multiple years, including Feeding Northeast Florida, The Community Foundation, Read USA Inc, Women’s Center of Jacksonville, World Affairs Council, Jacksonville Zoological Society Inc, and The Neurosurgery Outreach Foundation. That points to ongoing support rather than one-off engagement. Jb Foundation Inc is not a foundation that funds individuals, and the available data shows grantmaking rather than program-related investments.
$185K
$822K
$106K
$216K
Most grants fall between $3K and $12K, with a median of $5K.
25th Percentile
$3K
Median
$5K
75th Percentile
$12K
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Concentrated, local-focused giving with a small number of moderate-to-large grants; tendency to make repeat awards to core regional nonprofits rather than many one-off small grants.
Notable grantees: Baptist Health Foundation, Feeding Northeast Florida, Blue Ocean Cares Inc, READ USA Inc, WJCT Inc
Grantmaking is overwhelmingly local and concentrated in Florida, with 97% of grants going to recipients in the HQ state. Jacksonville is the main city in the list, joined by nearby Atlantic Beach and Jacksonville Beach. Outside Florida, the only named recipient location in the recent grants is Downingtown, Pennsylvania, for a research grant to Fara. The recipient-country distribution is entirely U.S.-based.
Its recent grants center on community healthcare, food security, housing stability, early literacy for low-income children, and local civic or cultural organizations in Northeast Florida. The named grants include support for hospitals, a food bank, reading materials, housing assistance, and public media.
Typical grants are in the low thousands. The distribution provided is p25 at $2,500, median at $5,000, and p75 at $11,500, with larger awards appearing less often in the recent list.
Its giving is local, and 97% of grants go to recipients in Florida. The recent grants list includes one out-of-state recipient, Fara in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, for research toward Friedreich’s ataxia.
Yes. Several recipients appear in multiple years, including Feeding Northeast Florida, The Community Foundation, Read USA Inc, Women’s Center of Jacksonville, World Affairs Council, Jacksonville Zoological Society Inc, and The Neurosurgery Outreach Foundation.
No. The provided data says it funds individuals: false and makes program-related investments: false, so its giving is through grants to organizations.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAPTIST HEALTH FOUNDATION | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $50,000 | 2026 | SUPPORTS COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE |
| THE NEUROSURGERY OUTREACH FOUNDATION | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $25,000 | 2026 | HELP WITH THE ABILITY FOR NEUROSURGICAL RESIDENTS TO PROVIDE CARE FOR THEIR PATIENTS |
| WOLFSON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $18,300 | 2026 | SUPPORTS CHILDREN'S HEALTH ISSUES |
| READ USA INC | ATLANTIC BEACH, FL | $15,000 | 2026 | PROMOTES PROVIDING READING MATERIALS FOR LOW-INCOME CHILDREN |
| ONE JAX INC | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $15,000 | 2026 | TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE LIVES OF THE CITIZENS AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY |
| THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $11,500 | 2026 | SUPPORTS PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS THAT SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY |
| FEEDING NORTHEAST FLORIDA | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $11,425 | 2026 | TO SUPPORT A FOODBANK FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA RESIDENTS |
| PROVIDENCE SCHOOL | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $10,000 | 2026 | EDUCATION |
| WOMEN'S CENTER OF JACKSONVILLE | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $7,000 | 2026 | IMPROVING THE LIVES OF WOMEN THROUGH ADVOCACY, SUPPORT, AND EDUCATION |
| VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE JACKSONVILLE INC | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $5,000 | 2026 | TO PROVIDE PATIENT CARE FOR LOW INCOME RESIDENTS |
| FARA | DOWNINGTOWN, PA | $5,000 | 2026 | TO SUPPORT RESEARCH TOWARDS FRIEDREICH'S ATAXIA |
| WJCT INC | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $5,000 | 2026 | TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE LIVES OF THE CITIZENS AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY |
| LAKE COUNTY SEARCH AND RESCUE | LEADVILLE, CO | $5,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS |
| THE VILLAGES OF HOPE INC | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $1,000 | 2026 | TO SUPPORT WOMEN SEEKING A LIFE FREE FROM TRAFFICKING AND ADDICTION |
| BLUE OCEAN CARES INC | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $1,000 | 2026 | TO PROVIDE SAFE AND EFFICIENT HOUSING NEEDS TO THE COMMUNITY |
| BAPTIST HEALTH FOUNDATION | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $52,500 | 2025 | SUPPORTS COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE |
| BLUE OCEAN CARES INC | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $38,751 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE SAFE AND EFFICIENT HOUSING NEEDS TO THE COMMUNITY |
| READ USA INC | ATLANTIC BEACH, FL | $36,000 | 2025 | PROMOTES PROVIDING READING MATERIALS FOR LOW-INCOME CHILDREN |
| FEEDING NORTHEAST FLORIDA | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $25,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT A FOODBANK FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA RESIDENTS |
| WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $15,000 | 2025 | EDUCATES AND ENGAGES AMERICANS ON GLOBAL ISSUES |
| THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $11,500 | 2025 | SUPPORTS PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS THAT SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY |
| ALL BEACHES EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE | ATLANTIC BEACH, FL | $5,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC AWARENESS IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA |
| VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE JACKSONVILLE INC | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $5,000 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE PATIENT CARE FOR LOW INCOME RESIDENTS |
| THE NEUROSURGERY OUTREACH FOUNDATION | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $5,000 | 2025 | HELP WITH THE ABILITY FOR NEUROSURGICAL RESIDENTS TO PROVIDE CARE FOR THEIR PATIENTS |
| BEAM | JACKSONVILLE BEACH, FL | $5,000 | 2025 | TO KEEP FAMILIES IN THEIR HOMES AND HELP THEM BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT. |
| DON'T MISS A BEAT INC | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $5,000 | 2025 | PROMOTES CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES |
| WOMEN'S CENTER OF JACKSONVILLE | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $2,500 | 2025 | IMPROVING THE LIVES OF WOMEN THROUGH ADVOCACY, SUPPORT, AND EDUCATION |
| ONE JAX INC | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $2,500 | 2025 | TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE LIVES OF THE CITIZENS AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY |
| OPERATION NEW HOPE | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $2,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT AND PROVIDE JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS |
| THE GUARDIAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $1,248 | 2025 | SUPPORTS ELEMENTARY EDUCATION |
| BAPTIST HEALTH FOUNDATION | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $50,000 | 2024 | SUPPORTS COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE |
| FEEDING NORTHEAST FLORIDA | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $25,000 | 2024 | TO SUPPORT A FOODBANK FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA RESIDENTS |
| THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $11,500 | 2024 | SUPPORTS PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS THAT SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY |
| EMPOWERMENT RESOURCES INC | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $10,000 | 2024 | SUPPORT YOUTH AND FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY |
| READ USA INC | ATLANTIC BEACH, FL | $10,000 | 2024 | PROMOTES PROVIDING READING MATERIALS FOR LOW-INCOME CHILDREN |
| THE NEUROSURGERY OUTREACH FOUNDATION | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $10,000 | 2024 | HELP WITH THE ABILITY FOR NEUROSURGICAL RESIDENTS TO PROVIDE CARE FOR THEIR PATIENTS |
| WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $5,000 | 2024 | EDUCATES AND ENGAGES AMERICANS ON GLOBAL ISSUES |
| JACKSONVILLE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $4,700 | 2024 | SUPPORTS WILDLIFE AND THE ENVIRONMENT |
| WOMEN'S CENTER OF JACKSONVILLE | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $2,500 | 2024 | IMPROVING THE LIVES OF WOMEN THROUGH ADVOCACY, SUPPORT, AND EDUCATION |
| THE LOUIS AND GLORIA FLANZER PHILANTHROPIC TRUST CO BRISTOL CONSULT | SARASOTA, FL | $2,000 | 2024 | SUPPORTS PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS THAT SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY |
| RENEWING DIGNITY INC | ATLANTIC BEACH, FL | $1,000 | 2024 | PROVIDES FEMININE PRODUCTS AND EDUCATION TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES |
| THE GUARDIAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $1,000 | 2024 | SUPPORTS ELEMENTARY EDUCATION |
| VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE JACKSONVILLE INC | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $1,000 | 2024 | TO PROVIDE PATIENT CARE FOR LOW INCOME RESIDENTS |
| WJCT INC | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $25,000 | 2023 | TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE LIVES OF THE CITIZENS AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY |
| THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $12,500 | 2023 | SUPPORTS PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS THAT SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY |
| READ USA INC | ATLANTIC BEACH, FL | $11,000 | 2023 | PROMOTES PROVIDING READING MATERIALS FOR LOW-INCOME CHILDREN |
| FARA | DOWNINGTOWN, PA | $5,000 | 2023 | TO SUPPORT RESEARCH TOWARDS FRIEDREICH'S ATAXIA |
| LMG COOPERATIVE INC | ATLANTIC BEACH, FL | $5,000 | 2023 | TO SUPPORT THE CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC AWARENESS IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA |
| JACKSONVILLE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $4,700 | 2023 | SUPPORTS WILDLIFE AND THE ENVIRONMENT |
| FEEDING NORTHEAST FLORIDA | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $4,205 | 2023 | TO SUPPORT A FOODBANK FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA RESIDENTS |
BAPTIST HEALTH FOUNDATION
$50,000SUPPORTS COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE
THE NEUROSURGERY OUTREACH FOUNDATION
$25,000HELP WITH THE ABILITY FOR NEUROSURGICAL RESIDENTS TO PROVIDE CARE FOR THEIR PATIENTS
WOLFSON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
$18,300SUPPORTS CHILDREN'S HEALTH ISSUES
PROMOTES PROVIDING READING MATERIALS FOR LOW-INCOME CHILDREN
ONE JAX INC
$15,000TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE LIVES OF THE CITIZENS AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$11,500SUPPORTS PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS THAT SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY
TO SUPPORT A FOODBANK FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA RESIDENTS
PROVIDENCE SCHOOL
$10,000EDUCATION
IMPROVING THE LIVES OF WOMEN THROUGH ADVOCACY, SUPPORT, AND EDUCATION
TO PROVIDE PATIENT CARE FOR LOW INCOME RESIDENTS
TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE LIVES OF THE CITIZENS AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY
LAKE COUNTY SEARCH AND RESCUE
$5,000SUPPORT SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS
THE VILLAGES OF HOPE INC
$1,000TO SUPPORT WOMEN SEEKING A LIFE FREE FROM TRAFFICKING AND ADDICTION
BLUE OCEAN CARES INC
$1,000TO PROVIDE SAFE AND EFFICIENT HOUSING NEEDS TO THE COMMUNITY
BAPTIST HEALTH FOUNDATION
$52,500SUPPORTS COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE
BLUE OCEAN CARES INC
$38,751TO PROVIDE SAFE AND EFFICIENT HOUSING NEEDS TO THE COMMUNITY
PROMOTES PROVIDING READING MATERIALS FOR LOW-INCOME CHILDREN
TO SUPPORT A FOODBANK FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA RESIDENTS
WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL
$15,000EDUCATES AND ENGAGES AMERICANS ON GLOBAL ISSUES
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$11,500SUPPORTS PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS THAT SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY
ALL BEACHES EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE
$5,000TO SUPPORT THE CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC AWARENESS IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA
TO PROVIDE PATIENT CARE FOR LOW INCOME RESIDENTS
THE NEUROSURGERY OUTREACH FOUNDATION
$5,000HELP WITH THE ABILITY FOR NEUROSURGICAL RESIDENTS TO PROVIDE CARE FOR THEIR PATIENTS
TO KEEP FAMILIES IN THEIR HOMES AND HELP THEM BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT.
PROMOTES CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES
IMPROVING THE LIVES OF WOMEN THROUGH ADVOCACY, SUPPORT, AND EDUCATION
ONE JAX INC
$2,500TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE LIVES OF THE CITIZENS AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY
TO SUPPORT AND PROVIDE JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS
THE GUARDIAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL
$1,248SUPPORTS ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
BAPTIST HEALTH FOUNDATION
$50,000SUPPORTS COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE
TO SUPPORT A FOODBANK FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA RESIDENTS
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$11,500SUPPORTS PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS THAT SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY
EMPOWERMENT RESOURCES INC
$10,000SUPPORT YOUTH AND FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY
PROMOTES PROVIDING READING MATERIALS FOR LOW-INCOME CHILDREN
THE NEUROSURGERY OUTREACH FOUNDATION
$10,000HELP WITH THE ABILITY FOR NEUROSURGICAL RESIDENTS TO PROVIDE CARE FOR THEIR PATIENTS
WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL
$5,000EDUCATES AND ENGAGES AMERICANS ON GLOBAL ISSUES
IMPROVING THE LIVES OF WOMEN THROUGH ADVOCACY, SUPPORT, AND EDUCATION
THE LOUIS AND GLORIA FLANZER PHILANTHROPIC TRUST CO BRISTOL CONSULT
$2,000SUPPORTS PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS THAT SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY
RENEWING DIGNITY INC
$1,000PROVIDES FEMININE PRODUCTS AND EDUCATION TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES
THE GUARDIAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL
$1,000SUPPORTS ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
TO PROVIDE PATIENT CARE FOR LOW INCOME RESIDENTS
TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE LIVES OF THE CITIZENS AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$12,500SUPPORTS PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS THAT SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY
PROMOTES PROVIDING READING MATERIALS FOR LOW-INCOME CHILDREN
LMG COOPERATIVE INC
$5,000TO SUPPORT THE CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC AWARENESS IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA
TO SUPPORT A FOODBANK FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA RESIDENTS