Jessie Ball Dupont Religious Charitable & Educational Fund
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About Jessie Ball Dupont Religious Charitable & Educational Fund
In the reported period the Jessie Ball duPont Religious Charitable & Educational Fund made a single, very large unrestricted/general-purpose award, indicating a concentrated funding approach. The grant profile suggests the foundation prefers sizable institutional support—likely to an organization closely aligned with its historic interests in religious, educational, and charitable work—rather than many small project grants. Because only one general-purpose recipient is shown, conclusions about issue specificity are tentative.
Focus Areas
Unrestricted institutional support to a principal grantee (large general operating grant)Religious and faith-based institutions (consistent with the fund’s name and typical historical focus)Educational and charitable organizations (schools, scholarship programs, or community education providers)Regional philanthropic support centered in Jacksonville/Florida or to a legacy beneficiary tied to the donor’s estate
Who They Fund
community-based organizations and neighborhood associationscommunity Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs)
About Jessie Ball Dupont Religious Charitable & Educational Fund
A single unrestricted award of $18,631,388 to See Attached Listing in Chicago anchors the foundation’s recent profile and points to highly concentrated support for a principal beneficiary. Jessie Ball duPont Religious Charitable & Educational Fund also appears to favor sustained institutional relationships rather than a dispersed small-grants model: its recent awards include repeated support for organizations in Jacksonville, with grants tied to placemaking, equity, and community infrastructure. The pattern fits a fund whose name and program structure center religious, charitable, and educational purposes, while its current grant categories also emphasize access to opportunity and vibrant spaces. Recent recipients show the fund working through both direct nonprofit grants and intermediary vehicles, including place-based and community-serving entities. In Florida, grants have reached hospitals, neighborhood initiatives, homelessness services, and civic partners, suggesting a mix of legacy institutional support and local systems-building. The presence of program-related investments in the fund’s profile is consistent with a broader capital strategy, though the recent grant list itself is dominated by charitable grants rather than a large number of small awards.
What Jessie Ball Dupont Religious Charitable & Educational Fund Funds
Within placemaking, the fund has supported civic and neighborhood capacity in Jacksonville through awards such as $366,530 to the City of Jacksonville for placemaking and $202,000 to CFNF DAF - Lift Jax for placemaking. Equity grants also point to a strong access-to-opportunity thread: $351,125 went to IM Sulzbacher Center for the Homeless Inc in Jacksonville, and $325,000 went to Center for Structural Equity in Wilmington, DE. The fund also backs institutions connected to economic opportunity and local support systems, including $250,000 to Local Initiatives Support Corporation for CDFI support and $150,000 to Community Connections of Jacksonville for CDFI support. Educational and charitable institutions appear as well, with $150,052 to the University of Florida in Gainesville and $289,263 to Children's National Hospital in Washington, DC.
How Jessie Ball Dupont Religious Charitable & Educational Fund Gives
Typical grant size clusters around a median of $37,000, with a lower quartile of $25,660 and an upper quartile of $76,000, even though the recent record also includes much larger strategic awards. The recent grants list shows repeated support across years for some recipients and related intermediary vehicles, which suggests ongoing relationships rather than one-off transactions. The fund is structured as a charitable foundation, does not fund individuals, and also makes program-related investments. Its active programs do not accept unsolicited requests, which aligns with a selective, relationship-driven grantmaking approach.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$12M
Total Assets
$311.1M
Total Revenue
$29.1M
Total Expenses
$21M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $26K and $76K, with a median of $37K.
25th Percentile
$26K
Median
$37K
75th Percentile
$76K
Geographic Reach
Regional24 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Where Jessie Ball Dupont Religious Charitable & Educational Fund Funds
Top 2 recipient countries by grant volume for Jessie Ball Dupont Religious Charitable & Educational Fund.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 529 | $50.8M | 98.9% |
| 2 |
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