The JM Jobe Family Foundation concentrates on local Kentucky community wellbeing through support for outdoor spaces, conservation and hands-on environmental education, and community service organizations. They fund park improvements and recreational access, outdoor education for schoolchildren and youth scholarships for conservation camps, plus small-scale food-access and refugee entrepreneurship projects tied to land and farming. Grants are largely local and programmatic, often supporting operational improvements and experiential learning rather than large institutional endowments.
Jm Jobe Family Foundation Inc shows a clear pattern of funding outdoor access, conservation learning, and practical community services through repeated grants to the same types of local and regional partners. One of its most consistent commitments is to park improvement: Leitchfield Vfw received $10,000 in 2023, another $10,000 in 2024, and $10,000 in 2025 for improvements to James D Beville Park. The foundation also supports hands-on environmental education, including grants to Friends of Land Between the Lakes for school field trips and to Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Foundation for Camp Currie scholarships. Its giving extends beyond recreation into food and land-based work, with Transplanting Traditions Community Farm receiving support for adult and youth agricultural education and refugee access to land, healthy food, and entrepreneurial opportunities. Smaller awards also go to animal rescue, therapeutic riding, and services for specific community groups.
A major thread in the foundation’s grantmaking is environmental education for schoolchildren. Friends of Lbl School Grant Program received $5,000 in 2025 to provide public school children the opportunity to experience environmental education, following earlier support for Friends of Land Between the Lakes for its school field trip grant program. Outdoor learning also shows up in youth recreation funding: Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Foundation received $7,505 in 2024 and $5,000 in 2025 for Camp Currie scholarships. The foundation also funds agriculture and land access work. Transplanting Traditions Community Farm received $7,000 in 2025 to provide refugee adults and youth access to land, healthy food, and entrepreneurial opportunities. Conservation support appears in Delta Waterfowl Foundation’s grants for increasing duck production.
Typical grants cluster in the low thousands, with a p25 of $3,000, a median of $5,000, and a p75 of $7,000. The recent record shows repeated support to several recipients across multiple years, including annual park funding and recurring support for environmental education, camp scholarships, and agriculture-related programs. That pattern points to a relationship-based funder that often renews support rather than making only one-time awards. The foundation is a family foundation, and it does not fund individuals. Its grants are programmatic and often tied to specific activities, scholarships, or facility improvements.
$40K
$965K
-$8K
$41K
Most grants fall between $3K and $7K, with a median of $5K.
25th Percentile
$3K
Median
$5K
75th Percentile
$7K
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Modest-sized, geographically concentrated grants focused on program support and capital/improvement projects; several repeat grants to the same local grantees indicate ongoing relationships rather than one-off awards.
Notable grantees: Transplanting Traditions Community Farm, Leitchfield VFW (James D. Beville Park improvements), Friends of Land Between the Lakes (school field trip / environmental education), Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Foundation (Camp Currie scholarships), Delta Waterfowl Foundation
Giving is regional and heavily centered in Kentucky, which accounts for 59% of grants. Recent Kentucky recipients include Leitchfield, Cadiz, Frankfort, Henderson, Louisville, and Lexington. North Carolina also appears repeatedly, with grants to Chapel Hill, Graham, and Asheboro, making it the top state by grant count. Outside the US, there are no recipient countries in the data; all recent grants went to US organizations.
The foundation funds outdoor spaces, environmental education, conservation, agriculture, and community service. Recent grants include park improvements in Leitchfield, school field trips and environmental education through Land Between the Lakes, Camp Currie scholarships, and agriculture and refugee land-access work at Transplanting Traditions Community Farm.
Recent grants are usually modest. The distribution shows a p25 of $3,000, a median of $5,000, and a p75 of $7,000. Several awards cluster at $5,000 to $7,000, with a smaller number at $10,000 and a few around $1,000 to $2,500.
Yes. The recent record shows repeated support to several recipients across multiple years, including Leitchfield Vfw in 2023, 2024, and 2025; Transplanting Traditions Community Farm in 2023, 2024, and 2025; and Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Foundation in 2024 and 2025.
Most grants go to Kentucky, which accounts for 59% of grants. North Carolina is the top state by grant count, and recent recipients are spread across cities such as Leitchfield, Cadiz, Frankfort, Henderson, Louisville, Lexington, Chapel Hill, Graham, and Asheboro.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEITCHFILD VFW | LEITCHFIELD, KY | $10,000 | 2025 | IMPROVEMENTS TO JAMES D BEVILLE PARK |
| TRANSPLANTING TRADITIONS COMMUNITY FARM | CHAPEL HILL, NC | $7,000 | 2025 | PROVIDE REFUGEE ADULTS AND YOUTH ACCESS TO LAND HEALTHY FOOD AND ENTREPRENEURIAL OPPORTUNITIES |
| DELTA WATERFOWL FOUNDATION | BISMARK, ND | $5,391 | 2025 | INCREASE DUCK PRODUCTION |
| KY FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION | FRANKFORT, KY | $5,000 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIPS TO CAMP CURRIE |
| FRIENDS OF LBL SCHOOL GRANT PROGRAM | CADIZ, KY | $5,000 | 2025 | PROVIDE PUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION |
| BENEVOLENCE FARM | GRAHAM, NC | $3,000 | 2025 | FARM & RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM TO CREATE EQUITABLE, JUST, AND NUTURING WORLD FOR WOMEND |
| KY HUNTERS FOR THE HUNGRY | LOUISVILLE, KY | $2,500 | 2025 | STATE WIDE HUNGER RELIEF PROGRAM |
| WAKE THE WORLD | ASHEBORO, NC | $1,400 | 2025 | WATERSPORTS OPPORTUNITIES TO ABANDONED, ABUSED OR NEGLECTED CHILDREN |
| AMERICAN LEGION POST 40 | HENDERSONQ, KY | $1,000 | 2025 | ENHANCE THE WELL-BEING OF AMERICAN VETERANS & THIER FAMILIES |
| LEITCHFIELD VFW | LEITCHFIELD, KY | $10,000 | 2024 | BEVILLE PARK |
| KENTUCKY FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATI | FRANKFORT, KY | $7,505 | 2024 | SCHOLARSHIPS FOR CAMP CURRIE |
| TRANSPLANTING TRADITIONS COMMUNITY FARM | CHAPEL HILL, NC | $7,000 | 2024 | PROVIDE ADULTS & YOUTH AG EDUCATION |
| FRIENDS OF LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES | CADIZ, KY | $5,060 | 2024 | SCHOOL FIELD TRIP GRAND PROGRAM |
| DELTA WATERFOWL FOUNDATION | BISMARK, ND | $4,805 | 2024 | INCREASE DUCK PRODUCTION |
| BENEVOLENCE FARM | GRAHAM, NC | $3,000 | 2024 | EQUITABLE, JUST, & NUTURING WOMEN |
| KY HUNTERS FOR THE HUNGRY | LOUISVILLE, KY | $2,500 | 2024 | STATE WIDE HUNGER RELIEF PROGRAM |
| LEITCHFIELD VFW | LEITCHFIELD, KY | $10,000 | 2023 | BEVILLE PARK |
| TRANSPLANTING TRADITIONS COMMUNITY FARM | CHAPEL HILL, NC | $7,000 | 2023 | PROVIDE ADULTS & YOUTH AG EDUCATION |
| TRANSPLANTING TRADITIONS COMMUNITY FARM | CHAPEL HILL, NC | $5,000 | 2023 | PROVIDE ADULTS & YOUTH AG EDUCATION |
| NEW HOPE ANIMAL RESCUE | HENDERSON, KY | $5,000 | 2023 | NO-KILL ANIMAL RESCUE |
| KENTUCKY FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATI | FRANKFORT, KY | $5,000 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIPS FOR CAMP CURRIE |
| FRIENDS OF LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES | CADIZ, KY | $5,000 | 2023 | SCHOOL FIELD TRIP GRAND PROGRAM |
| BENEVOLENCE FARM | GRAHAM, NC | $3,000 | 2023 | EQUITABLE, JUST, & NUTURING WOMEN |
| DELTA WATERFOWL FOUNDATION | BISMARK, ND | $2,800 | 2023 | INCREASE DUCK PRODUCTION |
| HEALING REINS OF KENTUCKY INC | HENDERSON, KY | $1,500 | 2023 | PROVIDE THERAPEUTIC RIDING LESSONS |
| DOWN SYNDROME ASSOC OF CENTRAL KY | LEXINGTON, KY | $1,050 | 2023 | FREE SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS W/ DOWN |
LEITCHFILD VFW
$10,000IMPROVEMENTS TO JAMES D BEVILLE PARK
PROVIDE REFUGEE ADULTS AND YOUTH ACCESS TO LAND HEALTHY FOOD AND ENTREPRENEURIAL OPPORTUNITIES
DELTA WATERFOWL FOUNDATION
$5,391INCREASE DUCK PRODUCTION
KY FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION
$5,000SCHOLARSHIPS TO CAMP CURRIE
FRIENDS OF LBL SCHOOL GRANT PROGRAM
$5,000PROVIDE PUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
FARM & RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM TO CREATE EQUITABLE, JUST, AND NUTURING WORLD FOR WOMEND
KY HUNTERS FOR THE HUNGRY
$2,500STATE WIDE HUNGER RELIEF PROGRAM
WAKE THE WORLD
$1,400WATERSPORTS OPPORTUNITIES TO ABANDONED, ABUSED OR NEGLECTED CHILDREN
AMERICAN LEGION POST 40
$1,000ENHANCE THE WELL-BEING OF AMERICAN VETERANS & THIER FAMILIES
LEITCHFIELD VFW
$10,000BEVILLE PARK
KENTUCKY FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATI
$7,505SCHOLARSHIPS FOR CAMP CURRIE
FRIENDS OF LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES
$5,060SCHOOL FIELD TRIP GRAND PROGRAM
DELTA WATERFOWL FOUNDATION
$4,805INCREASE DUCK PRODUCTION
KY HUNTERS FOR THE HUNGRY
$2,500STATE WIDE HUNGER RELIEF PROGRAM
LEITCHFIELD VFW
$10,000BEVILLE PARK
NEW HOPE ANIMAL RESCUE
$5,000NO-KILL ANIMAL RESCUE
KENTUCKY FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATI
$5,000SCHOLARSHIPS FOR CAMP CURRIE
FRIENDS OF LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES
$5,000SCHOOL FIELD TRIP GRAND PROGRAM
DELTA WATERFOWL FOUNDATION
$2,800INCREASE DUCK PRODUCTION
HEALING REINS OF KENTUCKY INC
$1,500PROVIDE THERAPEUTIC RIDING LESSONS
DOWN SYNDROME ASSOC OF CENTRAL KY
$1,050FREE SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS W/ DOWN