The Brad & Jill Jackson Family Foundation concentrates on children and youth-focused education and enrichment, funding a mix of early childhood development, higher-ed workforce/partnership programs, residential/outdoor camps, and occasional international school projects. Grants tend to be programmatic or general support and include both domestic nonprofits and a small number of international education efforts. The foundation also makes targeted gifts to public-safety–adjacent causes that support children of first responders.
The Brad & Jill Jackson Family Foundation’s largest recent gifts all sit at the $50,000 level, and they point to a clear pattern: the foundation backs education for children and youth through a mix of general support, school funding, and partnership-driven projects. Recent grants include $50,000 to University Child Development School for general and unrestricted support and $50,000 to Mona Foundation to fund a school. It also made a $50,000 grant to Seattle Colleges Foundation for a Springboard8 partnership with Slalom and Seattle College Foundation, showing that the funder supports both early learning and higher-education pathways. The grant list also shows a steady interest in institutions that serve students at different stages. University Child Development School appears more than once, with awards in 2023 and 2025, while Eastside Preparatory School received multiple grants across 2023 and 2025. Camp Spalding received support for both kitchen infrastructure and general purposes. The foundation’s giving sits within a regional pattern rather than a single program niche, but education remains the central thread across its recent awards.
Children and youth education is the clearest theme in the recent grants. The foundation gave $50,000 to University Child Development School for general and unrestricted support, and another $24,050 to the same school for its general fund. Higher-education and workforce partnership work appears in a $50,000 grant to Seattle Colleges Foundation for the Springboard8 partnership with Slalom and Seattle College Foundation. That points to support for institutional collaboration rather than only direct student aid. The foundation also backed school infrastructure and operations. Camp Spalding received $15,000 for a kitchen range and stove in 2024, then another $15,000 for general and unrestricted support in 2025. Eastside Preparatory School received grants for general support and for its annual fund, showing a pattern of recurring institutional support.
Typical grant size centers around mid-five-figure gifts: the 25th percentile is $17,262, the median is $37,025, and the 75th percentile is $50,000. That distribution shows a mix of smaller support and repeated top-end awards. Several recipients appear across multiple years, including University Child Development School, Eastside Preparatory School, and Camp Spalding, which indicates recurring relationships rather than one-off grants. The foundation is a family foundation, and the grants shown are all programmatic, general support, or annual-fund style awards rather than project financing only. No individual giving or program-related investments are shown in the provided data.
$68K
$530K
$81K
$83K
Most grants fall between $17K and $50K, with a median of $37K.
25th Percentile
$17K
Median
$37K
75th Percentile
$50K
About 0% of grants go to recipients in WA.
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A small number of mid-size grants (several five-figure gifts) concentrated on education and youth, with some repeat funding to favored grantees and a mix of program/general support and occasional capital/equipment grants. Geographic spread is varied (local U.S., other U.S. regions, and international) rather than narrowly local.
Notable grantees: University Child Development School, Seattle Colleges Foundation, Mona Foundation, First Responders Children's Foundation, Camp Spalding
The grant map is concentrated in the United States, with all 11 recent grants going to U.S. recipients. Washington is the top state by grant count, and several recipient cities appear there: Seattle, Bellevue, Newport, and Kirkland. New York appears once through a grant to First Responders Children’s Foundation in New York, NY. The recent record does not show any grants to Delaware recipients.
The recent grants point to education-focused organizations serving children and youth. Examples include early childhood education, a community college partnership, a school-building effort, a residential camp, and a children-of-first-responders charity. The grant purposes range from general support to school funding, infrastructure, and partnership programs.
Its grant-size profile centers on mid-five-figure awards. The 25th percentile is $17,262, the median is $37,025, and the 75th percentile is $50,000. Recent gifts also include smaller awards such as $3,000 and $5,000.
Yes. University Child Development School appears in 2023 and 2025, Eastside Preparatory School appears in 2023 and 2025, and Camp Spalding received grants in both 2024 and 2025. That pattern suggests recurring relationships with selected recipients.
Washington is the top state by grant count. Recent recipient cities there include Seattle, Bellevue, Newport, and Kirkland. The recipient-country distribution shown in the data is entirely U.S.-based.
No. The recent grants include general and unrestricted support, general fund support, annual fund support, and project-specific awards such as the kitchen range and stove for Camp Spalding and the Springboard8 partnership with Slalom and Seattle College Foundation.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIRST RESPONDERS CHILDRENS FOUNDATION | NEW YORK, NY | $25,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| EASTSIDE PREPARATORY SCHOOL | KIRKLAND, WA | $15,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| CAMP SPALDING | NEWPORT, WA | $15,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| EASTSIDE PREPARATORY SCHOOL | KIRKLAND, WA | $10,000 | 2025 | Annual fund 2023-2024 |
| UNIVERSITY CHILD DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL | SEATTLE, WA | $3,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| MONA FOUNDATION | BELLEVUE, WA | $50,000 | 2024 | Money to fund school |
| SEATTLE COLLEGES FOUNDATION | SEATTLE, WA | $50,000 | 2024 | Springboard8 partnership with Slalom & Seattle College Foundation |
| CAMP SPALDING | NEWPORT, WA | $15,000 | 2024 | Kitchen Range and Stove |
| UNIVERSITY CHILD DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL | SEATTLE, WA | $50,000 | 2023 | General & Unrestricted |
| UNIVERSITY CHILD DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL | SEATTLE, WA | $24,050 | 2023 | General Fund |
| EASTSIDE PREPARATORY SCHOOL | KIRKLAND, WA | $5,000 | 2023 | General & Unrestricted |
CAMP SPALDING
$15,000General & Unrestricted
UNIVERSITY CHILD DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL
$3,000General & Unrestricted
Money to fund school
Springboard8 partnership with Slalom & Seattle College Foundation
CAMP SPALDING
$15,000Kitchen Range and Stove
UNIVERSITY CHILD DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL
$50,000General & Unrestricted
UNIVERSITY CHILD DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL
$24,050General Fund