About Juliette Fowler Foundation
To create loving, supportive communities where people belong and thrive.
Focus Areas
Senior living & elder careMemory support / dementia careChildren and youth servicesFoster care & adoptionTransitional housing for young womenBenevolent care / emergency assistanceEarly childhood education (partnerships)
Who They Fund
nonprofit organizationscommunity-based organizations
Funding Style
unrestricted/core operating supportgeneral operating supportflexible funding
About Juliette Fowler Foundation
Juliette Fowler Foundation’s recent grantmaking is defined by sustained general program support for Juliette Fowler Communities Inc., including a $9,753,437 grant in 2025 and a $2,252,090 grant in 2024. That pattern points to a funder built around long-term support for its connected communities rather than a wide dispersal of small awards. The foundation’s stated purpose is to create loving, supportive communities where people belong and thrive, and its active programs show how that mission is carried into practice through planned giving, in-kind support for The Ebby House, and the One Heart Fund for vulnerable children, youth, and older adults. The work touches senior living and elder care, memory support and dementia care, children and youth services, foster care and adoption, transitional housing for young women, benevolent care, and early childhood education partnerships. Its philosophy tags emphasize unrestricted and flexible support, which aligns with the repeated use of general program funding in the recent grants list. The recipient profile is concentrated within the foundation’s own community-serving network, with Dallas as the recurring location in the grant record.
What Juliette Fowler Foundation Funds
A central theme is support for seniors and people living with dementia. The One Heart Fund is described as covering benevolent care, senior services, youth services, dementia care, life enrichment, and spiritual care for people served by Juliette Fowler Communities. Another visible area is transitional housing and support for young women: The Ebby House Wish List provides in-kind items for a residential program for young women aging out of foster care or at risk of homelessness. The foundation also supports long-term organizational sustainability through its Create a Legacy planned giving program, which uses bequests, life insurance, and other planned gift arrangements to strengthen future mission support. Those programs sit alongside broad children and youth services and foster care and adoption work in the foundation’s stated focus areas.
How Juliette Fowler Foundation Gives
The grant-size distribution is high and clustered: p25 is $1,273,735, median is $1,599,854, and p75 is $1,925,972. Recent awards also show a clear recurring pattern, with the same recipient appearing in each of the three latest grants and all three classified as general program support. That points to a relationship-based funding model centered on ongoing organizational support rather than a one-time project cycle. The foundation is structured as a philanthropic institution with active planned giving and legacy-gift programming, and it also accepts unsolicited support for its active programs. Philosophy tags indicate a preference for unrestricted, core operating, and flexible funding.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$9.8M
Total Assets
$57.8M
Total Revenue
$14.2M
Total Expenses
$10.2M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $1.3M and $1.9M, with a median of $1.6M.
25th Percentile
$1.3M
Median
$1.6M
75th Percentile
$1.9M
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
About 100% of grants go to recipients in TX.
Intensidad de financiamiento
BajaAlta
Sede
Leadership
JAMES T JAHNKE
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