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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 81-3376722

Carl M Jacobs Foundation

A private foundation in Cincinnati, OH. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 26 grants and $805,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $805,000

    Grants listed
    26
    Assets, end of year
    $16,055,395

  • Tax year 2024

    $750,000

    Grants listed
    26
    Assets, end of year
    $14,803,713

  • Tax year 2023

    $750,000

    Grants listed
    26
    Assets, end of year
    $13,829,014

  • Tax year 2022

    $830,000

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $14,161,044

  • Tax year 2021

    $832,500

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $14,598,022

  • Tax year 2020

    $750,000

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $14,147,976

  • Tax year 2019

    $745,000

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $14,559,582

Grants paid in 2025

26 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Cincinnati Museum AssociationCincinnati, OH

    Project/program support

    $285,000
  2. Cincinnati Symphony OrchestraCincinnati, OH

    Program support

    $75,000
  3. Museum of Modern ArtNew York, NY

    Annual fund &

    $70,000
  4. New York Public LibraryNew York, NY

    Project/program support

    $35,000
  5. Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York, NY

    Annual fund

    $25,000
  6. Metropolitan Opera AssociationNew York, NY

    Annual fund

    $25,000
  7. Carnegie Hall CorporationNew York, NY

    Annual fund

    $20,000
  8. New York City BalletNew York, NY

    Project/program support

    $20,000
  9. International Rescue CommitteeNew York, NY

    Annual fund

    $20,000
  10. Entertainment Community FundNew York, NY

    Annual fund

    $15,000
  11. Lincoln Center for the Performing ArtsNew York, NY

    Annual fund

    $15,000
  12. Ballet Theatre Foundation IncNew York, NY

    Project/program support

    $15,000
  13. Playwrights Horizons IncNew York, NY

    Project/program support

    $15,000
  14. Food Bank for New York Cityfood for SurvivalNew York, NY

    Project/program support

    $15,000
  15. Doctors Without Bordersmedecins Sans Frontiers USA IncNew York, NY

    General operating support

    $15,000
  16. Broadway Caresequity Fights AIDSNew York, NY

    Annual fund

    $15,000
  17. American Museum of Natural HistoryNew York, NY

    Annual fund

    $15,000
  18. Manhattan Theatre Club IncNew York, NY

    Project/program support

    $15,000
  19. Search and Care IncNew York, NY

    Project/program support

    $15,000
  20. World Wildlife FundWashington, DC

    Project/program support

    $15,000
  21. The Menninger Clinic FoundationHouston, TX

    Annual fund

    $15,000
  22. American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to AnimalsNew York, NY

    Project/program support

    $10,000
  23. The Foundation for AIDS Research (amfar)New York, NY

    General operating support

    $10,000
  24. Phoenix House Foundation IncBrooklyn, NY

    Project/program support

    $10,000
  25. International Center of Greater CincinnatiCincinnati, OH

    Program support

    $10,000
  26. Southern Poverty Law CenterMontgomery, AL

    Project/program support

    $10,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Arts and culture11 grants $580,00081% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $35,0005% of the total
  3. International aid1 grant $20,0003% of the total
  4. Environment1 grant $15,0002% of the total
  5. Health1 grant $15,0002% of the total
  6. Human services1 grant $15,0002% of the total
  7. 3 other causes3 grants $35,0005% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York20 grants $395,000
  2. Ohio3 grants $370,000
  3. District of Columbia1 grant $15,000
  4. Texas1 grant $15,000
  5. Alabama1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Fifth Third Bank N ATRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $192,234

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