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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 87-1479130

JRBF Foundation

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 12 grants and $89,700 paid in grants.

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

5 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $89,700

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $1,733,167
  • Tax year 2024

    $72,200

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $1,777,950
  • Tax year 2023

    $40,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,825,477
  • Tax year 2022

    $20,100

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,856,223
  • Tax year 2021

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $2,019,550

Grants paid in 2025

12 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Southeast Seattle Education CoalitionSeattle, WA

    General & Unrestricted

    $15,000
  2. Resilience Relief & Recovery Reach IncAsheboro, NC

    General & Unrestricted

    $12,000
  3. Every OrgSan Francisco, CA

    Microsolidarity fund

    $10,200
  4. Opportunity Dekalb IncDekalb, IL

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  5. Every OrgSan Francisco, CA

    Buckminster Fuller Institute and The BioFi Project - Bioregional finance for planetary regeneration

    $8,500
  6. Cascadia PTASeattle, WA

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  7. ComcodeSeattle, WA

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  8. Friends of Ingraham High SchoolSeattle, WA

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  9. Friends of Salmon BaySeattle, WA

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  10. Inquiring Systems IncSanta Rosa, CA

    Denizen fund

    $5,000
  11. North Beach Elementary PTA Seattle Council 6 15 25Seattle, WA

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  12. Iam FoundationScottsdale, AZ

    General & Unrestricted

    $4,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education4 grants $30,00035% of the total
  2. Housing and shelter2 grants $22,00026% of the total
  3. Philanthropy and grantmaking2 grants $18,70022% of the total
  4. Community development1 grant $5,0006% of the total
  5. Science and technology1 grant $5,0006% of the total
  6. Public affairs1 grant $4,0005% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Washington6 grants $40,000
  2. California3 grants $23,700
  3. North Carolina1 grant $12,000
  4. Illinois1 grant $10,000
  5. Arizona1 grant $4,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • James BakerDir, Pres, Sec, Treas Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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