David B. Jones Foundation
EIN 411909574 Private FoundationTotal Given 2020–2024
$6.2M
116 grants · $1.2M avg/year
based on 5 yrs of IRS 990-PF records on file
$1M+/yr
mid-tier
capacity
$40K
typical mid grants · $19K–$73K
grant size
52%
supporter · 28/54 multi-year
repeat
$28.5M
Assets (2024)
54
Distinct Recipients
Focus Areas
Application Information
Accepts Unsolicited Proposals
Unknown
Contact Person
DAVID B JONES FOUNDATION
Phone
(800) 839-1754
Deadlines
WWW.DBJONESFOUNDATION.ORG
How to Apply
WWW.DBJONESFOUNDATION.ORG
Restrictions
WWW.DBJONESFOUNDATION.ORG
Financial Trends
Giving Over Time
Total Assets Over Time
View financial data as table
| Year | Total Giving | Total Assets | Revenue | Grants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $1.1M | $27.1M | $1.2M | 18 |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $28.1M | $2.1M | 23 |
| 2022 | $1.0M | $26.4M | $2.0M | 24 |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $28.1M | $-342K | 24 |
| 2024 | $1.3M | $28.5M | $930K | 27 |
Grant Size Distribution
Based on 116 grants on record
Minimum
$2K
25th Pctl
$19K
Median
$40K
Average
$53K
75th Pctl
$73K
Maximum
$257K
Geographic Distribution
Texas Counties Served
0.9% of US grants
· Rank #16 of 29 states
$16K across
1 grant
1 of 254 counties
Top 1 counties
- 1 Travis
Officers & Directors
Grants Awarded (116 total)
| Purpose | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Pavilion Management Inc | Sioux Falls, SD | $256,601 | Expanding the Reach of Paleontology at the Washington Pavilion | 2021 |
| Mammoth Site of Hot Springs South Dakota Inc | Hot Springs, SD | $202,500 | Mammoth Site Intern Program | 2024 |
| Boy Scouts of America | Sioux Falls, SD | $195,000 | David B. Jones Nature Center and Museum | 2023 |
| University of Wisconsin System | Madison, WI | $189,752 | Excavation to publication: an undergraduate research journey through North America's oldest dinosauromorph... | 2023 |
| Mammoth Site of Hot Springs South Dakota Inc | Hot Springs, SD | $150,000 | Expanding the Paleontology Internship Scholarship Fund | 2021 |
| Boy Scouts of America | Sioux Falls, SD | $149,875 | David B. Jones Nature Education Center and Muesum of Paleontology | 2020 |
| Boy Scouts of America | Sioux Falls, SD | $149,875 | David B. Jones Nature Education Center and Museum of Paleontology | 2021 |
| Museum of the Rockies | Bozeman, MT | $145,000 | Cretaceous Crossroads and Discover Science!: A Paleontological Education Initiative | 2024 |
| Mammoth Site of Hot Springs South Dakota Inc | Hot Springs, SD | $130,000 | Enhancing the Paleontology Internship Scholarship program | 2022 |
| Normandale Community College Foundation Inc | Eagan, MN | $125,000 | Expanding Exposure to Career Pathways in Anthropology & Archeology | 2021 |
| The Colorado Museum of Natural History | Denver, CO | $120,000 | Support for David B. Jones Foundation Collections Assistant in Paleontology in the Department of Earth Sciences | 2020 |
| Normandale Community College Foundation Inc | Eagan, MN | $106,325 | Expanding Experiential Learning of Paleontological Minnesota | 2020 |
| Boy Scouts of America | Sioux Falls, SD | $105,000 | David B. Jones Nature Center and Museum | 2022 |
| University of Nebraska Foundation | Lincoln, NE | $101,049 | General & Unrestricted | 2023 |
| Augustana College Association | Sioux Falls, SD | $100,000 | Mitchell Prehistoric Indian Village Archeological Collection Conservation, Archeological Publications, and Public... | 2020 |
| Friends of the Utah Field House | Vernal, UT | $96,773 | increasing the educational and research capacity of the Paleontology Program at the Utah Field House of Natural History | 2020 |
| Normandale Community College Foundation Inc | Eagan, MN | $90,717 | Supporting Career Exploration in Anthropology and Archaeology | 2022 |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $86,315 | Mammalian evolution in dynamic environments across the K-Pg boundary in the Bighorn Basin | 2022 |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $86,315 | Mammalian evolution in dynamic environments across the K-Pg boundary in the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming | 2023 |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $86,315 | Mammalian evolution in dynamic environments across the K-Pg boundary in the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming | 2024 |
| Board of the University of Alabama | Tuscaloosa, AL | $85,207 | Training the next generation of curators and collection managers via impactful museum collection activities | 2024 |
| University of Wisconsin System | Madison, WI | $83,403 | Paleoecology and Stratigraphy of the Upper Jurassic Dinosaur Fauna of Jurassic National Monument, Emery County, Utah | 2023 |
| Raymond M. ALF Museum | Claremont, CA | $82,500 | ACCESS Paleo SoCal | 2020 |
| Northern Wyoming Community College Foundation DBA | Sheridan, WY | $81,000 | Sheridan College Foundation Fund | 2021 |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | Denver, CO | $80,567 | Identifying and imaging tiny mammal fossils in the University of Colorado Museum's Fossil Vertebrate Collection,... | 2021 |
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