National Parks Foundation
WASHINGTON, DC
$3MTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Unrestricted
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The James Foundation Inc Grants
Private foundation · EIN 45-2195649 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
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- Contact
- The James Foundation Inc
- Address
- PO BOX 606 AUBURN, IN, 46706
- Phone
- (260) 333-0068
- Deadlines
- Not stated here. Consult the original filing and current funder guidelines.
- Application materials
- Please visit www.thejamesfoundation.org to download and fill out the james foundation preliminary grant application.
- Restrictions
- Students graduating from a dekalb county, indiana, high school are invited to apply for one of the scholarships offered by the james foundation. Scholarship opportunities include one four-year and one two-year, renewable scholarship is available to each high school with a value of $5,000 per year ($2,500 per semester). Scholars must maintain a 3.2 on a 4.0 scale in the major course of study, and an overall gpa equivalent to 3.0 on a 4.0 scale by the end of each academic year. Scholars must submit grades and upcoming semester scheduled each semester.
Original filing text
- Contact
- THE JAMES FOUNDATION INC
- Address
- PO BOX 606 AUBURN, IN, 46706
- Phone
- 2603330068
- Deadlines
- N/A
- Application materials
- PLEASE VISIT WWW.THEJAMESFOUNDATION.ORG TO DOWNLOAD AND FILL OUT THE JAMES FOUNDATION PRELIMINARY GRANT APPLICATION.
- Restrictions
- STUDENTS GRADUATING FROM A DEKALB COUNTY, INDIANA, HIGH SCHOOL ARE INVITED TO APPLY FOR ONE OF THE SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED BY THE JAMES FOUNDATION. SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDE ONE FOUR-YEAR AND ONE TWO-YEAR, RENEWABLE SCHOLARSHIP IS AVAILABLE TO EACH HIGH SCHOOL WITH A VALUE OF $5,000 PER YEAR ($2,500 PER SEMESTER). SCHOLARS MUST MAINTAIN A 3.2 ON A 4.0 SCALE IN THE MAJOR COURSE OF STUDY, AND AN OVERALL GPA EQUIVALENT TO 3.0 ON A 4.0 SCALE BY THE END OF EACH ACADEMIC YEAR. SCHOLARS MUST SUBMIT GRADES AND UPCOMING SEMESTER SCHEDULED EACH SEMESTER.
Reported organization name: THE JAMES FOUNDATION INC
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 71 | $8.9M |
| 2024 | 85 | $11.7M |
Where The James Foundation Inc gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
National Parks Foundation
WASHINGTON, DC
$3MTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Unrestricted
National Parks Foundation
WASHINGTON, DC
$1.5MTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Lincoln memorial
Canterbury School
FORT WAYNE, IN
$1MTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Fine arts campaign
Arts United
FORT WAYNE, IN
$1MTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Arts resiliency fund
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (156 reported in all).
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Figures are aggregated from The James Foundation Inc's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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