Jennifer And James Wood Foundation
The Jennifer and James Wood Foundation's website (jjwf.org) presents the foundation's mission to foster wellbeing for all species and support regenerative ecosystem actions. The site lists a Fairfield, CT address and contact email [email protected] and contains mission and contact information but no obvious grant application pages.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A small or regionally focused environmental or species-wellbeing nonprofit whose work aligns with regenerative ecosystem actions and that is positioned in California, Hawaii, or among established national environmental organizations.
Good Fit
- • Clear program alignment with regenerative ecosystem work or coral/reef and watershed restoration
- • Track record of local impact in California or Hawaii (or recognized national environmental profile)
- • Ability to make use of modest unrestricted or project-level grants
- • Existing relationship, introduction, or visibility to the foundation or its network
Geography
Observed grants span multiple states (six in 2024) but are regionally concentrated: California received 55% of 2024 dollars, so the footprint is multi-state but strongly CA-weighted.
Recipient Variety
The foundation funded many independent recipients in the observed years (17 distinct grantees in 2024 and 25 in 2022), indicating a broadly distributed recipient set despite dollar concentration among a few top awards.
New Applicants
Direct evidence shows the foundation adds new grantees (9 new recipients in 2024) but the public-facing guidance and filings state grants are by preselection only and no open application route is provided, making it unlikely an unfamiliar applicant can enter the portfolio without a direct introduction or outreach.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
