about us
The Jones Family Foundation is a private philanthropic
organization founded in 1988 by Ora G. Jones, Barbara R. Jones, Scott
Jones and Anne Jones of Red Wing, Minnesota. The Jones Family Foundation
is a donor advised fund of The Saint Paul Foundation.
our mission
The Mission of The Jones Family Foundation
is to identify, initiate and support endeavors that positively impact
the quality of life in the Red Wing area.
our fundamental strategies
- Our primary areas of focus will be family special needs, life-long
learning, youth development and community sustainability.
- We will serve
as a positive catalyst within our community by initiating projects
which support our mission. We will challenge our Board members to
bring forward their ideas in this regard.
- We will primarily focus our
resources toward program oriented projects with measurable results
that positively impact the community.
- We will endeavor to help non-profit
organizations within our geography to build capacity and
sustainability.
- We will respond to new and existing grant requests in
a way that provides needed support but
does not make the requesting organization or project primarily
dependent upon our funding.
- We will, where possible, attempt
to maximize the potential for a project by exploring ways to
expand or enhance such projects by acting as a convener and
by encouraging collaboration among agencies with similar
missions.
- When pursuing transformational projects we will consider
partnerships with like-minded funders and agencies to achieve
our goals.
- We will always devote a portion of our annual grantmaking
through our Family Special Needs Portfolio to families
and individuals that are disadvantaged.
- We will refrain from making
grants for political agendas. Further, we will refrain from
grantmaking to narrowly focused organizations representing
extremist views.
- We will select quality leadership for
our Board of Directors to sustain our mission, providing them with
education, a strong sense of financial responsibility to the long term
goals of the Foundation, and an atmosphere of creativity and caring.
- We
will encourage current and estate giving from others in support of
our mission.
- We
intend that the Jones Family Foundation be a perpetual organization.
Its assets and grants should be governed and managed in a way that
ensures the sustainability of the Foundation.