· Private foundation
Albatross Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- $10k–50k7 grants · $145k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
- $250k+1 grant · $1.2M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| The New Children's Museum | $1,200,000 |
| The Old Globe | $50,000 |
| San Diego Museum of Art | $50,000 |
| San Diego Youth Services | $25,000 |
| San Diego Parks Foundation | $25,000 |
| Barrio Logan College Institute | $25,000 |
| Athenaeum | $25,000 |
| Balboa Park Conservancy | $25,000 |
| Voices For Children | $10,000 |
| Princeton University | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $125k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +75% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.
12 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TNTHE NEW CHILDRENS MUSEUM8× · 2017–2024 · $4.8M · revenue +19%
- TMTHE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART LOS ANGELES7× · 2017–2023 · $2.7M · revenue +47%
The Trustees of Princeton University7× · 2017–2024 · $415k · revenue +5%
Funded once
- ZSZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGOone grant, 2022 · $250k · revenue +12%
- FPFRANCIS PARKER SCHOOLgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +63%
- NMNew Mexico State Univ Fdn Incgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +155%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The museum of contemporary art san diego invites all audiences to experience our world, our region, and ourselves through the prism of contemporary art.
Conserving nature through science and discovery.
The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.
Acquire, manage and protect land in perpetuity that supports sensitive habitats and species, and to educate and inspire people and communities as stewards and advocates of their natural environment.
Pitzer College produces engaged socially responsible citizens of the world through an academically rigorous, interdisciplinary liberal arts education emphasizing social justice, intercultural understanding and environmental sensitivity.…
To educate women to develop their intellect and talents through active participation in a community of scholars, so that as graduates they may contribute to society through public and private lives of leadership, service, integrity and…
To support and further the research, education and community service objectives of san diego state university.
California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…
The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…
Mission: the mission of san diego opera is to deliver exceptional performances and exciting, accessible programs to diverse audiences, focusing on community partnerships, and the transformative and expressive power of the human voice. as…
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
How this is measured
18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 24 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds THE NEW CHILDRENS MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART LOS ANGELES ↗
- Who funds BALBOA PARK CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds The Trustees of Princeton University ↗
- Who funds SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO ↗
- Who funds BARRIO LOGAN COLLEGE INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds SAN DIEGO YOUTH SERVICES ↗
- Who funds VOICES FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds AMHERST COLLEGE TRUSTEES ↗
- Who funds San Diego Parks Foundation ↗
- Who funds SAN DIEGO CANYONLANDS INC ↗
- Who funds FRANCIS PARKER SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds New Mexico State Univ Fdn Inc ↗
- Who funds LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds La Jolla Historical Society ↗
- Who funds EXPECT MIRACLES FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Davidson College ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Price Philanthropies Foundation · The San Diego Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · Sempra Foundation · The Parker Foundation · David C Copley Foundation · Walter J & Betty C Zable Foundation · The Cushman Foundation · Girard Foundation · Samuel I & John Henry Fox Foundation · Pratt Memorial Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Albatross Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Albatross Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
- Amherst College Trustees: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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