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Avila Fund

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.

$356k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$116k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$829kFood & Nutrition$473kEducation$137kPhilanthropy$58kHealth$25kYouth Development$20kCommunity Improvement$15kHousing & Shelter$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $326k
$50,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$4.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MUSEUM OF US$115,874
UCSD SCHOOL$60,000
KUMEYAAY COMMUNITY COLLEGE$50,000
SAN DIEGO FOOD SYSTEM ALLIANCE$50,000
COASTAL ROOTS FARM$50,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$25,000
SAN DIEGO WOMEN'S FOUNDATION$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–22, $55k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%IMPACT CUBED: $50k → 11%MISSION EDGE SAN DIEGO: $5k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 5 repeat orgs$402k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +61% since the first grant, against +45% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
8

Total granted

$1.2M
$146k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+61%
+45%

Still filing today

100%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 28% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $256k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24
Food & NutritionPhilanthropyHuman ServicesArts & CultureEducationYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • SD
    SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF MAN DBA MUSEUM OF US
    2× · 2021–2022 · $705k · revenue +24%
  • SD
    San Diego Food System Alliance
    4× · 2021–2024 · $185k · revenue +89%
  • CR
    COASTAL ROOTS FARM
    3× · 2021–2024 · $120k · revenue +61%

Funded once

  • IC
    IMPACT CUBED
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue -80%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGOgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $27k · revenue +45%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $20k
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.

04Its field

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.

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The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
2
Institute of Contemporary Art San Diego

to advance regional contemporary art and artists while fostering cultural equity through access to meaningful art experiences

Arts & Culture
3
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
4
San Diegans for Health Care Coverage

Promote Access to Health Care for all San Diegans

Health
5
San Diego Regional Economic Development Foundation

To support and cultivate sustainable employment opportunities for San Diego County residents contributing to a prosperous local economy.

Community Improvement
6
San Diego Charitable Real Estate Foundation

See schedule o.the exempt purpose of san diego charitable real estate foundation is to support san diego foundation in its mission to promote and increase responsible and effective philanthropy by accepting, managing and marketing real…

Community Improvement
7
San Diego Housing Federation

The Federation brings together representatives of affordable housing community development corporations with others interested in the development and management of housing for low and moderate income persons in San Diego County to mutually…

Education
8
San Diego Diplomacy Council

Programmed and coordinated visits to san diego by international visitors and escorts, working in association with appropriate united states government agencies and the global ties u.s. network.

Community Improvement
9
Design Forward Alliance

Advocating for Human-Centered Design as a regional approach to improve economic, social, and civic life in our community.Design Forward Alliance is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to leveraging the power of design to drive social impact.…

Community Improvement
10
San Diego Municipal Employees Assn

The san diego municipal employees association (sdmea) is dedicated to being a strong and effective advocate for san diego city employees. sdmea is united to improve employees' standard of living and promote their fair treatment by…

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11
San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council Afl-Cio

The Labor Council offers an avenue for local unions to come together as one group.

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12
Building Industry Association of San Diego

The mission of the building industry association of san diego is to proactively promote a positive business environment for the land development, home building and commercial development industry throughout san diego county.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is San Diego Hunger Coalition; the most unlike its peers is Third Avenue Charitable Organization. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

14 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. 14 of the 19 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
8/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF MAN DBA MUSEUM OF US: $705,394 · Arts & CultureSAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF MAN DBA MUSEUM OF USCOASTAL ROOTS FARM: $120,000 · OtherCOASTAL ROOTS FARMMUSEUM OF US: $115,874 · OtherMUSEUM OF USUCSD SCHOOL: $60,000 · OtherUCSD SCHOOLKITCHENS FOR GOOD: $53,436 · OtherKITCHENS FOR GOODUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO: $27,420 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGOPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $25,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · Other+1 more: $8,000 · OtherSan Diego Food System Alliance: $185,000 · Food & NutritionSan Diego Food System…SAN DIEGO HUNGER COALITION: $115,000 · Food & NutritionSAN DIEGO HUNGER COAL…+1 more: $5,000 · Food & NutritionIMPACT CUBED: $50,000 · Human ServicesMISSION EDGE SAN DIEGO: $5,454 · Human ServicesKumeyaay Community College Inc: $50,000 · EducationINDIGENOUS REGENERATION: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentCatalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties: $10,000 · PhilanthropyTHE SAN DIEGO WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyRSF SOCIAL FINANCE INC: $2,500 · Social Science
Arts & Culture$705,394Other$429,730Food & Nutrition$305,000Human Services$55,454Education$50,000Youth Development$20,000Philanthropy$15,000Social Science$2,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF MAN DBA MUSEUM OF US: $705,394 over 2y, 15% of budgetSan Diego Food System Alliance: $185,000 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetCOASTAL ROOTS FARM: $120,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetSAN DIEGO HUNGER COALITION: $115,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetKITCHENS FOR GOOD: $53,436 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetKumeyaay Community College Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 9.7% of budgetIMPACT CUBED: $50,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO: $27,420 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINDIGENOUS REGENERATION: $20,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetCatalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMISSION EDGE SAN DIEGO: $5,454 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SAN DIEGO WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThird Avenue Charitable Organization: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetRSF SOCIAL FINANCE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

The San Diego Foundat…The Parker FoundationThe Conrad Prebys Fou…Jewish Community Foun…David C Copley Founda…Price Philanthropies …The California Endowm…Leichtag FoundationRancho Santa Fe Found…Sempra FoundationNational Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…
The San Diego FoundationCA23.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Diego Foundation · The Parker Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · David C Copley Foundation · Price Philanthropies Foundation · The California Endowment · Leichtag Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · Sempra Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Avila Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Avila Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Avila Fund?

    Find your warmest path to Avila Fund through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 19 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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