· Private foundation
Billy J Birdwell and Esme J Birdwell Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 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 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k4 grants · $15k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $75k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Make a Wish Foundaiton San Diego | $20,000 |
| Warrior Foundation Freedom Station | $20,000 |
| San Diego Food Bank | $15,000 |
| Planned Parenthood of the Pacific S | $10,000 |
| Shriner Hospital for Children | $10,000 |
| Meals on Wheels | $5,000 |
| Jewish Family Services | $5,000 |
| Internation Clown Hall of Fame | $2,500 |
| Your Heart on Art | $2,000 |
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 (FY17–25, $104k) 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.
14 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down.
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 FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MOMeals on Wheels6× · 2017–2025 · $105k
- WFWARRIOR FOUNDATION FREEDOM STATION6× · 2019–2025 · $98k · revenue -10%
- MAMake a Wish Foundaiton San Diego4× · 2021–2025 · $95k
Funded once
- TSTEMPLE SOLEL OF NORTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY INCone grant, 2018 · $28k
- SFSEANY FOUNDATIONone grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue -99%
- CACHABAD AT LA COSTAone grant, 2021 · $11k
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 san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.
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,…
To improve our communities' sexual and reproductive health outcomes through health care, education, and advocacy.
Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.
Planned parenthood orange and san bernardino counties provides an exceptional health care experience for every patient, protects and promotes the fundamental right of all individuals to make their own personal health decisions, and…
The policy & innovation center's (pic) mission is to unlock the region's potential by cultivating and building partnerships. our niche is to address intractable issues that can only be solved with cross-sector, multi-jurisdictional…
To spark breakthrough community action that elevates every child and family toward a brighter future.
To partner with youth, families, adults and communities to reach their full potential and is achieved through comprehensive and integrated programming in the areas of child and youth development; youth, adult and family wellness and…
The santa fe community foundation inspires philanthropic generosity, strengthens nonprofits, and fosters positive change to build a more vibrant, healthy, and resilient region. the foundation's vision is a thriving northern new mexico,…
Jewish family service is a client-centered, impact-driven organization working to build a stronger, healthier, more resilient san diego.
The mission of san diego volunteer lawyer program, inc. is to provide equal access to the justice system by serving as a bridge between indigent and other disadvantaged people in san diego county and the volunteer lawyers who are willing…
To support and empower all affected by gynecologic cancers through education, research, and public awareness.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 21 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 WARRIOR FOUNDATION FREEDOM STATION ↗
- Who funds JACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds Sunbird Initiative ↗
- Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE PACIFIC SOUTHWEST ↗
- Who funds SEANY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GIRLS ON THE RUN INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
- Who funds VOICES FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SAN DIEGO OASIS ↗
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: Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Leichtag Foundation · The San Diego Foundation · Sempra Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Billy J Birdwell and Esme J Birdwell Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Billy J Birdwell and Esme J Birdwell Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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