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Briggs 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.

$450k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
2
Grants FY2024
1
Organizations funded FY2022
0%
First-time grantees FY2022
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Median grant, FY2024
$300,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$300,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 58
FY2017 to FY2022
States reached, FY2024
2
Total assets, FY2024
$55k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2022, 0% of the organizations Briggs Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22
EducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentHealthArts & CultureCrime & LegalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving2$450k0%
FY20221$150k0%
FY20213$251k33%
FY202029$831k24%
FY201950$1.3M40%
FY201858$2.2M45%
FY201756$809kn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$4.3MPhilanthropy$2.4MReligion$924kEducation$573kArts & Culture$53kHuman Services$12kYouth Development$8kPublic Benefit$4kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Scripps Health$3,201,50040%
Village Community Presbyterian Church$883,0376n/a
Iowa Health Foundation$647,50032%
Drake University$312,50050%
Uc San Diego Foundation$182,50040%
Health Center Wellness Fund$30,0001n/a
Operation Aquatic Freedom Corp$24,0002n/a
Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation Inc Sd Chapter$22,50032%
Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education$17,0003n/a
The San Francisco School$14,00020%
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All grantees of Briggs Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Scripps Health$3,201,50040%
Village Community Presbyterian Church$883,0376n/a
Iowa Health Foundation$647,50032%
Drake University$312,50050%
Uc San Diego Foundation$182,50040%
Health Center Wellness Fund$30,0001n/a
Operation Aquatic Freedom Corp$24,0002n/a
Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation Inc Sd Chapter$22,50032%
Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education$17,0003n/a
The San Francisco School$14,00020%
Schools of the Sacred Heart-San Francisco$10,0002n/a
The San Diego Symphony Orchestra Association$8,00040%
Upaya Zen Center Inc$8,0001n/a
Boys and Girls Club of Tustin$5,00010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$4,00020%
Coastal Communities Concert Band Foundation$3,00015%
Cowboy Arts & Gear Museum$3,00021%
Camp Millennium$3,00021%
City Hope San Francisco$3,0001n/a
Rotary Camp Pendleton Foundation fka Pendleton Community Service Fund$2,60051%
Vanderbilt University$2,50010%
Honor Flight Inc$2,50010%
La Jolla Music Society$2,00030%
AARP Foundation$1,60030%
National Right to Work Legal Defense and Education Foundation Inc$1,2002n/a
Elkton Community Education Center$1,00010%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeastern Nevada$1,00010%
Library Guild of Rancho Santa Fe$1,00010%
The George W Bush Foundation$80030%
Uss Midway Museum$67530%
Competitive Enterprise Institute$65020%
San Diego Rescue Mission Inc$60020%
Yosemite Foundation$60030%
Pro English$60010%
Vestibular Disorders Association$55020%
Future Legends$50010%
Media Research Center$50010%
Burn Institute$50010%
The Arc of San Diego$50010%
East County Youth Symphony$5001n/a
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$50010%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$50010%
Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank$50010%
Helping Hands at la Costa Glen$5001n/a
Ashland University$40010%
Public Interest Legal Foundation$40010%
Gerald R Ford Presidential Foundation$40020%
Pacific Research Institute For Public Policy$40020%
Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund$40010%
American Institute for Economic Research$40010%
American Philatelic Society$36020%
Kenneth E Patterson Bladder Cancer$30015%
Intercollegiate Studies Institute Inc$30010%
Mountain States Legal Foundation$25010%
San Diego-Imperial Council Boy Scouts of America$25010%
American Constitutional Rights Union$20010%
Religious Freedom Coalition$20010%
The Country Friends$20010%
The Independent Institute$20010%
Capital Research Center$20010%
The Andrew Grene Foundation USA CO NIMLOCK CHICAGO$20010%
Center for Science in the Public Interest$12510%
State Policy Network$10010%
Young America's Foundation$10010%
Finca International Inc$10010%

Plus 45 recipients with no EIN on record ($556k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Briggs Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetScripps Health: $3,201,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetIowa Health Foundation: $647,500 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetDrake University: $312,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUc San Diego Foundation: $182,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAchievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation Inc Sd Chapter: $22,500 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetThe San Francisco School: $14,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe San Diego Symphony Orchestra Association: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Tustin: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCoastal Communities Concert Band Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetCowboy Arts & Gear Museum: $3,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCamp Millennium: $3,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetRotary Camp Pendleton Foundation fka Pendleton Community Service Fund: $2,600 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetVanderbilt University: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHonor Flight Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLa Jolla Music Society: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAARP Foundation: $1,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetElkton Community Education Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Northeastern Nevada: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLibrary Guild of Rancho Santa Fe: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe George W Bush Foundation: $800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUss Midway Museum: $675 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCompetitive Enterprise Institute: $650 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSan Diego Rescue Mission Inc: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYosemite Foundation: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPro English: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVestibular Disorders Association: $550 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFuture Legends: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMedia Research Center: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBurn Institute: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Arc of San Diego: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAshland University: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPublic Interest Legal Foundation: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGerald R Ford Presidential Foundation: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPacific Research Institute For Public Policy: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLaw Enforcement Legal Defense Fund: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Institute for Economic Research: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Philatelic Society: $360 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKenneth E Patterson Bladder Cancer: $300 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetIntercollegiate Studies Institute Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMountain States Legal Foundation: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSan Diego-Imperial Council Boy Scouts of America: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Constitutional Rights Union: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetReligious Freedom Coalition: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Country Friends: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 55.

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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.

Rancho Santa Fe FoundationCA23.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · The San Diego Foundation · David C Copley Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · Donors Trust Inc · The Intuit Foundation · H & R Peters Family Foundation · Eric Javits Family Foundation · Diana Davis Spencer Foundation Inc · Sempra Foundation · The Yelp Foundation

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.

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About Briggs Foundation

How much does Briggs Foundation give?
Briggs Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $450,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 58 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
What does Briggs Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (52%), Philanthropy (29%), Religion (11%).
Who are Briggs Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Scripps Health ($3.2M), Village Community Presbyterian Church ($883k), Iowa Health Foundation ($648k).
Does Briggs Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2022, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Briggs Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Briggs Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rancho Santa Fe Foundation, The San Diego Foundation, David C Copley Foundation.
Where is Briggs Foundation based?
Briggs Foundation is based in CA.

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 115 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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