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Coastal Community Foundation

The mission of COASTAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is to enhance the quality of life in san diego north county by directing philanthropic efforts toward community needs.

$537k
Granted FY2024still arriving
19
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$1.0MHuman Services$914kHealth$590kArts & Culture$401kYouth Development$320kHousing & Shelter$264kReligion$247kEnvironment$233kOther$0
02FY2024 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 19 grants below total $350,700, the rows itemized in this filing. The $536,875 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $186,175 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $287k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$11,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INEWSOURCE$50,000
COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER$37,500
SCRIPPS HEALTH FOUNDATION$31,500
MAGDALENA ECKE FAMILY YMCA$26,500
JUST IN TIME FOR FOSTER YOUTH$25,000
END OF LIFE CHOICES CALIFORNIA$25,000
MAGDALENA ECKE FAMILY YMCA$25,000
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$20,000
MAGDALENA ECKE FAMILY YMCA$15,000
MIRACOSTA COLLEGE FOUNDATION$11,000
SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY$10,000
RANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETY$10,000
ALZHEIMER'S SAN DIEGO$10,000
SAN DIEGUITO UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$10,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $1.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HOPE THROUGH HOUSING FDN: $6k → 14%JAFCO CHILDRENS FOUNDATION: $9k → 13%Jewish Family Service of SD: $30k → 11%ELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO: $11k → 11%ELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO: $11k → 11%MIDNIGHT MISSION THE: $10k → 14%GENERATE HOPE INC: $10k → 11%ARMED SERVICES YMCA CAMP PENDLETON: $6k → 11%Solutions for Change: $35k → 11%SOLUTIONS FOR CHANGE: $26k → 11%EXPOSURE SKATE: $10k → 11%OCEANSIDE HOMELESS RESOURCE CENTER: $6k → 11%NORTH COUNTY LIFELINE INC: $25k → 11%NORTH COUNTY AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION: $5k → 11%FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN WARRIORS: $10k → 11%Casa de Amistad: $6k → 11%PATHWAYS TO CITIZENSHIP: $6k → 11%CASA DE AMISTAD CENTRO DE ENSENANZA: $6k → 11%Impact Cubed: $89k → 11%MAGDALENA ECKE FAMILY YMCA: $87k → 11%MAGDALENA ECKE FAMILY YMCA: $77k → 11%MAGDALENA ECKE FAMILY YMCA: $76k → 11%MAGDALENA ECKE FAMILY YMCA: $74k → 11%Community Resource Center: $73k → 11%COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $71k → 11%MAGDALENA ECKE FAMILY YMCA: $70k → 11%COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $69k → 11%MAGDALENA ECKE FAMILY YMCA: $50k → 11%COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $38k → 11%COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $37k → 11%MAGDALENA ECKE FAMILY YMCA: $27k → 11%MAGDALENA ECKE FAMILY YMCA: $25k → 11%MAGDALENA ECKE FAMILY YMCA: $15k → 11%NORTH COUNTY LIFELINE INC: $41k → 11%North County Lifeline Inc: $30k → 11%Community Resource Center: $10k → 11%North County Lifeline Inc: $20k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
NY
MA
OR
PA
CT
CA
CO
VA
TN
DC
TX
FL
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.
$3.3M · 45 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.

45 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 32 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

45
62

Total granted

$3.3M
$994k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+29%

Still filing today

89%
76%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $77k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthAnimalsArts & CultureEnvironmentOther
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

  • YO
    YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY
    7× · 2018–2024 · $500k · revenue +89%
  • COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER
    6× · 2018–2024 · $297k · revenue +190%
  • SH
    SCRIPPS HEALTH
    7× · 2018–2024 · $270k · revenue +61%

Funded once

  • IC
    IMPACT CUBED
    one grant, 2019 · $89k · revenue -50%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGOgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $83k · revenue +27%
  • TD
    THE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +30%
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.

1
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
Associated Students of San Diego State University

To support the social, recreational, cultural and education programs and facilities, both on campus and in the community, and to advocate for student interests, provide leadership opportunities and participate in shared governance.

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3
San Diego Jewish Academy

San Diego Jewish Academy empowers each student to learn for life, guided by Jewish values and rooted in strength of community.

Education
4
United Way of San Diego County

To spark breakthrough community action that elevates every child and family toward a brighter future.

Philanthropy
5
California Western School of Law

California western school of law is an independent, aba/aals and wasc senior college and university commission (wscuc) accredited s.d. law school that prepares graduates for the practice of law through a carefully sequenced program of…

Education
6
Policy & Innovation Center

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…

Philanthropy
7
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
8
National University

To deliver accessible world-class student experiences by providing quality programs and services that ensure student success through meaningful learning. to be an inclusive and innovative university serving life-long learners who…

Education
9
University of California Student Association

The University of California Student Association (UCSA) is a coalition of students and student governments that aims to provide a collective voice for all students through advocacy and direct action. UCSA participates in the shared…

Education
10
San Diego Habitat Conservancy

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.

Arts & Culture
11
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
12
The International School of San Francisco

Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the international school of san francisco offers programs of study in french and english to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Uc San Diego Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Hope for the Fatherless. 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

102 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 102 of the 117 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
29
Early backer (in before they grew)
97/102
Grantees still filing
73/102
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $499,500 · Human ServicesYMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTYCOMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $296,749 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTERNORTH COUNTY LIFELINE INC DBA LIFELINE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $116,230 · Human ServicesNORTH COUNTY LIFELINE INC DBA …IMPACT CUBED: $88,785 · Human ServicesIMPACT CUBEDSOLUTIONS FOR CHANGE INC: $60,500 · Human Services+16 more: $192,025 · Human Services+16 moreSAN DIEGUITO UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $151,500 · OtherSAN DIEGUITO UNITED METHODIST CHURC…SAN DIEGUITO HERITAGE MUSEUM: $127,550 · OtherSAN DIEGUITO HERITAGE MUSEUMBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF VISTA INC: $91,228 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF VISTA INCUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO: $83,400 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGOInterfaith Community Services Inc: $75,575 · OtherSDUHSD: $70,635 · OtherYoung America's Foundation: $60,000 · OtherWALLOWA VALLEY HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION: $60,000 · Other+46 more: $740,238 · Other+46 moreTHE CAMPANILE FOUNDATION: $225,000 · EducationTHE CAMPANILE FOUN…SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION SDSU RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $143,750 · EducationSAN DIEGO STATE UN…INVESTIGATIVE NEWSOURCE: $50,000 · EducationINVESTIGATIVE NEWS…CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $40,000 · EducationCALIFORNIA INSTITU…MIRACOSTA COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $30,000 · EducationTHE SAN MARCOS PROMISE: $25,500 · EducationNorth County Education Foundation Inc: $25,475 · EducationSUSTAINED LEADERS: $25,200 · EducationPi Kappa Alpha Foundation: $25,000 · EducationCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SAN MARCOS CORPORATION: $25,000 · Education+12 more: $129,241 · Education+12 moreSCRIPPS HEALTH: $270,000 · HealthSCRIPPS HEALT…END OF LIFE CHOICES CALIFORNIA: $92,000 · HealthEND OF LIFE C…ALZHEIMER'S SAN DIEGO: $57,500 · HealthALZHEIMER'S S…GARY AND MARY WEST SENIOR SERVICES INC: $50,000 · HealthGARY AND MARY…THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $40,000 · HealthTHE SCRIPPS R…PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $36,500 · HealthPLANNED PAREN…VISTA COMMUNITY CLINIC: $20,000 · HealthOCEANSIDE MUSEUM OF ART: $135,196 · Arts & CultureNORTH COAST REPERTORY THEATRE: $86,375 · Arts & CultureSAN DIEGO NORTH COAST SINGERS: $10,450 · Arts & CultureQUAIL BOTANICAL GARDENS FOUNDATION: $153,500 · EnvironmentNATURE COLLECTIVE: $51,000 · EnvironmentSAN DIEGUITO RIVER VALLEY LAND CONSERVANCY: $13,754 · EnvironmentTHE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC: $50,000 · AnimalsRANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETY: $40,000 · AnimalsSAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA: $20,500 · AnimalsMERLIN TUTTLES BAT CONSERVATION INC: $10,000 · AnimalsWORLD VETS: $10,000 · AnimalsZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO: $8,000 · AnimalsSPAY-NEUTER ACTION PROJECT: $7,000 · Animals
Human Services$1,253,789Other$1,460,126Education$744,166Health$566,000Arts & Culture$232,021Environment$218,254Animals$145,500

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 budgetYMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $499,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $296,749 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetSCRIPPS HEALTH: $270,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CAMPANILE FOUNDATION: $225,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetQUAIL BOTANICAL GARDENS FOUNDATION: $153,500 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetSAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION SDSU RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $143,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOCEANSIDE MUSEUM OF ART: $135,196 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetSAN DIEGUITO HERITAGE MUSEUM: $127,550 over 6y, 42% of budgetNORTH COUNTY LIFELINE INC DBA LIFELINE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $116,230 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetEND OF LIFE CHOICES CALIFORNIA: $92,000 over 4y, 32% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF VISTA INC: $91,228 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetIMPACT CUBED: $88,785 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetNORTH COAST REPERTORY THEATRE: $86,375 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO: $83,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInterfaith Community Services Inc: $75,575 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSOLUTIONS FOR CHANGE INC: $60,500 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetYoung America's Foundation: $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWALLOWA VALLEY HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 6y, 5.8% of budgetALZHEIMER'S SAN DIEGO: $57,500 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetNATURE COLLECTIVE: $51,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetINVESTIGATIVE NEWSOURCE: $50,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetGARY AND MARY WEST SENIOR SERVICES INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetShalom Center: $40,410 over 1y, 14% of budgetTHE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETY: $40,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetJUST IN TIME FOR FOSTER YOUTH: $37,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $36,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLA JOLLA GOLDEN TRIANGLE ROTARY CLUB FOUNDATION: $32,500 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN DIEGO: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJOIN FOR JUSTICE INC: $30,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMIRACOSTA COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetOPERATION HOPE-NORTH COUNTY INC: $28,500 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetRANCHO SANTA FE FOUNDATION: $28,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDREAMS FOR CHANGE INC: $26,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetTHE SAN MARCOS PROMISE: $25,500 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetNorth County Education Foundation Inc: $25,475 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetSUSTAINED LEADERS: $25,200 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetPi Kappa Alpha Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SAN MARCOS CORPORATION: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF OCEANSIDE INC: $23,250 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO: $21,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetLA COLONIA DE EDEN GARDENS INC: $21,500 over 2y, 16% of budgetSAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA: $20,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNew Entra Casa Corporation: $20,500 over 2y, 6.3% of budgetCARLSBAD EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $20,179 over 1y, 0.5% 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…Rancho Santa Fe Found…The Nordson Corporati…Jewish Community Foun…Leichtag FoundationThe Conrad Prebys Fou…The Parker FoundationDavid C Copley Founda…Walter J & Betty C Za…Sempra FoundationPrice Philanthropies …The Cushman Foundation
The San Diego FoundationCA83× affinity51 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Diego Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · The Nordson Corporation Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Leichtag Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · The Parker Foundation · David C Copley Foundation · Walter J & Betty C Zable Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Price Philanthropies Foundation · The Cushman 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 35%
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
33report 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.
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How do I get to Coastal Community Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Coastal Community Foundation 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 117 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 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home