California · Private foundation
Dianne & Thomas Lookabaugh Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $104k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2026
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $3,430
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 26
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 3
- Total assets, FY2026
- $994k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 27% of the organizations Dianne & Thomas Lookabaugh Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 24 | $104k | 38% |
| FY2025 | 15 | $27k | 27% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $58k | 24% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $73k | 73% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $12k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $40k | 88% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $36k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $54k | 47% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Salvation Army | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Coronado Island Film Festival | $28,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Lambs Players Theatre | $14,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Feeding San Diego | $12,490 | 4 | 0% |
| National Center for Science Education | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Americas Foundation Inc | $11,250 | 5 | 3% |
| La Jolla Institute for Immunology | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Monarch School Project | $7,050 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 47 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 36 recipients with no EIN on record ($227k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Dianne & Thomas Lookabaugh Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: The San Diego Foundation · Allan and Lyndsey Arendsee Family Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · Johanna Anderson Trueblood Foundation Inc · L Robert & Patricia Payne Family Foundation Inc · Sempra Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Dianne & Thomas Lookabaugh Foundation
- How much does Dianne & Thomas Lookabaugh Foundation give?
- Dianne & Thomas Lookabaugh Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $103,664 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 26 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Dianne & Thomas Lookabaugh Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2026, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (40%), Philanthropy (11%), Health (8%).
- Who are Dianne & Thomas Lookabaugh Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2026: The Salvation Army ($50k), Coronado Island Film Festival ($29k), Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence ($15k).
- Does Dianne & Thomas Lookabaugh Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Dianne & Thomas Lookabaugh 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 Dianne & Thomas Lookabaugh Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Diego Foundation, Allan and Lyndsey Arendsee Family Foundation, The Conrad Prebys Foundation.
- Where is Dianne & Thomas Lookabaugh Foundation based?
- Dianne & Thomas Lookabaugh Foundation is based in CA.
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