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Dianne & Thomas Lookabaugh Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2026still arriving
24
Grants FY2026still arriving
3
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0188% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$155kPhilanthropy$43kHealth$30kHuman Services$29kCivil Rights$19kCrime & Legal$19kScience & Tech$17kEnvironment$13kOther$0
02FY2026 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k21 grants · $54k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $50k
$3,430
Median grant
3
States reached
$994k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SALVATION ARMY$25,000
KPBS$15,000
La Jolla Institute for Immunology$10,000
Citizens Climate Lobby$5,000
CORONADO COMM FOUNDATION$5,000
Villa Musica$5,000
AMERICANS UNITED FOR SEP OF CHURCH$5,000
Cygnet Theatre$5,000
CORONADO ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL$5,000
LAMB'S PLAYERS THEATRE$5,000
National Center for Science Educati$5,000
SAFE HARBOR CORONADO$3,430
THE AMERICAS FOUNDATION$3,000
United Way of San Diego County$1,449
MONARCH SCHOOL$1,279
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 (FY19–23, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 13% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $3k → 11%HOPE IN OUR CITY: $500 → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 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

IL
NY
MA
PA
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
DC
AL
TX
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$382k · 32 repeat orgs$77k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

32 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2026, 17 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
42

Total granted

$382k
$49k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+25%

Still filing today

53%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
Arts & CultureHealthEnvironmentPhilanthropyAnimalsRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • CI
    CORONADO ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL
    7× · 2018–2026 · $29k · revenue +87%
  • BC
    BRADY CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE
    3× · 2018–2020 · $15k · revenue +88%
  • FS
    FEEDING SAN DIEGO
    4× · 2018–2023 · $12k · revenue +61%

Funded once

  • NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $8k · revenue +26%
  • AU
    AMERICANS UNITED FOR S
    one grant, 2019 · $3k
  • Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Inc
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue -22%
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
Connect Foundation

Connect is an innovation instigator established to cultivate san diego's life science and tech communities. a trusted partner for more than 30 years, we propel our region's entrepreneurs as they create and scale their companies from…

Education
2
Chile-California Council

The Chile-California Council is a San Francisco-based nonprofit dedicated to developing and promoting joint endeavors and cooperative relations between Chile and California, as well as individuals, legal entities and other institutions in…

International
3
San Diego Coasters
Arts & Culture
4
Nature Collective

Nature collective's mission is to drive a passion for nature for all. we think inclusively and diversely when serving those devoid of nature those who remember nature and want to connect back to it and those who have an affinity with…

Environment
5
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
6
Connectocean Conservation and Outreach Inc

Connectocean conservation and outreach is dedicated to fostering ocean stewardship and conserving aquatic ecosystems through community engagement, education, and collaborative conservation efforts. our mission is to connect communities to…

Human Services
7
Council of the Americas Inc

Council of the americas is a business organization whose members share a common commitment to economic and social development, open markets, the rule of law, and democracy throughout the americas. the council's membership consists of…

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8
The Coral Reef and Marine Science Foundation Inc C/O James Bildner
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9
San Diego Historical Society

The mission of the san diego history center is to preserve our region's history - tell the diverse story of our region's past, present, and future; educate and enrich our community; and foster civic pride.

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10
San Diego Opera Association

Mission: the mission of san diego opera is to deliver exceptional performances and exciting, accessible programs to diverse audiences, focusing on community partnerships, and the transformative and expressive power of the human voice. as…

Arts & Culture
11
Curebound

Curebound's mission is to accelerate cancer research and save lives. we raise and invest strategic funding for innovative adult and pediatric cancer research with one vision: cures in our lifetime.

Health
12
The 5 Gyres Institute

The 5 Gyres Institute (5 Gyres) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Los Angeles, with a global network of supporters united in the pursuit of a planet free of plastic pollution. 5 Gyres' mission is to empower action against the…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The San Diego Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Inc. 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

48 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. 48 of the 86 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)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
48/48
Grantees still filing
34/48
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KPBS: $63,500 · OtherKPBSTHE SALVATION ARMY: $50,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYCORONADO COMM FOUNDATION: $35,250 · OtherCORONADO COMM FOUNDATIONBUILDING 178 Future Performing Arts: $30,000 · OtherBUILDING 178 Future Performing ArtsPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $20,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD+56 more: $140,087 · Other+56 moreCORONADO ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL: $28,500 · Arts & CultureCORONADO ISLA…LAMBS PLAYERS THEATRE: $14,000 · Arts & CultureLAMBS PLAYERS…VILLA MUSICA: $5,000 · Arts & CultureVILLA MUSICASAN DIEGO PERFORMING ARTS LEAGUE: $2,600 · Arts & CulturePUBLIC BROADCASTING OF COLORADO INC: $2,500 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $3,949 · Arts & Culture+5 moreCORONADO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 · PhilanthropyTHE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $8,000 · PhilanthropyTHE SAN DIEGO WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $5,045 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $1,449 · Philanthropy+2 more: $1,500 · PhilanthropyBRADY CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $15,000 · Crime & LegalSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $3,000 · Crime & LegalNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $7,500 · EnvironmentEmerald Keepers: $4,000 · EnvironmentEarth Discovery Institute: $1,000 · EnvironmentCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $500 · EnvironmentFEEDING SAN DIEGO: $12,490 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $200 · Food & NutritionNational Center for Science Education: $12,000 · Science & Tech
Other$338,837Arts & Culture$56,549Philanthropy$35,994Crime & Legal$18,000Environment$13,000Food & Nutrition$12,690Science & Tech$12,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCORONADO ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL: $28,500 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetCORONADO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetBRADY CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLAMBS PLAYERS THEATRE: $14,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFEEDING SAN DIEGO: $12,490 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNational Center for Science Education: $12,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAS FOUNDATION INC: $11,250 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetTHE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONARCH SCHOOL PROJECT: $7,050 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSAFE HARBOR CORONADO: $5,930 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE SAN DIEGO WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $5,045 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetEmerald Keepers: $4,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for the National Institutes of Health Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN DIEGO PERFORMING ARTS LEAGUE: $2,600 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetPUBLIC BROADCASTING OF COLORADO INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLSTART: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVOICES FOR CHILDREN: $1,700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $1,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCORONADO HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED: $1,399 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSAN DIEGO REPERTORY THEATRE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Houston: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCORONADO PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetStephen J Wampler Foundation Camp WAMP: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANGEL CITY PIT BULLS: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCoronado Promenade Concerts: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $225 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER FOOD RESCUE: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMusica Vitale: $200 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCORONADO FOURTH OF JULY: $100 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.

  • Who funds CORONADO ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL ↗
  • Who funds CORONADO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BRADY CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE ↗
  • Who funds LAMBS PLAYERS THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds FEEDING SAN DIEGO ↗
  • Who funds National Center for Science Education ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY ↗
  • Who funds THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds MONARCH SCHOOL PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds SAFE HARBOR CORONADO ↗
  • Who funds THE SAN DIEGO WOMEN'S FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CITIZENS CLIMATE LOBBY ↗
  • Who funds VILLA MUSICA ↗
  • Who funds Emerald Keepers ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Inc ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds SAN DIEGO PERFORMING ARTS LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds PUBLIC BROADCASTING OF COLORADO INC ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION INC ↗
  • Who funds GIRLSTART ↗

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…Allan and Lyndsey Are…The Conrad Prebys Fou…Johanna Anderson True…L Robert & Patricia P…Sempra FoundationNational Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The San Diego FoundationCA16.2× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Dianne & Thomas Lookabaugh Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dianne & Thomas Lookabaugh Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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.

    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 86 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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