California · Public charity
Feeding San Diego
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, and seniors in need.
- $67M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $46k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $45,572
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $45,572
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 21
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $15M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Feeding San Diego funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $46k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $440k | 86% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $846k | 90% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $123k | 56% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $445k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $194k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $143k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperial Valley Food Bank | $399,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Life Christian Center International Ministries of San Diego | $173,480 | 1 | n/a |
| Stepping Higher Inc | $127,291 | 4 | 48% |
| Tricity Pantry | $109,417 | 1 | 66% |
| I Am My Brothers Keeper Cdc | $100,000 | 1 | 82% |
| The Community Food Connection | $94,261 | 1 | 72% |
| Jewish Family Service of San Diego | $89,350 | 4 | 0% |
| Nativity Prep Academy of San Diego Inc | $89,000 | 1 | 3% |
| San Diego Rescue Mission Inc | $81,862 | 4 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of San Diego Inc | $76,629 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 47 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperial Valley Food Bank | $399,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Life Christian Center International Ministries of San Diego | $173,480 | 1 | n/a |
| Stepping Higher Inc | $127,291 | 4 | 48% |
| Tricity Pantry | $109,417 | 1 | 66% |
| I Am My Brothers Keeper Cdc | $100,000 | 1 | 82% |
| The Community Food Connection | $94,261 | 1 | 72% |
| Jewish Family Service of San Diego | $89,350 | 4 | 0% |
| Nativity Prep Academy of San Diego Inc | $89,000 | 1 | 3% |
| San Diego Rescue Mission Inc | $81,862 | 4 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of San Diego Inc | $76,629 | 4 | 0% |
| TERI Inc | $66,981 | 3 | 0% |
| Equation Collaborative Corp | $64,963 | 1 | 11% |
| Third Avenue Charitable Organization | $59,041 | 3 | 7% |
| McAlister Institute for Treatment & Education Inc | $54,327 | 1 | 0% |
| Bethesda Recovery Center | $52,988 | 1 | 3% |
| Vietnam Veterans of San Diego Dba Veterans Village of San Diego | $47,366 | 2 | 0% |
| Brother Benno Foundation Inc | $45,572 | 1 | 0% |
| First Christian Church | $41,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Community Through Hope | $38,959 | 2 | n/a |
| Heaven's Windows | $38,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Lived Experiences Inc | $37,164 | 1 | 19% |
| Fallbrook Food Pantry | $35,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Webstaurant Store | $32,089 | 1 | n/a |
| Foothills United Methodist Church | $31,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Santee Food Bank | $26,118 | 1 | 33% |
| North County LGBTQ Resource Center | $25,800 | 1 | 2% |
| North County Lgbtq Resource Center | $21,246 | 1 | n/a |
| Sherman Heights Community Center Corporation | $16,665 | 1 | 3% |
| Pastor of Our Lady of Mt Carmel Catholic Parish San Diego in San D | $14,840 | 1 | n/a |
| Eres Enterprises Inc | $13,584 | 1 | n/a |
| Risinghope Outreach | $11,482 | 1 | n/a |
| Ocean View Church San Diego | $11,391 | 1 | n/a |
| Wesley House Student Residence Inc | $11,121 | 1 | 2% |
| Students Without Limits | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Helen Woodward Animal Center | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Project 11 | $9,960 | 1 | 4% |
| Faith Lutheran Church & Schools | $9,738 | 1 | n/a |
| Masjidul Taqwa | $9,284 | 1 | n/a |
| Trinity Lutheran School | $8,409 | 1 | n/a |
| The Salvation Army | $8,286 | 1 | n/a |
| First Christian Church | $7,623 | 1 | n/a |
| Ramona First Baptist Church | $6,806 | 1 | n/a |
| Special Delivery San Diego | $6,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Associated Students Inc of California State University San Marcos | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Christ Community Church of San Diego Inc | $5,704 | 1 | n/a |
| Ocean Beach Emergency Food Incorporated | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| San Diego Journey Community Church | $5,275 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Feeding San Diego supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 27 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank · The San Diego Foundation · David C Copley Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Price Philanthropies Foundation · Alliance Healthcare Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Walter J & Betty C Zable Foundation · The Parker Foundation · The Cushman Foundation · The Albertsons Companies Foundation
How this is measured
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About Feeding San Diego
- How much does Feeding San Diego give?
- Feeding San Diego reported 1 itemized grants totaling $45,572, out of $67,155,310 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Feeding San Diego fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (48%), Public Safety & Disaster (13%), Religion (13%).
- Who are Feeding San Diego's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Imperial Valley Food Bank ($399k), Life Christian Center International Ministries of San Diego ($173k), Stepping Higher Inc ($127k).
- Does Feeding San Diego fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Feeding San Diego?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank, The San Diego Foundation, David C Copley Foundation.
- Where is Feeding San Diego based?
- Feeding San Diego is based in CA.
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