California · Public charity
Fermanian Family Foundation
To carry out and support charitable, educational & religious purposes under irc 501(c)(3) & to support & operate for the benefit of the san diego foundation.
- $1.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Fermanian Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to The San Diego Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,459,241
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,459,241
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 50% of the organizations Fermanian Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 93% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 7% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $127k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 2 | $137k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $15k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $18k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $8k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $23k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lazarian World Homes Inc | $127,000 | 1 | 26% |
| Youth With a Mission - San Diegobaja | $16,215 | 2 | n/a |
| Radiant Life Church | $15,410 | 1 | n/a |
| La Jolla Community Church Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Benevolent Healthcare Foundation | $7,400 | 1 | 0% |
| Rock Church of Coastal Hills | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| San Diego Mount Carmel Church of the Nazarene | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Capital Christian Center | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Campus Crusade for Christ Inc | $4,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $3,700 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lazarian World Homes Inc | $127,000 | 1 | 26% |
| Youth With a Mission - San Diegobaja | $16,215 | 2 | n/a |
| Radiant Life Church | $15,410 | 1 | n/a |
| La Jolla Community Church Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Benevolent Healthcare Foundation | $7,400 | 1 | 0% |
| Rock Church of Coastal Hills | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| San Diego Mount Carmel Church of the Nazarene | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Capital Christian Center | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Campus Crusade for Christ Inc | $4,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $3,700 | 1 | 0% |
| Youth Without Borders Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 2% |
| San Diego Police Officers Association Foundation | $675 | 1 | 0% |
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 · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Fermanian Family Foundation
- How much does Fermanian Family Foundation give?
- Fermanian Family Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $1,466,241 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Fermanian Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Philanthropy (98%), Housing & Shelter (1%), Religion (1%).
- Who are Fermanian Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Lazarian World Homes Inc ($127k), Youth With a Mission - San Diegobaja ($16k), Radiant Life Church ($15k).
- Does Fermanian Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Fermanian Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Diego Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Fermanian Family Foundation based?
- Fermanian Family Foundation is based in CA.
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