California · Private foundation
Flaming Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $195k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $80,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Flaming Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k 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 | 4 | $115k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $160k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $125k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $131k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $131k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $136k | 92% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $22k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $100k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $140,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Rady Children's Hospital Foundation San Diego | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of San Diego | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank | $26,000 | 2 | 0% |
| San Diego Humane Society and Spca | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| San Diego Public Library Foundation | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $140,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Rady Children's Hospital Foundation San Diego | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of San Diego | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank | $26,000 | 2 | 0% |
| San Diego Humane Society and Spca | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| San Diego Public Library Foundation | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| San Diego Habitat for Humanity Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Shelter to Soldier Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| YMCA of San Diego County | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Shriners' Hospital for Children | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($423k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Flaming Family 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: David C Copley Foundation · Price Philanthropies Foundation · Sempra Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Flaming Family Foundation
- How much does Flaming Family Foundation give?
- Flaming Family Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $195,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Flaming Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (33%), Recreation & Sports (24%), Education (18%).
- Who are Flaming Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc ($140k), Wounded Warrior Project Inc ($75k), Rady Children's Hospital Foundation San Diego ($50k).
- Does Flaming Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Flaming Family 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 Flaming Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include David C Copley Foundation, Price Philanthropies Foundation, Sempra Foundation.
- Where is Flaming Family Foundation based?
- Flaming Family Foundation is based in CA.
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