California · Private foundation
Helmut Kiffmann 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.
- $1.4M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
99% of Helmut Kiffmann 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 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year Helmut Kiffmann Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 10 organizations, $1M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,010,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 20
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 14% of the organizations Helmut Kiffmann Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 89% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 14 | $1.4M | 50% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $92k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $1.1M | 11% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $584k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $159k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Resource Center | $2,572,936 | 6 | 13% |
| Doors of Change | $90,000 | 5 | 7% |
| Center for Community Solutions | $85,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Seeds of Hope Inc | $38,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Computers for Kids Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 18% |
| Solutions for Change Inc | $14,278 | 1 | 0% |
| American Moldovan Jewish Federation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Girls Rising | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| St Andrews Church | $10,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Healthy Day Partners | $6,064 | 2 | 2% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Resource Center | $2,572,936 | 6 | 13% |
| Doors of Change | $90,000 | 5 | 7% |
| Center for Community Solutions | $85,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Seeds of Hope Inc | $38,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Computers for Kids Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 18% |
| Solutions for Change Inc | $14,278 | 1 | 0% |
| American Moldovan Jewish Federation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Girls Rising | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| St Andrews Church | $10,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Healthy Day Partners | $6,064 | 2 | 2% |
| Saint Andrews Lutheran Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Urban Restoration Counselling | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Sister League of San Diego Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Equation Collaborative Corp | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Holly House for Kids | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Alpha Project for the Homeless | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| ProduceGood | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($497k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Helmut Kiffmann 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: The San Diego Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Sempra Foundation · Leichtag Foundation · Price Philanthropies Foundation · The Country Friends · Boys and Girls Aid Society of San Diego Ltd · Alliance Healthcare Foundation · The Cushman Foundation · The Bravo Foundation · Allison and Robert Price Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About Helmut Kiffmann Family Foundation
- How much does Helmut Kiffmann Family Foundation give?
- Helmut Kiffmann Family Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $1,430,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 20 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Helmut Kiffmann Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (88%), Housing & Shelter (3%), Health (3%).
- Who are Helmut Kiffmann Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Community Resource Center ($2.6M), Doors of Change ($90k), Center for Community Solutions ($85k).
- Does Helmut Kiffmann Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Helmut Kiffmann 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 Helmut Kiffmann Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Diego Foundation, Rancho Santa Fe Foundation, Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego.
- Where is Helmut Kiffmann Family Foundation based?
- Helmut Kiffmann Family Foundation is based in CA.
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