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Jon and Bobbie Gilbert Family Foundation at a glance

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Jon and Bobbie Gilbert Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$24k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$11k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$631kEducation$132kPublic Safety & Disaster$80kReligion$22kHealth$9kCommunity Improvement$6kCrime & Legal$5kRecreation & Sports$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $3k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $21k
$840
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UCSD FOUNDATION$10,976
AOPA AIR SAFETY FOUNDATION$10,000
JEWISH CENTER FOR JUSTICEE$1,250
TREE PEOPLE$840
Individual grant recipient$500
VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION$500
IMPACT CUBED$250
CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL$61
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 (FY17–24, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%IMPACT CUBED: $250 → 11%SAN DIEGO CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $500 → 11%CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION: $500 → 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.
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$233k · 9 repeat orgs$36k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +108% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
24

Total granted

$233k
$32k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+108%
+22%

Still filing today

67%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementCivil RightsOther
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

  • US
    UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION
    6× · 2017–2024 · $68k · revenue +78%
  • FO
    Foundation of La Jolla High School Inc
    7× · 2017–2023 · $48k · revenue +26%
  • PS
    PS Science
    2× · 2017–2018 · $7k · revenue +108%

Funded once

  • WB
    WILSHIRE BOULEVARD TEMPLE
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • NC
    NATIONAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +151%
  • LJ
    La Jolla Town Foundation
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue 0%
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
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
2
San Diego Jewish Academy

San Diego Jewish Academy empowers each student to learn for life, guided by Jewish values and rooted in strength of community.

Education
3
Los Penasquitos Lagoon Foundation

Mission is to benefit the Los Penasquitos Lagoon in San Diego CA. Current major project is revision to the Los Penasquitos Lagoon management plan. Another project is opening the mouth of the lagoon to the sea.

Environment
4
Downtown San Diego Public Spaces Foundation

To elevate the quality of life in our urban communities through improvements, services, and activations in downtown's parks and open spaces.

Recreation & Sports
5
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego

The museum of contemporary art san diego invites all audiences to experience our world, our region, and ourselves through the prism of contemporary art.

Arts & Culture
6
San Diego Center for Jewish Culture

San diego center for jewish culture ("cjc") is a california 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that was incorporated in january 1999. cjc is housed at lawrence family jewish community centers of san diego county. cjc provides a wide…

Arts & Culture
7
San Diego Parks Foundation

To improve the quality of life of communities throughout the city of San Diego through equitable investments in parks, greenspace, and recreational opportunities.Vison - Every San Diegan has access to quality recreational facilities as…

Recreation & Sports
8
Balboa Park Conservancy

Balboa Park Conservancy (the Conservancy) was organized on November 3, 1923. The Conservancy is the City of San Diegos (the City) partner and advocated for the greater good of Balboa Park (the Park). The Conservancy collaborated with and…

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9
Laguna Beach Community Foundation

The Laguna Beach Community Foundation strengthens our community by encouraging philanthropy. We provide expertise and resources to assist local charities, connect donor passions with nonprofit needs, and work with local professional…

Philanthropy
10
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
11
Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego

To collaborate with individuals and organizations, and leverage philanthropic capital for positive impact. to combine donor-driven philanthropy, investing, and education with trusted, personalized service, enabling individuals and…

Philanthropy
12
Jewish Federation of San Diego County

Jewish federation of san diego county is dedicated to building a vibrant, caring, connected, and enduring jewish community.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Uc San Diego Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania. 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

22 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. 22 of the 40 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/22
Grantees still filing
14/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $630,000 · OtherTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONAOPA AIR SAFETY FOUNDATION: $80,000 · OtherAOPA AIR SAFETY FOUNDATION+24 more: $51,796 · Other+24 moreUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $68,076 · EducationUC SAN DIEGO FOU…Foundation of La Jolla High School Inc: $48,243 · EducationFoundation of La…PS Science: $7,040 · EducationPS ScienceLA JOLLA AQUATIC COMPLEX FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Education+3 more: $3,018 · EducationThe San Diego River Park Foundation: $1,763 · Recreation & SportsCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $500 · Human ServicesSAN DIEGO CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $500 · Human ServicesIMPACT CUBED: $250 · Human ServicesAMERICA GIVES INC: $1,000 · PhilanthropyLA JOLLA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Community ImprovementTREEPEOPLE INC: $840 · Environment
Other$761,796Education$131,377Recreation & Sports$1,763Human Services$1,250Philanthropy$1,000Community Improvement$1,000Environment$840

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 budgetTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $630,000 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $68,076 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation of La Jolla High School Inc: $48,243 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetPS Science: $7,040 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLa Jolla Town Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetLA JOLLA AQUATIC COMPLEX FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMONARCH SCHOOL PROJECT: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTeach Democracy: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe San Diego River Park Foundation: $1,763 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICA GIVES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLA JOLLA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTREEPEOPLE INC: $840 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN DIEGO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $518 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN DIEGO CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOREVER BALBOA PARK: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIMPACT CUBED: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAUTISM TREE PROJECT INC: $150 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.

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.

Jewish Community Foun…The San Diego Foundat…The Conrad Prebys Fou…David C Copley Founda…Sempra FoundationSamuel I & John Henry…Walter J & Betty C Za…Price Philanthropies …Rancho Santa Fe Found…Karney Flaster Family…Pratt Memorial FundThe Parker Foundation
Jewish Community Foundation of San DiegoCA33.2× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · The San Diego Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · David C Copley Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Samuel I & John Henry Fox Foundation · Walter J & Betty C Zable Foundation · Price Philanthropies Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · Karney Flaster Family Foundation · Pratt Memorial Fund · The Parker 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 Jon and Bobbie Gilbert Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jon and Bobbie Gilbert Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Jon and Bobbie Gilbert Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Jon and Bobbie Gilbert Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 40 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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