California · Private foundation
Kavanaugh 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.
- $38k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2025
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 21
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $907k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Kavanaugh Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 68% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 26 | $38k | 58% |
| FY2024 | 21 | $30k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $8k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop School | $7,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Feeding San Diego | $5,384 | 2 | 0% |
| San Diego Museum of Art | $3,700 | 2 | 0% |
| Nurtured by Nature | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Samaritan's Purse | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Promises2kids Foundation | $1,933 | 2 | 0% |
| Semper Fi & America's Fund | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Honor Flight Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| A Way Home for Dogs Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Shelter to Soldier Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop School | $7,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Feeding San Diego | $5,384 | 2 | 0% |
| San Diego Museum of Art | $3,700 | 2 | 0% |
| Nurtured by Nature | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Samaritan's Purse | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Promises2kids Foundation | $1,933 | 2 | 0% |
| Semper Fi & America's Fund | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Honor Flight Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| A Way Home for Dogs Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Shelter to Soldier Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Workshops for Warriors Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Freedom Dogs | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Maritime Museum Association of San Diego | $500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($49k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Kavanaugh Family Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Sempra Foundation · The San Diego Foundation · 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 Kavanaugh Family Foundation
- How much does Kavanaugh Family Foundation give?
- Kavanaugh Family Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $38,342 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 21 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Kavanaugh Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (18%), Human Services (14%), Arts & Culture (14%).
- Who are Kavanaugh Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Bishop School ($7k), Feeding San Diego ($5k), San Diego Museum of Art ($4k).
- Does Kavanaugh Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Kavanaugh 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 Kavanaugh Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sempra Foundation, The San Diego Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Kavanaugh Family Foundation based?
- Kavanaugh Family Foundation is based in CA.
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