California · Public charity
Lions Club of San Diego
Provides the management services for lion's club and lion's welfare foundation.
- $195k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $43k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,290
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $27,544
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $38k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Lions Club of San Diego funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 | 3 | $43k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $43k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $37k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $60k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $112k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $120k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $74k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $520k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uc San Diego Foundation | $409,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Lions Community Service Corp Co Royal Property Management | $256,615 | 1 | 11% |
| Lions Camp Jack | $182,252 | 7 | n/a |
| San Diego Center for the Blind | $28,584 | 3 | 1% |
| Travelers Aid Society of San Diego | $21,000 | 3 | 2% |
| San Diego Young Artist Music Academ | $16,607 | 3 | 6% |
| Reality Changers | $12,120 | 2 | 0% |
| Meals-On-Wheels Greater San Diego Inc | $10,143 | 2 | 0% |
| Elderhelp of San Diego | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lions Optometric Vision Clinic | $8,290 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uc San Diego Foundation | $409,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Lions Community Service Corp Co Royal Property Management | $256,615 | 1 | 11% |
| Lions Camp Jack | $182,252 | 7 | n/a |
| San Diego Center for the Blind | $28,584 | 3 | 1% |
| Travelers Aid Society of San Diego | $21,000 | 3 | 2% |
| San Diego Young Artist Music Academ | $16,607 | 3 | 6% |
| Reality Changers | $12,120 | 2 | 0% |
| Meals-On-Wheels Greater San Diego Inc | $10,143 | 2 | 0% |
| Elderhelp of San Diego | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lions Optometric Vision Clinic | $8,290 | 1 | n/a |
| San Diego Rescue Mission Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| San Diego Council on Literacy | $7,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Deaf Community Services of San Diego Inc | $6,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Rise Up Industries | $6,300 | 1 | 0% |
| Therapy Center Inc Dba Challenge Center | $6,035 | 1 | 1% |
| Paralyzed Veterans of America Cal-Diego Chapter | $5,860 | 1 | 2% |
| Uptown Faith Community Service | $5,500 | 1 | 5% |
| Villa Musica | $5,305 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($6k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lions Club of San Diego 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 · Sempra Foundation · San Diego Lions Welfare Foundation · Boys and Girls Aid Society of San Diego Ltd · Pratt Memorial Fund · David C Copley Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Samuel I & John Henry Fox Foundation · Alliance Healthcare Foundation · The Cushman Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · The William Hall Tippett and Ruth Rathell Tippett Foundation
How this is measured
About Lions Club of San Diego
- How much does Lions Club of San Diego give?
- Lions Club of San Diego reported 3 itemized grants totaling $42,834, out of $194,527 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Lions Club of San Diego fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (46%), Housing & Shelter (26%), Recreation & Sports (18%).
- Who are Lions Club of San Diego's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Uc San Diego Foundation ($410k), Lions Community Service Corp Co Royal Property Management ($257k), Lions Camp Jack ($182k).
- Does Lions Club of San Diego fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Lions Club of San Diego?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Diego Foundation, Sempra Foundation, San Diego Lions Welfare Foundation.
- Where is Lions Club of San Diego based?
- Lions Club of San Diego is based in CA.
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