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Lisa & Ernest Auerbach 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.

$185k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
20
Grants FY2024
23
Organizations funded FY2023
65%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$90,000
Organizations funded a year
5 to 30
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$1.5M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 65% of the organizations Lisa & Ernest Auerbach Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 56% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $92k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
InternationalAnimalsHuman ServicesEducationFood & NutritionCrime & LegalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving20$185k40%
FY202323$163k65%
FY20228$106k50%
FY202114$171k57%
FY202030$174k77%
FY20195$93k100%
FY201813$179k77%
FY201715$129kn/a
94% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$326kInternational$200kAnimals$136kHuman Services$122kFood & Nutrition$70kArts & Culture$67kYouth Development$63kPhilanthropy$47kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
NY
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
MO
MD
AZ
DC
LA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Lisa & Ernest Auerbach Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Uc Santa Cruz Foundation$126,00040%
Dog Dreams Foundation$100,000160%
Duwara Consciousness Foundation$70,000329%
Jewish Family Service of San Diego$61,00030%
Friends of San Pasqual Academy Inc$51,300312%
The Bail Project Inc$30,00010%
Rhode Island School of Design$25,00010%
Uc San Diego Foundation$18,13010%
Alpha Project for the Homeless$17,50030%
International Rescue Committee INC$16,50040%
Americas Foundation Inc$16,00040%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$15,00020%
American Friends of Combatants for Peace Inc$15,00021%
Adopt a Family Foundation$15,00028%
Shelters for Israel$12,00022%
Sunbird Initiative$11,50041%
National Jewish Health$10,00010%
Hias Inc$10,00010%
Alliance for Global Justice Corp$10,00020%
Rancho Santa Fe Education Foundation$10,00011%
Library Guild of Rancho Santa Fe$10,0001n/a
Bilateral Safety Corridor Coalition$10,00013%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$10,00010%
Warrior Foundation Freedom Station$10,00010%
Workshops for Warriors Inc$10,00020%
Veterans For Peace Inc$10,00012%
Operation Phantom Support Inc$10,0001n/a
Helen Woodward Animal Center$7,50010%
Volunteer Collective$7,00022%
California Rangeland Trust$6,00010%
Lions Tigers and Bears$5,00010%
Syrian American Medical Society$5,00011%
Beth Morrison Projects Inc$5,00010%
Ecovivarium$5,0001n/a
The Salvation Army$3,0002n/a
Global Jewish Assistance & Relief Network$2,00010%
DonkeyLand$2,00010%
San Diego Oasis$1,50020%
San Diego Architectural Foundation$1,50011%
Colel Chabad$1,5002n/a
FireWorks Foundation Inc$1,00013%
Rancho Santa Fe Community Center Inc$1,00010%
Getchargedup$1,0001n/a
California Thoroughbred Foundation$50011%
Syrian American Medical Society Foundation$50010%
Syrian Community Network$50010%
Neurotalent Works Inc$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($432k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Lisa & Ernest Auerbach Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 41 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUc Santa Cruz Foundation: $126,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetDog Dreams Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 60% of budgetDuwara Consciousness Foundation: $70,000 over 3y, 29% of budgetJewish Family Service of San Diego: $61,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of San Pasqual Academy Inc: $51,300 over 3y, 12% of budgetThe Bail Project Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRhode Island School of Design: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUc San Diego Foundation: $18,130 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlpha Project for the Homeless: $17,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $16,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmericas Foundation Inc: $16,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Combatants for Peace Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAdopt a Family Foundation: $15,000 over 2y, 7.9% of budgetShelters for Israel: $12,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetSunbird Initiative: $11,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetNational Jewish Health: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHias Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlliance for Global Justice Corp: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRancho Santa Fe Education Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBilateral Safety Corridor Coalition: $10,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWarrior Foundation Freedom Station: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWorkshops for Warriors Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVeterans For Peace Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetHelen Woodward Animal Center: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVolunteer Collective: $7,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetCalifornia Rangeland Trust: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLions Tigers and Bears: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSyrian American Medical Society: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBeth Morrison Projects Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGlobal Jewish Assistance & Relief Network: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDonkeyLand: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSan Diego Oasis: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSan Diego Architectural Foundation: $1,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFireWorks Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetRancho Santa Fe Community Center Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCalifornia Thoroughbred Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSyrian American Medical Society Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSyrian Community Network: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNeurotalent Works Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 41.

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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.

Rancho Santa Fe FoundationCA21.4× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · The San Diego Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Walter J & Betty C Zable Foundation · The Intuit Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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.

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About Lisa & Ernest Auerbach Family Foundation

How much does Lisa & Ernest Auerbach Family Foundation give?
Lisa & Ernest Auerbach Family Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $184,880 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 30 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Lisa & Ernest Auerbach Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (27%), International (16%), Animals (11%).
Who are Lisa & Ernest Auerbach Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Uc Santa Cruz Foundation ($126k), Dog Dreams Foundation ($100k), Duwara Consciousness Foundation ($70k).
Does Lisa & Ernest Auerbach Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 65% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Lisa & Ernest Auerbach 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 Lisa & Ernest Auerbach Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rancho Santa Fe Foundation, The San Diego Foundation, Sempra Foundation.
Where is Lisa & Ernest Auerbach Family Foundation based?
Lisa & Ernest Auerbach Family Foundation is based in CA.

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 90 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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