California · Private foundation
Louis and Arlene Navias 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.
- $229k
- Granted FY2023
- 33
- Grants FY2023
- 31
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
51% of Louis and Arlene Navias Foundation’s FY2024 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. FY2024 names 10 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Louis and Arlene Navias Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 22 organizations, $229k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 24 to 31
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 6
- Total assets, FY2023
- $1.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 13% of the organizations Louis and Arlene Navias Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 31 | $204k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 30 | $206k | 7% |
| FY2021 | 31 | $193k | 26% |
| FY2020 | 29 | $180k | 24% |
| FY2019 | 24 | $174k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
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, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum | $300,000 | 6 | 1% |
| La Jolla Music Society | $133,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Scripps Health | $128,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Jewish Family Service | $107,000 | 6 | 0% |
| San Diego Rescue Mission Inc | $35,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Seacrest Foundation | $28,800 | 4 | 0% |
| Congregation Bnai Shalom Inc | $25,900 | 6 | n/a |
| Kindness Initiative | $21,600 | 2 | 2% |
| Feeding San Diego | $21,600 | 4 | 0% |
| St Vincent de Paul Village Inc | $21,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 28 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($151k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Louis and Arlene Navias Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 25 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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: Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · The San Diego Foundation · The Cushman Foundation · Karney Flaster Family Foundation · The Eisenberg Family Foundation · Spielman Family Foundation · French Fund Samuel Katherine Tua · Leichtag Foundation · Sempra Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
Compare Louis and Arlene Navias Foundation with peer funders
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About Louis and Arlene Navias Foundation
- How much does Louis and Arlene Navias Foundation give?
- Louis and Arlene Navias Foundation reported 33 grants totaling $229,378 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 31 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Louis and Arlene Navias Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (35%), Philanthropy (15%), Human Services (14%).
- Who are Louis and Arlene Navias Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum ($300k), La Jolla Music Society ($134k), Scripps Health ($128k).
- Does Louis and Arlene Navias Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Louis and Arlene Navias 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 Louis and Arlene Navias Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego, The San Diego Foundation, The Cushman Foundation.
- Where is Louis and Arlene Navias Foundation based?
- Louis and Arlene Navias Foundation is based in CA.
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