· 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.
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2023
- Under $10k25 grants · $58k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $122k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| DALLAS HOLOCAUST MUSEUM | $50,000 |
| LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY | $27,000 |
| SCRIPPS HEALTH FOUNDATION | $26,000 |
| JEWISH NATIONAL FUND | $20,000 |
| JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE | $18,000 |
| KINDNESS INITIATIVE | $10,800 |
| USLBA MEMORIAL FUND | $10,000 |
| SEACREST FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| JEWISH FEDERATION OF SAN DIEGO | $9,000 |
| FEEDING SAN DIEGO | $5,400 |
| FATHER JOE'S VILLAGES | $5,000 |
| SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| CHAI S AFRICA IN SAN DIEGO | $5,000 |
| RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | $3,000 |
| LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE | $2,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $131k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.
32 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2023, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call). Read against FY2023, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- DHDallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum6× · 2019–2024 · $300k · revenue +15%
- SHSCRIPPS HEALTH6× · 2019–2024 · $128k · revenue +54%
- JFJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE6× · 2019–2024 · $107k · revenue +65%
Funded once
- HVHOPE VILLAGE CHESED HOMESone grant, 2019 · $11k
- AFAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL MUSEUMone grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue -28%
- USUCSD SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHYone grant, 2020 · $3k
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.
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.
Jewish federation of san diego county is dedicated to building a vibrant, caring, connected, and enduring jewish community.
San Diego Jewish Academy empowers each student to learn for life, guided by Jewish values and rooted in strength of community.
Jewish family service is a client-centered, impact-driven organization working to build a stronger, healthier, more resilient san diego.
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…
Jfsla's mission is to provide life-improving services that help the people of los angeles live with dignity and exercise self-determination. we believe in and strive for a more compassionate los angeles where no one has to navigate life…
At la jolla institute for immunology, our scientists focus on understanding how the immune system works in order to promote human health and prevent disease. our discoveries apply to many diseases, ranging from diabetes to heart disease,…
The foundation operates exclusively for charitable, educational or religious purposes by conducting or supporting activities for the benefit of, or to carry out the purposes of the jewish community federation of san francisco, the…
Hillel seeks to be a vibrant jewish presence for san diego college students.
Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…
Ihds utilizes a dual general and judaic studies curriculum. the judaic studies curriculum emphasizes the fundamentals of hebrew reading, writing and speaking, jewish history, holidays, jewish values, torah, the jewish life cycle, the land…
The jacobs & cushman san diego food bank is the largest hunger-relief organization in san diego county. its mission is to provide nutritious food to people in need, advocate for the hungry, and educate the public about hunger-related…
We steward $1.5 billion in charitable assets through donor-advised funds, endowments, and other giving vehicles. partnering with 1,400 individuals, families, and organizations, we build enduring legacies and multigenerational impact. in…
How this is measured
28 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 28 of the 47 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum ↗
- Who funds LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds SCRIPPS HEALTH ↗
- Who funds JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC ↗
- Who funds THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE ↗
- Who funds SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
- Who funds SEACREST FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds KINDNESS INITIATIVE ↗
- Who funds FEEDING SAN DIEGO ↗
- Who funds ST VINCENT DE PAUL VILLAGE INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES ↗
- Who funds THEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DBA LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE ↗
- Who funds FuelEd Schools Inc ↗
- Who funds USLBA MEMORIAL FUND INC ↗
- Who funds The Salk Institute for Biological Studies ↗
- Who funds UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds AGAHOZO-SHALOM YOUTH VILLAGE INC ↗
- Who funds HEBREW FREE LOAN OF SAN DIEGO ↗
- Who funds ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO ↗
- Who funds LAWRENCE FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY ↗
- Who funds LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF LA JOLLA ↗
- Who funds SOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGES-USA INC ↗
- Who funds MEALS-ON-WHEELS GREATER SAN DIEGO INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HOME OF GUIDING HANDS CORPORATION ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Louis and Arlene Navias Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Louis and Arlene Navias Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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