California · Private foundation
Lucille and Ronald Neeley 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.
- $7.6M
- Granted FY2019
- 9
- Grants FY2019
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2019
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Lucille and Ronald Neeley Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to National Philanthropic Trust, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2019, the last year Lucille and Ronald Neeley Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $8M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2019
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $5,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 57% of the organizations Lucille and Ronald Neeley Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 66% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 34% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5.1M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 7 | $7.6M | 57% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $5.7M | 25% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $1.5M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project Concern International | $10,702,155 | 4 | 7% |
| Theater & Arts Foundation of San Diego County Dba la Jolla Playhouse | $251,500 | 4 | 1% |
| San Diego Hunger Coalition | $250,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Installation Gallery | $47,500 | 2 | 20% |
| Art of Elan | $30,000 | 2 | 9% |
| The Salk Institute for Biological Studies | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Voice of San Diego | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| High Tech High Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Foundation of La Jolla High School Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project Concern International | $10,702,155 | 4 | 7% |
| Theater & Arts Foundation of San Diego County Dba la Jolla Playhouse | $251,500 | 4 | 1% |
| San Diego Hunger Coalition | $250,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Installation Gallery | $47,500 | 2 | 20% |
| Art of Elan | $30,000 | 2 | 9% |
| The Salk Institute for Biological Studies | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Voice of San Diego | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| High Tech High Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Foundation of La Jolla High School Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Children Helping Children Intl | $2,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Blaine County Hunger Coalition Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($9.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lucille and Ronald Neeley Foundation 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.
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How this is measured
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About Lucille and Ronald Neeley Foundation
- How much does Lucille and Ronald Neeley Foundation give?
- Lucille and Ronald Neeley Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $7,608,500 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does Lucille and Ronald Neeley Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are International (41%), Philanthropy (35%), Arts & Culture (22%).
- Who are Lucille and Ronald Neeley Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Project Concern International ($11M), Theater & Arts Foundation of San Diego County Dba la Jolla Playhouse ($252k), San Diego Hunger Coalition ($250k).
- Does Lucille and Ronald Neeley Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lucille and Ronald Neeley 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 Lucille and Ronald Neeley Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego, The San Diego Foundation, Sempra Foundation.
- Where is Lucille and Ronald Neeley Foundation based?
- Lucille and Ronald Neeley Foundation is based in CA.
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