· Private foundation
Nellie T Thatcher Perkins Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION SAN DIEGO | $11,900 |
| THE SALVATION ARMY | $11,900 |
| AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY | $11,900 |
| UNITED WAY OF SAN DIEGO | $11,900 |
| AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION | $11,900 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS | $11,900 |
| YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY | $11,900 |
| SHARP HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION | $11,900 |
| YWCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY | $11,900 |
| MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION | $11,900 |
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 (FY21–26, $202k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
13 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2026, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2026, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ALAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION6× · 2021–2026 · $67k · revenue +19%
- ANAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches6× · 2021–2026 · $67k · revenue +27%
- YOYMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY6× · 2021–2026 · $67k · revenue +74%
Funded once
- TSTHE SALVATION ARMY - S CALIFORNIAone grant, 2025 · $11k
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.
Sharp memorial hospital provides comprehensive medical services to the san diego community.
Sharp chula vista medical center provides inpatient and outpatient medical services to the community.
Grossmont hospital provides inpatient and outpatient medical services to the community.
The heart foundation (thf) was created to save lives from heart disease by increasing awareness, educating the public, and supporting innovative research at smidt heart institute at cedars-sinai medical center in los angeles, california.…
The mission of southern california university of health sciences (scu) is to educate students as competent, caring and successful practitioners of integrative healthcare. the university is committed to providing excellence in academics,…
MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…
To further the conservation, improvement and restoration of human eyesight" (mrs. doheny - 1947).
Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.
The mission of the American Diabetes Association is to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes.
Mission statement: mission: caring for our patients first and our people always. vision: to be the most comprehensive, integrated and connected health system for getting and staying well. values: excellence - we deliver high-quality,…
Founded in 1924 by philanthropist ellen browning scripps, scripps health is a $4.8 billion, private not-for-profit integrated health system in san diego, ca. (see sch o)
The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…
How this is measured
9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 15 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 AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds YWCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY ↗
- Who funds YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds Sharp Healthcare ↗
- Who funds Sharp Healthcare Foundation ↗
- Who funds MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Nellie T Thatcher Perkins Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nellie T Thatcher Perkins Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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