· Private foundation
Nobbs 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k43 grants · $166k
- $10k–50k36 grants · $658k
- $50k–250k8 grants · $890k
- $250k+1 grant · $250k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $250,000 |
| HIGHER GROUND | $225,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE | $126,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $125,000 |
| SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY | $121,000 |
| CANTWELL SACRED HEART OF MARY HIGH SCHOOL | $98,250 |
| CHOC FOUNDATION | $72,500 |
| WELLS OF LIFE | $61,300 |
| CITY OF HOPE | $60,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES | $47,000 |
| CRISTO REY ORANGE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL | $45,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $40,000 |
| GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY | $40,000 |
| FOCUS | $35,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA REDLANDS | $31,500 |
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 (FY17–24, $649k) 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
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 +50% since the first grant, against +36% for those funded once.
142 repeat relationships: 64 still active in FY2024, 78 since wound down; 21 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
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, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $128k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HGHIGHER GROUND YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC8× · 2017–2024 · $1.8M · revenue +247% · 30% of their budget
- WOWELLS OF LIFE INC8× · 2017–2024 · $471k · revenue +187%
- CFCHOC FOUNDATION5× · 2018–2024 · $226k · revenue +53%
Funded once
- STST THOMAS MORE BUILDING CAMPAIGNone grant, 2019 · $30k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $30k
- POPASTOR OF SAINT THOMAS MORE CATHOLIC PARISH IN OCEANSIDEone grant, 2017 · $21k
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.
To eliminate disparities in health care access and outcomes by providing superior quality health and human services through an integrated world-class delivery system for latino, multi-ethnic underserved communities in southern california.
To distribute public affairs and other educational information in order to create an electronic bridge between californians and their public officials, and, in the process educate a new generation of voting citizens and civic leaders who…
The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…
Our institutional mission is to educate and prepare students to be ethical leaders and socially responsible global citizens who incorporate the dominican values of study, reflection, community and service into their lives.
The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…
The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…
The university of la verne offers a distinctive and relevant educational experience to a diverse population of traditional-age, adult, and graduate learners, preparing them for successful careers and a commitment to lifelong learning…
The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.
The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.
Scu is a catholic and jesuit institution that makes student learning its central focus, promotes faculty and staff learning in its various forms, and exhibits organizational learning.
The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.
Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.
How this is measured
100 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. 100 of the 316 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
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
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 HIGHER GROUND YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds SCHOLARS FIRST ↗
- Who funds WELLS OF LIFE INC ↗
- Who funds CHOC FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MEALS-ON-WHEELS GREATER SAN DIEGO INC ↗
- Who funds CRISTO REY ORANGE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds CATERINAS CLUB ↗
- Who funds JACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds RAD CAMP INC ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds CAL STATE FULLERTON PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Grand Canyon University ↗
- Who funds Capistrano Valley Christian Schools Inc ↗
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: Orange County Community Foundation · Catholic Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation · The Levecke Family Foundation · Argyros Family Foundation · California Community Foundation · Edwards Lifesciences Foundation · Sempra Foundation · The Devto Support Foundation · The Cushman Foundation · The Terrance K and Elizabeth L Barry Foundation · Thagard Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Nobbs Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nobbs Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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