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Padres Foundation

The san diego PADRES FOUNDATION is dedicated to improving lives throughout the greater san diego and baja community by working hand-in-hand with organizations that share our vision.

$1.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
28
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$350k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Recreation & Sports$841kHousing & Shelter$770kHealth$652kEducation$523kFood & Nutrition$409kHuman Services$279kYouth Development$222kPublic Safety & Disaster$206kOther$0
02FY2024 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 28 grants below total $1,221,030, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,645,094 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $424,064 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k22 grants · $435k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $123k
  • $250k+2 grants · $650k
$20,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$9.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION$350,000
ARMED SERVICES YMCA$300,000
YMCA OF SAN DIEGO$72,500
FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC$50,000
SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT$40,969
LUCKY DUCK FOUNDATION$40,000
RANDY JONES FOUNDATION$35,000
CHALLENGED ATHLETES INC$30,000
REALITY CHANGERS$27,000
CHAN HO PARK DREAM FOUNDATION$25,061
SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION$25,000
THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION$25,000
BUILD A MIRACLE$21,500
TAILHOOK EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC$20,000
WINGS OVER AMERICA SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION$20,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $458k) 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.

area typical 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $36k → 14%YMCA OF SAN DIEGO: $73k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $25k → 11%YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $20k → 11%FIREFIGHTER AID: $10k → 11%FIREFIGHTER AID: $10k → 11%FIREFIGHTER AID: $10k → 11%JACKIE ROBINSON YMCA: $15k → 11%JACKIE ROBINSON YMCA: $8k → 11%JACKIE ROBINSON YMCA: $6k → 11%CHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $30k → 11%CHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $9k → 11%SOUTH BAY COMMUNITY SERVICES: $6k → 11%CHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $8k → 11%SOUTH BAY YMCA: $5k → 11%MCGRATH FAMILY YMCA: $5k → 11%YMCA OF SAN DIEGO: $45k → 11%SOUTH BAY YMCA: $8k → 11%MIRACLE LEAGUE OF SAN DIEGO: $65k → 11%MIRACLE LEAGUE OF SAN DIEGO: $30k → 11%MIRACLE LEAGUE OF SAN DIEGO: $20k → 11%MIRACLE LEAGUE OF SAN DIEGO: $10k → 11%BARRIO STATION: $5k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

CA
VA
MD
NC
DC
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.0M · 31 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

31 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
26

Total granted

$3.0M
$718k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+18%

Still filing today

90%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $542k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
PhilanthropyHuman ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • SD
    SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION INC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $427k · revenue +4%
  • LD
    LUCKY DUCK FOUNDATION
    6× · 2019–2024 · $249k · revenue +70%
  • MS
    MONARCH SCHOOL PROJECT
    5× · 2018–2023 · $240k · revenue +56%

Funded once

  • US
    URBAN STREET ANGELS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $188k · revenue +18%
  • YA
    YOUTH ASSISTANCE COALITION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $175k · revenue -3%
  • MM
    MCCS MARKETING
    one grant, 2019 · $50k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
San Diego Double Ten Committee
Arts & Culture
2
San Diego Coasters
Arts & Culture
3
San Diego County Citizens' Scholars Foundation
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4
San Diego Housing Federation

The Federation brings together representatives of affordable housing community development corporations with others interested in the development and management of housing for low and moderate income persons in San Diego County to mutually…

Education
5
Connect Foundation

Connect is an innovation instigator established to cultivate san diego's life science and tech communities. a trusted partner for more than 30 years, we propel our region's entrepreneurs as they create and scale their companies from…

Education
6
San Diego State University Foundation Sdsu Research Foundation

To support and further the research, education and community service objectives of san diego state university.

Education
7
San Diego Regional Economic Development Foundation

To support and cultivate sustainable employment opportunities for San Diego County residents contributing to a prosperous local economy.

Community Improvement
8
Associated Students of San Diego State University

To support the social, recreational, cultural and education programs and facilities, both on campus and in the community, and to advocate for student interests, provide leadership opportunities and participate in shared governance.

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9
San Diego Municipal Employees Assn

The san diego municipal employees association (sdmea) is dedicated to being a strong and effective advocate for san diego city employees. sdmea is united to improve employees' standard of living and promote their fair treatment by…

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10
Building Industry Association of San Diego

The mission of the building industry association of san diego is to proactively promote a positive business environment for the land development, home building and commercial development industry throughout san diego county.

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11
San Diego Police Officers Association Inc

The san diego police officers association was incorporated in 1953 to assist san diego police officers in issues related to wages, hours and working conditions.

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12
San Diego Military Advisory Council

The San Diego Military Council (SDMAC) is a nonprofit mutual benefit corporation, whose mission is to support, promote, and represent the common business and other interests of the military, their quality of life issues, and the defense…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The San Diego Foundation; the most unlike its peers is League of Wives Memorial Project. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

63 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. 63 of the 72 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
60/63
Grantees still filing
37/63
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ARMED SERVICES YMCA OF THE USA: $300,000 · OtherARMED SERVICES YMCA OF THE USAMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO: $274,628 · OtherMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGOUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATION USO COUNCIL OF SAN DIEGO: $98,547 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY INC: $97,250 · OtherURBAN STREET ANGELS INC: $187,500 · OtherURBAN STREET ANGELS INCSAN DIEGO SPORTS ASSOCIATION: $101,950 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER SAN DIEGO: $90,000 · OtherVIETNAM VETERANS OF SAN DIEGO DBA VETERANS VILLAGE OF SAN DIEGO: $87,000 · Other+32 more: $699,640 · Other+32 moreLUCKY DUCK FOUNDATION: $248,800 · HealthLUCKY DUCK …CUREBOUND: $155,092 · HealthCUREBOUNDBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $17,400 · Health+4 more: $37,310 · Health+4 moreYMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $183,628 · Human ServicesYMCA OF SAN…MIRACLE LEAGUE OF SAN DIEGO: $125,000 · Human ServicesMIRACLE LEA…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $61,000 · Human ServicesAmerican Na…CHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $47,206 · Human ServicesCHALLENGED …FIREFIGHTERAID FKA SAN DIEGO FIREFIGHTERS BENEVOLENT FUND: $30,000 · Human ServicesFIREFIGHTER…+2 more: $11,000 · Human ServicesSAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION INC: $426,855 · Housing & ShelterSAN DIEGO R…YOUTH ASSISTANCE COALITION INC: $175,000 · Food & NutritionYOUTH ASSI…FEEDING SAN DIEGO: $118,338 · Food & NutritionFEEDING SA…JACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK: $100,991 · Food & NutritionJACOBS & C…MONARCH SCHOOL PROJECT: $239,873 · EducationREALITY CHANGERS: $39,500 · EducationMANA DE SAN DIEGO: $25,000 · EducationWINGS OVER AMERICA SCHOLARSHIP FDTN: $20,000 · Education+1 more: $10,000 · EducationRADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION SAN DIEGO: $141,295 · PhilanthropyBUILD A MIRACLE: $79,500 · PhilanthropyTHE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $25,000 · PhilanthropyBIKES FOR KIDS FOUNDATION: $22,750 · PhilanthropyCatalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties: $19,000 · Philanthropy+4 more: $36,000 · Philanthropy
Other$1,936,515Health$458,602Human Services$457,834Housing & Shelter$426,855Food & Nutrition$394,329Education$334,373Philanthropy$323,545

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION INC: $426,855 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO: $274,628 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetLUCKY DUCK FOUNDATION: $248,800 over 6y, 3.3% of budgetMONARCH SCHOOL PROJECT: $239,873 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetURBAN STREET ANGELS INC: $187,500 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetYMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $183,628 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTH ASSISTANCE COALITION INC: $175,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetCUREBOUND: $155,092 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetRADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION SAN DIEGO: $141,295 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMIRACLE LEAGUE OF SAN DIEGO: $125,000 over 4y, 18% of budgetFEEDING SAN DIEGO: $118,338 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSAN DIEGO SPORTS ASSOCIATION: $101,950 over 7y, 2.9% of budgetJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK: $100,991 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATION USO COUNCIL OF SAN DIEGO: $98,547 over 2y, 19% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY INC: $97,250 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER SAN DIEGO: $90,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetVIETNAM VETERANS OF SAN DIEGO DBA VETERANS VILLAGE OF SAN DIEGO: $87,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBUILD A MIRACLE: $79,500 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $61,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRandy Jones Foundation Inc: $55,000 over 3y, 37% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAN DIEGO POLICE FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $47,206 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetREALITY CHANGERS: $39,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SAN DIEGO INC: $31,727 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFIREFIGHTERAID FKA SAN DIEGO FIREFIGHTERS BENEVOLENT FUND: $30,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetSAN DIEGO FIRE-RESCUE FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetCHAN HO PARK DREAM FOUNDATION: $25,061 over 1y, 32% of budgetTHE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMANA DE SAN DIEGO: $25,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetTwin Hills Little League: $25,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO: $24,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBIKES FOR KIDS FOUNDATION: $22,750 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetHUNTINGTON'S DISEASE SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWINGS OVER AMERICA SCHOLARSHIP FDTN: $20,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetTailhook Educational Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCatalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties: $19,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $17,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALPHA PROJECT FOR THE HOMELESS: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRISE AGAINST HUNGER INC: $14,743 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROFESSIONAL BASEBALL SCOUTS FOUNDATION: $11,600 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetCounty of San Diego Black Chamber of Commerce: $10,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSan Diego Nice Guys Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSAN DIEGO POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetPaso del Norte Community Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRancho Bernardo High School Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budget
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.

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.

The San Diego Foundat…Jewish Community Foun…Sempra FoundationDavid C Copley Founda…Price Philanthropies …Rancho Santa Fe Found…The Cushman FoundationThe Nordson Corporati…The Conrad Prebys Fou…Midway Foundation IncWalter J & Betty C Za…The Parker Foundation
The San Diego FoundationCA50.8× affinity27 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Diego Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Sempra Foundation · David C Copley Foundation · Price Philanthropies Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · The Cushman Foundation · The Nordson Corporation Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · Midway Foundation Inc · Walter J & Betty C Zable Foundation · The Parker Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Padres Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Padres Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Padres Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Padres Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 72 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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