California · Public charity
Patrons of the Prado
Raising funds to benefit the arts, science and cultural centers on the prado in balboa park and for programs that provide eduational access for san diego school children to the museums and arts in balboa park.
- $931k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $103,410
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $103,410
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $103k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Patrons of the Prado funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $931k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $330k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $404k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $284k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $272k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $218k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $325k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $474k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Museum of Man Dba Museum of US | $357,069 | 7 | 3% |
| San Diego Historical Society | $357,069 | 7 | 3% |
| San Diego Society of Natural History | $357,069 | 7 | 1% |
| Mingei International Inc | $357,069 | 7 | 1% |
| San Diego Junior Theatre | $308,163 | 8 | 7% |
| Old Globe Theatre | $308,163 | 8 | 0% |
| Reuben H Fleet Science Center | $308,163 | 8 | 1% |
| San Diego Museum of Art | $308,163 | 8 | 1% |
| The Putnam Foundation Dba Timken Museum of Art | $308,163 | 8 | 4% |
| Museum of Photographic Arts | $216,959 | 5 | 3% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Museum of Man Dba Museum of US | $357,069 | 7 | 3% |
| San Diego Historical Society | $357,069 | 7 | 3% |
| San Diego Society of Natural History | $357,069 | 7 | 1% |
| Mingei International Inc | $357,069 | 7 | 1% |
| San Diego Junior Theatre | $308,163 | 8 | 7% |
| Old Globe Theatre | $308,163 | 8 | 0% |
| Reuben H Fleet Science Center | $308,163 | 8 | 1% |
| San Diego Museum of Art | $308,163 | 8 | 1% |
| The Putnam Foundation Dba Timken Museum of Art | $308,163 | 8 | 4% |
| Museum of Photographic Arts | $216,959 | 5 | 3% |
| San Diego Sports Association | $51,750 | 1 | 4% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Patrons of the Prado 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.
Open a dossier: The San Diego Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Sempra Foundation · Mandell Weiss Charitable Trust · Samuel I & John Henry Fox Foundation · Walter J & Betty C Zable Foundation · The Parker Foundation · Peterson Charitable Foundation · Price Philanthropies Foundation · The Favrot Fund · Heller Foundation of San Diego
How this is measured
About Patrons of the Prado
- How much does Patrons of the Prado give?
- Patrons of the Prado reported 9 grants totaling $930,690 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Patrons of the Prado fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (98%), Recreation & Sports (2%).
- Who are Patrons of the Prado's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: San Diego Museum of Man Dba Museum of US ($357k), San Diego Historical Society ($357k), San Diego Society of Natural History ($357k).
- Does Patrons of the Prado fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Patrons of the Prado?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Diego Foundation, The Conrad Prebys Foundation, Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego.
- Where is Patrons of the Prado based?
- Patrons of the Prado is based in CA.
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