California · Private foundation
Pfister 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.
- $97k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $35,400
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $381k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 40% of the organizations Pfister Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 47% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 5 | $97k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $53k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $22k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $24k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $11k | 62% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $26k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $13k | 30% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $20k | 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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Voices for Children | $78,660 | 8 | 0% |
| Bishop School | $62,882 | 8 | n/a |
| Wake Forest University | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Gillispie School | $21,313 | 6 | 0% |
| Promises2kids Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Las Patronas | $2,600 | 4 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities - Bay Area | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| California Western School of Law | $500 | 3 | 0% |
| Natural High | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| St Madeleine Sophies Center Inc | $500 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Voices for Children | $78,660 | 8 | 0% |
| Bishop School | $62,882 | 8 | n/a |
| Wake Forest University | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Gillispie School | $21,313 | 6 | 0% |
| Promises2kids Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Las Patronas | $2,600 | 4 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities - Bay Area | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| California Western School of Law | $500 | 3 | 0% |
| Natural High | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| St Madeleine Sophies Center Inc | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| University of San Diego | $500 | 3 | 0% |
| Feeding San Diego | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of San Diego | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| St Germaine Children's Charity | $225 | 2 | 0% |
| San Diego County Bar Foundation | $200 | 2 | 0% |
| St Vincent de Paul Society of Marinette | $110 | 1 | 0% |
| San Diego Blood Bank | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| City Ballet Inc | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| San Diego County Bar Association | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Centro de Salud de la Comunidad de San Ysidro Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($40k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Pfister Family 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.
Open a dossier: The San Diego Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Sempra Foundation · David C Copley Foundation · Farrell Family Foundation · Price Philanthropies Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Marvin Family Foundation · The Parker Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
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About Pfister Family Foundation
- How much does Pfister Family Foundation give?
- Pfister Family Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $96,961 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Pfister Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (51%), Crime & Legal (30%), Religion (14%).
- Who are Pfister Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Voices for Children ($79k), Bishop School ($63k), Wake Forest University ($50k).
- Does Pfister Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Pfister Family 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 Pfister Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Diego Foundation, Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego, Sempra Foundation.
- Where is Pfister Family Foundation based?
- Pfister Family Foundation is based in CA.
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