California · Private foundation
Philip D Sokol Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $355k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $80,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 60% of the organizations Philip D Sokol Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $87k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 15 | $355k | 47% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $242k | 60% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $60k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $155k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $3k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $7k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $3k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The San Diego Justice Foundation Inc | $155,000 | 4 | 69% |
| Zoological Society of San Diego | $130,000 | 3 | 0% |
| San Diego Humane Society and Spca | $125,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Mama's Kitchen | $66,250 | 7 | 0% |
| Student Diplomacy Corps Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Scripps Health | $24,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Promises2kids Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Urbansurf4kids | $20,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Springboard to Learning Inc | $19,250 | 2 | 2% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The San Diego Justice Foundation Inc | $155,000 | 4 | 69% |
| Zoological Society of San Diego | $130,000 | 3 | 0% |
| San Diego Humane Society and Spca | $125,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Mama's Kitchen | $66,250 | 7 | 0% |
| Student Diplomacy Corps Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Scripps Health | $24,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Promises2kids Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Urbansurf4kids | $20,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Springboard to Learning Inc | $19,250 | 2 | 2% |
| Center for Community Solutions | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kathys Legacy Inc | $11,250 | 2 | 5% |
| Just in Time for Foster Youth | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Vincent de Paul Village Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| High Tech High Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank | $200 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($163k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Philip D Sokol Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Philip D Sokol Foundation
- How much does Philip D Sokol Foundation give?
- Philip D Sokol Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $355,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Philip D Sokol Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (31%), Crime & Legal (19%), Philanthropy (10%).
- Who are Philip D Sokol Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: The San Diego Justice Foundation Inc ($155k), Zoological Society of San Diego ($130k), San Diego Humane Society and Spca ($125k).
- Does Philip D Sokol Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Philip D Sokol 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 Philip D Sokol Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Diego Foundation, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Philip D Sokol Foundation based?
- Philip D Sokol Foundation is based in CA.
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