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Rady 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.

$4.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$2.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$21MHuman Services$6.2MArts & Culture$6.1MAnimals$651kEducation$563kReligion$296kCommunity Improvement$200kPhilanthropy$97kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $14k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $600k
  • $250k+3 grants · $3.5M
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$94M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Rady Children's Hospital Foundation$2,000,000
Jewish Family Service$974,597
Individual grant recipient$500,000
Congregation Beth Israel$200,000
University of CA San Diego$200,000
Kindness Initiative$100,000
University of CA San Diego$100,000
San Diego Automotive Museum$5,000
San Diego Police Foundation$2,000
San Diego Food Bank$2,000
Nice Guys Inc$1,875
Friends of United Hatzalah$1,000
Cygnet Theatre Company$1,000
Rancho Coastal Humane Society$500
Clarion Project$150
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.

US giving: 89% of grant dollars ($33M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 11% that went abroad ($4.0M) is mapped below.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $128k) 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%Childhelp: $1k → 11%Innocence Project: $2k → 17%Kindness Initiative: $100k → 11%Kindness Initiative: $15k → 11%Kindness Initiative: $10k → 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.

Beyond the US: 11% of all-years giving ($4.0M)

2 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
Canada$4.0M · 3 grants
United Kingdom$18k · 2 grants
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$28M · 15 repeat orgs$8.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
25

Total granted

$28M
$6.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+3%

Still filing today

60%
32%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.3M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesInternationalAnimalsEducationFood & NutritionOther
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

  • RC
    RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL SAN DIEGO
    2× · 2021–2022 · $15M · revenue +33%
  • HA
    HORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $245k · revenue +50%
  • KI
    KINDNESS INITIATIVE
    3× · 2022–2025 · $125k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • UO
    University of Manitoba
    one grant, 2021 · $4.0M
  • TS
    THE SALVATION ARMY
    one grant, 2022 · $1.0M
  • ZS
    ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO
    one grant, 2021 · $650k · revenue +23%
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 Jewish Academy

San Diego Jewish Academy empowers each student to learn for life, guided by Jewish values and rooted in strength of community.

Education
2
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
3
Jewish Family Service of San Diego

Jewish family service is a client-centered, impact-driven organization working to build a stronger, healthier, more resilient san diego.

Human Services
4
University of Southern California Hillel Foundation

To create an informed, celebratory and satisfying jewish community for students at the university of southern california, to deepen jewish identity through social, intellectual and spiritual participation, to offer diversified…

—
5
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…

—
6
Sandler Foundation

The foundation operates exclusively for charitable, educational or religious purposes by conducting or supporting activities for the benefit of, or to carry out the purposes of the jewish community federation of san francisco, the…

Philanthropy
7
California Dental Association

The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.

Community Improvement
8
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…

Philanthropy
9
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

—
10
Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego

To collaborate with individuals and organizations, and leverage philanthropic capital for positive impact. to combine donor-driven philanthropy, investing, and education with trusted, personalized service, enabling individuals and…

Philanthropy
11
Irvine Hebrew Day School

Ihds utilizes a dual general and judaic studies curriculum. the judaic studies curriculum emphasizes the fundamentals of hebrew reading, writing and speaking, jewish history, holidays, jewish values, torah, the jewish life cycle, the land…

—
12
California Western School of Law

California western school of law is an independent, aba/aals and wasc senior college and university commission (wscuc) accredited s.d. law school that prepares graduates for the practice of law through a carefully sequenced program of…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of San Diego County; the most unlike its peers is The Innocence Project Inc. 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

26 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. 26 of the 50 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/26
Grantees still filing
14/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL SAN DIEGO: $15,239,708 · HealthRADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL SAN DIEGOJewish Family Service: $4,974,597 · OtherJewish Family ServiceUniversity of Manitoba: $4,017,516 · OtherUniversity of ManitobaIndividual grant recipient: $1,540,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE SALVATION ARMY: $1,000,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY+32 more: $1,450,914 · Other+32 moreTHE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $5,919,500 · Arts & CultureTHE SAN DIEGO SYMP…+4 more: $7,150 · Arts & CultureRADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION SAN DIEGO: $2,000,000 · PhilanthropyZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO: $650,000 · Animals+1 more: $500 · AnimalsHORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS INC: $245,000 · EducationUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $17,100 · EducationKINDNESS INITIATIVE: $125,000 · Human Services+2 more: $2,630 · Human Services
Health$15,239,708Other$12,983,027Arts & Culture$5,926,650Philanthropy$2,000,000Animals$650,500Education$262,100Human Services$127,630

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL SAN DIEGO: $15,239,708 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTHE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $5,919,500 over 3y, 4.8% of budgetRADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION SAN DIEGO: $2,000,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO: $650,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS INC: $245,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetKINDNESS INITIATIVE: $125,000 over 3y, 8.8% of budgetHEBREW FREE LOAN OF SAN DIEGO: $75,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $72,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetHILLEL OF SAN DIEGO: $58,571 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetJEWISH INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY OF AMERICA: $55,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 78% of budgetFEEDING SAN DIEGO: $22,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $17,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN DIEGO AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSAN DIEGO POLICE FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $1,630 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACCESS YOUTH ACADEMY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCYGNET THEATRE COMPANY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDHELP INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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…The Cushman FoundationLeichtag FoundationJewish Community Foun…The Conrad Prebys Fou…Sempra FoundationRady Family FoundationFrench Fund Samuel Ka…Price Philanthropies …The Intuit FoundationAmerican Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…
The San Diego FoundationCA20.9× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Diego Foundation · The Cushman Foundation · Leichtag Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Rady Family Foundation · French Fund Samuel Katherine Tua · Price Philanthropies Foundation · The Intuit Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

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 Rady Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rady Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Rady Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Rady 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 50 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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