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Rancho Santa Fe Foundation

To connect donors with regional and global needs through visionary community leadership, personalized service and effective grantmaking.

$17M
Granted FY2025still arriving
199
Grants FY2025still arriving
29
States reached
$3.9M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Education$18MHealth$16MArts & Culture$6.3MHuman Services$5.1MYouth Development$4.8MReligion$4.5MPhilanthropy$4.0MAnimals$3.7MOther$0
02FY2025 · 199 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 199 grants below total $16,118,355, the rows itemized in this filing. The $16,909,322 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $790,967 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k19 grants · $130k
  • $10k–50k125 grants · $2.6M
  • $50k–250k48 grants · $4.9M
  • $250k+7 grants · $8.6M
$25,000
Median grant
29
States reached
$206M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE GIFT FUND$3,911,015
ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$2,475,371
UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION$1,020,500
MIRAGLO FOUNDATION$350,000
NATIVITY PREP ACADEMY$317,500
WE CHARITY$250,000
BRIDGE2RWANDA$250,000
EDIFY$210,000
MIRAMAR NATIONAL CEMETERY SUPPORT FOUNDATION$200,000
FISTULA FOUNDATION$200,000
VISTA COMMUNITY CLINIC$200,000
ROCK RIDE ON CENTER FOR KIDS$185,000
UNDER THE SUN FOUNDATION$180,000
RANCHO SANTA FE WOMEN'S FUND$159,761
PARKS & PEOPLE INC$150,000
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 (FY17–25, $6.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HOPE THROUGH HOUSING FOUNDATION: $50k → 14%YESTERDAY'S GONE: $125k → 6%WAYFORWARD: $62k → 10%WINDWALKERS: $100k → 6%REALIZE IMPACT: $50k → 10%LEAH'S PANTRY: $125k → 10%NEW STORY INC: $50k → 10%THE ROSIE NETWORK: $57k → 11%WELLS OF LIFE INC: $75k → 10%HUMANGOOD FOUNDATION SOUTH: $178k → 14%WELLS OF LIFE INC: $129k → 10%WELLS OF LIFE INC: $61k → 10%THE ARC OF SAN DIEGO: $66k → 11%WELLS OF LIFE INC: $75k → 10%WAYFORWARD: $61k → 10%WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER: $92k → 11%NORTH COUNTY LIFELINE INC: $83k → 11%NORTH COUNTY LIFELINE INC: $60k → 11%NORTH COUNTY LIFELINE INC: $55k → 11%CASA DE AMPARO: $150k → 11%FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN WARRIORS: $123k → 11%FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN WARRIORS: $60k → 11%THE ELIZABETH HOSPICE INC: $79k → 11%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $50k → 11%SAN DIEGO OASIS: $55k → 11%THE MIRACLE LEAGUE OF SAN DIEGO: $63k → 11%KIDS' TURN SAN DIEGO: $113k → 11%ANGELS FOSTER FAMILY NETWORK: $92k → 11%YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $92k → 11%YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $73k → 11%YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $72k → 11%ANGELS FOSTER FAMILY NETWORK: $71k → 11%ANGELS FOSTER FAMILY NETWORK: $50k → 11%ANGELS FOSTER FAMILY NETWORK: $50k → 11%GENERATEHOPE INC: $52k → 11%RANCHO SANTA FE WOMEN'S FUND: $165k → 11%RANCHO SANTA FE WOMEN'S FUND: $160k → 11%CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION: $51k → 11%COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $92k → 11%COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $56k → 11%COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $54k → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR HOMES INC: $95k → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR HOMES INC: $75k → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR HOMES INC: $66k → 11%NORTH COUNTY LIFELINE: $100k → 11%CASA DE AMISTAD CENTRO DE ENSENANZA: $110k → 11%CASA DE AMISTAD CENTRO DE ENSENANZA: $100k → 11%CASA DE AMISTAD CENTRO DE ENSENANZA: $88k → 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

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VT
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ID
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IL
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MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
WY
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
AZ
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
LA
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$75M · 366 repeat orgs$10M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

366 repeat relationships: 148 still active in FY2025, 218 since wound down; 34 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

366
327

Total granted

$75M
$9.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+14%

Still filing today

84%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureInternationalAnimalsOther
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

  • SH
    SCRIPPS HEALTH
    9× · 2017–2025 · $5.0M · revenue +82%
  • US
    UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $3.3M · revenue +78%
  • OG
    OLD GLOBE THEATRE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $2.9M · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $750k · revenue +14%
  • RO
    REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    one grant, 2023 · $500k
  • CF
    CENTER FOR THE INNOVATIVE TRAINING OF YOUTH INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $300k · revenue +29%
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
Dominican University of California

Our institutional mission is to educate and prepare students to be ethical leaders and socially responsible global citizens who incorporate the dominican values of study, reflection, community and service into their lives.

Education
2
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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3
California Dental Association Foundation

The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.

Science & Tech
4
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
5
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
6
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
7
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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8
Community Foundation Santa Cruz County

To promote philanthropy to make santa cruz county a better place to live, now and in the future.we bring together people, ideas, and resources to inspire philanthropy and accomplish great things.

Philanthropy
9
The International School of San Francisco

Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the international school of san francisco offers programs of study in french and english to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to…

Education
10
Altamed Health Services Corporation

To eliminate disparities in health care access and outcomes by providing superior quality health and human services through an integrated world-class delivery system for latino, multi-ethnic underserved communities in southern california.

Health
11
Policy & Innovation Center

The policy & innovation center's (pic) mission is to unlock the region's potential by cultivating and building partnerships. our niche is to address intractable issues that can only be solved with cross-sector, multi-jurisdictional…

Philanthropy
12
California Forward

Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The San Diego Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Predictive Health Analytics Institute. 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

669 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. 669 of the 764 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.

32
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
150
Early backer (in before they grew)
650/669
Grantees still filing
441/669
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $3,329,700 · EducationUC SAN DIEGO FOUND…NATIVITY PREP ACADEMY OF SAN DIEGO INC: $1,309,000 · EducationNATIVITY PREP ACAD…UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $750,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF VIRG…SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION SDSU RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $734,850 · EducationSAN DIEGO STATE UN…FUTURE LEGENDS: $707,445 · EducationREALITY CHANGERS: $680,416 · EducationNORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $551,000 · Education+23 more: $5,338,894 · Education+23 moreBANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE GIFT FD: $3,911,015 · PhilanthropyBANK OF AMERICA CH…ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,875,622 · PhilanthropyORANGE COUNTY COMM…DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $2,424,185 · PhilanthropyDONOR ADVISED CHAR…NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $681,157 · PhilanthropyUNDER THE SUN FOUNDATION: $603,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO: $580,800 · PhilanthropyRANCHO SANTA FE EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $488,554 · Philanthropy+6 more: $1,439,186 · Philanthropy+6 moreSCRIPPS HEALTH: $4,977,206 · HealthSCRIPPS HEALTHMIRAGLO FOUNDATION: $2,748,658 · HealthMIRAGLO FOUNDATIO…WELLBEING FOUNDATION AMERICA INC: $1,082,500 · HealthWELLBEING FOUNDAT…VISTA COMMUNITY CLINIC: $938,100 · HealthVISTA COMMUNITY C…CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SAN MARCOS FOUNDATION: $494,745 · Health+11 more: $2,217,295 · Health+11 moreUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO: $1,376,700 · OtherVILLAGE COMMUNITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $1,048,655 · OtherSAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA: $998,204 · Other+91 more: $23,238,118 · Other+91 moreOLD GLOBE THEATRE: $2,885,284 · Arts & CultureA Step Beyond: $910,618 · Arts & CultureMingei International Inc: $361,000 · Arts & CultureLA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY: $339,514 · Arts & CultureLeap to Success: $307,500 · Arts & CultureMainly Mozart Inc: $252,200 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN FRIENDS OF CHICKEN SHED INC: $216,300 · Arts & Culture+7 more: $1,032,837 · Arts & CultureWELLS OF LIFE INC: $439,749 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR HOMES INC: $373,800 · Human ServicesNORTH COUNTY LIFELINE INC DBA LIFELINE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $358,517 · Human ServicesCASA DE AMISTAD CENTRO DE ENSENANZA: $346,674 · Human ServicesRancho Santa Fe Womens Fund: $324,551 · Human ServicesYMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $309,200 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $308,114 · Human ServicesFOUNDATION FOR WOMEN WARRIORS: $295,466 · Human ServicesCasa De Amparo: $263,800 · Human ServicesANGELS FOSTER FAMILY AGENCY: $262,989 · Human ServicesCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $253,250 · Human ServicesMERCY CHEFS INC: $225,000 · Human ServicesCollege Area Pregnancy Services Inc: $220,500 · Human Services+13 more: $1,676,420 · Human ServicesWE CHARITY WILLIAM C MORAN & ASSOC PC: $1,562,500 · InternationalBRIDGE2RWANDA INC: $450,000 · InternationalEdify: $330,000 · InternationalCURE INTERNATIONAL INC: $250,000 · InternationalWORLD VISION INC: $240,500 · InternationalEternal Hope: $131,500 · InternationalPROJECT CONCERN INTERNATIONAL: $109,375 · International
Education$13,401,305Philanthropy$13,003,519Health$12,458,504Other$26,661,677Arts & Culture$6,305,253Human Services$5,658,030International$3,073,875

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetSCRIPPS HEALTH: $4,977,206 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $3,329,700 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetOLD GLOBE THEATRE: $2,885,284 over 9y, 7.4% of budgetORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,875,622 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetMIRAGLO FOUNDATION: $2,748,658 over 9y, 58% of budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $2,424,185 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWE CHARITY WILLIAM C MORAN & ASSOC PC: $1,562,500 over 7y, 7.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO: $1,376,700 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetNATIVITY PREP ACADEMY OF SAN DIEGO INC: $1,309,000 over 8y, 11% of budgetWELLBEING FOUNDATION AMERICA INC: $1,082,500 over 4y, 26% of budgetSAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA: $998,204 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetVISTA COMMUNITY CLINIC: $938,100 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetA Step Beyond: $910,618 over 9y, 23% of budgetLA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY: $852,150 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetROCK RIDE ON CENTER FOR KIDS INC: $810,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $755,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $750,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION SDSU RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $734,850 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetFUTURE LEGENDS: $707,445 over 7y, 73% of budgetJUST IN TIME FOR FOSTER YOUTH: $683,300 over 9y, 3.3% of budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $681,157 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetREALITY CHANGERS: $680,416 over 5y, 7.7% of budgetUNDER THE SUN FOUNDATION: $603,000 over 5y, 87% of budgetCHRISTIAN CENTER OF PARK CITY: $600,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO: $580,800 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFEEDING SAN DIEGO: $565,900 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetNORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $551,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $541,450 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SAN MARCOS FOUNDATION: $494,745 over 8y, 3.0% of budgetRANCHO SANTA FE EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $488,554 over 2y, 20% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR ANIMAL CARE & EDUCATION: $487,950 over 9y, 12% of budgetTHE HUMANE LEAGUE: $472,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetBRIDGE2RWANDA INC: $450,000 over 2y, 6.6% of budgetKITCHENS FOR GOOD: $442,000 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetPalomar College Foundation: $441,552 over 9y, 6.2% of budgetWELLS OF LIFE INC: $439,749 over 8y, 8.8% of budgetInterfaith Community Services Inc: $429,071 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetRANCHO SANTA FE GARDEN CLUB: $420,000 over 2y, 66% of budgetWORKSHOPS FOR WARRIORS INC: $411,650 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetSAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION INC: $385,241 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetSan Diego Squared: $381,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetMIRAMAR NATIONAL CEMETERY SUPPORT FDN: $380,000 over 2y, 65% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR HOMES INC: $373,800 over 7y, 10% of budgetCRISTO REY SAN DIEGO HIGH SCHOOL INC: $371,600 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $371,274 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SAN MARCOS PROMISE: $371,043 over 4y, 24% of budgetMingei International Inc: $361,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetNORTH COUNTY LIFELINE INC DBA LIFELINE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $358,517 over 7y, 1.0% 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.

  • Who funds SCRIPPS HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds BANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE GIFT FD ↗
  • Who funds UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OLD GLOBE THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MIRAGLO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds WE CHARITY WILLIAM C MORAN & ASSOC PC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO ↗
  • Who funds NATIVITY PREP ACADEMY OF SAN DIEGO INC ↗
  • Who funds WELLBEING FOUNDATION AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA ↗
  • Who funds VISTA COMMUNITY CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds A Step Beyond ↗
  • Who funds LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY ↗
  • Who funds ROCK RIDE ON CENTER FOR KIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds Central Texas Food Bank Inc ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION SDSU RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FUTURE LEGENDS ↗
  • Who funds JUST IN TIME FOR FOSTER YOUTH ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ↗
  • Who funds REALITY CHANGERS ↗
  • Who funds UNDER THE SUN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTIAN CENTER OF PARK CITY ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO ↗
  • Who funds FEEDING SAN DIEGO ↗
  • Who funds NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SAN MARCOS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds RANCHO SANTA FE EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR ANIMAL CARE & EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds THE HUMANE LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGE2RWANDA INC ↗
  • Who funds KITCHENS FOR GOOD ↗
  • Who funds Palomar College Foundation ↗
  • Who funds WELLS OF LIFE INC ↗
  • Who funds Interfaith Community Services Inc ↗

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 Conrad Prebys Fou…David C Copley Founda…The San Diego Foundat…The Cushman FoundationThe Parker FoundationWalter J & Betty C Za…Jewish Community Foun…Price Philanthropies …The Nordson Corporati…Leichtag FoundationFrench Fund Samuel Ka…Samuel I & John Henry…
The Conrad Prebys FoundationCA148.5× affinity99 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Conrad Prebys Foundation · David C Copley Foundation · The San Diego Foundation · The Cushman Foundation · The Parker Foundation · Walter J & Betty C Zable Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Price Philanthropies Foundation · The Nordson Corporation Foundation · Leichtag Foundation · French Fund Samuel Katherine Tua · Samuel I & John Henry Fox 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 Rancho Santa Fe Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rancho Santa Fe Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
  • Northeastern University: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
63report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.

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 764 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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