California · Private foundation
Rosso Family Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 23
- Grants FY2026
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 21%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $275,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 24 to 31
- FY2018 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 5
- Total assets, FY2026
- $2.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 21% of the organizations Rosso Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 22 | $1.0M | 36% |
| FY2025 | 24 | $811k | 21% |
| FY2024 | 27 | $734k | 15% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $653k | 31% |
| FY2022 | 25 | $694k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $645k | 58% |
| FY2019 | 31 | $454k | 35% |
| FY2018 | 28 | $494k | 25% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The San Diego Symphony Orchestra Association | $1,745,000 | 9 | 1% |
| The New Childrens Museum | $585,350 | 9 | 5% |
| Bishop School | $509,509 | 6 | n/a |
| Scripps Health | $356,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Living Desert The | $265,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Zoological Society of San Diego | $249,300 | 4 | 0% |
| Nice Guys | $167,640 | 8 | n/a |
| Santa Fe Christian Schools | $127,601 | 6 | 0% |
| Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego | $97,500 | 3 | 2% |
| La Jolla Country Day School | $93,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 47 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 56 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Rosso 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 · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · Price Philanthropies Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · The Country Friends · Kerr Family Foundation · Masserini Maurice J Tua · Pratt Memorial Fund · Walter J & Betty C Zable Foundation
How this is measured
About Rosso Family Foundation
- How much does Rosso Family Foundation give?
- Rosso Family Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $1,056,600 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 31 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2025.
- What does Rosso Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (43%), Environment (13%), Education (13%).
- Who are Rosso Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: The San Diego Symphony Orchestra Association ($1.7M), The New Childrens Museum ($585k), Bishop School ($510k).
- Does Rosso Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Rosso 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 Rosso 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 Rosso Family Foundation based?
- Rosso Family Foundation is based in CA.
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