· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2026
- Under $10k9 grants · $15k
- $10k–50k9 grants · $192k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $575k
- $250k+1 grant · $275k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SCRIPPS HEALTH FOUNDATION | $275,000 |
| THE BISHOP'S SCHOOL | $220,100 |
| SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY | $188,000 |
| SAN DIEGO ZOO WILDLIFE ALLIANCE | $110,000 |
| SAN DIEGO PADRES FOUNDATION | $56,800 |
| THE NEW CHILDREN'S MUSEUM | $40,000 |
| LA JOLLA COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL | $40,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY WOMENS AUX | $20,300 |
| SANTA FE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS | $20,000 |
| MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART | $20,000 |
| MARANTHA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | $16,300 |
| RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES | $15,000 |
| KELLOGG SCH OF MGMT | $10,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA | $10,000 |
| CAP GIVING | $8,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–26, $62k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
50 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2026, 36 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2026, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $72k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TSTHE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION9× · 2017–2026 · $1.7M · revenue +38%
- TNTHE NEW CHILDRENS MUSEUM9× · 2017–2026 · $585k · revenue +19%
- SHSCRIPPS HEALTH4× · 2021–2026 · $356k · revenue +37%
Funded once
- SDSAN DIEGO ZOO PENGUIN EXHIBITone grant, 2017 · $250k
- RSRITZ SAN DIEGO ZOOone grant, 2019 · $25k
- TCTHE CROHNS COLITIS FOUNDATIONone grant, 2023 · $10k
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.
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.
The mission of southern california university of health sciences (scu) is to educate students as competent, caring and successful practitioners of integrative healthcare. the university is committed to providing excellence in academics,…
MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…
The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.
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San diego children's discovery museum sparks a love of learning so all children can discover their wildest dreams. our vision for the future is to be the leaders in inventive early childhood learning. our values: we aspire to serve all…
The mission of the san diego history center is to preserve our region's history - tell the diverse story of our region's past, present, and future; educate and enrich our community; and foster civic pride.
Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.
Children's discovery museum of san jose inspires creativity, curiosity and lifelong learning.
Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.
How this is measured
40 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. 40 of the 104 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds THE NEW CHILDRENS MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds SCRIPPS HEALTH ↗
- Who funds LIVING DESERT THE ↗
- Who funds ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO ↗
- Who funds SANTA FE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS ↗
- Who funds MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART SAN DIEGO ↗
- Who funds LA JOLLA COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
- Who funds Casa De Amparo ↗
- Who funds THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART LOS ANGELES ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO ↗
- Who funds Diegueno Esteem Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds SOCIAL ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH SAN DIEGO INC ↗
- Who funds SOLANA SANTA FE PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Rosso Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rosso Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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