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San Diego Kiwanis Club Foundation Inc

To raise funds to support the youth of the community and fund this and other charitable activities of the kiwanis club of san diego.

$246k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$240kYouth Development$191kHealth$103kHuman Services$76kInternational$69kHousing & Shelter$60kRecreation & Sports$60kScience & Tech$55kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 8 grants below total $117,925, the rows itemized in this filing. The $246,009 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $128,084 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.
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$6.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAN DIEGO YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCH$25,000
CAMP STEVENS$25,000
Individual grant recipient$17,925
FOUNDATION FOR THE CHILDREN O$10,000
UPLIFT SAN DIEGO$10,000
FRED FINCH YOUTH CENTER$10,000
SAN DIEGO DIPLOMACY COUNCIL$10,000
JUST IN TIME FOR FOSTER YOUTH$10,000
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 (FY20–24, $110k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 9% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MAAC PROJECT: $10k → 13%YMCA SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $10k → 11%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF GREATER SAN DIEGO: $5k → 11%PARTNERSTHERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP: $5k → 11%ONCOLOGY AND KIDS: $15k → 11%ONCOLOGY AND KIDS: $5k → 11%HOME OF GUIDING HANDS: $5k → 11%YMCA CAMP MARSTON: $55k → 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.
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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$801k · 25 repeat orgs$348k to everyone else

25 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 22 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
32

Total granted

$801k
$260k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+18%

Still filing today

96%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 25% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $88k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentHealthInternationalPhilanthropyOther
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

  • WL
    WASHINGTON-LINCOLN LAURELS FOR LEADERS
    6× · 2019–2024 · $108k · revenue +15% · 33% of their budget
  • YO
    YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY
    2× · 2020–2024 · $65k · revenue +81%
  • OD
    OCEAN DISCOVERY INSTITUTE
    2× · 2020–2024 · $55k · revenue +43%

Funded once

  • SD
    SAN DIEGO HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue -33%
  • TS
    Traveling Stories
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue -56%
  • CR
    COASTAL ROOTS FARMgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +53%
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
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
2
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
3
San Diego Double Ten Committee
Arts & Culture
4
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
5
Social Advocates for Youth San Diego Inc

To partner with youth, families, adults and communities to reach their full potential and is achieved through comprehensive and integrated programming in the areas of child and youth development; youth, adult and family wellness and…

Human Services
6
United Way of San Diego County

To spark breakthrough community action that elevates every child and family toward a brighter future.

Philanthropy
7
San Diego Junior Theatre

San Diego Junior Theatre (Junior Theatre) was incorporated in 1948 as a nonprofit corporation and is the oldest youth theatre in the nation, offering affordable camps, classes, and outreach programs for children ages 3-18; as well as six…

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8
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.

—
9
San Diego Coasters
Arts & Culture
10
Building Industry Association of San Diego

The mission of the building industry association of san diego is to proactively promote a positive business environment for the land development, home building and commercial development industry throughout san diego county.

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11
San Diego Habitat Conservancy

Acquire, manage and protect land in perpetuity that supports sensitive habitats and species, and to educate and inspire people and communities as stewards and advocates of their natural environment.

Arts & Culture
12
University of San Diego

The university of san diego is a contemporary catholic university, grounded in the liberal arts and anchored along an international border, advancing academic excellence to create a more inclusive, sustainable and hopeful world.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is San Diego Children's Discovery Museum; the most unlike its peers is The New Childrens Museum. 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

46 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. 46 of the 62 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
46/46
Grantees still filing
28/46
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WASHINGTON-LINCOLN LAURELS FOR LEADERS: $108,094 · Youth DevelopmentWASHINGTON-LINCOLN LAURELS F…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $53,500 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERIC…Boys to Men Mentoring Network Inc: $45,000 · Youth DevelopmentBoys to Men Mentoring Networ…JUST IN TIME FOR FOSTER YOUTH: $45,000 · Youth DevelopmentJUST IN TIME FOR FOSTER YOUT…STARPAL: $32,500 · Youth DevelopmentSTARPALUPLIFT: $30,200 · OtherUPLIFTSAN DIEGO YOUTH SYMPHONY & CONSERVATORY: $25,000 · OtherSAN DIEGO YOUTH SYMPHONY & CONSERVATOR…COASTAL ROOTS FARM: $25,000 · OtherCOASTAL ROOTS FARMCAMP STEVENS: $25,000 · OtherCAMP STEVENSWASHINGTON LINCOLN LAURELS FOR LEADERS: $18,399 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $17,925 · OtherI LOVE A CLEAN SAN DIEGO: $15,000 · OtherSAN DIEGO CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $35,000 · OtherSAN DIEGO CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY MUSEUMSAN DIEGO HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $25,000 · OtherSAN DIEGO HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INCJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK: $25,000 · OtherJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK+24 more: $145,470 · Other+24 moreOCEAN DISCOVERY INSTITUTE: $55,000 · EducationOCEAN DISCO…Traveling Stories: $25,000 · EducationTraveling S…SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION SDSU RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationSAN DIEGO S…SAN DIEGO FUTURES FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationSAN DIEGO F…MONARCH SCHOOL PROJECT: $5,000 · EducationGOMPERS PREPARATORY ACADEMY: $5,000 · EducationYMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $65,000 · Human ServicesYMCA OF SA…ONCOLOGY AND KIDS INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesONCOLOGY A…MULTI-AGENCY ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesMULTI-AGEN…PARTNERS THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP: $5,000 · Human ServicesHOME OF GUIDING HANDS CORPORATION: $5,000 · Human ServicesAssistance League of Greater San Diego: $5,000 · Human ServicesRonald McDonald House Global: $42,975 · HealthRonald Mc…SAN DIEGO EDUCATION FUND: $37,500 · HealthSAN DIEGO…FRED FINCH YOUTH CENTER: $10,000 · HealthFRED FINC…SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE-SAN DIEGO: $10,000 · HealthSURVIVORS…Burn Institute: $54,850 · PhilanthropyRADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION SAN DIEGO: $13,500 · PhilanthropyKIWANIS INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $12,500 · PhilanthropyFOUNDATION FOR THE CHILDREN OF THE CALIFORNIAS: $38,500 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL RELIEF TEAMS: $17,800 · InternationalTHE AJA PROJECT: $5,000 · InternationalRancho De Sus Ninos Inc: $5,000 · International
Youth Development$284,094Other$386,994Education$120,000Human Services$110,000Health$100,475Philanthropy$80,850International$66,300

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 budgetWASHINGTON-LINCOLN LAURELS FOR LEADERS: $108,094 over 6y, 33% of budgetYMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $65,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN DISCOVERY INSTITUTE: $55,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetBurn Institute: $54,850 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $53,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBoys to Men Mentoring Network Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetJUST IN TIME FOR FOSTER YOUTH: $45,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetRonald McDonald House Global: $42,975 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR THE CHILDREN OF THE CALIFORNIAS: $38,500 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetSAN DIEGO EDUCATION FUND: $37,500 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetSAN DIEGO CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $35,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetSTARPAL: $32,500 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetUPLIFT: $30,200 over 4y, 5.3% of budgetSAN DIEGO HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSAN DIEGO YOUTH SYMPHONY & CONSERVATORY: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTraveling Stories: $25,000 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOASTAL ROOTS FARM: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetONCOLOGY AND KIDS INC: $20,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetSAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION SDSU RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL RELIEF TEAMS: $17,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION SAN DIEGO: $13,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKIWANIS INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE NEW CHILDRENS MUSEUM: $11,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSEAL-NSW FAMILY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMULTI-AGENCY ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN DIEGO DIPLOMACY COUNCIL: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSAN DIEGO FUTURES FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFRED FINCH YOUTH CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSURVIVORS OF SUICIDE-SAN DIEGO: $10,000 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVida Joven Foundation: $8,200 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetECOLIFE CONSERVATION: $6,600 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetKIWANIS CAL-NEV-HA FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE AJA PROJECT: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMONARCH SCHOOL PROJECT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPARTNERS THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP: $5,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetRancho De Sus Ninos Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHOME OF GUIDING HANDS CORPORATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAssistance League of Greater San Diego: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetGOMPERS PREPARATORY ACADEMY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE GAMES: $3,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetURBAN CORPS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSan Diego Bird Alliance: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSPORTS SD INC: $2,000 over 2y, 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…David C Copley Founda…Price Philanthropies …The Parker FoundationJewish Community Foun…The Nordson Corporati…Sempra FoundationThe Conrad Prebys Fou…The Cushman FoundationWalter J & Betty C Za…Boys and Girls Aid So…Rancho Santa Fe Found…
The San Diego FoundationCA41.4× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Diego Foundation · David C Copley Foundation · Price Philanthropies Foundation · The Parker Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · The Nordson Corporation Foundation · Sempra Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · The Cushman Foundation · Walter J & Betty C Zable Foundation · Boys and Girls Aid Society of San Diego Ltd · Rancho Santa Fe 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 San Diego Kiwanis Club Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from San Diego Kiwanis Club Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 62 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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