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San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce

It is the mission of the SAN DIEGO REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE to be the leading, most effective advocate and voice for business policy and connections in the san diego-baja california region.

$263k
Granted FY2023
15
Itemized grants FY2023
15
Organizations funded FY2023
73%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2023
$189k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2023
$6,500
Largest grant, FY2023
$75,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 15
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
1
Total assets, FY2023
$7.2M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 73% of the organizations San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce funded were first-time grantees, receiving 78% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 22% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $148k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’22’23
Community ImprovementEducationInternationalArts & CultureHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY202315$189k73%
FY20226$142k100%
FY20206$9k83%
FY20193$287k33%
FY20182$259k50%
FY20171$250kn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Community Improvement$989kInternational$75kHuman Services$27kCivil Rights$25kPhilanthropy$9kArts & Culture$8kPublic Benefit$1kRecreation & Sports$1kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Sd Chamber PAC$750,0003n/a
International Rescue Committee INC$75,00010%
Asian Business Association San Diego$58,25025%
County of San Diego Black Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation$34,50024%
The Otay Mesa Chamber of Commerce$27,00019%
Escondido Chamber of Commerce$25,00024%
Southern California Center for Inclusion and Diversity$25,0002n/a
Retirement Security Initiative$25,00012%
Lead San Diego Inc$24,00032%
The National City Chamber of Commerce$12,50012%
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All grantees of San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Sd Chamber PAC$750,0003n/a
International Rescue Committee INC$75,00010%
Asian Business Association San Diego$58,25025%
County of San Diego Black Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation$34,50024%
The Otay Mesa Chamber of Commerce$27,00019%
Escondido Chamber of Commerce$25,00024%
Southern California Center for Inclusion and Diversity$25,0002n/a
Retirement Security Initiative$25,00012%
Lead San Diego Inc$24,00032%
The National City Chamber of Commerce$12,50012%
San Diego Diverse Business Association$12,0001n/a
Little Saigon San Diego Foundation$9,0001n/a
Oceanside Chamber of Commerce$6,50010%
Encinitas Chamber of Commerce$6,50012%
La Jolla Village Merchants Association$6,50013%
La Mesa Chamber of Commerce Inc$6,50014%
Nikki Buboha Dba America's Thai Chamber$6,5001n/a
Api Initiative Inc$6,50014%
San Diego East County Chamber$6,50011%
Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce$6,50010%
Union of Pan Asian Communities$2,00010%
San Diego Fleet Week Foundation$1,00010%
Mana de San Diego$14610%

Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($3k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAsian Business Association San Diego: $58,250 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetCounty of San Diego Black Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation: $34,500 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetThe Otay Mesa Chamber of Commerce: $27,000 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetEscondido Chamber of Commerce: $25,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetRetirement Security Initiative: $25,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetLead San Diego Inc: $24,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetThe National City Chamber of Commerce: $12,500 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetOceanside Chamber of Commerce: $6,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEncinitas Chamber of Commerce: $6,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetLa Jolla Village Merchants Association: $6,500 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetLa Mesa Chamber of Commerce Inc: $6,500 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetApi Initiative Inc: $6,500 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetSan Diego East County Chamber: $6,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCarlsbad Chamber of Commerce: $6,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUnion of Pan Asian Communities: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSan Diego Fleet Week Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMana de San Diego: $146 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 18.

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 FoundationCA14.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Diego Foundation · Amazonsmile 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.

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About San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce

How much does San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce give?
San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce reported 15 itemized grants totaling $188,750, out of $262,876 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Community Improvement (87%), International (7%), Human Services (2%).
Who are San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Sd Chamber PAC ($750k), International Rescue Committee INC ($75k), Asian Business Association San Diego ($58k).
Does San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 73% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Diego Foundation, Amazonsmile Foundation.
Where is San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce based?
San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce is based in CA.

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 25 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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