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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
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$75k
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 2023.

Community Improvement$989kInternational$75kHuman Services$27kCivil Rights$25kPhilanthropy$9kArts & Culture$8kPublic Benefit$1kRecreation & Sports$1kOther$0
02FY2023 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 15 grants below total $188,750, the rows itemized in this filing. The $262,876 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $74,126 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 · FY2023

  • Under $10k11 grants · $77k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $37k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $75k
$6,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$7.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE INC$75,000
GREATER ESCONDIDO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE$12,500
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY$12,500
SAN DIEGO DIVERSE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION$12,000
LITTLE SAIGON SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION$9,000
ASIAN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION$8,250
CENTRAL SAN DIEGO BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE$7,500
OCEANSIDE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE$6,500
SAN DIEGO REGIONAL EAST COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE$6,500
ENCINITAS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE$6,500
CARLSBAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE$6,500
LA MESA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE$6,500
API INITIATIVE INC$6,500
LA JOLLA VILLAGE MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION$6,500
NIKKI BUBOHA DBA AMERICA'S THAI CHAMBER$6,500
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 (FY20–20, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%UNION OF PAN ASIAN COMMUNITIES: $2k → 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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 46% of San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 100% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 54%.

San Diego Regional Chamber of Commercelessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$917k · 6 repeat orgs$218k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2023, 2 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
8

Total granted

$917k
$70k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+12%

Still filing today

67%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

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

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

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

’17’18’19’20’22’23
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • AB
    ASIAN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION SAN DIEGO
    2× · 2022–2023 · $58k · revenue +11%
  • CO
    County of San Diego Black Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation
    2× · 2022–2023 · $35k · revenue +133%
  • LS
    LEAD SAN DIEGO INC
    3× · 2018–2020 · $24k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • TO
    THE OTAY MESA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
    one grant, 2022 · $27k · revenue +12%
  • RS
    RETIREMENT SECURITY INITIATIVE
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue 0%
  • TN
    THE NATIONAL CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
    one grant, 2022 · $13k · revenue -47%
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
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.

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2
North San Diego Business Chamber

To promote local and regional business to others.

Community Improvement
3
The Greater Coachella Valley Chamber of Commerce

The Greater Coachella Valley Chamber of Commerce is a regional chamber formed in 2016 to support a diverse business community that spans nearly forty-five miles and serves the needs of nearly 500,000 visitors each year. As a business…

Community Improvement
4
Laguna Beach Chamber of Commerce and Civic Association

Advancing the economic climate of the community and the quality of life for the citizens of the city of laguna beach

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5
Old Town Chamber of Commerce

To raise funds to improve, promote, and foster business programs in teh old town area in the city of san diego.

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6
San Marcos Area Chamber of Commerce

To improve the economic well being of the greater san marcos area

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7
Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce

The mission of the santa barbara south coast chamber of commerce is to create a strong local economy, promote the community, provide business resources and networking opportunities and represent business to the government.

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8
San Bernardino Area Chamber of Commerce

To promote the commercial, industrial and civic welfare of the people of San Bernardino by encouraging the production and distribution of goods and services through the creation of more jobs and by enhancing the productivity and…

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9
Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce

The Chamber is the platform for business to provide leadership, education and advocacy so that the Long Beach area thrives in the 21st century.

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10
Rancho Cucamonga Chamber of Commerce

To promote a business friendly environment and to enhance the quality of life and the economy of rancho cucamonga

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11
Corona Del Mar Chamber of Commerce

Chamber of Commerce - to promote businesses and serve the community of Corona Del Mar.

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12
Chula Vista Chamber of Commerce

Promote business in chula vista, ca.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is San Diego East County Chamber; the most unlike its peers is International Rescue Committee Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

18 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. 18 of the 25 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
11/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SD CHAMBER PAC: $750,000 · OtherSD CHAMBER PACASIAN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION SAN DIEGO: $58,250 · OtherASIAN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION SAN DIEGO+13 more: $181,600 · Other+13 moreInternational Rescue Committee INC: $75,000 · InternationalCounty of San Diego Black Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation: $34,500 · Education+1 more: $146 · EducationENCINITAS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $6,500 · Community ImprovementLa Jolla Village Merchants Association: $6,500 · Community ImprovementLA MESA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC: $6,500 · Community ImprovementSAN DIEGO EAST COUNTY CHAMBER: $6,500 · Community ImprovementAPI INITIATIVE INC: $6,500 · Arts & CultureUNION OF PAN ASIAN COMMUNITIES: $2,000 · Human ServicesSan Diego Fleet Week Foundation: $1,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$989,850International$75,000Education$34,646Community Improvement$26,000Arts & Culture$6,500Human Services$2,000Recreation & Sports$1,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

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
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…Amazonsmile Foundation
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 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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