· Public charity
San Diego Regional Fire & Emergency
To strengthen the system of fire and emergency services in san diego county.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k10 grants · $75k
- $10k–50k22 grants · $398k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $257k
- $250k+4 grants · $1.7M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE PATRIOT GROUP | $469,169 |
| SAN MIGUEL FIRE DISTRICT | $401,940 |
| SAN DIEGO CENTRAL FIRE ZONE | $393,207 |
| Individual grant recipient | $386,119 |
| SAN DIEGO COUNTY FIRE DISTRIC | $191,882 |
| IMPERIAL BEACH FIRE DEPT | $65,342 |
| PALOMAR COMM COLLEGE | $46,234 |
| KENSINGTON FSC | $30,177 |
| Individual grant recipient | $23,146 |
| Individual grant recipient | $22,396 |
| Individual grant recipient | $22,262 |
| CITY OF LA MESA FIRE DEPT | $21,478 |
| CITY OF EL CAJON FIRE DEPT | $21,248 |
| CAMPO FIRE SAFE COUNCIL | $21,122 |
| FALLBROOK FSC | $20,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 89% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
34 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 19% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.9M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- JCJOSEPHINE COUNTY FOUNDATION4× · 2020–2023 · $410k · revenue -31%
- RCRESOURCE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION OF GREATER SAN DIEGO COUNTY4× · 2022–2025 · $206k · revenue -18%
- IGIndividual grant recipient2× · 2024–2025 · $140k
Funded once
- SDSAN DIEGO COUNTY FIRE AUTHORIone grant, 2020 · $221k
- CVCHULA VISTA FIRE DEPTone grant, 2024 · $110k
- RSRANCHO SANTE FE FIRE DISTRICTone grant, 2023 · $52k
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.
Protect the people of amador county and their property from the effects of catastrophic fires through education, cooperation, innovation and action
Removal of dead and dying Trees and defensible space
Promote fire safety by providing information, education, support incentives and projects that encourage fire safety in a service area in eastern Fresno and Tulare counties.
Promote fire safety in Mariposa County through educating home owners about clearing PRC Section 4291 defensible space, coordinating efforts with various agencies to clear PRC Section 4291 defensible space, etc. Obtain/administer/manage…
Nsbcuw is organized to improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities in northern santa barbara county, california. nsbcuw works with individuals and organizations to identify and resolve pressing community issues through its…
To reduce the risk of loss of life and property in the Timberview and adjacent areas through promotion of fire safety, education, prevention and suppression as well as related emergency procedures.
The fire safe council-siskiyou county is a non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to improve wildfire safety through public education and demonstration wildfire fuel reduction projects.
To provide education, assistance and outreach programs for Fire Prevention and preparedness to all South Skyline Residents within the council area in order to prevent the loss of lives and reduce losses of personal and public property and…
Planning and participation in activities to increase safety and reduce fire hazards in the Eastern Madera County area.
Promoting wildfire safety through education and action in the ojai valley area.
Fire prevention and safety
How this is measured
7 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. 7 of the 58 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.
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 · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization San Diego Regional Fire & Emergency funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from San Diego Regional Fire & Emergency. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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