· Private foundation
San Diego Scottish Rite Community Foundation
Its FY2024 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 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k29 grants · $70k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $80k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CALIFORNIA SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION | $80,000 |
| LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE | $20,000 |
| GRAND LODGE OF CALIFORNIA | $5,000 |
| SAN DIEGO POLICE HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $4,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $4,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,000 |
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 (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% 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.
68 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2024, 46 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CSCALIFORNIA SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION8× · 2017–2024 · $427k · revenue +73%
- TATHEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DBA LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE7× · 2017–2024 · $140k · revenue +63%
- GLGRAND LODGE OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF CALIFORNIA6× · 2019–2024 · $34k · revenue +23%
Funded once
- SDSAN DIEGO POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +50%
- CMCALIFORNIA MASONIC FOUNDATIONone grant, 2017 · $6k · revenue -38%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2017 · $5k
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.
San Diego Jewish Academy empowers each student to learn for life, guided by Jewish values and rooted in strength of community.
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…
Since 1945, San Diego Youth Symphony (SDYS) has served as a catalyst for investing in the future of young people through joyful and transformative music-making experiences. We reach over 2,500 students and families annually throughout San…
Support elementary school education
The san diego municipal employees association (sdmea) is dedicated to being a strong and effective advocate for san diego city employees. sdmea is united to improve employees' standard of living and promote their fair treatment by…
The mission of the california state pta is to positively impact the lives of all children and families.
Changing lives through music
Provide school support for academic enrichment programs, including performing art, visual arts, science lab, computer lab and equipment, field trips, classroom supplies, physical education and library books.
To enrich the scholastic environment at Oliver Wendell Holmes Elementary located in San Diego, CA.
The mission of the california state pta is to positively impact the lives of all children and families by representing our members and empowering and supporting them with skills in advisory, leadership and communication.
The mission of the santa barbara symphony is to enrich the lives of santa barbara residents by producing the highest-quality musical experiences, accessible to the entire community, and to inspire a passion for symphonic music in the next…
Mission: the mission of san diego opera is to deliver exceptional performances and exciting, accessible programs to diverse audiences, focusing on community partnerships, and the transformative and expressive power of the human voice. as…
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 138 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 CALIFORNIA SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DBA LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE ↗
- Who funds GRAND LODGE OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF CALIFORNIA ↗
- Who funds HEDENKAMP ELEMENTARY PTA ↗
- Who funds Jarrett Meeker Foundation ↗
- Who funds WILLARD B HAGE ELEMENTARY PTA ↗
- Who funds SAN DIEGO POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization San Diego Scottish Rite Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from San Diego Scottish Rite Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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