· Private foundation
Sempra 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, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k1478 grants · $971k
- $10k–50k15 grants · $290k
- $50k–250k8 grants · $560k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SOLAR ELECTRIC LIGHT FUND | $100,000 |
| STATE CENTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION | $100,000 |
| GALVESTON BAY FOUNDATION | $75,000 |
| ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS USA | $75,000 |
| THE ACTUARIAL FOUNDATION | $60,000 |
| VICTORY INSTITUTE | $50,000 |
| MONARCH SCHOOL | $50,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $50,000 |
| UNITED WAY INC | $32,683 |
| UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO | $26,865 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS - NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS | $25,000 |
| HEALING WITH HORSEPLAY INC | $25,000 |
| EQUALITY CALIFORNIA - HEADQUARTERS | $25,000 |
| TEAM RUBICON | $25,000 |
| THE OLD GLOBE | $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.
Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $1.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.
1402 repeat relationships: 766 still active in FY2024, 636 since wound down; 66 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, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $413k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ANAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches6× · 2019–2024 · $238k · revenue +39%
- MSMONARCH SCHOOL PROJECT6× · 2019–2024 · $213k · revenue +46%
- LJLA JOLLA COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL5× · 2019–2023 · $212k · revenue +42%
Funded once
- GAGRID ALTERNATIVESone grant, 2021 · $578k
- OCONCOR CARES FOUNDATIONone grant, 2020 · $500k · revenue -54%
- TSTHE SONORAN INSTITUTE INCone grant, 2023 · $200k · revenue +15%
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.
Promoting k-12 public education success through aggressive advocacy and effective school board governance.
To promote community investment in public education to ensure equity and access to an innovative, world-class education that inspires confidence, competence, and creativity in every student in the Santa Barbara Unified School District.
The University of California Student Association (UCSA) is a coalition of students and student governments that aims to provide a collective voice for all students through advocacy and direct action. UCSA participates in the shared…
California forward (ca fwd) brings people together across regions to improve government and create resilient growth statewide.
To educate students of diverse backgrounds in areas of fine arts, architecture, design, & writing.
Independent, co-educational, college preparatory high school located in san rafael, california.
The AIA California, in collaboration with local components, is the voice of the architectural profession.
Advance ca life sciences ecosystem by advocating public policies & supporting businesses.
To provide a superior, student-centered learning experience integrating liberal arts and professional education and preparing individuals for lasting achievement and responsible leadership in their careers and communities.
Supporting learning and collaboration between california's school districts and their partners to improve student success.
Transform schools to revolutionize school systems to empower all students with a high-quality education.
The league of california community foundations promotes and strengthens community foundations in california. through collaboration and shared learning among member foundations and building partnerships with private and public entities, we…
How this is measured
1476 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. 1476 of the 2,000 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
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
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 SOLAR ELECTRIC LIGHT FUND ↗
- Who funds ONCOR CARES FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds MONARCH SCHOOL PROJECT ↗
- Who funds LA JOLLA COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO ↗
- Who funds United Way of Greater Houston ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC ↗
- Who funds THE SONORAN INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION SAN DIEGO ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY INC ↗
- Who funds SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ↗
- Who funds FRANCIS PARKER SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds SERVING SENIORS ↗
- Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
- Who funds JACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds Children's Hospital Los Angeles ↗
- Who funds FEEDING SAN DIEGO ↗
- Who funds FEEDING TEXAS ↗
- Who funds NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds LGBTQ Victory Institute Inc ↗
- Who funds STATE CENTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMER'S SAN DIEGO ↗
- Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds VOICES FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds TULSA AREA UNITED WAY ↗
- Who funds Texas Children's Hospital ↗
- Who funds ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS-USAINC ↗
- Who funds SOUTHEAST TEXAS EMERGENCY RELIEF FD ↗
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: David C Copley Foundation · Walter J & Betty C Zable Foundation · The Parker Foundation · Price Philanthropies Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · The Cushman Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · Sempra Employee Giving Network · French Fund Samuel Katherine Tua · Samuel I & John Henry Fox Foundation · Pratt Memorial Fund · Boys and Girls Aid Society of San Diego Ltd
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Sempra Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sempra Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
- Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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