· Private foundation
Strauss Family 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 $10k12 grants · $45k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $115k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $70k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD | $70,000 |
| SD ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY | $35,000 |
| ACLU FOUNDATION OF SDIMP CNTY | $25,000 |
| CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS | $15,000 |
| PROJECT AWARE | $10,000 |
| FRANCIS PARKER SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS | $10,000 |
| KPBS RADIOPRODUCERS CLUB | $10,000 |
| FRIENDS OF MEXICAN DEVELPMENT | $7,500 |
| ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND | $7,100 |
| SD NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM | $6,000 |
| GLOBAL COMMUNITIES | $5,000 |
| WALDORF SCHOOL | $5,000 |
| WALDORF INSTITUTE OF SO CAL | $5,000 |
| OASIS INSTITUTE | $2,500 |
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 (FY17–24, $23k) 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.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
25 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down.
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, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
THE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC8× · 2017–2024 · $78k · revenue +69%
THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC8× · 2017–2024 · $58k · revenue +12%- SDSan Diego Womens Chorus6× · 2017–2022 · $28k · revenue +73%
Funded once
- SSSAVE STARLIGHT INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue +113%
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.
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…
San diego zoo wildlife alliance is committed to saving species worldwide by uniting our expertise in wildlife care and conservation science with our dedication to inspiring passion for nature.
To drive visitor demand to economically benefit the san diego region.
The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.
The sacramento zoo inspires appreciation, respect and a connection with wildlife and nature through education, recreation and conservation.
To distribute public affairs and other educational information in order to create an electronic bridge between californians and their public officials, and, in the process educate a new generation of voting citizens and civic leaders who…
To spark breakthrough community action that elevates every child and family toward a brighter future.
The Climate Center is a climate and energy policy nonprofit working to rapidly reduce climate pollution at scale, starting in California.
To effectively and efficiently mitigate risks to the reliability and security of the western interconnection's bulk power system.
The mission of the san diego county bar association is to be the representative of the san diego county legal profession, serving the prblic and the profession by enhancing the legal system and promoting justice, professional excellence,…
To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.
Conserving nature through science and discovery.
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 26 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 THE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC ↗
- Who funds THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC ↗
- Who funds San Diego Womens Chorus ↗
- Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds FRANCIS PARKER SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds SAN DIEGO OASIS ↗
- Who funds YWCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY ↗
- Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds MONTANA RAPTOR CONSERVATION CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds SAVE STARLIGHT 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Sempra Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Strauss Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Strauss Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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