California · Private foundation
The Frank M & Lee Goldberg Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $757k
- Granted FY2023
- 13
- Grants FY2023
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of The Frank M & Lee Goldberg Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to The Jewish Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year The Frank M & Lee Goldberg Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 11 organizations, $757k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $49,800
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 13
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 4
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 31% of the organizations The Frank M & Lee Goldberg Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $131k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 13 | $757k | 31% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $503k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $351k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $95k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seacrest Foundation | $360,000 | 4 | 4% |
| San Diego Opera Association | $314,640 | 4 | 2% |
| Hillel of San Diego | $270,000 | 2 | 5% |
| North Coast Repertory Theatre | $150,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute | $110,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Congregation Beth Israel | $95,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Words Alive | $40,000 | 3 | 1% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $21,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Future Legends | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Future Legends | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seacrest Foundation | $360,000 | 4 | 4% |
| San Diego Opera Association | $314,640 | 4 | 2% |
| Hillel of San Diego | $270,000 | 2 | 5% |
| North Coast Repertory Theatre | $150,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute | $110,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Congregation Beth Israel | $95,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Words Alive | $40,000 | 3 | 1% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $21,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Future Legends | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Future Legends | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Home of Guiding Hands Corporation | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Uc San Diego Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Caring Community Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Alzheimer's San Diego | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($304k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Frank M & Lee Goldberg Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · The San Diego Foundation · Leichtag Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · Kerr Family Foundation · Allison and Robert Price Family Foundation · The Cushman Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · Sempra Foundation · The Arthur & Barbara Bloom Foundation · The Parker Foundation · Price Philanthropies Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The Frank M & Lee Goldberg Foundation with peer funders
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About The Frank M & Lee Goldberg Foundation
- How much does The Frank M & Lee Goldberg Foundation give?
- The Frank M & Lee Goldberg Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $756,800 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 13 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Frank M & Lee Goldberg Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (51%), Arts & Culture (15%), Human Services (15%).
- Who are The Frank M & Lee Goldberg Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2023: Seacrest Foundation ($360k), San Diego Opera Association ($315k), Hillel of San Diego ($270k).
- Does The Frank M & Lee Goldberg Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Frank M & Lee Goldberg Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Frank M & Lee Goldberg Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego, The San Diego Foundation, Leichtag Foundation.
- Where is The Frank M & Lee Goldberg Foundation based?
- The Frank M & Lee Goldberg Foundation is based in CA.
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