· Private foundation
The Ga Foster Legacy 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- $10k–50k1 grant · $30k
- $50k–250k5 grants · $595k
- $250k+5 grants · $1.3M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PAINTED TURTLE | $275,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY OC | $250,000 |
| FOSTERALL | $250,000 |
| ARARAT HOME OF LOS ANGELES | $250,000 |
| ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO | $250,000 |
| CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY | $200,000 |
| MOUNT OLIVE LUTHERAN CHURCH | $125,000 |
| OCEAN INSTITUTE | $100,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $95,000 |
| TREE SAN DIEGO | $75,000 |
| WINSTON SCHOOL OF SAN DIEGO | $30,000 |
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 (FY17–24, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 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.
15 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $255k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ZSZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO4× · 2022–2025 · $1.0M · revenue +12%
- URUNION RESCUE MISSION2× · 2017–2018 · $915k · revenue +125%
- AHARARAT HOME OF LOS ANGELES3× · 2023–2025 · $800k · revenue +17%
Funded once
- HMHENRY MAYO NEWHALL MEMORIAL HOSPITALone grant, 2023 · $175k · revenue +21%
- SDSAN DIEGO WILDLIFE ALLIANCEone grant, 2021 · $148k
- SDSAN DIEGO NEW CHILDREN'S MUSEUMone grant, 2022 · $125k
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.
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…
The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.
The Labor Council offers an avenue for local unions to come together as one group.
To spark breakthrough community action that elevates every child and family toward a brighter future.
The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.
The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.
The AIA California, in collaboration with local components, is the voice of the architectural profession.
to advance regional contemporary art and artists while fostering cultural equity through access to meaningful art experiences
San Diego Christian College exists to educate and inspire students through the truth of scripture and the development of competencies that prepare graduates whose purpose is to impact the world.
California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…
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…
To support the social, recreational, cultural and education programs and facilities, both on campus and in the community, and to advocate for student interests, provide leadership opportunities and participate in shared governance.
How this is measured
23 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. 23 of the 40 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 DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ↗
- Who funds ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO ↗
- Who funds UNION RESCUE MISSION ↗
- Who funds ARARAT HOME OF LOS ANGELES ↗
- Who funds THE PAINTED TURTLE ↗
- Who funds FOSTERALL ↗
- Who funds Child & Family Center ↗
- Who funds PARENTS TELEVISION COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds SEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND ↗
- Who funds TREE SAN DIEGO ↗
- Who funds THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART LOS ANGELES ↗
- Who funds HENRY MAYO NEWHALL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ↗
- Who funds CAREER COLLABORATIVE INC ↗
- Who funds SAN DIEGO CRAFT COLLECTIVE ↗
- Who funds Santa Clarita Valley Committee On Aging ↗
- Who funds OCEAN INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds San Diego Film Foundation ↗
- Who funds SAN DIEGO YOUTH SERVICES ↗
- Who funds BLISSFUL SEEDS INC ↗
- Who funds THE WINSTON SCHOOL OF SAN DIEGO ↗
- Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Resources For Recovery 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: California Community Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 The Ga Foster Legacy Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ga Foster Legacy Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Resources for Recovery Inc: 68% of income from government
How this is measured
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