· Private foundation
The Joan and Joseph Fernandez Family 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, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k4 grants · $5k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $35k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HIRAM COLLEGE | $20,000 |
| CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION (CAF) | $14,787 |
| SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL | $1,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| THE FOUNDATION FOR THE CARE OF INDIGENT ANIMALS (FCIA) | $1,000 |
| SAVINGS HORSES INC | $1,000 |
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 (FY21–21, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-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.
9 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 1 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, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CCCAF CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION5× · 2018–2023 · $156k
- CACHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION2× · 2024–2025 · $56k
- VOVILLAGE OZ INC3× · 2021–2024 · $40k · revenue -72% · 69% of their budget
Funded once
- HCHIRAM COLLEGE FOUNDATIONone grant, 2023 · $200k
- JIJUST IN TIME YOUTH SPONSORSHIPone grant, 2018 · $15k
- CCCENTURY CLUB OF SAN DIEGOgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +119%
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.
SFSFF is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the presentation and preservation of silent cinema, and the education of the public about silent film as an art form and as a culturally valuable historical record.
The friends of santa ana zoo is a nonprofit corporation organized to develop financial support, growth, and community awareness for the santa ana zoo.
The santa barbara zoo is dedicated to the preservation, conservation, and enhancement of the natural world and its living treasures through education, research, recreation and conservation.
Provide cash grants and free consulting to grassroots organizations in santa barbara county.
The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.
WildCare supports people everywhere to live well with wildlife, through a full cycle of programs including wildlife advocacy and information resources, nature education programs, and medical aid for wild animals in need. Each year we treat…
SFFILM is a nonprofit organization whose mission ensures independent voices in film are welcomed, heard, and given the resources to thrive. SFFILM connects and inspires audiences, students and teachers, and filmmakers through our film…
Jewish federation of san diego county is dedicated to building a vibrant, caring, connected, and enduring jewish community.
Friends of the urban forest connects people with nature and each other by planting and caring for san francisco's trees and gardens.
The california film institute celebrates film and videos as art and education. its goal is to present and support emerging and established independent filmakers whose works address issues relevant to contemporary society. this is…
The first tee san francisco is a unique youth development programthat uses the sport of golf to teach students life skills. valuesinherent to the game of golf: including integrity, honesty,self-control and self-reliance are also explored…
The mission of fresh approach is to create long-term change in local food systems by connecting california communities with healthy food from california farmers and expanding knowledge about food and nutrition.
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 28 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 VILLAGE OZ INC ↗
- Who funds HIRAM COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds CENTURY CLUB OF SAN DIEGO ↗
- Who funds SAVING HORSES INC ↗
- Who funds TIDES CENTER ↗
- Who funds JUST IN TIME FOR FOSTER YOUTH ↗
- Who funds FOUNDATION FOR THE CARE OF INDIGENT ANIMALS ↗
- Who funds FRESH START SURGICAL GIFTS ↗
- Who funds THE FILM COLLABORATIVE INC ↗
- Who funds YOUNG LIONS JAZZ CONSERVATORY ↗
- Who funds SANTA BARBARA SHOWGROUNDS FOUNDATION ↗
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: 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 The Joan and Joseph Fernandez Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Joan and Joseph Fernandez Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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