California · Private foundation
The Mdbsd 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.
- $198k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 58%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 58% of the organizations The Mdbsd Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $41k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $198k | 57% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $165k | 58% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $181k | 45% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $115k | 47% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $49k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $71k | 75% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $100k | 44% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $79k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makers Church | $160,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Bronco Athletic Association Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Boys to Men Mentoring Network Inc | $43,200 | 7 | 1% |
| The Vertical Church | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Cura Smiles Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Rock Point Church | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Hope Oahu | $23,730 | 1 | n/a |
| The Salvation Army | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Feeding San Diego | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank | $18,500 | 4 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makers Church | $160,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Bronco Athletic Association Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Boys to Men Mentoring Network Inc | $43,200 | 7 | 1% |
| The Vertical Church | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Cura Smiles Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Rock Point Church | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Hope Oahu | $23,730 | 1 | n/a |
| The Salvation Army | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Feeding San Diego | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank | $18,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Explore Community Church | $12,001 | 2 | n/a |
| Aseltine School | $12,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Mosaic La | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hoping Hearts Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Horizon Christian Fellowship | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Second Sunday Ministries | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Miracle-Ear Foundation | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Existence Church | $7,000 | 3 | n/a |
| YMCA of San Diego County | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| San Diego Cowboys Baseball Club | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Compassion Church | $4,250 | 2 | n/a |
| North Coast Church | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Restoration Church | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Young Life | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Rock School | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Filter of Hope Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($383k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Mdbsd Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: The San Diego Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About The Mdbsd Foundation
- How much does The Mdbsd Foundation give?
- The Mdbsd Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $197,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The Mdbsd Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (64%), Recreation & Sports (12%), Human Services (9%).
- Who are The Mdbsd Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Makers Church ($160k), Bronco Athletic Association Inc ($100k), Boys to Men Mentoring Network Inc ($43k).
- Does The Mdbsd Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 58% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Mdbsd 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 Mdbsd Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Diego Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund.
- Where is The Mdbsd Foundation based?
- The Mdbsd Foundation is based in CA.
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