· Private foundation
The Parker Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k4 grants · $16k
- $10k–50k64 grants · $1.4M
- $50k–250k7 grants · $390k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SAN DIEGO TIJUANA WORLD DESIGN CAPITAL 2024 | $90,000 |
| NORTH COUNTY HEALTH PROJECT INC | $50,000 |
| SERVING SENIORS | $50,000 |
| JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY | $50,000 |
| VIETNAM VETERANS OF SAN DIEGO | $50,000 |
| CATALYST OF SAN DIEGO AND IMPERIAL COUNTIES | $50,000 |
| OCEAN DISCOVERY INSTITUTE | $50,000 |
| ANGELS FOSTER FAMILY NETWORK | $45,000 |
| THE MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO | $40,000 |
| THINK DIGNITY | $40,000 |
| SUPPORT THE ENLISTED PROJECT | $40,000 |
| VICTIM OFFENDER RECONCILIATION PROGRAM INC | $40,000 |
| LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY | $35,000 |
| COMMUNITY HOUSINGWORKS | $35,000 |
| NATIONAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION CENTER | $35,000 |
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 (FY21–24, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 96% 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.
37 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2024, 19 since wound down; 57 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 21% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.5M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties3× · 2021–2024 · $195k · revenue +12%- MTMission Trails Regional Park Foundation Inc2× · 2023–2024 · $100k · revenue +507%
- SDSAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF MAN DBA MUSEUM OF US3× · 2021–2024 · $90k · revenue +24%
Funded once
- PFPARTNERSHIP FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF NEW AMERICANSone grant, 2023 · $150k · revenue -74%
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE PACIFIC SOUTHWESTone grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue +3%- TSTHE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATIONone grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue -11%
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.
The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.
Acquire, manage and protect land in perpetuity that supports sensitive habitats and species, and to educate and inspire people and communities as stewards and advocates of their natural environment.
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.
San Diego Jewish Academy empowers each student to learn for life, guided by Jewish values and rooted in strength of community.
San Diego Theatres, Inc. (SDTI) is a not-for-profit public benefit corporation established to manage and operate publicly owned performing arts theatres. SDTI was established in 2003 by the San Diego Convention Center Corporation (SDCCC),…
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…
San Diego Junior Theatre (Junior Theatre) was incorporated in 1948 as a nonprofit corporation and is the oldest youth theatre in the nation, offering affordable camps, classes, and outreach programs for children ages 3-18; as well as six…
To increase, preserve and improve quality affordable housing opportunities for working families.
Promote Access to Health Care for all San Diegans
To support and cultivate sustainable employment opportunities for San Diego County residents contributing to a prosperous local economy.
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,…
How this is measured
211 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 211 of the 224 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
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
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 Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties ↗
- Who funds PARTNERSHIP FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF NEW AMERICANS ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY HOUSING WORKS ↗
- Who funds Mission Trails Regional Park Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE PACIFIC SOUTHWEST ↗
- Who funds THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds SAN DIEGO TIJUANA WORLD DESIGN CAPITAL 2024 ↗
- Who funds SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF MAN DBA MUSEUM OF US ↗
- Who funds RANCHO SANTA FE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Rise Up Industries ↗
- Who funds THE ESCONDIDO CREEK CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SAN DIEGO HOUSING FEDERATION ↗
- Who funds Diamond Educational Excellence Partnership ↗
- Who funds NEW VILLAGE ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds CHICANO FEDERATION OF SAN DIEGO ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF OCEANSIDE INC ↗
- Who funds SCRIPPS HEALTH ↗
- Who funds THE PUTNAM FOUNDATION DBA TIMKEN MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds SAN DIEGO FISHERMENS WORKING GROUP ↗
- Who funds SOMALI FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN DIEGO ↗
- Who funds MISSION EDGE SAN DIEGO ↗
- Who funds VOICE OF SAN DIEGO ↗
- Who funds INVESTIGATIVE NEWSOURCE ↗
- Who funds HOME START INC ↗
- Who funds KITCHENS FOR GOOD ↗
- Who funds OCEAN DISCOVERY INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds MCALISTER INSTITUTE FOR TREATMENT & EDUCATION INC ↗
- Who funds Realize Impact ↗
- Who funds VOICES FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds PROJECT NEW VILLAGE ↗
- Who funds NORTH COUNTY HEALTH PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds San Diego Food System Alliance ↗
- Who funds VIA INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds STARPAL ↗
- Who funds Interfaith Community Services Inc ↗
- Who funds VIETNAM VETERANS OF SAN DIEGO DBA VETERANS VILLAGE OF SAN DIEGO ↗
- Who funds KIM CENTER FOR SOCIAL BALANCE ↗
- Who funds Mingei International Inc ↗
- Who funds UNITED THROUGH READING ↗
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 Conrad Prebys Foundation · The San Diego Foundation · Price Philanthropies Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · David C Copley Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · The Cushman Foundation · The Nordson Corporation Foundation · Samuel I & John Henry Fox Foundation · Pratt Memorial Fund · Walter J & Betty C Zable Foundation · Sempra Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Parker Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Parker Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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