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The Richard and Ann Jaffe Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Richard and Ann Jaffe Foundation

Its FY2019 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$77k
Granted FY2019
3
Grants FY2019
1
States reached
$61k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.

Philanthropy$61kEducation$56kReligion$49kHuman Services$26kFood & Nutrition$17kCrime & Legal$6kCivil Rights$6kRecreation & Sports$5kOther$0
02FY2019 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under $10k1 grant · $500
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $61k
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SAN$61,375
CONGREGATION BETH EL$15,000
COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PARTNE$500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $10k → 11%ELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO: $1k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

59%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$138k · 11 repeat orgs$97k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +78% since the first grant, against +36% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2019, 10 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
14

Total granted

$138k
$35k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+78%
+36%

Still filing today

45%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 20% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $62k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19
EducationHuman ServicesHealthRecreation & SportsCivil RightsYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • SD
    SAN DIEGO JEWISH ACADEMY
    2× · 2017–2018 · $40k · revenue +51%
  • KF
    KITCHENS FOR GOOD
    2× · 2017–2018 · $10k · revenue +223%
  • CR
    COASTAL ROOTS FARM
    2× · 2017–2018 · $7k · revenue +218%

Funded once

  • JC
    JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue -2%
  • PK
    PRO KIDS GOLF ACADEMY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +70%
  • FT
    FREE TO THRIVE
    one grant, 2018 · $4k · revenue -78%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
2
Jewish Federation of San Diego County

Jewish federation of san diego county is dedicated to building a vibrant, caring, connected, and enduring jewish community.

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3
University of Southern California Hillel Foundation

To create an informed, celebratory and satisfying jewish community for students at the university of southern california, to deepen jewish identity through social, intellectual and spiritual participation, to offer diversified…

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4
San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program Inc

The mission of san diego volunteer lawyer program, inc. is to provide equal access to the justice system by serving as a bridge between indigent and other disadvantaged people in san diego county and the volunteer lawyers who are willing…

Social Science
5
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
6
Jewish Family Service of San Diego

Jewish family service is a client-centered, impact-driven organization working to build a stronger, healthier, more resilient san diego.

Human Services
7
California Western School of Law

California western school of law is an independent, aba/aals and wasc senior college and university commission (wscuc) accredited s.d. law school that prepares graduates for the practice of law through a carefully sequenced program of…

Education
8
Irvine Hebrew Day School

Ihds utilizes a dual general and judaic studies curriculum. the judaic studies curriculum emphasizes the fundamentals of hebrew reading, writing and speaking, jewish history, holidays, jewish values, torah, the jewish life cycle, the land…

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9
La Jolla Institute for Immunology

At la jolla institute for immunology, our scientists focus on understanding how the immune system works in order to promote human health and prevent disease. our discoveries apply to many diseases, ranging from diabetes to heart disease,…

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10
Torah High Schools of San Diego

the organization was created to operate a high school serving the Jewish community of San Diego. Our mission is to prepare individuals for a lifetime of learning, spiritual growth, and community responsibility as Jews. Our goal is to…

Education
11
San Diego Center for Jewish Culture

San diego center for jewish culture ("cjc") is a california 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that was incorporated in january 1999. cjc is housed at lawrence family jewish community centers of san diego county. cjc provides a wide…

Arts & Culture
12
Design Forward Alliance

Advocating for Human-Centered Design as a regional approach to improve economic, social, and civic life in our community.Design Forward Alliance is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to leveraging the power of design to drive social impact.…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Community Center of San Francisco; the most unlike its peers is Veterans Research Alliance. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

15 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. 15 of the 27 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/15
Grantees still filing
12/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SAN: $61,375 · OtherJEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SANCONGREGATION BETH EL: $47,050 · OtherCONGREGATION BETH ELIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientKITCHENS FOR GOOD: $10,000 · OtherKITCHENS FOR GOODCOASTAL ROOTS FARM: $7,200 · Other+14 more: $28,014 · Other+14 moreSAN DIEGO JEWISH ACADEMY: $40,000 · EducationSAN DIEGO JEWISH AC…+1 more: $1,000 · EducationJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO: $10,000 · Human ServicesELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO: $1,176 · Human ServicesPRO KIDS GOLF ACADEMY INC: $5,000 · Recreation & Sports3STRANDS GLOBAL FOUNDATION: $4,000 · EmploymentANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $3,600 · Civil RightsJUST IN TIME FOR FOSTER YOUTH: $1,559 · Youth Development
Other$168,639Education$41,000Human Services$11,176Recreation & Sports$5,000Employment$4,000Civil Rights$3,600Youth Development$1,559

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSAN DIEGO JEWISH ACADEMY: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKITCHENS FOR GOOD: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOASTAL ROOTS FARM: $7,200 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPRO KIDS GOLF ACADEMY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFREE TO THRIVE: $4,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $3,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHILLEL OF SAN DIEGO: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJUST IN TIME FOR FOSTER YOUTH: $1,559 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO: $1,176 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAN DIEGO CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $1,176 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVeterans Research Alliance: $1,088 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWINGS OVER AMERICA SCHOLARSHIP FDTN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PARTNERS: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

The San Diego Foundat…Leichtag FoundationJewish Community Foun…Rancho Santa Fe Found…David C Copley Founda…Sempra FoundationThe Turk Family Found…Isakow FoundationBillingsley Foundatio…French Fund Samuel Ka…Walter J & Betty C Za…Price Philanthropies …
The San Diego FoundationCA21× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Diego Foundation · Leichtag Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · David C Copley Foundation · Sempra Foundation · The Turk Family Foundation · Isakow Foundation · Billingsley Foundationcharle & Ruth · French Fund Samuel Katherine Tua · Walter J & Betty C Zable Foundation · Price Philanthropies Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Richard and Ann Jaffe Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Richard and Ann Jaffe Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 27 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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