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The San Diego Women's Foundation

See schedule o. THE SAN DIEGO WOMEN'S FOUNDATION connects, educates and inspires women to come together in collective philanthropy.THE SAN DIEGO WOMEN'S FOUNDATION is a nonprofit public benefit corporation and is not organized for the private gain of any person. It is organized for charitable purposes. The specific purpose of the…

$268k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
10
Grants FY2025
8
Organizations funded FY2024
75%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$30,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$60,000
Organizations funded a year
6 to 11
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$6.4M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 75% of the organizations The San Diego Women's Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 57% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $152k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentInternationalEducationCrime & LegalCommunity ImprovementOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving10$268k60%
FY20248$264k75%
FY20239$237k78%
FY20229$265k89%
FY202111$360k91%
FY20207$312k57%
FY20197$263k100%
FY20186$190k100%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$763kInternational$265kCrime & Legal$233kYouth Development$230kHousing & Shelter$193kEducation$189kFood & Nutrition$160kCommunity Improvement$85kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of The San Diego Women's Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Elderhelp of San Diego$126,00033%
Monarch School Project$125,00031%
Social Advocates for Youth San Diego Inc$110,00030%
Serving Seniors$110,00020%
International Rescue Committee INC$110,00020%
Survivors of Torture International$79,45023%
Mending Matters$75,00012%
Just in Time for Foster Youth$75,00021%
Free to Thrive$75,000110%
Bayside Community Center$70,00025%
The San Diego Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center$66,00021%
Generatehope Inc$60,00016%
Palomar Family Counseling Service Inc$60,00011%
The Alabaster Jar Project$56,0781n/a
Casa Cornelia Legal Services$50,00012%
Coastal Roots Farm$50,00012%
Foundation for Women Warriors$50,00015%
Kitchens for Good$50,00012%
Project Concern International$50,00010%
Jewish Family Service of San Diego$50,00010%
Think Dignity$50,000112%
Logan Heights Community Development Corporation$45,00012%
Voices for Children$45,00011%
Promises2kids Foundation$41,76911%
City Heights Community Development Corporation$35,00011%
The Aja Project$35,00016%
Casa Familiar Inc$30,00010%
Alpha Project for the Homeless$30,00010%
Solutions for Change Inc$30,00011%
Guitars in the Classroom$30,00013%
Urban Growth$30,0001n/a
American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education$30,00010%
North County Lifeline Inc Dba Lifeline Community Services$30,00010%
David's Harp Foundation$30,000112%
Episcopal Community Services$29,08010%
Childrens Legal Services of San Diego$28,22611%
Boys to Men Mentoring Network Inc$25,00013%
Casa De Amparo$25,00010%
Tariq Khamisa Foundation Inc Tkf$25,00015%
California Wildlife Foundation$16,50010%
United Nations Association of San Diego$15,8552n/a
Southern Indian Health Council$15,00010%
Indigenous Regeneration$15,00018%
Campo Band of Mission Indians$15,0001n/a
Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel$15,0001n/a
Call Blackline$14,6871n/a
United Women of East Africa Support Team$14,68710%
Depositing Empowerment Through Outreach and Urban$14,68714%
The Urban Collaborative Project Dba Urban Collaborative Project$10,0001n/a
Harvey Family Foundation$10,0001n/a
Traveling Stories$10,00013%
American Academy of Pediatrics California Chapter 3$10,00011%
Sandiego350$10,00011%
Olivewoods Gardens & Learning Center Inc$10,00010%
Environmental Health Coalition$10,00010%
Muslim American Society of San Diego County$10,00012%
Second Families$10,00018%
San Diego Afghan Refugees Aid Group$5,8551n/a
License to Freedom$5,85511%

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The San Diego Women's Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetElderhelp of San Diego: $126,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetMonarch School Project: $125,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetSocial Advocates for Youth San Diego Inc: $110,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetServing Seniors: $110,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $110,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSurvivors of Torture International: $79,450 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetMending Matters: $75,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetJust in Time for Foster Youth: $75,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetFree to Thrive: $75,000 over 1y, 9.8% of budgetBayside Community Center: $70,000 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetThe San Diego Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center: $66,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetGeneratehope Inc: $60,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetPalomar Family Counseling Service Inc: $60,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCasa Cornelia Legal Services: $50,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCoastal Roots Farm: $50,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetFoundation for Women Warriors: $50,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetKitchens for Good: $50,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetProject Concern International: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJewish Family Service of San Diego: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThink Dignity: $50,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetLogan Heights Community Development Corporation: $45,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetVoices for Children: $45,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPromises2kids Foundation: $41,769 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCity Heights Community Development Corporation: $35,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetThe Aja Project: $35,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetCasa Familiar Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAlpha Project for the Homeless: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSolutions for Change Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetGuitars in the Classroom: $30,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetAmerican Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorth County Lifeline Inc Dba Lifeline Community Services: $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDavid's Harp Foundation: $30,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetEpiscopal Community Services: $29,080 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChildrens Legal Services of San Diego: $28,226 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBoys to Men Mentoring Network Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetCasa De Amparo: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTariq Khamisa Foundation Inc Tkf: $25,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetCalifornia Wildlife Foundation: $16,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSouthern Indian Health Council: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIndigenous Regeneration: $15,000 over 1y, 8.2% of budgetUnited Women of East Africa Support Team: $14,687 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetDepositing Empowerment Through Outreach and Urban: $14,687 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetTraveling Stories: $10,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetAmerican Academy of Pediatrics California Chapter 3: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSandiego350: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetOlivewoods Gardens & Learning Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetEnvironmental Health Coalition: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMuslim American Society of San Diego County: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 50.

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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 FoundationCA80.2× affinity44 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Diego Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · Price Philanthropies Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Alliance Healthcare Foundation · Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties · The Parker Foundation · Sempra Foundation · David C Copley Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · The Cushman Foundation · The Country Friends

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.

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About The San Diego Women's Foundation

How much does The San Diego Women's Foundation give?
The San Diego Women's Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $268,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The San Diego Women's Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (31%), International (11%), Crime & Legal (10%).
Who are The San Diego Women's Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Elderhelp of San Diego ($126k), Monarch School Project ($125k), Social Advocates for Youth San Diego Inc ($110k).
Does The San Diego Women's Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as The San Diego Women's Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Diego Foundation, The Conrad Prebys Foundation, Price Philanthropies Foundation.
Where is The San Diego Women's Foundation based?
The San Diego Women's Foundation is based in CA.

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 61 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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