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The Sid and Jenny Craig Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Sid and Jenny Craig 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.

$275k
Granted FY2023
1
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$275k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Arts & Culture$358kHuman Services$195kPublic Safety & Disaster$50kPhilanthropy$30kPublic Benefit$25kHealth$20kCrime & Legal$10kMembership Benefit$10kOther$0
02FY2023 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$275,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$35k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM$275,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–21, $93k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 9% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CHILDREN IN CONFLICT INC: $5k → 17%SOF SUPPORT: $75k → 7%MIRACLE BABIES: $2k → 11%SOF SUPPORT: $10k → 7%CASA DE AMPARO: $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.

32%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$225k · 4 repeat orgs$487k to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2023, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
21

Total granted

$225k
$212k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-8%
+43%

Still filing today

25%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $275k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureCrime & LegalCivil RightsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • SS
    SOF SUPPORT INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $85k · revenue -8%
  • BD
    Best Defense Foundation
    2× · 2018–2019 · $55k
  • SD
    SAN DIEGO POLICE FOUNDATION
    4× · 2018–2021 · $50k · revenue +64%

Funded once

  • CI
    CharityVision International
    one grant, 2017 · $30k · revenue -37%
  • HF
    HONOR FLIGHT SAN DIEGOgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +54%
  • PH
    PRESERVATION HALL FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +53%
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
San Diegans for Health Care Coverage

Promote Access to Health Care for all San Diegans

Health
2
Institute of Contemporary Art San Diego

to advance regional contemporary art and artists while fostering cultural equity through access to meaningful art experiences

Arts & Culture
3
St Francis Foundation of Santa Barbara

The mission of st. francis foundation of santa barbara is to promote and support health care.

Health
4
Curebound

The organization's mission is to provide funding for the best cancer research ideas in san diego. all proceeds from curebound stay in san diego to fund innovative and collaborative cancer research.

Health
5
Childrens Legal Services of San Diego

The purpose of providing legal representation and advocacy to foster children and youth in the San Diego County courts.

Philanthropy
6
San Francisco Casa

San Francisco CASA transforms the lives of children and youth traumatized and displaced in the foster care and related systems by providing one consistent, caring volunteer advocate, trained to address each childs needs in the court and…

Civil Rights
7
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
8
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
9
San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council Afl-Cio

The Labor Council offers an avenue for local unions to come together as one group.

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10
San Diego Diplomacy Council

Programmed and coordinated visits to san diego by international visitors and escorts, working in association with appropriate united states government agencies and the global ties u.s. network.

Community Improvement
11
United Service Organization Uso Council of San Diego

The primary mission of the uso san diego is to strengthen america's military service members by keeping them connected to family, home and country, throughout their service to the nation.

—
12
California Housing Partner Corporation

The California Housing Partnership Corporation creates and preserves affordable and sustainable homes for Californians with low incomes by providing expert financial and policy solutions to nonprofit and public partners.

Unclassified
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Casa De Amparo; the most unlike its peers is Neurolab 360. 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

17 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. 17 of the 26 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/17
Grantees still filing
11/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM: $275,000 · OtherTHE NATIONAL WWII MUSEUMBest Defense Foundation: $55,000 · OtherBest Defense FoundationLUX ART INSTITUTE: $35,000 · OtherLUX ART INSTITUTESPECIAL OPERATION FORCES: $20,000 · Other+10 more: $79,100 · Other+10 moreSOF SUPPORT INC: $84,770 · Human ServicesSOF SUPPORT IN…CHILDREN IN CONFLICT INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN IN CO…+2 more: $3,000 · Human ServicesSAN DIEGO POLICE FOUNDATION: $49,938 · Crime & LegalCharityVision International: $30,000 · PhilanthropyPRESERVATION HALL FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureCLASSICS FOR KIDS INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureHONOR FLIGHT SAN DIEGO: $25,000 · Public BenefitCoronado Hospital Foundation: $10,000 · HealthBELLAS HOUSE OF HOPE: $5,000 · HealthNEUROLAB 360: $5,000 · Health
Other$464,100Human Services$92,770Crime & Legal$49,938Philanthropy$30,000Arts & Culture$30,000Public Benefit$25,000Health$20,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSOF SUPPORT INC: $84,770 over 2y, 8.8% of budgetSAN DIEGO POLICE FOUNDATION: $49,938 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetLUX ART INSTITUTE: $35,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetCharityVision International: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPRESERVATION HALL FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetVOICES FOR CHILDREN: $10,100 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetInterfaith Community Services Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA THOROUGHBRED HORSEMEN'S FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCLASSICS FOR KIDS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetTHE COUNTRY FRIENDS: $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetCoronado Hospital Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBELLAS HOUSE OF HOPE: $5,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetNEUROLAB 360: $5,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCHILDREN IN CONFLICT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMIRACLE BABIES: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCasa De Amparo: $1,000 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…Jewish Community Foun…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Sempra FoundationThe Cushman FoundationRancho Santa Fe Found…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Paypal Charitable Giv…
The San Diego FoundationCA24.7× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Diego Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Sempra Foundation · The Cushman Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund

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 Sid and Jenny Craig Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Sid and Jenny Craig 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%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 26 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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