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The Walter C & Stefanie A Zable Family Foundation at a glance

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The Walter C & Stefanie A Zable Family 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.

$220k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$200k
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 2024.

Health$960kEducation$500kPhilanthropy$200kPublic Benefit$100kInternational$30kArts & Culture$20kHuman Services$10kCrime & Legal$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $200k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SHARP HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION$200,000
THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION$10,000
FRIENDS OF THE CULTURAL CENTER INC$10,000
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 (FY18–20, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 33% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%BALD MOUNTAIN RESCUE FUND INC: $5k → 7%CATHOLIC CHARITIES A COMMUNITY SERVICE MINISTRY OF: $5k → 11%SWIFTSURE RANCH THERAPEUTIC EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC: $5k → 7%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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 4 repeat orgs$125k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
7

Total granted

$1.7M
$125k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+1%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthInternationalPublic BenefitArts & CulturePublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • SH
    Sharp Healthcare Foundation
    6× · 2020–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +29%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO
    5× · 2017–2021 · $500k · revenue +60%
  • FO
    Friends of the Cultural Center Inc
    3× · 2023–2025 · $30k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • ST
    Stand Together Foundation
    one grant, 2019 · $100k · revenue -85%
  • NC
    NATIONAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +151%
  • BM
    Bald Mountain Rescue Fund
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue -69%
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 Diego Theatres Inc

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),…

Arts & Culture
2
San Diego State University Foundation Sdsu Research Foundation

To support and further the research, education and community service objectives of san diego state university.

Education
3
United Way of San Diego County

To spark breakthrough community action that elevates every child and family toward a brighter future.

Philanthropy
4
Santa Fe Community Foundation

The santa fe community foundation inspires philanthropic generosity, strengthens nonprofits, and fosters positive change to build a more vibrant, healthy, and resilient region. the foundation's vision is a thriving northern new mexico,…

Philanthropy
5
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
6
Associated Students of San Diego State University

To support the social, recreational, cultural and education programs and facilities, both on campus and in the community, and to advocate for student interests, provide leadership opportunities and participate in shared governance.

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7
Southern California Grantmakers

Southern california grantmakers (scg) is the regional association for philanthropists and grantmakers working to make a difference in our communities and around the world. we are a leadership hub for our members to connect with each other,…

Philanthropy
8
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

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

Education
9
San Diego County Credit Union

A not-for-profit credit union wholly owned by its members

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10
California Forward

Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…

Public Benefit
11
San Diego Habitat Conservancy

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.

Arts & Culture
12
San Diego Seniors Community Foundation

To increase awareness and action toward issues impacting seniors and to increase philanthropy to senior-focused organizations. together, we can create a future where seniors are no longer vulnerable but vibrant.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The San Diego Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Bald Mountain Rescue Fund. 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

13 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
8/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Sharp Healthcare Foundation: $1,152,500 · HealthSharp Healthcare FoundationUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO: $500,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO+3 more: $10,000 · OtherNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $200,000 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL PH…THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyStand Together Foundation: $100,000 · Public BenefitFriends of the Cultural Center Inc: $30,000 · Arts & CulturePROJECT CONCERN INTERNATIONAL: $30,000 · InternationalBald Mountain Rescue Fund: $5,000 · Human ServicesSWIFTSURE RANCH THERAPEUTIC EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF SAN DIEGO: $5,000 · Human Services
Health$1,152,500Other$510,000Philanthropy$210,000Public Benefit$100,000Arts & Culture$30,000International$30,000Human Services$15,000

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 budgetSharp Healthcare Foundation: $1,152,500 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO: $500,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $200,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetStand Together Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of the Cultural Center Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT CONCERN INTERNATIONAL: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBald Mountain Rescue Fund: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSWIFTSURE RANCH THERAPEUTIC EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF SAN DIEGO: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUN VALLEY WELLNESS INSTITUTE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetWALKSANDIEGO: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% 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…Rancho Santa Fe Found…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The San Diego FoundationCA17.2× affinity6 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Diego Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Walter C & Stefanie A Zable Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Walter C & Stefanie A Zable Family 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 13 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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