Does The William Hall Tippett and Ruth Rathell Tippett Foundation accept unsolicited applications?

Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

Which funders back the same organizations as The William Hall Tippett and Ruth Rathell Tippett Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Conrad Prebys Foundation, The San Diego Foundation, The Parker Foundation.

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California · Private foundation

The William Hall Tippett and Ruth Rathell Tippett 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.

$283k
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 30
Grants FY2025: 13
Organizations funded FY2024: 23%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Median grant, FY2025: $5,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $35,000
Organizations funded a year: 12 to 25; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 1
Total assets, FY2025: $5.6M
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 23% of the organizations The William Hall Tippett and Ruth Rathell Tippett Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Arts & CultureAnimalsHuman ServicesFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentEducationOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	27	$283k	30%
FY2024	13	$230k	23%
FY2023	13	$241k	54%
FY2022	12	$265k	17%
FY2021	15	$292k	27%
FY2020	13	$250k	23%
FY2019	24	$275k	25%
FY2018	25	$282k	48%

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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.

Arts & Culture$1.4MAnimals$290kYouth Development$158kHuman Services$137kEducation$135kHealth$122kRecreation & Sports$50kFood & Nutrition$25kOther$0

Top grantees

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

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Theater & Arts Foundation of San Diego County Dba la Jolla Playhouse	$539,000	6	2%
San Diego Humane Society and Spca	$216,500	8	0%
Opera Neo	$126,000	8	6%
David's Harp Foundation	$116,000	7	4%
Institute of Contemporary Art San Diego	$105,000	6	3%
Villa Musica	$100,500	6	2%
Arms Wide Open Corporation	$80,000	7	4%
Serving Seniors	$80,000	6	0%
Therapy Center Inc Dba Challenge Center	$79,000	5	4%
The Putnam Foundation Dba Timken Museum of Art	$53,000	3	1%

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All grantees of The William Hall Tippett and Ruth Rathell Tippett Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Theater & Arts Foundation of San Diego County Dba la Jolla Playhouse	$539,000	6	2%
San Diego Humane Society and Spca	$216,500	8	0%
Opera Neo	$126,000	8	6%
David's Harp Foundation	$116,000	7	4%
Institute of Contemporary Art San Diego	$105,000	6	3%
Villa Musica	$100,500	6	2%
Arms Wide Open Corporation	$80,000	7	4%
Serving Seniors	$80,000	6	0%
Therapy Center Inc Dba Challenge Center	$79,000	5	4%
The Putnam Foundation Dba Timken Museum of Art	$53,000	3	1%
Uc San Diego Foundation	$31,000	3	0%
Write Out Loud	$30,000	2	7%
Mainly Mozart Inc	$30,000	3	1%
Frosted Faces Foundation Inc	$27,500	2	1%
San Diego Bird Alliance	$27,000	3	1%
Monarch School Project	$26,500	3	0%
Voices of Our City Choir Inc	$25,000	2	3%
New Village Arts Inc	$20,000	2	1%
Episcopal Community Services	$20,000	1	0%
Vista Hill Foundation	$20,000	4	0%
San Diego Children's Choir	$20,000	3	1%
Lucky Duck Foundation	$19,000	1	n/a
Playwrights Project	$17,500	3	2%
Lux Art Institute	$16,500	3	1%
Fern Street Community Arts Inc	$15,500	4	2%
San Diego Tijuana World Design Capital 2024	$15,000	1	2%
Boys and Girls Club of Vista Inc	$15,000	2	1%
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego	$15,000	2	0%
Living Coast Discovery Center	$12,500	3	0%
Museum of Photographic Arts	$12,500	2	0%
Helen Woodward Animal Center	$10,000	1	0%
Outside the Lens	$10,000	1	n/a
The Foundation for Senior Wellbeing	$10,000	1	11%
The San Diego Symphony Orchestra Association	$10,000	2	0%
National Conflict Resolution Center	$10,000	1	0%
Elderhelp of San Diego	$10,000	1	1%
Kitchens for Good	$10,000	2	0%
Feeding San Diego	$10,000	2	0%
So Say We All	$10,000	2	n/a
Episcopal Refugee Network of San Diego	$7,000	1	6%
A Step Beyond	$6,000	2	1%
transcenDANCE Youth Arts Project	$5,000	1	2%
Meals-On-Wheels Greater San Diego Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Classics4kids	$5,000	1	n/a
A Reason To Survive	$5,000	1	0%
San Diego Children's Discovery Museum	$5,000	1	n/a
Kids College	$5,000	1	2%
Friends of S C P A	$5,000	1	n/a
Art of Elan	$3,500	1	1%
Lions Tigers and Bears	$3,500	1	n/a
Mingei International Inc	$3,000	1	0%
Young Lions Jazz Conservatory	$2,500	1	0%
San Diego Guild of Puppetry Inc	$2,500	1	n/a
East County Youth Symphony	$2,500	1	n/a
La Jolla Historical Society	$2,500	1	0%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Carlsbad	$2,500	1	0%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($312k), not named here.

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The William Hall Tippett and Ruth Rathell Tippett Foundation supplied at peak.

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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 47.

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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 Conrad Prebys FoundationCA80.5× affinity37 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 William Hall Tippett and Ruth Rathell Tippett Foundation

How much does The William Hall Tippett and Ruth Rathell Tippett Foundation give?: The William Hall Tippett and Ruth Rathell Tippett Foundation reported 30 grants totaling $283,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 25 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The William Hall Tippett and Ruth Rathell Tippett Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (58%), Animals (12%), Youth Development (7%).
Who are The William Hall Tippett and Ruth Rathell Tippett Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Theater & Arts Foundation of San Diego County Dba la Jolla Playhouse ($539k), San Diego Humane Society and Spca ($217k), Opera Neo ($126k).
Does The William Hall Tippett and Ruth Rathell Tippett Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The William Hall Tippett and Ruth Rathell Tippett Foundation accept unsolicited applications?: Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The William Hall Tippett and Ruth Rathell Tippett Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Conrad Prebys Foundation, The San Diego Foundation, The Parker Foundation.
Where is The William Hall Tippett and Ruth Rathell Tippett Foundation based?: The William Hall Tippett and Ruth Rathell Tippett Foundation is based in CA.