Delaware · Private foundation
Witman 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.
- $262k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 23%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.0M
- 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 Witman Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 12 | $243k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $229k | 23% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $243k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $307k | 9% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $190k | 18% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $241k | 18% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $114k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $50k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank | $436,000 | 5 | 0% |
| California Polytechnic State University Foundation | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Assistance League of Inland North County | $121,000 | 5 | 9% |
| Meals-On-Wheels Greater San Diego Inc | $99,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Interfaith Community Services Inc | $67,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Riding Emphasizing Individual Needs & Strengths | $49,500 | 9 | 1% |
| Challenged Athletes Inc | $37,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Escondido History Center | $34,000 | 6 | 13% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| San Diego Ag in the Classroom | $24,500 | 8 | 14% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank | $436,000 | 5 | 0% |
| California Polytechnic State University Foundation | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Assistance League of Inland North County | $121,000 | 5 | 9% |
| Meals-On-Wheels Greater San Diego Inc | $99,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Interfaith Community Services Inc | $67,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Riding Emphasizing Individual Needs & Strengths | $49,500 | 9 | 1% |
| Challenged Athletes Inc | $37,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Escondido History Center | $34,000 | 6 | 13% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| San Diego Ag in the Classroom | $24,500 | 8 | 14% |
| Warrior Foundation Freedom Station | $22,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Rangers Legacy Equine Rescue | $17,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Ecolife Conservation | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| San Diego Mountain Biking Association | $3,000 | 2 | 1% |
| San Diego Habitat for Humanity Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Legion Post 416 Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 3% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($561k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Witman Family Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Sempra Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · The San Diego Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Witman Family Foundation
- How much does Witman Family Foundation give?
- Witman Family Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $261,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Witman Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (30%), Religion (23%), Human Services (11%).
- Who are Witman Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank ($436k), California Polytechnic State University Foundation ($150k), Assistance League of Inland North County ($121k).
- Does Witman Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Witman Family 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 Witman Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sempra Foundation, Rancho Santa Fe Foundation, The San Diego Foundation.
- Where is Witman Family Foundation based?
- Witman Family Foundation is based in DE.
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