· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k12 grants · $50k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $62k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $150k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | $150,000 |
| TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH | $32,000 |
| THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION | $19,000 |
| ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF INLAND NORTH COUNTY | $11,000 |
| MEALS-ON-WHEELS GREATER SAN DIEGO INC | $8,000 |
| ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF INLAND NORTH COUNTY | $7,000 |
| ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF INLAND NORTH COUNTY | $6,000 |
| ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF INLAND NORTH COUNTY | $5,000 |
| MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC | $5,000 |
| RIDING EMPHASIZING INDIVIDUAL NEEDS AND STRENGTHS | $5,000 |
| ESCONDIDO HISTORY CENTER | $3,000 |
| RANGERS LEGACY EQUINE RESCUE | $3,000 |
| SAN DIEGO AG IN THE CLASSROOM | $2,500 |
| WARRIOR FOUNDATION FREEDOM STATION | $2,000 |
| CHALLENGED ATHLETES INC | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $59k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.
16 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- JCJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK5× · 2020–2024 · $436k · revenue +35%
- ALAssistance League of Inland North County5× · 2021–2025 · $121k · revenue +61%
- MGMEALS-ON-WHEELS GREATER SAN DIEGO INC5× · 2021–2025 · $99k · revenue +28%
Funded once
- SDSAN DIEGO HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INCone grant, 2019 · $2k · revenue +10%
- ALAmerican Legion Post 416 Foundationone grant, 2024 · $2k
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.
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.
The Federation brings together representatives of affordable housing community development corporations with others interested in the development and management of housing for low and moderate income persons in San Diego County to mutually…
The Labor Council offers an avenue for local unions to come together as one group.
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.
A not-for-profit credit union wholly owned by its members
Promote Access to Health Care for all San Diegans
The san diego municipal employees association (sdmea) is dedicated to being a strong and effective advocate for san diego city employees. sdmea is united to improve employees' standard of living and promote their fair treatment by…
The mission of the building industry association of san diego is to proactively promote a positive business environment for the land development, home building and commercial development industry throughout san diego county.
Elderhelp of san diego, inc. is a california non-profit public benefit corporation formed for the purpose of providing personalized services, information, and coordinated care to help san diego's seniors remain independent and live with…
Jewish federation of san diego county is dedicated to building a vibrant, caring, connected, and enduring jewish community.
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.
To improve the quality of life of communities throughout the city of San Diego through equitable investments in parks, greenspace, and recreational opportunities.Vison - Every San Diegan has access to quality recreational facilities as…
To support and further the research, education and community service objectives of san diego state university.
How this is measured
16 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 16 of the 20 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds JACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Assistance League of Inland North County ↗
- Who funds MEALS-ON-WHEELS GREATER SAN DIEGO INC ↗
- Who funds Interfaith Community Services Inc ↗
- Who funds Riding Emphasizing Individual Needs & Strengths ↗
- Who funds CHALLENGED ATHLETES INC ↗
- Who funds ESCONDIDO HISTORY CENTER ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds San Diego Ag in the Classroom ↗
- Who funds WARRIOR FOUNDATION FREEDOM STATION ↗
- Who funds ECOLIFE CONSERVATION ↗
- Who funds SAN DIEGO MOUNTAIN BIKING ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds SAN DIEGO HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
- Who funds American Legion Post 416 Foundation ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Witman Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Witman Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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