California · Nonprofit
San Diego Alpha Foundation
San Diego Alpha Foundation (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,250 to it, the largest being The James Irvine Foundation ($7,250). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $143k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $10k
- Net assets
- $169k
What San Diego Alpha Foundation does
Mission
San Diego Alpha Foundation, mission is to support and provide educational and cultural enrichment activities for students, young adults and the community at large
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The Martin Luther King Jr. Parade which is held in Downtown San Diego gives the local High Schools and Community Organizations an opportunity to showcase their skills and talents. It also gives us a platform to teach our Youths skills in planning, teamwork, character and leadership. Hundreds of people attend the parade. 5k Run/Walk was held prior to the MLK Parade.
$103,753 spentof which $83,721 as grants67% of program spendingThe Education Program provides mentorship and skill building activities to high school students
$1,200 spentof which $7,483 as grants1% of program spendingThe Holiday Ball is where we honor the students and the mentors for their participation in the mentor ship program
$48,824 spentof which $97,647 as grants32% of program spendingfunds raised and used for operational expenses
$700 spentof which $5,000 as grants0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $154,477.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $28k to $169k (+495%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of San Diego Alpha Foundation’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $500 → $3k.
From the IRS filings of San Diego Alpha Foundation’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
San Diego Alpha Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
76% of San Diego Alpha Foundation's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
San Diego Alpha Foundation has grown faster than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like San Diego Alpha Foundation
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds San Diego Alpha Foundation?
- San Diego Alpha Foundation (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,250 to it, the largest being The James Irvine Foundation ($7,250). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does San Diego Alpha Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $10,250 in grants to San Diego Alpha Foundation, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of San Diego Alpha Foundation?
- The James Irvine Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $7,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like San Diego Alpha Foundation find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2024–2025), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing