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RANCHO SANTA FE FOUNDATION

EIN 95-3709639 RCHO SANTA FE, CA

Revenue 2025
$18,011,909
Expenses 2025
$18,213,678

Program services were 94.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T31Z
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 811

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO CONNECT DONORS WITH REGIONAL AND GLOBAL NEEDS THROUGH VISIONARY COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP, PERSONALIZED SERVICE AND EFFECTIVE GRANTMAKING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO BE A COMPREHENSIVE CENTER FOR IMPACTFUL PHILANTHROPY THAT INSPIRES THE JOY OF PURPOSEFUL GIVING.

  • THE RANCHO SANTA FE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS A WIDE VARIETY OF CAUSES EVERY YEAR THROUGH GRANTS MADE FROM ITS DONOR ADVISED FUNDS AND UNRESTRICTED ENDOWMENT FUNDS. GRANTS THAT ARE FUNDED FROM DONOR ADVISED FUNDS ARE BASED ON DONOR-ADVISOR RECOMMENDATIONS AND THOSE FROM UNRESTRICTED ENDOWMENT FUNDS ARE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE ORGANIZATION'S GRANTS AND INITIATIVES COMMITTEE.

    Expenses $16,947,139 · Grants $16,690,822 · Revenue $418,880

  • SUPPORTING OUR HEROES (FORMERLY THE PATRIOTS CONNECTION,) A PROGRAM OF THE RANCHO SANTA FE FOUNDATION, STRIVES TO RAISE THE AWARENESS OF AND PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE NEEDS OF THE MILITARY THROUGH NONPROFIT SERVICE PROVIDERS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. SAN DIEGO HAS THE LARGEST CONCENTRATION OF MILITRARY ACTIVE & RETIRED PERSONNEL IN THE NATION. IN 2025, ACTIVE DUTY, VETERANS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS BENEFITTED FROM GRANTS TO 5 DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS FOR A TOTAL OF $103,500.

    Expenses $103,500 · Grants $103,500

  • RANCHO SANTA FE FOUNDATION'S HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION PROGRAM FOR 2025 IS FOCUSED ON STABILIZING SENIORS, WHO ARE THE QUICKEST GROWING POPULATION OF UNHOUSED IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, THROUGH SMALL BUT IMPACTFUL FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO PREVENT THE FAR GREATER PERSONAL AND PUBLIC COSTS OF HOMELESSNESS.IN 2025, 1 ORGANIZATION BENEFITTED FROM A $100,000 GRANT.

    Expenses $100,000 · Grants $100,000

  • RANCHO SANTA FE FOUNDATION'S FIRE PREVENTION PROGRAM SUPPORTS COMMUNITY SAFETY THROUGH GRANTS AND PARTNERSHIPS THAT INVEST IN FIRE PREVENTION, SAFETY EDUCATION, AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ACROSS SAN DIEGO COUNTY. IN 2025, 3 DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS BENEFITTED FROM GRANTS TOTALING $15,000.

    Expenses $15,000 · Grants $15,000

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • DENISE STILLINGER

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LINDA KITCHENS

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • RICK NORLING

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BILL CHENOWETH

    DIRECTOR (STARTED 5/20/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BILL DENNEHY

    DIRECTOR (STARTED 3/18/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CARL WIESE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ELAINE DODGE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JANETTE PRITCHARD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KEN LITTLE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LESLIE EVANS

    DIRECTOR (STARTED 1/21/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MATT MILLER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL DYER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICHARD MONTANO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • TOM BUCHHOLZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TRACY MITCHELL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BEN MORAGA

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $307,292
    From this org
    $285,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,292
    Hours/week
    40 + 10 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $285,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,782
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,510
    Filer's total
    $307,292

  • NICOLE TUBBS

    VP OF FINANCE & OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $161,934
    From this org
    $154,223
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,711
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,223
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,711
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $161,934

  • AMY MYERS

    DIR. OF PHILANTHROPY (LEFT 3/7/25)

    Total calculated
    $41,148
    From this org
    $39,189
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,959
    Hours/week
    40

  • KAREN SPRIGLE

    COO (LEFT 2/19/25)

    Total calculated
    $13,724
    From this org
    $12,745
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $979
    Hours/week
    30

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $18,011,909
    Expenses
    $18,213,678
    Contributions
    $10,102,283
    Grants paid
    $16,909,322
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $33,756,679
    Expenses
    $15,943,875
    Contributions
    $29,966,415
    Grants paid
    $14,349,383
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $15,000,167
    Expenses
    $12,906,142
    Contributions
    $11,269,712
    Grants paid
    $11,179,702
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $17,178,237
    Expenses
    $11,048,947
    Contributions
    $11,736,649
    Grants paid
    $9,725,565

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $22,283,277
    Expenses
    $13,322,003
    Assets (EOY)
    $166,599,422

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,932,197
    Expenses
    $12,909,370
    Assets (EOY)
    $147,599,725

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,258,547
    Expenses
    $12,248,679
    Assets (EOY)
    $133,002,190

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $22,283,767
    Expenses
    $8,817,521
    Assets (EOY)
    $116,573,152

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,209,119
    Expenses
    $9,013,147
    Assets (EOY)
    $120,228,312

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,142,941
    Expenses
    $6,235,839
    Assets (EOY)
    $108,516,436

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,672,475
    Expenses
    $6,044,299
    Assets (EOY)
    $94,633,279

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,690,955
    Expenses
    $8,114,438
    Assets (EOY)
    $87,933,708

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $18,626,300
    Expenses
    $4,162,406
    Assets (EOY)
    $82,134,293

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $2,612,113
    Assets (EOY)
    $59,385,312

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2025 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.