THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

T310

Classification

1200

Street

2508 HISTORIC DECATUR

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Mission and programs · 2024

• SEE SCHEDULE O.SINCE 1975, SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION HAS PROVIDED A PERMANENT AND GROWING SOURCE OF FUNDING TO NONPROFITS SERVING THE SAN DIEGO REGION. THANKS TO THE GENEROSITY OF DONORS, THE FOUNDATION GRANTS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUALLY TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES AND NEEDS IN THE SAN DIEGO REGION BY USING THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF PHILANTHROPIC AND INVESTMENT EXPERTISE TO PROVIDE MAXIMUM IMPACT.SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION MAXIMIZES THE IMPACT OF CHARITABLE GIVING TO ENACT POSITIVE CHANGE IN OUR REGION. WE PARTNER WITH DONORS, NONPROFITS AND REGIONAL LEADERS TO CO-CREATE SOLUTIONS THAT RESPOND TO COMMUNITY NEEDS AND STRENGTHEN SAN DIEGO.WE MANAGE CHARITABLE FUNDS FOR HUNDREDS OF INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND CORPORATIONS. A GIFT TO SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION PROVIDES MAXIMUM TAX DEDUCTIONS, OUTSTANDING INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND LOW ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. WITH MORE THAN 50 YEARS SERVING THE COMMUNITY AND HUNDREDS OF ACTIVE PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS WITH BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY LEADERS AND ORGANIZATIONS, WE ARE ABLE TO ASSESS CHANGING REGIONAL NEEDS AND TAKE ACTION ON SAN DIEGO'S MOST PRESSING CHALLENGES. WE GATHER THIS INFORMATION AND CREATE AN ONGOING UNDERSTANDING OF OUR REGION'S NEEDS AND PAIR IT WITH OUR DONORS' PASSIONS, VALUES AND INTEREST AREAS AND CONNECT THEM WITH NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT OFFER SOLUTIONS.SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION ALLOWS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO ESTABLISH CUSTOMIZED CHARITABLE FUNDS WITHOUT THE BURDEN OF TAX LIABILITIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS ASSOCIATED WITH SETTING UP A PRIVATE FOUNDATION. OUR BOARD OF GOVERNORS, COMPRISED OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERTS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS, AND OUR KNOWLEDGEABLE STAFF PROVIDE KEEN OVERSIGHT AND AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO HONORING THE WISHES OF EACH DONOR.SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION'S PROGRAM AREAS ARE GUIDED BY OUR ORGANIZATIONAL VALUES. WE VALUE ALL PEOPLE, ALL PARTNERS, AND OUR REGION. WE ACT WITH INTEGRITY AND RESPECT FOR ONE ANOTHER AND THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE, WE ENGAGE DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES TO FOSTER COLLABORATION AND INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS, AND WE STRIVE FOR AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY WHERE EVERYONE HAS EQUITABLE ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY.WE ADHERE TO A DEEPLY ETHICAL APPROACH TO PHILANTHROPY, ONE THAT HOLDS OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO BEING A TRUSTWORTHY PARTNER AND TO APPROACHING OUR WORK WITH HUMILITY AND RESPECT FOR THE EXPERTISE OF THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE AND OF THE GOVERNMENT, NONPROFIT, BUSINESS SECTORS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH WHOM WE COLLABORATE. WE WILL BE OPEN-MINDED, LEARN CONSTANTLY, LISTEN CAREFULLY TO DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES AND DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, BUILD STRONG AND DIVERSE COALITIONS, SUPPORT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND ENGAGE IN SHARED DECISION-MAKING. GRANT OPPORTUNITIES ARE OFFERED BY SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION, SAN DIEGO WOMEN'S FOUNDATION, POLICY & INNOVATION CENTER AND OUR SEVEN REGIONAL AFFILIATE FOUNDATIONS (4SRANCH-DEL SUR, CARLSBAD, CHULA VISTA, ESCONDIDO, OCEANSIDE, RAMONA, AND RANCHO BERNARDO).

  Expenses $124,717,867 · Grants $98,736,561 · Revenue $31,028,924

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

The first 25 listed. 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

• 2024

  Revenue

  $196,946,092

  Expenses

  $150,764,759

  Contributions

  $82,853,230

  Grants paid

  $98,736,561

• 2023

  Revenue

  $218,410,559

  Expenses

  $151,459,377

  Contributions

  $113,839,900

  Grants paid

  $107,162,123

• 2022

  Revenue

  $268,696,192

  Expenses

  $159,687,256

  Contributions

  $205,112,306

  Grants paid

  $121,214,242

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

• 2023 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2022 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $283,565,373

  Expenses

  $179,913,602

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,298,825,008

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $197,035,758

  Expenses

  $124,312,177

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,302,414,916

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $147,340,158

  Expenses

  $95,120,818

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,065,212,876

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $87,666,191

  Expenses

  $66,450,177

  Assets (EOY)

  $887,403,657

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $155,789,645

  Expenses

  $83,562,644

  Assets (EOY)

  $829,981,734

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $86,114,725

  Expenses

  $62,750,165

  Assets (EOY)

  $727,224,377

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

• REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SAN DIEGO

  $19,714,711

  2023 · STUDENT FINANCIAL AID AT UC SAN DIEGO AND SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY

• SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES

  $6,118,833

  2022 · CAMPAIGN FOR THE FUTURE CHALLENGE MATCH

• SOUTHWESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT

  $5,231,970

  2022 · CITY OF ESCONDIDO NONPROFIT RELIEF FUND

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MONTEREY COUNTY

  $4,956,124

  2024 · FOR THE "BOB" FUND AT CFMC.

• UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION

  $4,078,311

  2023 · BIRCH AQUARIUM AT SCRIPPS AND GENERAL SUPPORT

• UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION

  $3,739,925

  2024 · FOR GENERAL SUPPORT

• UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION

  $3,588,336

  2022 · GLOBAL POLICY & STRATEGY EXCELLENCE FUND

• UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO

  $2,370,961

  2022 · NONPROFIT INSTITUTE

• POLICY & INNOVATION CENTER

  $2,195,000

  2024 · FOR SUPPORT OF THE SAN DIEGO REGIONAL POLICY AND INNOVATION CENTER PER AGREEMENT. $1,250,000 GRANT TO BE PAID $250,000 PER YEAR FOR 5 YEARS IN FY22 - FY26

• JUST TRANSITION ALLIANCE

  $1,912,356

  2024 · TO SUPPORT JUST TRANSITION ALLIANCES TIME AS PART OF THE TCC POST AWARD CONSULTATION (PAC)

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO

  $9,992,721

  2023 · GENERAL

• SAN DIEGO CHARITABLE REAL ESTATE FOUNDATION

  $6,380,721

  2024 · FOR GENERAL SUPPORT

• DECHOMAI FOUNDATION INC

  $4,955,985

  2023 · UNRESTRICTED

• SAN DIEGO CHARITABLE REAL ESTATE FOUNDATION

  $3,906,663

  2023 · FOR GENERAL SUPPORT

• ENDANGERED HABITATS CONSERVANCY

  $3,204,879

  2022 · ENDOWMENT FOR MONTECITO RANCH HABITAT STEWARDSHIP FUND.

• FERMANIAN FAMILY FOUNDATION

  $1,487,929

  2022 · CHARITY

• FERMANIAN FAMILY FOUNDATION

  $1,459,241

  2025 · GENERAL

• FERMANIAN FAMILY FOUNDATION

  $1,449,050

  2024 · GENERAL

• FERMANIAN FAMILY FOUNDATION

  $1,359,116

  2023 · CHARITY

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $867,829

  2024 · PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

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.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

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