Foundations that fund organizations in LA Jolla, California
Worked out from where the grants went, not where the foundations sit.
Funding landscape for LA Jolla nonprofits
606 private foundations gave $208M to LA Jolla organizations in their latest filings; 27 of the 100 that say either way accept applications.
1,092 grants in total, with a typical foundation's median grant to LA Jolla around $345K. 47 of these funders are based in California; the rest give here from elsewhere.
- Foundations giving here
- 606
- Accept applications
- 27
- of 100 that state a policy
- Dollars to LA Jolla
- $208M
- latest filings
- Grants
- 1,092
- Typical median grant
- $345K
- Based in CA
- 47%
- of funders listed
Funders, by dollars given to LA Jolla organizations
| Foundation | Based in | Grants here | Dollars here | Median | Accepts applications | Typical purposes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary and Mary West Charitable Trust | LA Jolla, CA | 1 | $36M | $36M | Preselected only | To support operations and applied medical research initiati… |
| Gates Foundation | Seattle, WA | 25 | $31M | $562K | Yes | Discovery and translational sciences; Create novel technology platform capabilities; Discovery and translational sciences; hiv |
| The Alsam Foundation | Po Box Chica, IL | 1 | $10M | $10M | Preselected only | Calibr-bridging the |
| The Conrad Prebys Foundation | San Diego, CA | 22 | $7.5M | $163K | Yes | General operating |
| Wellcome Leap Inc | San Diego, CA | 4 | $7.4M | $2.1M | Preselected only | Global health research |
| The Simons Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 29 | $5.8M | $185K | Preselected only | Dissection of inter-area interactions of motor circuits; Autism, sex differences, and microglia - project 2; Simons investigator in physics |
| Adam R Scripps Foundation | Fort Mitchell, KY | 13 | $5.7M | $50K | Preselected only | General Operations; Equipment purchase; Mercy Ball Gala |
| Dunaway Foundation | LA Jolla, CA | 4 | $5.0M | $1.1M | Preselected only | Salk innovation & collaboration grant; Design costs for jacobs center; Jacobs center for health innovation fund |
| Allen Family Philanthropies | Seattle, WA | 3 | $3.5M | $500K | Preselected only | To support extracellular vesicles in maintenance of neurona…; To support measuring lipid fluxes at membrane contact sites…; To support the allen discovery center for neurobiology in c… |
| Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 7 | $3.3M | $298K | Preselected only | To support 3-dimensional vegetation and fire modeling for p…; In support of creating a chemical cocktail for promoting gr…; To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for… |
| Warren Family Foundation | Rancho Santa Fe, CA | 3 | $3.0M | $10K | Yes | General support |
| Wm Keck Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 2 | $2.9M | $1.4M | Yes | To validate a novel function of histones as reservoirs of c…; To develop mapping methods with generative manifold networks |
| The McGrath Family Foundation | San Diego, CA | 2 | $2.5M | $1.3M | Preselected only | Assistance with hillcrest outpatient pavillion by donation… |
| Laygend Foundation | Rancho Santa Fe, CA | 1 | $2.5M | $2.5M | Preselected only | General |
| The Halicioglu Family Foundation | San Diego, CA | 1 | $2.5M | $2.5M | Preselected only | Charitable support |
| Beckman Laser Institute Inc | Fountain Valley, CA | 1 | $2.5M | $2.5M | Preselected only | Bioengineering and iem research |
| Freedom Together Foundation | New York, NY | 3 | $2.3M | $750K | Preselected only | Elucidation of transcriptional mechanisms directing protect…; Modeling parkinson's disease; Discovering mtor-independent lysosomal flux activators that… |
| The Andrew W Mellon Foundation | New York, NY | 2 | $2.2M | $1.1M | Yes | To support capacity building and programmatic activities of…; To support the uc sentencing project, a collaboration betwe… |
| Riley & Susan Bechtel Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 1 | $2.0M | $2.0M | Preselected only | To launch and expand a registry and biobank of individuals… |
| Price Philanthropies Foundation | LA Jolla, CA | 5 | $1.8M | $20K | Yes | General support; General support; programs and projects |
| The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation | Palo Alto, CA | 3 | $1.8M | $515K | Preselected only | To provide support for scientific focused research; Support for integration of models and observations across s…; Atmospheric measurements to track the evolving global carbo… |
| Briger Foundation for Oncology Research Inc | Palo Alto, CA | 1 | $1.7M | $1.7M | Preselected only | Leiomyosarcoma research |
| Martha P Mack Foundation | Detroit, MI | 6 | $1.6M | $253K | Preselected only | For support of daily |
| Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation | Irvine, CA | 5 | $1.6M | $150K | Yes | Research, general support & education |
| Volo Foundation | Palm Beach Gardens, FL | 1 | $1.5M | $1.5M | Preselected only | Effects of wildfire smoke on the epigenome |
| Warren Alpert Foundation | Providence, RI | 2 | $1.4M | $681K | Yes | Donation - education |
| The Kavli Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 5 | $1.3M | $60K | Preselected only | Kavli institute for brain and mind - phase iii; Ucsd kavli institute director fund; Kibm symposium 2024 |
| The John Martin Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 2 | $1.3M | $625K | Preselected only | Clinical proof-of-concept of an affordable, oral cancer imm…; Amended: endowed graduate fellowships |
| Torrey Coast Foundation | San Diego, CA | 3 | $1.2M | $500K | Yes | General funding; Medical research |
| The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust | New York, NY | 1 | $1.1M | $1.1M | Preselected only | The druggable gpcrome in crohns disease |
| The Specter Foundation | Gladwyne, PA | 2 | $1.0M | $501K | Preselected only | 2024 donation; Hhp/haiti student group |
| Kroner Family Foundation | San Rafael, CA | 1 | $1.0M | $1.0M | Preselected only | General funds |
| Jonathan & Kathleen Altman Fndtn C/O Avalon Trust | Santa Fe, NM | 1 | $1.0M | $1.0M | Preselected only | Healthy soils project |
| The Anders Foundation C/O Valerie E Anders | Bellingham, WA | 1 | $1.0M | $1.0M | Preselected only | N/a |
| The Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation | Torrance, CA | 1 | $944K | $944K | Preselected only | Ph.d scholars program |
| The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | Menlo Park, CA | 2 | $860K | $430K | Yes | For general operating support; For the power transformation lab |
| The G Harold & Leila y Mathers Charitable Foundation | Rye Brook, NY | 4 | $850K | $216K | Yes | Research project |
| Charles Lee Powell Foundation | Del Mar, CA | 1 | $825K | $825K | Preselected only | Education |
| Nancy and Geoffrey Stack Family Foundation | Newport Beach, CA | 1 | $825K | $825K | Preselected only | General support |
| Target ALS Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $819K | $819K | Preselected only | Biomedical research |
| The Larry L Hillblom Foundation Inc | Sonoma, CA | 2 | $790K | $395K | Preselected only | General support |
| John Templeton Foundation | West Conshohocken, PA | 1 | $786K | $786K | Yes | Uncovering the cognitive and cultural foundations of gratit… |
| The Sol Goldman Charitable Trust | New York, NY | 1 | $750K | $750K | Preselected only | To support the charity's mission. |
| Alfred P Sloan Foundation | New York, NY | 7 | $741K | $75K | Yes | To create a primitive protocell having a simple metabolism…; To facilitate the collaborative design of cross-departmenta…; To study unmet opportunities for computational scientists t… |
| Good Ventures Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 2 | $741K | $370K | Preselected only | Large language models research; Prevent mosquitoes from harboring the malaria parasite |
| Walter and Jean Boek Global Autoimmune Institute | McLean, VA | 1 | $725K | $725K | Preselected only | Lecture series and named assistant professorship |
| Builders Vision Foundation | Chicago, IL | 4 | $699K | $151K | Preselected only | to support education and training for ocean intelligence en…; to support its initiatives to build a resilient and sustain…; to support research on the contributions of coral adaptatio… |
| Additional Ventures Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 3 | $688K | $220K | Preselected only | Single ventricle research fund; Catalyst to independence award |
| Gilbert J Martin Foundation a Charitable Trust | San Diego, CA | 11 | $597K | $10K | Preselected only | Charitable |
| Dalio Foundation Inc | Westport, CT | 3 | $595K | $75K | Preselected only | To support general operations; Restricted to deploy ai models for offline education and le…; Restricted to support the global edna fisheries workshop in… |
| Avery-Tsui Foundation | San Diego, CA | 2 | $578K | $289K | Preselected only | Wongavery east asian collections collaboration; To refurbish the existing biomedical library building on th… |
| James B Pendleton Charitable Trust | Bellevue, WA | 2 | $575K | $288K | Yes | Hiv/aids research |
| Girard Foundation | San Diego, CA | 4 | $568K | $4,000 | Preselected only | General |
| Rosso Family Foundation | Rancho Santa Fe, CA | 4 | $555K | $130K | Preselected only | Operations |
| The David and Lucile Packard Foundation | Los Altos, CA | 4 | $528K | $133K | Yes | Environment and Science; Fellowships for Science and Engineering |
| The Step Family Foundation | San Diego, CA | 2 | $503K | $251K | Preselected only | General grant |
| Farmer Family Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | 1 | $500K | $500K | Yes | Exempt purpose of organization |
| The Patrick J McGovern Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | 1 | $500K | $500K | Preselected only | To build ai literacy and enable learning continuity in low-… |
| Merkin Family Foundation | Marina del Rey, CA | 1 | $500K | $500K | Preselected only | Education |
| Troper Wojcicki Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 1 | $500K | $500K | Preselected only | To support efficient isolation and validation of neoag-spec… |
| Jay and Sarah Flatley Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 5 | $500K | $50K | Preselected only | Symphony at Salk; to support neurology research and to the building fund; toward Scripps cardiac and to general Scripps Health |
| The Don & Lorraine Freeberg Foundation | Glendale, CA | 1 | $500K | $500K | Yes | Charitable activities |
| Lm Newman Family Foundation | Incline Village, NV | 1 | $500K | $500K | Preselected only | An unrestricted grant to further the donee's exempt purpose |
| Bill and Dinah Ruch Family Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $500K | $500K | Preselected only | The William W. Ruch Distinguished Endowed Chair |
| Mark Gosselin Family Foundation | Eagan, MN | 2 | $500K | $250K | Preselected only | General operating |
| The Park Foundation | Medina, OH | 1 | $500K | $500K | Preselected only | Charitble contribution - general operating support |
| Aerospike Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 2 | $475K | $238K | Preselected only | Education; Medical research |
| The Donald E & Delia B Baxter Foundation | Leaburg, OR | 1 | $432K | $432K | Preselected only | Research grants |
| Dr Miriam & Sheldon G Adelson Medical Research Foundation | Needham, MA | 1 | $425K | $425K | Preselected only | Medical research |
| The Ha & Mary K Chapman Foundation | Tulsa, OK | 1 | $400K | $400K | Yes | Medical Research |
| Irving & Francine Suknow Foundation Co-Trustees Henry Fader & Lynda Gordon | Downington, PA | 1 | $400K | $400K | Preselected only | Center for supportive care |
| M & I Pfister Foundation | LA Jolla, CA | 5 | $393K | $50K | Yes | General support |
| Mark Walk Wolfinger Foundation | Minnetonka, MN | 1 | $390K | $390K | Preselected only | Contribution to the Functional Surfing Reefs Research Fund |
| The Blackstone Charitable Foundation | New York, NY | 2 | $375K | $188K | Preselected only | Programmatic support for launchpad |
| Miramar Charitable Foundation | Fort Mitchell, KY | 4 | $373K | $88K | Preselected only | General operations; Scripps programmatic expansion fund; 3 year pledge to support the center |
| Stedman West Foundation (fka Neva and Wesley West Foundation) | Houston, TX | 1 | $350K | $350K | Yes | Support of the future oceans research aquarium at the ted a… |
| The Robert P and Mariana R Scripps Family Foundation Inc | Fort Mitchell, KY | 3 | $350K | $75K | Preselected only | Scripps clinic neurosurgery research; mri project; Graduate fellowship support; Biomedical automation facility |
| Ono Pharma Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $345K | $345K | Yes | The ono pharma breakthrough science intitiative awards prog… |
| Edward P Evans Foundation | Charlestown, MA | 2 | $338K | $169K | Preselected only | Support scientific research |
| The Michael and Karen Stone Family Foundation Inc | Wilmington, DE | 5 | $333K | $15K | Preselected only | The Bishops School 2024 Gala; Annual Fund; Capital Campaign |
| The Burnham Foundation | San Diego, CA | 6 | $329K | $37K | Preselected only | Funding for the cross boarder steam lab; Advancing the science of genomics; Support church activities |
| The Jeffrey W Glazer Foundation | Des Moines, IA | 5 | $327K | $6,500 | Preselected only | General fund |
| Henry L Guenther Foundation | Seal Beach, CA | 2 | $308K | $154K | Yes | cover the salaries of 4 full-time staff members for 8 weeks…; purchase an Axioscan 7 system. |
| The G Unger Vetlesen Foundation C/O Fulton Vittoria Llp | New York, NY | 1 | $300K | $300K | Preselected only | For application to the recruitment and/or research efforts… |
| The Roberts Foundation | San Diego, CA | 2 | $300K | $150K | Preselected only | To fund the recipient's operating budget |
| Rady Foundation | San Diego, CA | 2 | $300K | $150K | Preselected only | Sullivan Center-Entrepreneurship & Innovation Current Fund; General Fund |
| The William and Kathryn Scripps Family Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $300K | $300K | Preselected only | Scripps Programmatic Expansion Fund |
| Jean Perkins Foundation | Las Vegas, NV | 1 | $300K | $300K | Preselected only | To provide general support |
| Strabismus Research Foundation | Mill Valley, CA | 1 | $298K | $298K | Preselected only | Continue research of the deseases and treatments of the eye… |
| Jameson Freedom & Education Foundation | Del Mar, CA | 1 | $285K | $285K | Yes | To educate and empower students to pursue their aspirations. |
| Waitt Foundation | North Sioux City, SD | 2 | $275K | $138K | Preselected only | General support through employee match program; Ocean conservation |
| Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust | New York, NY | 1 | $275K | $275K | Yes | Spinal cord injury research program |
| Sahm Family Foundation | Fullerton, CA | 1 | $275K | $275K | Preselected only | General support |
| Illumina Corporate Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 3 | $275K | $100K | Yes | Clinical Genomics and Artificial Intelligence Fellowship; Birch Aquarium Education Scholarship fund; Pediatric Physician-Scientists Support Fund |
| The Lisa & Steve Altman Family Foundation | LA Jolla, CA | 3 | $253K | $1,018 | Preselected only | General fund; Building fund |
| The Stowers Foundation | Leawood, KS | 1 | $250K | $250K | Preselected only | To fund mygene rank development |
| The Chuck and Ernestina Kreutzkamp Foundation | Chula Vista, CA | 1 | $250K | $250K | Preselected only | "y-strong girls ($30,000); swimming with diverse abilities… |
| The Schmidt Family Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 1 | $250K | $250K | Yes | Ocean stewardship and research |
| The Shubert Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $250K | $250K | Yes | General operating support for theatrical productions and ac… |
| Motulsky-Nacht Family Foundation C/O John a Motulsky | New York, NY | 1 | $250K | $250K | Preselected only | To further donee's exempt purpose |
Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV, latest electronic return per foundation (2026-10-28). "Accepts applications" reflects the foundation's own checkbox on Part XV line 2. Grants to individuals excluded.
Common questions
Which foundations give to nonprofits in LA Jolla, California?
Gary and Mary West Charitable Trust, Gates Foundation, The Alsam Foundation, The Conrad Prebys Foundation, Wellcome Leap Inc and 95 others reported grants to LA Jolla organizations on their latest Form 990-PF.
How do I approach a foundation that doesn't accept applications?
A foundation that checks "contributes only to preselected organizations" on its 990-PF won't review a cold proposal. Look at who it funds, find a shared board member, grantee or advisor, and ask for an introduction. Foundations that accept applications usually list a contact and deadlines in Part XV; we show that text on each foundation's page.
Is this list complete?
No. It covers private foundations (Form 990-PF filers) whose latest electronic return lists at least one grant to an organization in LA Jolla. Community foundations and corporate giving programs file different forms and are not included yet.