Coastal Community Foundation
San Diego, CA · EIN 33-0216692. Reported 129 grants totalling $2,614,719 to 76 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. The IRS has no activity classification on file for this one, so we cannot tell you whether it is a community foundation or a single-institution support fund. The recipient list below is the better guide.
- How spread out its giving is. 76 distinct organizations, with 12% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 35% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $12,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $5,050 and the largest $87,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YMCA of San Diego County | San Diego, CA | $306,500 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Resource Center | Encinitas, CA | $213,824 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Scripps Health | San Diego, CA | $154,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Oceanside Museum of Art | Oceanside, CA | $127,096 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of San Diego | San Diego, CA | $83,400 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| North Coast Repertory Theatre a Non Profit Corporation | Solana Beach, CA | $79,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| San Dieguito United Methodist Church | Encinitas, CA | $78,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| End of Life Choices California | Solana Beach, CA | $77,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Quail Gardens Foundation Inc | Encinitas, CA | $75,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Campanile Foundation | San Diego, CA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Vista Inc | Vista, CA | $74,978 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| North County Lifeline Inc | Vista, CA | $66,230 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Interfaith Community Services Inc | Escondido, CA | $65,075 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Gary and Mary West Senior Services Inc | San Marcos, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Investigative Newsource | San Diego, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc | Laguna Hills, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nature Collective | Solana Beach, CA | $40,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| San Diego State University Foundation | San Diego, CA | $40,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rancho Coastal Humane Society | Encinitas, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| San Dieguito Heritage Museum | Encinitas, CA | $37,850 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of | New York, NY | $36,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alzheimers San Diego | San Diego, CA | $32,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mira Costa College Foundation | Oceanside, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wallowa Valley Health Care Foundation | Enterprise, OR | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Young Americas Foundation | Reston, VA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| San Dieguito School Facilities Corporation | Encinitas, CA | $28,016 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| San Marcos Promise | San Marcos, CA | $25,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Solutions for Change Inc | Vista, CA | $25,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sustained Leaders | Fort Worth, TX | $25,200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| California State University San Marcos Corporation | San Marcos, CA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Just in Time for Foster Youth | San Diego, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pi Kappa Alpha Foundation | Memphis, TN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| San Dieguito Union High School District | Encinitas, CA | $22,858 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Elderhelp of San Diego | San Diego, CA | $21,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| San Diego Humane Society and SPCA | San Diego, CA | $20,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Vista Community Clinic | Vista, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Operation Hope North County Inc | Vista, CA | $18,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Encinitas Library | Encinitas, CA | $14,693 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego | La Jolla, CA | $14,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $14,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brother Benno Foundation Inc | Oceanside, CA | $14,300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| San Dieguito River Valley Land Conservancy | San Diego, CA | $13,754 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Vista Unified School District | Vista, CA | $12,950 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Oceanside | Oceanside, CA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| All Tribes American Indian Charter | Valley Center, CA | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| California Polytechnic State University Foundation | San Luis Obispo, CA | $10,700 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| La Colonia De Eden Gardens Inc | Solana Beach, CA | $10,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rancho Santa Fe Foundation | Rcho Santa Fe, CA | $10,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alabaster Jar Project | Escondido, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dreams for Change Inc | San Diego, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Escondido Union School District School Facilities Corporation | Escondido, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Exposure Skate | Vista, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Foundation for Women Warriors | Vista, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mana De San Diego | San Diego, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Merlin Tuttles Bat Conservation Inc | Austin, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Midnight Mission | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Save the Children Federation Inc | Fairfield, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Reuben H Fleet Science Center | San Diego, CA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hope for the Fatherless | Castle Pines, CO | $7,800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Poetic Justice Incorperated | Tulsa, OK | $7,270 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Oak Crest Foundation Inc | Encinitas, CA | $7,100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Spay-Neuter Action Project | Encinitas, CA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Armed Services YMCA of the USA | Woodbridge, VA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| North County Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Questioning Resource | Oceanside, CA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| U C San Diego Foundation | La Jolla, CA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pathways to Citizenship | Solana Beach, CA | $5,625 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| CASA De Amistad Centro De Ensenanza | Solana Beach, CA | $5,600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tri-City Christian School | Vista, CA | $5,600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Oceanside Homeless Resource | Oceanside, CA | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of California Riverside | Riverside, CA | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| North County African American Womens Association Incorporated | Oceanside, CA | $5,300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| San Diego State University | San Diego, CA | $5,200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The UCLA Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $5,050 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
29 of 76 (38%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Magdalena Ecke Family YMCA
GENERAL SUPPORT & SCHOLARSHIPS - Oceanside Museum of Art
GENERAL SUPPORT AND FREE CONCERT FRIDAYS - Community Resource Center
GENERAL SUPPORT AND ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY - Scripps Health Foundation
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT BEDSIDE CARTS AND EMCO MACHINE - North County Lifeline Inc
EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT FOR YOUTH, HOMELESS AND FOSTER - Interfaith Community Services
HOMELESS SERVICES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 59 of 76 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 38 | $758,925 | $12,550 |
| 2022 | 47 | $940,234 | $12,000 |
| 2023 | 25 | $564,860 | $12,000 |
| 2024 | 19 | $350,700 | $11,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
92% of its giving went to organizations in California. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $12,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in California.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Coastal Community Foundation's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 111 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 2508 Historic Decatur Rd Ste 200, San Diego, CA, 92106.
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