Sylvia Weider-Amber Family
La Jolla, CA · EIN 20-3939647. Reported 233 grants totalling $301,417 to 107 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Sylvia Weider-Amber Family did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $1,200; the smallest was $75 and the largest $10,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planned Parenthood | San Diego, CA | $31,800 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Jewish Family Services - San Diego | San Diego, CA | $27,600 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Congregation Beth Israel | San Diego, CA | $15,996 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Temple Emanu-El San Diego | San Diego, CA | $12,542 | 7 | 5 | 2025 |
| Congregation Beth Israel San Diego | San Diego, CA | $10,982 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society | Silver Spring, MD | $9,360 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| New Israel Fund | New York, NY | $8,340 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| J Street Education Fund | Chicago, IL | $7,263 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Center for Reproductive Rights | New York, NY | $5,800 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital Foundation | Chula Vista, CA | $5,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| San Diego Food Bank | San Diego, CA | $5,256 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Kpbs | San Diego, CA | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Southern Poverty Law Center | Montgomery, AL | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| NAACP Legal Defense Fund | San Diego, NY | $3,904 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Temple Israel West Bloomfield | West Bloomfield, MI | $3,672 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Rac Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism | Washington, DC | $3,600 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| YMCA - Sd | San Diego, CA | $3,536 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $3,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| David-Horodok Organization | Franklin, MI | $3,370 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Father Joe's Villages San Diego | San Diego, CA | $3,288 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Father Joe's Villages | San Diego, CA | $3,230 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ncjw | Washington, DC | $3,145 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Rise and Shine Tennessee | Nashville, TN | $3,080 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mazon | Los Angeles, CA | $3,010 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| ACLU of San Diego | San Diego, CA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Anti Defamation League | San Diego, CA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| City of Hope | Duarte, CA | $3,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| T'ruah | New York, NY | $2,930 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | Waltham, MA | $2,901 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish Federation of San Diego County | San Diego, CA | $2,818 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Mazon a Jewish Repsonse to Hunger | Los Angeles, CA | $2,800 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Naral Pro-Choice America | Washington, DC | $2,800 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| T'ruah Rabbis for Human Rights | New York, NY | $2,800 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Terra Cultura | San Diego, CA | $2,790 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Oxfam America | Boston, MA | $2,544 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Just in Time for Foster Youth | San Diego, CA | $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Ncjw National Council of Jewish Women | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (hias) | Silver Spring, MD | $2,360 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Adl Anti Defamation League | San Diego, CA | $2,180 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Arza | New York, NY | $2,080 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| San Diego Council on Literacy | San Diego, CA | $2,055 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Feeding America San Diego | San Diego, CA | $2,021 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| ACLU ACLU of San Diego | San Diego, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Hillel Ucsd | San Diego, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Jewish Federation of San Diego | San Diego, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lwvcef League of Women Voters Ca Education Fund | Sacramento, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation (formerly Naral) | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| San Diego Center for Jewish Culture | La Jolla, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| San Diego Rapid Response Network | San Diego, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ucsd UC Regents Hdcrc | La Jolla, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Union for Reform Judaism | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Afmda Magen David Adom | New York, NY | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Ms Society | San Diego, CA | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alzheimer's Association | Southfield, MI | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Friends of Megan David Adom | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Covid Solidarity Response for Who | Washington, DC | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Freedom for Immigrants | Oakland, CA | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| NAACP (ldf) Legal Defense Fund | New York, NY | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Aid Coalition American Israel Democracy Coalition | Bryn Mawr, PA | $1,180 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Congregation Kehillat Israel | Lansing, MI | $1,180 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sklar-Otis-Kole Family Fund Temple Israel West Bloomfield | West Bloomfield, MI | $1,180 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Lwvcef League of Women Voters | Sacramento, CA | $1,016 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| GIV4HOMELESSNESS | San Diego, CA | $1,015 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Friends of Soroka Medical Center | Scarsdale, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American-Israel Democracy Coalition | Wynnewood, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Arza Israel Movement for Reform & Progressive Judaism | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ca Fire Foundation | Sacramento, CA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Coalition for the Homeless | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hillel San Diego | San Diego, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| International Rescue Committee | Albert Lea, MN | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Israel Policy Forum | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lfjcc | Lajolla, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Maldef | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ms National Multiple Sclerosis Society | Waltham, MA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Ncjw | Toms River, NJ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Scripps Health Foundation Mercy San Diego | San Diego, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital Foundation Chula Vista | Chula Vista, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ucsd Alzheimergeriatric Psychiatry | La Jolla, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ucsd Cancer Center Research Fund | La Jolla, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ucsd COVID19 Response | San Diego, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ucsd UC-Foundation Neurosciences Research | La Jolla, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ucsd UC-Foundation Neurosciences Research Corey-Bloom | La Jolia, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army | San Diego, CA | $950 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| National Domestic Workers Alliance | New York, NY | $872 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Israel Religious Action Center | Jerusalem, CA | $766 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cabrillo National Monument | San Diego, CA | $750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Trevor Project | West Hollywood, CA | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Foundation Scholarships La Esperanza Schools | Chula Vista, CA | $666 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Mercy Ships | Garden Valley, TX | $609 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Friends of Combantants for Peace | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Amnesty International | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Clean Air Task Force | Boston, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Epilepsy Foundation of San Diego County | San Diego, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Global Giving | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| International Medical Corps | Los Angeles, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| International Refugee Assistance | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Project Concern International | San Diego, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Torrey Pines High Scholl Fdn | San Diego, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Who Foundation Covid Relief | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Unxeptable | Bryn Mawr, PA | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| San Diego Council on Litercy | San Diego, CA | $360 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Tikkun Magazine | Berkeley, CA | $360 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Together Rising | Falls Church, VA | $360 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rady Children's Hospital | San Diego, CA | $300 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Loveland Foundation | Brooklyn, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
65 of 107 (61%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 65%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Jewish Family Services San Diego
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES - Congregation Beth Israel San Diego
IN HONOR OF RABBI JON STEIN - Temple Emanu-El San Diego
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSE
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 82 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 66 | $72,224 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 48 | $58,536 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 41 | $58,201 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 36 | $51,528 | $1,000 |
| 2025 | 42 | $60,928 | $1,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
63% of its giving went to organizations in California. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Sylvia Weider-Amber Family's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 5812 Corral Way, La Jolla, CA, 92037. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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