Warren Family Foundation
Rancho Santa Fe, CA · EIN 95-3201177. Reported 107 grants totalling $5,305,720 to 44 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. 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. Warren Family Foundation 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,300 and $15,000; the smallest was $250 and the largest $3,000,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC San Diego Foundation | La Jolla, CA | $4,250,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Resource Center | Encinitas, CA | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mingei International Museum | San Diego, CA | $104,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego | San Diego, CA | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Vincent De Paul Village | San Diego, CA | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of San Diego | San Diego, CA | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Group Relations International | San Diego, CA | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Country Friends | Rancho Santa Fe, CA | $45,250 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Meals-on-Wheels Greater San Diego Inc | San Diego, CA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pkd Foundation | Kansas City, MO | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Scripps Health Foundation | La Jolla, CA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Scripps Research Institute | La Jolla, CA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation - San Diego | San Diego, CA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance | San Diego, CA | $27,331 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Beacons Inc | Carlsbad, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| California Center for the Arts Escondido Foundation | Escondido, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| CASA De Amparo | San Marcos, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Del Mar Foundation | Del Mart, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Arizona Foundation | Tucson, AZ | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chapman University | Orange, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| North Coast Repertory Theatre | Solana Beach, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| San Diego Parks Foundation | San Diego, CA | $7,800 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Tunnel to Towers Foundations | Staten Island, NY | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hospice By the Sea | Solana Beach, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rancho Santa Fe Senior Center | Rancho Santa Fe, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Andrew Jackson Police Youth Camp | Nashville, TN | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys to Men Mentoring | Spring Valley, CA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rancho Santa Fe Historical Society | Rancho Santa Fe, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Hanna Fenichel Center | Solana Beach, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Breast Cancer Angels | Los Alamitos, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cristian's Big Heart | Chula Vista, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Shades of Pink Foundation California | Encinitas, CA | $1,063 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Childrens Hospital of Orange County | Orange, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Christian's Big Heart | Chula Vista, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Coastal Communities Concert Band Foundation | Encinitas, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alpha Phi Foundation Inc | Denver, CO | $518 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Als Association | Arlington, VA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale | Scottsdale, AZ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Massachusett General Hospital | Boston, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| San Diego Rescue Mission | San Diego, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The New Orleans Mission | New Orleans, LA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Michael J Fox Foundation | New York, NY | $258 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| 4S Ranch Girls Softball League | San Diego, CA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| San Diego Humane Society | San Diego, CA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
25 of 44 (57%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 79%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 64 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 | 24 | $326,113 | $7,500 |
| 2022 | 25 | $1,279,100 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 31 | $459,839 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 27 | $3,240,668 | $5,000 |
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
99% 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 $5,000. 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 Warren Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). 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: Po Box 915, Rancho Santa Fe, CA, 92067. 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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