Open Foundations · California

Price Philanthropies Foundation

La Jolla, California · EIN 465129465. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $33.8M across 246 grants in 2024, a median of $22K each.

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$33.8M
paid in 2024
246
grants paid
$22K
median grant
58%
to first-time recipients
$446.8M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
TERRY MALAVENDA PRICE PHILANTHROPIE
Address
4305 UNIVERSITY AVENUE SUITE 600, SAN DIEGO, CA, 92105
Phone
6197952000
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
WE ASK POTENTIAL APPLICANTS TO SUBMIT A GRANT INQUIRY VIA PRICE PHILANTHROPIES FOUNDATION GRANT STAFF. AFTER AN INTERNAL SCREENING PROCESS, SOME APPLICANTS WILL BE INVITED TO SUBMIT A FORMAL GRANT APPLICATION. THE FORMAL GRANT REQUEST INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: ORGANIZATION NAME, ADDRESS, PHONE, CONTACT INFORMATION; PROGRAM/PROJECT TITLE; PROGRAM/PROJECT DESCRIPTION; REQUEST AMOUNT; TOTAL PROGRAM/PROJECT BUDGET; SECURED/PENDING FUNDERS; AGE GROUP; GEOGRAPHICAL AREA; PROGRAM AREA; TYPE OF SUPPORT; KEY ISSUES; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; TARGET AUDIENCE; PROGRAM DELIVERABLES; ANTICIPATED OUTCOMES; ATTACHMENTS TO INCLUDE: 501(C)(3) TAX EXEMPT LETTER; DETAILED PROGRAM/PROJECT BUDGET; ORGANIZATION FINANCIALS; ORGANIZATIONAL BUDGET FOR CURRENT FISCAL YEAR THE INITIAL GRANT REQUEST MUST BE SUBMITTED THROUGH OUR ONLINE SYSTEM.
Submission deadline
NONE
Restrictions on awards
GRANTS MUST BE MADE TO NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WITH 501(C)(3) STATUS OR GOVERNMENTAL UNITS SUCH AS PUBLIC SCHOOLS OR CITY DEPARTMENTS OR FOR INHERENTLY CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES; GRANTS ARE NOT MADE (I) TO ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE PRIMARY PURPOSE IS RELIGIOUS, OR (II) FOR PROPAGANDIZING, INFLUENCING LEGISLATION AND/OR ELECTIONS, PROMOTING VOTING REGISTRATION, FOR POLITICAL CANDIDATES, POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS OR ORGANIZATIONS ENGAGED IN POLITICAL ACTIVITIES; OR (III) TO FEDERAL APPEALS OR TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT COLLECT FUNDS FOR REDISTRIBUTION TO OTHER NON-PROFIT GROUPS.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202532739349100723. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

scholarship

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 246 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Jewish Community FoundationCA$19,142,550DONOR ADVISED FUND
2Uc San Diego FoundationCA$2,403,333GENERAL SUPPORT; CAPITAL FUND SUPPORT
3Pricesmart FoundationCA$1,683,000GENERAL SUPPORT; PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS
4San Diego Unified School DistrictCA$615,672PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS
5San Diego State University Research FoundationCA$477,168PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS; EMERGENCY RESPONSE
6Csusm FoundationCA$445,190PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS
7San Diego Natural History MuseumCA$440,323GENERAL SUPPORT; PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS
8San Diego FoundationCA$366,753PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS
9Center on Budget & Policy PrioritiesDC$300,000GENERAL SUPPORT
10The Urban InstituteDC$300,000GENERAL SUPPORT
11Campanile FoundationCA$252,000PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS
12San Diego Parks FoundationCA$250,000PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS
13Mending MattersCA$224,823PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS
14Ocean Discovery InstituteCA$187,000GENERAL SUPPORT; PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS
15Casa Cornelia Law CenterCA$180,000PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
2020353$19.3M
2021326$13.7M
2022281$16.8M
2023263$16.4M
2024246$33.8M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
California90%
District of Columbia2%
Washington2%
Maryland2%
Massachusetts1%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Allison PriceVICE CHAIRMAN/VICE PRES/GRANT CMTE MBR · 2024
Dana GoldmanDIRECTOR · 2024
David LynnDIRECTOR/INV CMTE MBR · 2024
David PriceVICE CHAIRMAN/VICE PRESIDENT · 2024
Dede AlpertDIRECTOR/AUDIT CMTE CHAIR · 2024
Jeff FisherDIRECTOR/INV CMTE MBR/CFO · 2024
Jennette ShayCOO · 2024
Jennifer BarronVICE PRESIDENT - INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM · 2024
M Edward SpringDIRECTOR/AUDIT CMTE MBR/INV CMTE CHAIR · 2024
Matthew HerveyDIRECTOR · 2024
Robert PriceCHMN/PRES/GRANT CMTE CHMN/INV CMTE MBR · 2024
Sherry BahrambeyguiDIRECTOR · 2024
Sophie BernabeSECRETARY/GENERAL COUNSEL · 2024
Sue ReynoldsDIRECTOR · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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