The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it gives only to organizations it has already chosen and does not accept unsolicited requests. An introduction is usually the only route.
How to apply
Deadlines
Restrictions
Send applications to
Not publishedENCINITAS, CA, 92024The filing names a person as the application contact. We publish role-based contacts (a committee, an office, a shared inbox) but not named individuals.a phone number for applications is on the filing. On the filing, not published; see “How to reach them” for any published channel.
Application policy: Funds preselected organizations only, as stated on the FY2024 return.
What its returns show
Stated the same way on all 9 Form 990-PF returns on record (FY2016 to FY2024).
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
Financials
Giving
$1.9M
FY2024 · qualifying distributions
Total assets
$6.3M
FY2024 · end of year
Revenue
$4.4M
FY2024
Expenses
$2.7M
FY2024
Giving by year
Total assets by year
Year
Form
Revenue
Expenses
Giving
Assets
Net assets
FY2024
990-PF
$4,402,407
$2,660,978
$1,875,000
$6,314,603
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
What they fund
Recipient focus areas
Human services$1M · 10
Philanthropy and grantmaking$646K · 13
Disease research$470K · 10
Health care$200K · 2
Food and agriculture$180K · 9
Education$100K · 4
Where recipients are
CA$9.2M · 154
NY$910K · 3
DC$265K · 2
TX$185K · 3
MA$100K · 1
IL$52.5K · 3
OR$36K · 1
Based on the 49% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
Grants paid
167 on file
Recipient
Purpose
Amount
Year
Source
JEWISH COMMUNITY FONDATIONSAN DIEGO, CA
PARTNERS WITH INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO ACHIEVE PHILANTHROPIC GOALS
$50,000
2020
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed. Some links come from other funders' returns: when three or more of them wrote the same name and state with one EIN, and the city on this row matches, we use that EIN. The name on this row is still shown as this funder wrote it.
Officers and directors
Name
Title
Hours / week
Compensation
Michael D Berlin
DIRECTOR
5.00
$35,500
David Winkler
DIRECTOR
1.00
$11,000
Estee Aaronson
DIRECTOR
1.00
$11,000
Robin Rubin
DIRECTOR
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
SAN DIEGO FOOD BANKMatched to this organization because 19 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.SAN DIEGO, CA
PROVIDE FOOD AND CULINARY JOB TRAINING TO HELP FIGHT HOMELESSNESS AND UNEMPLOYMENT
$40,000
2021
COASTAL ROOTSSAN DIEGO, CA
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE, FOOD JUSTICE, ANCIENT JEWISH WISDOM
$36,000
2022
B'NAI B'IRTH CAMPPORTLAND, OR
PROVIDES SAFE, NURTURING AND FUN EXPERIENCES THAT INSPIRE GROWTH AND ENDURING JEWISH IDENTITY
$36,000
2021
HILLEL OF SAN DIEGOMatched to this organization because 10 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.SAN DIEGO, CA
MENTORS AND EDUCATORS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH VALUABLE TOOLS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO BE JEWISH LEADERS