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Grant Funders in La Jolla, CA

Bespoke Grants indexes 36 grant-making foundations headquartered in La Jolla, California — together $449.4M in indexed annual giving. Their giving most often supports higher education, health care, education and arts & culture. Local funders are one of the best starting points for a La Jolla nonprofit, because many prioritize organizations in their own community.

36
Foundations in La Jolla
$449.4M
Indexed annual giving
36
Listed below
CA
State

Foundations headquartered in La Jolla

Ranked by giving in available IRS summaries. Filings may cover different years; these totals are not a current-year funding pool. Each links to a public overview and up to three sample grants. Full grant history and research tools require All access at $19/month.

#FoundationAnnual givingLatest grant
1UC San Diego Foundation$156.6M2023
2The Scripps Research Institute$127.8M2024
3Gary and Mary West Charitable Trust$49.5M2024
4Price Philanthropies Foundation$19.3M2024
5National University$16.5M2024
6La Jolla Institute for Immunology$11.4M2024
7Gary and Mary West Foundation$9.6M2022
8Steve and Sharron Macdonald Family$8.0M2020
9Northcentral University$7.4M2019
10Tomlinson Foundation$3.2M2024
11Lowy Medical Research Institute Inc$3.1M2025
12System Management Group$3.1M2023
13The Ohr Hakotel Foundation$2.9M2020
14J Craig Venter Institute$2.8M2024
15Charles Lee Powell Foundation$2.8M2024
16Panta Rhea Foundation$2.6M2023
17The Lester Family Foundation$2.1M2024
18Century Club of San Diego$1.8M2025
19Joseph Aw Clayes III Charitable Trust$1.8M2024
20Pricesmart Foundation$1.7M2024
21The Turk Family Foundation$1.6M2018
22Wild Wisdom Foundation Inc (formerly$1.5M2024
23Girard Foundation$1.5M2024
24Ellen Browning Scripps Foundation$1.2M2025
25Allison and Robert Price Family$1.1M2024
26The Jans Foundation$1.1M2023
27Morgan Dene and Elizabeth Hamman Oliver$1.0M2023
28Rodeki Foundation$986K2024
29Las Patronas$845K2025
30Benson Family Foundation$800K2022
31Menard Family Foundation$772K2024
32Edwards-yeckel Research Foundation$713K2024
33Natan Foundation$606K2024
34Resmed Foundation$599K2024
35The Lisa & Steve Altman Family$579K2024
36The Skolnick Foundation$535K2024

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About this page. Lists foundations whose IRS Form 990 filings give a La Jolla, CA address, drawn from Bespoke Grants' index of 225,000+ U.S. foundations and 13M+ grants. Foundations based elsewhere may also fund La Jolla nonprofits; the one lifetime free funder search accounts for both.