Funding search · EIN 472908898 · La Jolla, CA

Leighton Foundation

Name: Leighton Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

83
grants reported: $962,140
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

public

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

10 grants matching “scripps” · $150,000

$30,000
Scripps Mesa Steam Lab · San Diego, CA · 2025
General funds
$20,000
Ellen Browning Scripps Elementary School (Educational Field Trip) · San Diego, CA · 2025
General funds
$15,000
Scripps Ranch Wrestling Booster Club · San Diego, CA · 2025
General funds
$15,000
Ellen Browning Scripps Elementary School · San Diego, CA · 2025
General funds
$15,000
Scripps Ranch High School · San Diego, CA · 2025
General funds
$7,000
Scripps Ranch High School Olympiad Science · San Diego, CA · 2025
General funds
$10,000
Scripps Ranch High School · San Diego, CA · 2024
General funds
$10,000
Ellen Browning Scripps Elementary School · San Diego, CA · 2024
General funds
$18,000
Scripps Ranch High School · San Diego, CA · 2023
Public Charity
$10,000
Ellen Browning Scripps Elementary S · San Diego, CA · 2022
Public charity

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Formosa Generations Family Chamber2 grants · $42,500
Formosa Generations of Family Chamber of Mu2 grants · $41,000
University of Nevada1 grant · $40,000
Thurgood Marshall Middle School2 grants · $40,000
Scripps Mesa Steam Lab1 grant · $30,000
Scripps Ranch High School2 grants · $25,000
Ellen Browning Scripps Elementary School2 grants · $25,000
Srhs Music Boosters2 grants · $24,000
Srhs Baseball Booster Club1 grant · $22,700
Mason Elementary School2 grants · $21,000

Giving over time

$135,900

2022

$107,000

2023

$149,500

2024

$569,740

2025

Grant history

All 83 reported grants, largest first.

$40,000
University of Nevada · Reno, NV · 2022
Public charity
$30,000
Scripps Mesa Steam Lab · San Diego, CA · 2025
General funds
$30,000
Thurgood Marshall Middle School · San Diego, CA · 2025
General funds
$26,000
Formosa Generations of Family Chamber of Mu · San Diego, CA · 2025
General funds
$25,000
Formosa Generations Family Chamber · San Diego, CA · 2023
Public Charity
$22,700
Srhs Baseball Booster Club · San Diego, CA · 2025
General funds
$20,000
Ellen Browning Scripps Elementary School (Educational Field Trip) · San Diego, CA · 2025
General funds
$20,000
Marshall Mustang Organization Mmo Science Olympiad · San Diego, CA · 2025
General funds
$20,000
Mirmar Ranch Elementary Pta Violin Ensemble Classes and Special Add Program · San Diego, CA · 2025
General funds
$20,000
University of California San Digo Foundation Opals · La Jolla, CA · 2025
General funds
$18,000
Scripps Ranch High School · San Diego, CA · 2023
Public Charity
$17,500
Srhs Music Boosters · San Diego, CA · 2025
General funds
$17,500
Formosa Generations Family Chamber · San Diego, CA · 2022
Public Charity
$15,000
Community Montessori Farm Project · Escondido, CA · 2025
General funds
$15,000
Ebsjerebak Music Program · San Diego, CA · 2025
General funds
$15,000
Ellen Browning Scripps Elementary School · San Diego, CA · 2025
General funds
$15,000
Highland Ranch Elementary Pta Coding Classes · San Diego, CA · 2025
General funds
$15,000
Marshall Mustang Organization Mmo Theater Program · San Diego, CA · 2025
General funds
$15,000
Scripps Ranch High School · San Diego, CA · 2025
General funds
$15,000
Scripps Ranch Wrestling Booster Club · San Diego, CA · 2025
General funds
$15,000
Srhs Dance Club · San Diego, CA · 2025
General funds
$15,000
Uc San Diego Foundation Opals · La Jolla, CA · 2025
General funds
$15,000
Formosa Generations of Family Chamber of Mu · San Diego, CA · 2024
General funds
$15,000
Thurgood Marshall Middle School · San Diego, CA · 2023
Public Charity
$14,200
Aviara Oaks Middle Orchestra · Carlsbad, CA · 2025
General funds
$13,400
Valley Elementary School Pta · Poway, CA · 2025
General funds
$12,660
Dimensions Collaborative School · Escondido, CA · 2025
General funds
$12,000
Chollas Mead Elementary Pta · San Diego, CA · 2025
General funds
$12,000
Jerabek Ffo Elementary Steam Lab · San Diego, CA · 2025
General funds
$11,000
Mason Elementary School · San Diego, CA · 2025
General funds
$10,000
California State University San Marcos Scholarship · San Marcos, CA · 2025
General funds
$10,000
Campanille Music Festival · San Diego, CA · 2025
General funds
$10,000
Del Norte High School · San Diego, CA · 2025
General funds
$10,000
Hage Elementary School Pta · San Diego, CA · 2025
General funds
$10,000
Logan Memorial Educational Campus Math Program · San Diego, CA · 2025
General funds
$10,000
Teralta Art · San Diego, CA · 2025
General funds
$10,000
Turtleback Elementary School · San Diego, CA · 2025
General funds
$10,000
Ellen Browning Scripps Elementary School · San Diego, CA · 2024
General funds
$10,000
Mason Elementary School · San Diego, CA · 2024
General funds
$10,000
Mms Instrumental Music Boosters · San Diego, CA · 2024
General funds
$10,000
San Diego State University · San Diego, CA · 2024
General funds
$10,000
Scripps Ranch High School · San Diego, CA · 2024
General funds
$10,000
Thurgood Marshall Middle School · San Diego, CA · 2024
General funds
$10,000
University of California San Digo · La Jolla, CA · 2024
General funds
$10,000
Academic Fundraising Partnershipebs · San Diego, CA · 2023
Public Charity
$10,000
Ucsdmfa Program · La Jolla, CA · 2023
Public Charity
$10,000
Chaparral Elementary School · Poway, CA · 2022
Public Charity
$10,000
Doyle Elementary School · San Diego, CA · 2022
Public Charity
$10,000
Ellen Browning Scripps Elementary S · San Diego, CA · 2022
Public charity
$10,000
Southwestern College · Chula Vista, CA · 2022
Public Charity
$10,000
Taiwanese American Foundation of Sd · San Diego, CA · 2022
Public Charity
$10,000
Teralta Art · San Diego, CA · 2022
Public Charity
$10,000
Vista Christian School · Vista, CA · 2022
Public Charity
$9,800
Black Mountain Middle School · San Diego, CA · 2024
General funds
$9,000
Turtleback Elementary School · San Diego, CA · 2024
General funds
$8,500
San Elijo Middle School Band Booster · San Marcos, CA · 2025
General funds
$8,400
Valley Middle Band and Orchestra · Carlsbad, CA · 2025
General funds
$8,400
Aviara Oaks Middle School · Carlsbad, CA · 2022
Public Charity
$8,200
Solana Ranch Elementary School National History Day Program · Solana Beach, CA · 2025
General funds
$8,000
Westview Gold Booster (Westview High School) · San Diego, CA · 2025
General funds
$8,000
Turtleback Education Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2023
Public Charity
$7,500
Spark Enrichment (Music Stands Books Equipment) · San Diego, CA · 2025
General funds
$7,500
Spark Enrichment (Strings Ensemble Workshop) · San Diego, CA · 2025
General funds
$7,500
Correia Middle School · San Diego, CA · 2024
General funds
$7,500
Westview High School · San Diego, CA · 2024
General funds
$7,500
Willard B Hage Elementary School · San Diego, CA · 2024
General funds
$7,500
Doyle Elementary School · San Diego, CA · 2023
Public Charity
$7,500
Southwestern College · Chula Vista, CA · 2023
Public Charity
$7,000
Scripps Ranch High School Olympiad Science · San Diego, CA · 2025
General funds
$6,800
Wolverine Athletic Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2025
General funds
$6,500
Srhs Music Boosters · San Diego, CA · 2025
General funds
$5,200
Dimensions Collaborative School · Escondido, CA · 2024
General funds
$5,000
Black Mountain Middle School · San Diego, CA · 2025
General funds
$5,000
Dingeman Elmentary Family Faculty Connection Ffc · San Diego, CA · 2025
General funds
$5,000
Canyon Crest Academy · San Diego, CA · 2024
General funds
$5,000
Del Norte High School · San Diego, CA · 2024
General funds
$5,000
Park Village Elementary School · San Diego, CA · 2024
General funds
$5,000
San Diego State University · San Diego, CA · 2023
Public charity
$3,000
Imba International Mountain Bike Association · Boulder, CO · 2024
General funds
$2,400
Wildcoast · Del Mar, CA · 2025
General funds
$2,000
Canyon Crest Academy · San Diego, CA · 2025
General funds
$1,000
Imba International Mountain Bike As · Boulder, CO · 2023
Public Charity
$480
Wildcoast · Del Mar, CA · 2025
General funds

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.