Funding search · EIN 951513384 · San Diego, CA

Jw Sefton Foundation

Name: Jw Sefton 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.

31
grants reported: $5.1M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $125,000
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.

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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.

Grant history

All 31 reported grants, largest first.

$425,000
San Diego Natural History Museum · San Diego, CA · 2025
Grant for general operating support
$425,000
San Diego Natural History Museum · San Diego, CA · 2024
Grant for general operating support
$425,000
San Diego Natural History Museum · San Diego, CA · 2023
Grant for general operating support
$425,000
San Diego Natural History Museum · San Diego, CA · 2022
Grant for general operating support
$375,000
Forever Balboa Park · San Diego, CA · 2025
Botanical building and gardens pledge
$375,000
San Diego Humane Society · San Diego, CA · 2023
Grant for project wildlife
$300,000
Ocean Discovery Institute · San Diego, CA · 2024
Challenge grant - endowment fund initiative
$250,000
Forever Balboa Park · San Diego, CA · 2024
Annual fund campaign
$225,000
San Diego State University · San Diego, CA · 2022
San diego water quality monitoring program grant
$175,000
San Diego State University · San Diego, CA · 2024
San diego water quality monitoring program grant
$170,000
Ocean Discovery Institute · San Diego, CA · 2022
Challenge grant - endowment fund initiative
$150,000
Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute · San Diego, CA · 2022
Research hatchery for propagation of sea life
$145,000
Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute · San Diego, CA · 2025
Wild abalone restoration
$130,000
Living Coast Discovery Center · Chula Vista, CA · 2025
Education without boundaries program
$130,000
Ocean Discovery Institute · San Diego, CA · 2023
Challenge grant - endowment fund initiative
$125,000
San Diego Humane Society · San Diego, CA · 2025
Grant for project wildlife
$100,000
Zoological Society of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2024
Grant for general operating support
$100,000
Boy Scouts of America · Pleasant Hill, CA · 2023
Grant for camp bashor
$100,000
Living Coast Discovery Center · Chula Vista, CA · 2023
Grant for animal care
$100,000
Reuben H Fleet Science Center · San Diego, CA · 2022
Grant for education programs
$90,000
The San Diego Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2025
Grant for friends of chula vista animal care facility
$85,000
San Diego Humane Society · San Diego, CA · 2022
Grant for project wildlife
$35,000
Emilio Nares Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2025
Comprehensive care initiatives
$30,000
Emilio Nares Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2023
Ride with emilio transportation program
$30,000
San Diego Police Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2022
Resuscitation kits for patrol officers grant
$25,000
The San Diego Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2024
Grant for friends of chula vista animal care facility
$25,000
Presidio Little League · San Diego, CA · 2023
Grant for field maintenance & repairs at sefton park
$25,000
San Diego Police Canine Association · San Diego, CA · 2023
Operating expense grant
$25,000
Emilio Nares Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2022
Ride with emilio transportation program
$25,000
The San Diego Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2022
Grant for friends of chula vista animal care facility
$24,304
Elementary Institute of Science · San Diego, CA · 2023
Grant supporting steps-2-stem ocean exploration

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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.