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Balmes Foundation

Name: Balmes 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.

49
grants reported: $511,000
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.

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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National Ability Center4 grants · $65,000
Higher Ground Sun Valley3 grants · $58,000
Guide Dogs of the Desert2 grants · $40,000
Shelter To Soldier2 grants · $30,000
California Aquatic Therapy3 grants · $30,000
Challenged Athletes2 grants · $25,000
Patient Airlift Services3 grants · $25,000
Healing Strides of Va1 grant · $20,500
Zero8hundred4 grants · $20,000
Black Los Angeles County Client Coalitio1 grant · $20,000

Giving over time

$50,000

2022

$113,000

2023

$170,000

2024

$178,000

2025

Grant history

All 49 reported grants, largest first.

$25,000
Higher Ground Sun Valley · Ketchum, ID · 2024
General operating
$23,000
Higher Ground Sun Valley · Ketchum, ID · 2023
General operating
$20,500
Healing Strides of Va · Boones Mill, VA · 2025
General operating
$20,000
National Ability Center · Park City, UT · 2025
General operating
$20,000
Shelter To Soldier · San Diego, CA · 2025
General operating
$20,000
Black Los Angeles County Client Coalitio · Altadena, CA · 2024
General operating
$20,000
Guide Dogs of the Desert · Palm Springs, CA · 2024
General operating
$20,000
National Ability Center · Park City, UT · 2024
General operating
$20,000
Guide Dogs of the Desert · Whitewater, CA · 2023
General operating
$20,000
National Ability Center · Park City, UT · 2023
General operating
$15,000
Challenged Athletes · San Diego, CA · 2025
General operating
$10,000
California Aquatic Therapy · Long Beach, CA · 2025
General operating
$10,000
California Careforce · Roseville, CA · 2025
General operating
$10,000
Children'S Burn Foundation · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2025
General operating
$10,000
Lacawac Sanctuary Foundation · Lake Ariel, PA · 2025
General operating
$10,000
Make-a-Wish Foundation of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2025
General operating
$10,000
Patient Airlift Services · Farmingdale, NY · 2025
General operating
$10,000
San Diego County Dental Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2025
General operating
$10,000
Workshops for Warriors · San Diego, CA · 2025
General operating
$10,000
California Aquatic Therapy · Long Beach, CA · 2024
General operating
$10,000
Patient Airlift Services · Farmingdale, NY · 2024
General operating
$10,000
San Marcos Promise · San Marcos, CA · 2024
General operating
$10,000
Shelter To Soldier · San Diego, CA · 2024
General operating
$10,000
St Francis Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operating
$10,000
Veterans Navigation Center · San Diego, CA · 2024
General operating
$10,000
California Aquatic Therapy · Long Beach, CA · 2023
General operating
$10,000
Lost Angels Childrens Project · Lancaster, CA · 2023
General operating
$10,000
Safe Project US · Arlington, VA · 2023
General operating
$10,000
Wounded Warrior Homes · San Marcos, CA · 2023
General operating
$10,000
Challenged Athletes · San Diego, CA · 2022
General operating
$10,000
Higher Ground Sun Valley · Ketchum, ID · 2022
General operating
$5,000
Sec Harvest Food Bank of Orange County I · Irvine, CA · 2025
General operating
$5,000
Support the Enlisted Project · San Diego, CA · 2025
General operating
$5,000
Urban Corps of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2025
General operating
$5,000
Zero8hundred · San Diego, CA · 2025
General operating
$5,000
Homemore Project · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operating
$5,000
Homes for Families · Woodland Hills, CA · 2024
General operating
$5,000
Support the Enlisted Project · San Diego, CA · 2024
General operating
$5,000
Wilmington Community Clinic · Wilmington, CA · 2024
General operating
$5,000
Zero8hundred · San Diego, CA · 2024
General operating
$5,000
Urban Corps of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2023
General operating
$5,000
Zero8hundred · San Diego, CA · 2023
General operating
$5,000
California Aquatic Therapy & Wellness Ce · Long Beach, CA · 2022
General operating
$5,000
Helping Paws Foundation · Vista, CA · 2022
General operating
$5,000
National Ability Center · Park City, UT · 2022
General operating
$5,000
Patient Airlift Services · Farmingdale, NY · 2022
General operating
$5,000
Paws for Purple Hearts · Penngrove, CA · 2022
General operating
$5,000
Zero8hundred · San Diego, CA · 2022
General operating
$2,500
Fremont Area Veterans Coaliton · Fremont, NE · 2025
General operating

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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.