Funding search · EIN 951644633 · La Jolla, CA

Ellen Browning Scripps Foundation

Name: Ellen Browning Scripps Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

121
grants reported: $3.3M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $20,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

discretionary

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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.

Top recipients

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

Zoological Society of San Diego3 grants · $330,000
Scripps Green Hospital3 grants · $300,000
Scripps Memorial Hospital3 grants · $300,000
Scripps Research Foundation3 grants · $150,000
Scripps College3 grants · $139,663
Maritime Museum of San Diego3 grants · $135,000
Horseless Carriage Foundation3 grants · $120,000
St Vincent De Paul Center3 grants · $105,000
San Diego Humane Society3 grants · $100,000
Knox College3 grants · $90,000

Giving over time

$1.1M

2022

$1.1M

2023

$1.1M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 121 grants.

$110,000
Zoological Society of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2024
Funds for discretionary use
$110,000
Zoological Society of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2023
Funds for discretionary use
$110,000
Zoological Society of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2022
Funds for discretionary use
$100,000
Scripps Green Hospital · San Diego, CA · 2024
Funds for discretionary use
$100,000
Scripps Memorial Hospital · San Diego, CA · 2024
Funds for discretionary use
$100,000
Scripps Green Hospital · San Diego, CA · 2023
Funds for discretionary use
$100,000
Scripps Memorial Hospital · San Diego, CA · 2023
Funds for discretionary use
$100,000
Scripps Green Hospital · San Diego, CA · 2022
Funds for discretionary use
$100,000
Scripps Memorial Hospital · San Diego, CA · 2022
Funds for discretionary use
$50,000
Maritime Museum of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2024
Funds for discretionary use
$50,000
Scripps Research Foundation · La Jolla, CA · 2024
Funds for discretionary use
$50,000
Maritime Museum of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2023
Funds for discretionary use
$50,000
Scripps College · Claremont, CA · 2023
Funds for discretionary use
$50,000
Scripps Research Foundation · La Jolla, CA · 2023
Funds for discretionary use
$50,000
Bloodworks Northwest · Seattle, WA · 2022
Funds for discretionary use
$50,000
Scripps College · Claremont, CA · 2022
Funds for discretionary use
$50,000
Scripps Research Foundation · La Jolla, CA · 2022
Funds for discretionary use
$40,000
Horseless Carriage Foundation · La Mesa, CA · 2024
Funds for discretionary use
$40,000
Horseless Carriage Foundation · La Mesa, CA · 2023
Funds for discretionary use
$40,000
San Diego Humane Society · San Diego, CA · 2023
Funds for discretionary use
$40,000
Horseless Carriage Foundation · La Mesa, CA · 2022
Funds for discretionary use
$40,000
San Diego Humane Society · San Diego, CA · 2022
Funds for discretionary use
$39,663
Scripps College · Claremont, CA · 2024
Funds for discretionary use
$35,000
St Vincent De Paul Center · San Diego, CA · 2024
Funds for discretionary use
$35,000
St Vincent De Paul Center · San Diego, CA · 2023
Funds for discretionary use
$35,000
Maritime Museum of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2022
Funds for discretionary use
$35,000
St Vincent De Paul Center · San Diego, CA · 2022
Funds for discretionary use
$34,809
Rady Children'S Hospital · San Diego, CA · 2024
Funds for discretionary use
$30,000
Knox College · Galesburg, IL · 2024
Funds for discretionary use
$30,000
Scripps Institution of Oceanography · La Jolla, CA · 2024
Funds for discretionary use
$30,000
Knox College · Galesburg, IL · 2023
Funds for discretionary use
$30,000
Scripps Institution of Oceanography · La Jolla, CA · 2023
Funds for discretionary use
$30,000
Knox College · Galesburg, IL · 2022
Funds for discretionary use
$30,000
Rady Children'S Hospital · San Diego, CA · 2022
Funds for discretionary use
$28,000
Scripps Institution of Oceanography · La Jolla, CA · 2022
Funds for discretionary use
$27,957
La Jolla Woman'S Club · La Jolla, CA · 2023
Funds for discretionary use
$25,330
The Elizabeth Hospice · Escondido, CA · 2024
Funds for discretionary use
$25,000
Francis Parker School · San Diego, CA · 2024
Funds for discretionary use
$25,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2024
Funds for discretionary use
$25,000
Rady Children'S Hospital · San Diego, CA · 2023
Funds for discretionary use
$25,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2023
Funds for discretionary use
$25,000
Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Funds for discretionary use
$25,000
Francis Parker School · San Diego, CA · 2022
Funds for discretionary use
$23,875
La Jolla Woman'S Club · La Jolla, CA · 2022
Funds for discretionary use
$23,000
Schuyler County Education Foundation · Rushville, IL · 2024
Funds for discretionary use
$20,221
La Jolla Woman'S Club · La Jolla, CA · 2024
Funds for discretionary use
$20,000
Arcs Foundation · Torrance, CA · 2024
Funds for discretionary use
$20,000
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library · La Jolla, CA · 2024
Funds for discretionary use
$20,000
Boy Scouts of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2024
Funds for discretionary use
$20,000
Escondido Christian School · Escondido, CA · 2024
Funds for discretionary use
$20,000
Girl Scouts of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2024
Funds for discretionary use
$20,000
Helen Woodward Animal Center · Rancho Santa Fe, CA · 2024
Funds for discretionary use
$20,000
La Jolla Playhouse · La Jolla, CA · 2024
Funds for discretionary use
$20,000
San Diego Humane Society · San Diego, CA · 2024
Funds for discretionary use
$20,000
San Diego Humane Society Escondido · Escondido, CA · 2024
Funds for discretionary use
$20,000
Arcs Foundation · Torrance, CA · 2023
Funds for discretionary use
$20,000
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library · La Jolla, CA · 2023
Funds for discretionary use
$20,000
Boy Scouts of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2023
Funds for discretionary use
$20,000
Girl Scouts of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2023
Funds for discretionary use
$20,000
Helen Woodward Animal Center · Rancho Santa Fe, CA · 2023
Funds for discretionary use
$20,000
La Jolla Playhouse · La Jolla, CA · 2023
Funds for discretionary use
$20,000
Arcs Foundation · Torrance, CA · 2022
Funds for discretionary use
$20,000
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library · La Jolla, CA · 2022
Funds for discretionary use
$20,000
Boy Scouts of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2022
Funds for discretionary use
$20,000
Girl Scouts of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2022
Funds for discretionary use
$20,000
Helen Woodward Animal Center · Rancho Santa Fe, CA · 2022
Funds for discretionary use
$20,000
La Jolla Playhouse · La Jolla, CA · 2022
Funds for discretionary use
$20,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2022
Funds for discretionary use
$18,065
I Love a Clean San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2024
Funds for discretionary use
$17,670
I Love a Clean San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2023
Funds for discretionary use
$17,322
Bishop'S School · La Jolla, CA · 2022
Funds for discretionary use
$16,506
The Elizabeth Hospice · Escondido, CA · 2023
Funds for discretionary use
$15,550
I Love a Clean San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2022
Funds for discretionary use
$15,000
Dan McKinney Family Ymca · La Jolla, CA · 2024
Funds for discretionary use
$15,000
Elderhelp of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2024
Funds for discretionary use
$15,000
Home Start · San Diego, CA · 2024
Funds for discretionary use
$15,000
San Diego Opera Association · San Diego, CA · 2024
Funds for discretionary use
$15,000
San Diego Symphony Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2024
Funds for discretionary use
$15,000
Dan McKinney Family Ymca · La Jolla, CA · 2023
Funds for discretionary use
$15,000
Elderhelp of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2023
Funds for discretionary use
$15,000
Francis Parker School · San Diego, CA · 2023
Funds for discretionary use
$15,000
Home Start · San Diego, CA · 2023
Funds for discretionary use
$15,000
San Diego Opera Association · San Diego, CA · 2023
Funds for discretionary use
$15,000
San Diego Symphony Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2023
Funds for discretionary use
$15,000
Schuyler County Education Foundation · Rushville, IL · 2023
Funds for discretionary use
$15,000
Dan McKinney Family Ymca · La Jolla, CA · 2022
Funds for discretionary use
$15,000
Elderhelp of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2022
Funds for discretionary use
$15,000
Home Start · San Diego, CA · 2022
Funds for discretionary use
$15,000
San Diego Opera Association · San Diego, CA · 2022
Funds for discretionary use
$15,000
San Diego Symphony Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2022
Funds for discretionary use
$15,000
Schuyler County Education Foundation · Rushville, IL · 2022
Funds for discretionary use
$14,000
La Jolla Country Day School · La Jolla, CA · 2024
Funds for discretionary use
$13,375
La Jolla Country Day School · La Jolla, CA · 2022
Funds for discretionary use
$10,425
La Jolla Country Day School · La Jolla, CA · 2023
Funds for discretionary use
$10,235
Gillispie School · La Jolla, CA · 2023
Funds for discretionary use
$10,000
Forever Balboa Park · San Diego, CA · 2024
Funds for discretionary use
$10,000
San Diego Natural History Museum · San Diego, CA · 2024
Funds for discretionary use
$10,000
Schuyler County Historical Museum · Montour Falls, NY · 2024
Funds for discretionary use
$10,000
Search Dog Foundation · Santa Paula, CA · 2024
Funds for discretionary use
$10,000
Torrey Pines Association · Delmar, CA · 2024
Funds for discretionary use

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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.