Funding search · EIN 330834790 · La Jolla, CA

Menard Family Foundation

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

206
grants reported
$3.1M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

scholarships

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Scripps Health Foundation4 grants · $365,675
  • Zoological Society of San Diego4 grants · $350,000
  • Father Joe'S Villages4 grants · $242,000
  • Nativity Prep Academy4 grants · $116,000
  • Cristo Rey San Diego Jesuit High School4 grants · $96,100
  • Kpbs4 grants · $95,002
  • Ignatian Volunteer Corps4 grants · $91,300
  • Catholic Charities Diocese of San Diego4 grants · $80,000
  • Cenacle Sisters4 grants · $80,000
  • Society of the Sacred Heart Ministry Centeroakwood4 grants · $78,500

Giving over time

$790,716
2022
$841,116
2023
$797,320
2024
$685,488
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 206 grants.

  • $120,000

    Scripps Health Foundation · La Jolla, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $115,000

    Scripps Health Foundation · La Jolla, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $100,000

    Zoological Society of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $100,000

    Zoological Society of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $100,000

    Zoological Society of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $80,675

    Scripps Health Foundation · La Jolla, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $63,000

    Father Joe'S Villages · San Diego, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $63,000

    Father Joe'S Villages · San Diego, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $63,000

    Father Joe'S Villages · San Diego, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $53,000

    Father Joe'S Villages · San Diego, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $50,000

    Scripps Health Foundation · La Jolla, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $50,000

    Zoological Society of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $36,600

    Cristo Rey San Diego Jesuit High School · San Diego, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $35,000

    Nativity Prep Academy · San Diego, CA · 2024

    Scholarships

  • $32,500

    Nativity Prep Academy · San Diego, CA · 2023

    Scholarships

  • $31,000

    Nativity Prep Academy · San Diego, CA · 2022

    Scholarships

  • $28,500

    Cristo Rey San Diego Jesuit High School · San Diego, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $26,670

    Kpbs · San Diego, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $26,666

    Kpbs · San Diego, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $26,666

    Kpbs · San Diego, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $25,500

    Society of the Sacred Heart Ministry Centeroakwood · St Louis, MO · 2025

    General support

  • $23,800

    Ignatian Volunteer Corps · Baltimore, MD · 2025

    General support

  • $23,500

    Ignatian Volunteer Corps · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    General support

  • $23,000

    St Paul'S Senior Services · San Diego, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $23,000

    Ignatian Volunteer Corps · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General support

  • $23,000

    Society of the Sacred Heart Ministry Centeroakwood · St Louis, MO · 2024

    General support

  • $22,000

    Society of the Sacred Heart Ministry Centeroakwood · St Louis, MO · 2022

    General support

  • $21,000

    Casa De Los Pobres Ac · San Ysidro, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $21,000

    Casa De Los Pobres Ac · San Ysidro, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $21,000

    Ignatian Volunteer Corps · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    General support

  • $20,000

    Catholic Charities Diocese of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $20,000

    Cenacle Sisters · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General support

  • $20,000

    St Madeleine Sophie'S Center · El Cajon, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $20,000

    Catholic Charities Diocese of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $20,000

    Cenacle Sisters · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $20,000

    Catholic Charities Diocese of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $20,000

    Cenacle Sisters · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $20,000

    Catholic Charities Diocese of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $20,000

    Cenacle Sisters · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $19,588

    Casa Cornelia Law Center · San Diego, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $19,000

    Casa De Los Pobres Ac · San Ysidro, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $18,500

    St Madeleine Sophie'S Center · El Cajon, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $18,000

    Lambs Players Theatre · Coronado, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $17,500

    Nativity Prep Academy · San Diego, CA · 2025

    Scholarships

  • $17,500

    Casa Cornelia Law Center · San Diego, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $17,500

    Homeboy Industries · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $17,500

    St Madeleine Sophie'S Center · El Cajon, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $17,000

    Casa De Los Pobres Ac · San Ysidro, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $16,850

    St Madeleine Sophie'S Center · El Cajon, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $16,500

    Birthline of San Diego County · San Diego, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $16,500

    St Paul'S Senior Services · San Diego, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $16,000

    Rise Up Industries · Santee, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $16,000

    Cristo Rey San Diego Jesuit High School · San Diego, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $16,000

    Cristo Rey San Jose Jesuit High School · San Jose, CA · 2023

    Scholarships

  • $16,000

    Homeboy Industries · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $15,500

    Lambs Players Theatre · Coronado, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $15,500

    Lambs Players Theatre · Coronado, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $15,000

    Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2025

    General support

  • $15,000

    Homeboy Industries · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $15,000

    Jesuits West Province · Portland, OR · 2025

    General support

  • $15,000

    Kpbs · San Diego, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $15,000

    Society of the Sacred Heart Ugandakenya Schools · Menlo Park, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $15,000

    Cristo Rey San Jose Jesuit High School · San Jose, CA · 2024

    Scholarships

  • $15,000

    Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $15,000

    Homeboy Industries · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $15,000

    Jesuits West Province · Portland, OR · 2024

    General support

  • $15,000

    Rise Up Industries · Santee, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $15,000

    Sacred Heart Nativity School San Jose · San Jose, CA · 2024

    Scholarships

  • $15,000

    Society of the Sacred Heart Ugandakenya Schools · Menlo Park, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $15,000

    Arts Council of Santa Cruz · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $15,000

    Casa Cornelia Law Center · San Diego, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $15,000

    Cristo Rey San Diego Jesuit High School · San Diego, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $15,000

    Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $15,000

    Jesuits West Province · Portland, OR · 2023

    General support

  • $15,000

    Sacred Heart Nativity School San Jose · San Jose, CA · 2023

    Scholarships

  • $15,000

    Society of the Sacred Heart Ugandakenya Schools · Menlo Park, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $15,000

    Spiritual Ministry Center · San Diego, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $15,000

    Arts Council of Santa Cruz · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $15,000

    Cristo Rey San Jose Jesuit High School · San Jose, CA · 2022

    Scholarships

  • $15,000

    Sacred Heart Nativity School San Jose · San Jose, CA · 2022

    Scholarships

  • $15,000

    Society of the Sacred Heart Ugandakenya Schools · San Carlos, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $14,750

    Rise Up Industries · Santee, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $14,000

    St Paul'S Senior Services · San Diego, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $13,500

    Lambs Players Theatre · Coronado, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $13,000

    Birthline of San Diego County · San Diego, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $12,500

    Kino Border Initiative · Nogales, AZ · 2023

    General support

  • $12,500

    Casa Cornelia Law Center · San Diego, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $12,000

    Birthline of San Diego County · San Diego, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $12,000

    Kino Border Initiative · Nogales, AZ · 2025

    General support

  • $12,000

    Kino Border Initiative · Nogales, AZ · 2024

    General support

  • $12,000

    Birthline of San Diego County · San Diego, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $10,700

    Rise Up Industries · Santee, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $10,500

    Crisis House · Santee, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $10,000

    Arts Council of Santa Cruz · Santa Cruz, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $10,000

    Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center · Maywood, IL · 2025

    General support

  • $10,000

    Crisis House · Santee, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $10,000

    Cristo Rey San Jose Jesuit High School · San Jose, CA · 2025

    Scholarships

  • $10,000

    Helen Woodward Animal Center · Rancho Santa Fe, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $10,000

    Our Lady'S School · San Diego, CA · 2025

    Scholarships

  • $10,000

    Sacred Heart Nativity School San Jose · San Jose, CA · 2025

    Scholarships

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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.