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