JCF builds flourishing Jewish communities and advances sustainable, just, and vibrant societies in San Diego, Israel, nationally, and around the globe.
Community Foundation Charitable Real Estate Fund’s recent giving is defined by very large general support to the Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego, including a $110,286,184 grant in 2023 and additional grants in 2024 and 2025. That pattern points to a funder that works through Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego structures rather than through a broad public grant portfolio. The foundation’s active programs also show a San Diego-centered mix of community philanthropy, scholarships, and Jewish community support, with the Jewish Women’s Foundation, Jewish Teen Foundation, and scholarship opportunities all administered through the same ecosystem. Its program list includes both competitive and curated models, suggesting that some funding is open to applicants while other initiatives are routed through specific donor or foundation-led channels. The grant record visible here is entirely local to San Diego, with recipients in California only. In practice, the foundation’s footprint combines major institutional support with targeted community programs for Jewish individuals, families, nonprofits, and youth in San Diego.
Jewish community support is a core thread in the foundation’s work. The Jewish Teen Foundation grantmaking program gives Jewish teens a role in philanthropy, letting participants learn about grant decisions while past grantees are listed on the site. Scholarship activity is another clear area: Scholarship Opportunities includes multiple programs for students seeking financial awards for higher education, and the Peter Chortek Leadership Award adds a leadership and philanthropy component for Jewish high school students in San Diego. The foundation also supports women and girls through the Jewish Women’s Foundation grants, which fund projects and organizations that benefit women and girls and strengthen the Jewish community. Beyond that, the CAP platform supports San Diego nonprofits through a competitive application process.
The recent grant sizes are highly uneven, with a 25th percentile of $389,150, a median of $564,112, and a 75th percentile of $55,425,148. That spread reflects a structure that can move from mid-six-figure awards to very large institutional support. The grant record shows repeated funding to the same recipient across 2023, 2024, and 2025, which indicates recurring support rather than isolated one-off gifts. The foundation also operates through multiple channels, including competitive application platforms, curated initiatives, scholarship programs, and foundation-administered grantmaking. One active program, CAP, explicitly accepts unsolicited applications.
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Most grants fall between $389K and $55.4M, with a median of $564K.
25th Percentile
$389K
Median
$564K
75th Percentile
$55.4M
JERRY GUMPEL
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Giving is local and concentrated in California, with 100% of grants landing in the headquarters state. San Diego is the key recipient city in the available records, including repeated grants to the Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego. Program geography is also centered on San Diego County, which is named for CAP, the giv4 homelessness initiative, scholarship opportunities, and the Jewish Women’s Foundation programs. The grant recipient country distribution is entirely U.S.-based.
One active channel, the Competitive Application Platform (CAP), accepts unsolicited applications for San Diego nonprofits. Other active programs listed here, including scholarships, Jewish Teen Foundation grantmaking, and Jewish Women’s Foundation grants, are not open to unsolicited applications.
The program list points to Jewish community support, scholarships, leadership development, nonprofit capacity building, and community grantmaking. It also includes homelessness-related giving through giv4, plus women-and-girls funding through the Jewish Women’s Foundation programs.
The recent grant distribution shows a 25th percentile of $389,150, a median of $564,112, and a 75th percentile of $55,425,148. That range indicates that the foundation’s awards can be mid-sized or very large, depending on the grant.
The geographic scope is local, and the recipient data show 100% of grants going to recipients in California. Program geography is also tied to San Diego County, including CAP, giv4 homelessness, scholarship opportunities, and Jewish Women’s Foundation grants.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Current and upcoming funding from Community Foundation Charitable Real Estate Fund that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Eligible 501(c)(3) nonprofits must be based in and serve San Diego County. Priority is given to programs addressing unmet needs or testing promising new models; established, new, and experimental initiatives may be supported.
Deadline: Rolling basis; responses within 30 days of submission.
Who can apply: Current 501(c)(3) organizations located in and/or serving residents of San Marcos may apply.
Deadline: Board review cycles occur in February, May, August, and November; 2026 due dates are listed in the published meeting calendar.
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Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO | SAN DIEGO, CA | $3,251,372 | 2026 | GENERAL |
| JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO | SAN DIEGO, CA | $214,189 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO | SAN DIEGO, CA | $564,112 | 2024 | GENERAL |
| JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO | SAN DIEGO, CA | $110,286,184 | 2023 | GENERAL |