About Padres Foundation
The San Diego Padres Foundation is dedicated to improving lives throughout the greater San Diego and Baja community by working hand-in-hand with organizations that share our vision, prioritizing health, education and fitness, particularly for those in underserved communities.
Focus Areas
health & wellnessunderserved youthchildren's healtheducationyouth baseball/softballmilitaryfirst responders
Who They Fund
children and youth (including Little League/Youth sports participants)military families and military childrendisaster-affected communities (wildfires, floods)low-income families/communities receiving housing or food support
About Padres Foundation
A memorial fund within the Padres Foundation channels matched donations to support underserved communities in San Diego and Northern Baja, with projects tied to underserved youth, health and wellness, education, and people impacted by homelessness. That structure helps explain the foundation’s mix of large community grants, school-related support, and event-based funding across local nonprofits. Recent support includes $350,000 to San Diego Rescue Mission and $300,000 to Armed Services YMCA for a playground project, showing how the foundation backs both direct service organizations and community-facing facilities. The grant list also includes substantial support for Urban Street Angels, Just Call Us Volunteers, Lucky Duck Foundation, and Monarch School, which together point to a strong emphasis on housing stability, youth assistance, and school-based services. Their stated program areas include health & wellness, education, fitness, underserved youth, military families, first responders, youth baseball and softball, hunger relief, disaster response, and housing-related support. In practice, the foundation also uses tickets, memorabilia, and promotional support alongside financial grants, so its giving combines monetary and in-kind resources. The result is a locally focused funder with a clear emphasis on community partners serving children, families, and vulnerable populations in the San Diego region.
What Padres Foundation Funds
In housing and homelessness-related work, Padres Foundation gave $350,000 to San Diego Rescue Mission for SDRM- PADRES FOUNDATION and $187,500 to Urban Street Angels Inc for Urban Street Angels Contribution. Those grants sit alongside support for Lucky Duck Foundation, which appears multiple times in the recent grants list. Youth and education also show up through school-linked and scholarship support. The foundation gave $85,000 to Monarch School and $40,969 to San Diego Unified School District for Playball Field Burbank, tying education to youth activity spaces. It also awarded $27,000 to Reality Changers for Richey Scholarships. Military-related support is visible in a $50,000 grant to Fisher House Foundation Inc for Scholarship for Military Child, and youth sports appear through $72,500 to YMCA of San Diego for Padres Rookie League Stipends and $25,000 to Twin Hills Little League. Disaster response is present as well, including $25,000 to The San Diego Foundation for Flood Response Fund and $25,000 to American Red Cross for Maui Fires.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$1.2M
Total Assets
$9.2M
Total Revenue
$4.4M
Total Expenses
$2M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $45K, with a median of $20K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$20K
75th Percentile
$45K
Geographic Reach
Local5 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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Leadership
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