Chortek Weisman Family Foundation
San Diego, CA · EIN 33-0766395. Reported 98 grants totalling $4,918,066 to 67 organizations across tax years 2020-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Chortek Weisman Family Foundation, the IRS classifies it as a support organization for one specific institution (NTEE T11).
- How spread out its giving is. 67 distinct organizations, with 22% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 73% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is well above the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and above the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $25,000. Half of what it reported fell between $20,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $10,000 and the largest $1,000,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Silicon Valley | Los Gatos, CA | $1,095,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego | San Diego, CA | $516,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lawrence Family Jewish Community Centers of San Diego County | La Jolla, CA | $428,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| San Diego Jewish Academy | San Diego, CA | $383,429 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life | San Diego, CA | $266,387 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Jewish Federation of San Diego County | San Diego, CA | $165,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Jewish Family Service of Silicon Valley | Los Gatos, CA | $145,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Friends of Chabad Lubavitch San Diego | San Diego, CA | $136,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pivotal Connections | San Jose, CA | $115,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | New York, NY | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hebrew Free Loan of San Diego | La Jolla, CA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| J Leaders | San Jose, CA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kids Turn San Diego | San Diego, CA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Unity Care Group | San Jose, CA | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Kindness Initiative | La Jolla, CA | $61,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Israel Emergency Alliance | Los Angeles, CA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence | San Jose, CA | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chabad House | San Jose, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Home Start Incorporated | San Diego, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Shine Together Inc | Milpitas, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Almaden Valley Counseling Service Inc | San Jose, CA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Downtown Streets Inc | San Jose, CA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Free to Thrive | San Diego, CA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program Inc | San Diego, CA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Family Service Agency of Santa Barbara County | Santa Barbara, CA | $36,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Transfamily Support Services | San Diego, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Alum Rock Counseling Center Inc | San Jose, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bill Wilson Center | Santa Clara, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Butterfly Project | San Diego, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Seva Inc | San Jose, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Destination Home Sv | San Jose, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Children - National Office | Portland, OR | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Impact Cubed | Encinitas, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| International March of the Living Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish National Fund -Keren Kayemeth Leisrael- Inc | Rockville Ctr, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Just in Time for Foster Youth | San Diego, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pursuit of Excellence | Palo Alto, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Somali Bantu Association of America | San Diego, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chicano Federation of San Diego County Inc | San Diego, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Christies Place Inc | San Diego, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | Bethesda, MD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Honor Foundation | San Diego, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Family Service of San Diego | San Diego, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kitchens for Good | San Diego, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| PROMISES2KIDS Foundation | San Diego, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rise Up Industries | San Diego, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Voices of Our City Choir Inc | San Diego, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wesley House Student Residence Inc | San Diego, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Womens Resource Center | Oceanside, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Warrior Village Project Inc | Fallbrook, CA | $18,250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kavod Charter School | San Diego, CA | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Doors of Change | Cardiff, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mamas Kitchen | San Diego, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| North County Lifeline Inc | Vista, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sharias Closet | San Diego, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tariq Khamisa Foundation | Escondido, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Walden Environment | San Diego, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Diego County Inc | San Diego, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bithiahs Family Services | Chino, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chef Angels | San Diego, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Childrens Legal Services of San Diego | San Diego, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Don Diego Fund | Del Mar, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Homemore Project Inc | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Assistance League | Encinitas, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of San Diego Inc | San Diego, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Urban Corps of San Diego | San Diego, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Voices for Children | San Diego, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
15 of 67 (22%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 52 of 67 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 4 | $154,322 | $35,000 |
| 2021 | 9 | $420,770 | $50,000 |
| 2022 | 10 | $565,922 | $55,014 |
| 2023 | 57 | $2,146,052 | $25,000 |
| 2024 | 18 | $1,631,000 | $30,500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
96% of its giving went to organizations in California. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $25,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in California.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Chortek Weisman Family Foundation's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 18 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 4950 Murphy Canyon Road, San Diego, CA, 92123.
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