Menard Family Foundation
Private foundation · LA Jolla, CA · EIN 33-0834790 · reported 2023–2025
157grants reported
$10Kmedian award
$5,000lower quartile
$500smallest grant
$2.3Mtotal paid
12states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 17 of its 157 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $188K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
4467 Santa Cruz Ave
San Diego, CA 92107-3616
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Scripps Health Foundation | LA Jolla, CA | $120,000 |
| Zoological Society of San Diego | San Diego, CA | $100,000 |
| Zoological Society of San Diego | San Diego, CA | $100,000 |
| Scripps Health Foundation | LA Jolla, CA | $80,675 |
| Father Joe's Villages | San Diego, CA | $63,000 |
| Father Joe's Villages | San Diego, CA | $63,000 |
| Father Joe's Villages | San Diego, CA | $63,000 |
| Scripps Health Foundation | LA Jolla, CA | $50,000 |
| Zoological Society of San Diego | San Diego, CA | $50,000 |
| Cristo Rey San Diego Jesuit High School | San Diego, CA | $36,600 |
| Nativity Prep Academy | San Diego, CA | $35,000 |
| Nativity Prep Academy | San Diego, CA | $32,500 |
| Kpbs | San Diego, CA | $26,670 |
| Kpbs | San Diego, CA | $26,666 |
| Society of the Sacred Heart Ministry Centeroakwood | St Louis, MO | $25,500 |
| Ignatian Volunteer Corps | Baltimore, MD | $23,800 |
| Ignatian Volunteer Corps | Baltimore, MD | $23,500 |
| St Paul's Senior Services | San Diego, CA | $23,000 |
| Ignatian Volunteer Corps | Baltimore, MD | $23,000 |
| Society of the Sacred Heart Ministry Centeroakwood | St Louis, MO | $23,000 |
| Casa de Los Pobres AC | San Ysidro, CA | $21,000 |
| Casa de Los Pobres AC | San Ysidro, CA | $21,000 |
| Catholic Charities Diocese of San Diego | San Diego, CA | $20,000 |
| Cenacle Sisters | Chicago, IL | $20,000 |
| St Madeleine Sophie's Center | EL Cajon, CA | $20,000 |
| Catholic Charities Diocese of San Diego | San Diego, CA | $20,000 |
| Cenacle Sisters | Chicago, IL | $20,000 |
| Catholic Charities Diocese of San Diego | San Diego, CA | $20,000 |
| Cenacle Sisters | Chicago, IL | $20,000 |
| Casa Cornelia Law Center | San Diego, CA | $19,588 |
| St Madeleine Sophie's Center | EL Cajon, CA | $18,500 |
| Lambs Players Theatre | Coronado, CA | $18,000 |
| Nativity Prep Academy | San Diego, CA | $17,500 |
| Homeboy Industries | Los Angeles, CA | $17,500 |
| St Madeleine Sophie's Center | EL Cajon, CA | $17,500 |
| Casa Cornelia Law Center | San Diego, CA | $17,500 |
| Casa de Los Pobres AC | San Ysidro, CA | $17,000 |
| Birthline of San Diego County Inc | San Diego, CA | $16,500 |
| St Paul's Senior Services | San Diego, CA | $16,500 |
| Rise UP Industries | Santee, CA | $16,000 |
| Cristo Rey San Jose Jesuit High School | San Jose, CA | $16,000 |
| Cristo Rey San Diego Jesuit High School | San Diego, CA | $16,000 |
| Lambs Players Theatre | Coronado, CA | $15,500 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $15,000 |
| Homeboy Industries | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 |
| Jesuits West Province | Portland, OR | $15,000 |
| Kpbs | San Diego, CA | $15,000 |
| Society of the Sacred Heart Ugandakenya Schools | Menlo Park, CA | $15,000 |
| Arts Council of Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz, CA | $15,000 |
| Casa Cornelia Law Center | San Diego, CA | $15,000 |
| Cristo Rey San Diego Jesuit High School | San Diego, CA | $15,000 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $15,000 |
| Jesuits West Province | Portland, OR | $15,000 |
| Sacred Heart Nativity School San Jose | San Jose, CA | $15,000 |
| Society of the Sacred Heart Ugandakenya Schools | Menlo Park, CA | $15,000 |
| Spiritual Ministry Center | San Diego, CA | $15,000 |
| Cristo Rey San Jose Jesuit High School | San Jose, CA | $15,000 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $15,000 |
| Homeboy Industries | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 |
| Jesuits West Province | Portland, OR | $15,000 |
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