Playground towers, slides and climbing frames in a park

Grant recipient EIN 26-4832772Youth development

Who funds Outside the Lens?

25 private foundations gave Outside the Lens in San Diego, CA $747,812 across 48 grants, in tax years 2017 to 2025.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2017 to 2025, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

48 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. The William Hall Tippett and Ruth Rathell Tippett FoundationCarlsbad, CA 2025

    To support the teen media arts studio.

    $10,000
  2. Billingsley Foundationcharle & RuthSaint Louis, MO 2025

    General operating

    $10,000
  3. French Fund Samuel Katherine TuaSaint Louis, MO 2025

    General operating

    $10,000
  4. Stafford Memorial TR Found TuaSaint Louis, MO 2025

    General operating

    $5,000
  5. Phillip & Edith Leonian FoundationBronx, NY 2025

    General support

    $5,000
  6. Heller Foundation of San DiegoEagan, MN 2025

    General operating

    $5,000
  7. Masserini Maurice J TuaSaint Louis, MO 2025

    General operating

    $5,000
  8. Samuel I & John Henry Fox FoundationEagan, MN 2025

    General operating

    $3,390
  9. The Conrad Prebys FoundationSan Diego, CA 2024

    General operating

    $100,000
  10. The MS Grumbacher FoundationSebastapol, CA 2024

    Cameras in the classroom

    $15,000
  11. French Fund Samuel Katherine TuaSaint Louis, MO 2024

    General operating

    $15,000
  12. The Thomas C Ackerman FoundationLa Mesa, CA 2024

    Education

    $10,000
  13. Goodwin Family Memorial TuaSaint Louis, MO 2024

    General operating

    $6,000
  14. Stafford Memorial TR Found TuaSaint Louis, MO 2024

    General operating

    $5,000
  15. Billingsley Foundationcharle & RuthSaint Louis, MO 2024

    General operating

    $5,000
  16. Boys and Girls Aid Society of San Diego LTDSan Diego, CA 2024

    Unrestricted charitable

    $5,000
  17. Pratt Memorial FundEagan, MN 2024

    General operating

    $5,000
  18. The Conrad Prebys FoundationSan Diego, CA 2023

    Expanding organizational capacity for teen programming innovation

    $100,000
  19. Price Philanthropies FoundationLa Jolla, CA 2023

    General support; programs & projects

    $20,000
  20. The MS Grumbacher FoundationSebastapol, CA 2023

    Cameras in the classroom

    $15,000
  21. The Bravo FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2023

    Program support

    $5,000
  22. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $70
  23. The Conrad Prebys FoundationSan Diego, CA 2022

    Cameras in communities: city heights

    $50,000
  24. David W Hearst Jr FoundationRancho Santa Fe, CA 2022

    Grants related to purpose of chartiable organization

    $50,000
  25. The MS Grumbacher FoundationSebastapol, CA 2022

    Cameras in the classroom

    $15,000
  26. Otter Cares Foundation AKA OTTERCARES FOUNDATIONFort Collins, CO 2022

    Leadership Through the Lens: High School Youth Council program

    $7,500
  27. Sempra FoundationSan Diego, CA 2022

    Health & human services

    $1,000
  28. The Gregory Marusak and Doria Anselmo Family FoundationSanta Monica, CA 2022

    General support

    $1,000
  29. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $127
  30. The Conrad Prebys FoundationSan Diego, CA 2021

    Addressing digital and media literacy in san diego county

    $20,000
  31. The MS Grumbacher FoundationSebastapol, CA 2021

    Cameras in the classroom

    $20,000
  32. Fox Foundation IncPrinceton, NJ 2021

    For program services

    $6,000
  33. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $120
  34. The James Irvine FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2020

    For the design of a digital platform

    $100,000
  35. The MS Grumbacher FoundationSebastapol, CA 2020

    Cameras in the classroom

    $25,000
  36. Boys and Girls Aid Society of San Diego LTDSan Diego, CA 2020

    Unrestricted charitable

    $11,363
  37. Otter Cares Foundation AKA OTTERCARES FOUNDATIONFort Collins, CO 2020

    Leadership Through the Lens: High School Youth Council Program, Digital Media Business

    $6,250
  38. Price Philanthropies FoundationLa Jolla, CA 2020

    General support

    $1,000
  39. The Gregory Marusak and Doria Anselmo Family FoundationSanta Monica, CA 2020

    General support

    $90
  40. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $85
  41. The MS Grumbacher FoundationSebastapol, CA 2019

    Cameras in the classroom

    $25,000
  42. The Gregory Marusak and Doria Anselmo Family FoundationSanta Monica, CA 2019

    General support

    $6,025
  43. The Thomas C Ackerman FoundationLa Mesa, CA 2019

    Health & human services

    $5,000
  44. HKT3 FoundationSan Diego, CA 2019

    General donation

    $5,000
  45. Andrew Kramer FoundationLake Elsinore, CA 2018

    General Ops

    $10,616
  46. The Gregory Marusak and Doria Anselmo Family FoundationSanta Monica, CA 2018

    General support

    $5,176
  47. Boys and Girls Aid Society of San Diego LTDSan Diego, CA 2018

    Unrestricted charitable

    $5,000
  48. Andrew Kramer FoundationLake Elsinore, CA 2017

    General Ops

    $12,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other youth development organizations in San Diego, CA and are not among Outside the Lens’s funders above.

  1. The Cushman FoundationSan Diego, CA 17 grants Accepts applications $220,000 to similar organizations
  2. Alliance Healthcare FoundationSan Diego, CA 28 grants Accepts applications $801,363 to similar organizations
  3. The California EndowmentLos Angeles, CA 18 grants Preselected only $641,800 to similar organizations
  4. The Nordson Corporation FoundationWestlake, OH 27 grants Preselected only $237,000 to similar organizations
  5. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 42 grants Accepts applications $157,799 to similar organizations
  6. Dick's Sporting Goods FoundationCoraopolis, PA 11 grants Accepts applications $118,000 to similar organizations
  7. The Parker FoundationCarlsbad, CA 6 grants Accepts applications $112,000 to similar organizations
  8. David C Copley FoundationSan Diego, CA 19 grants Preselected only $559,709 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 26-4832772 by name and ZIP code against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.