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Grant recipient EIN 33-0373000Veterans and military

Who funds United Through Reading?

60 private foundations gave United Through Reading in San Diego, CA $6.1 million across 165 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

165 grants

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

  1. David W Hearst Jr FoundationRancho Santa Fe, CA 2025

    Operation story time

    $20,000
  2. Nora Roberts FoundationGlenn Dale, MD 2025

    Operations

    $6,000
  3. Haselton Family Foundation IncQuincy, MA 2025

    General use

    $4,000
  4. The Paula B and Oliver W Jones Family Foundation IncWilmington, DE 2025

    General & Unrestricted

    $3,734
  5. Fuchsg & M FDN TaiEagan, MN 2025

    General operating

    $3,000
  6. Heller Foundation of San DiegoEagan, MN 2025

    General operating

    $2,500
  7. Arendsee Family FoundationSan Diego, CA 2025

    General purpose

    $1,000
  8. Kilworth Florence Char TR FNDNEagan, MN 2025

    General operating

    $1,000
  9. Reader's Digest FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    General operating support

    $2,066,100
  10. JTMF FoundationWilmington, DE 2024

    Pacific Northwest United Through Reading Program

    $50,000
  11. Henry L Guenther FoundationSeal Beach, CA 2024

    support Southern CA programming through book distribution events, ensure deploying units have equipment and supplies needed for story stations, operate the Mobile Story Station West, and train United Through Reading volunteers.

    $30,000
  12. Walter J & Betty C Zable FoundationSan Diego, CA 2024

    General assistance

    $20,000
  13. Oluv C Joynor Foundation IncWilmington, DE 2024

    Program support

    $20,000
  14. The Don & Lorraine Freeberg FoundationGlendale, CA 2024

    Charitable activities

    $18,000
  15. The Cushman FoundationSan Diego, CA 2024

    General/unrestricted

    $10,000
  16. Nora Roberts FoundationGlenn Dale, MD 2024

    Operations

    $6,000
  17. The Chris and Melody Malachowsky Family FoundationCampbell, CA 2024

    Charitable

    $5,000
  18. Dr Scholl FoundationNorthbrook, IL 2024

    Literacy program for military families

    $5,000
  19. Warrior Assist FoundationWilmington, DE 2024

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  20. DV & Ida McEachern Charitable TRMilwaukee, WI 2024

    General operating

    $5,000
  21. Heidner Marco J Char TrustEagan, MN 2024

    General operating

    $5,000
  22. The Paula B and Oliver W Jones Family Foundation IncWilmington, DE 2024

    General & Unrestricted

    $3,500
  23. Fuchsg & M FDN TaiEagan, MN 2024

    General operating

    $3,500
  24. The Ron and Kathy Colby Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2024

    General & Unrestricted

    $3,000
  25. Allan and Lyndsey Arendsee Family FoundationCoronado, CA 2024

    General purpose

    $2,740
  26. Kilworth Florence Char TR FNDNEagan, MN 2024

    General operating

    $2,500
  27. Boys and Girls Aid Society of San Diego LTDSan Diego, CA 2024

    Unrestricted charitable

    $2,500
  28. Heller Foundation of San DiegoEagan, MN 2024

    General operating

    $2,500
  29. JMM Charitable FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    General exempt purpose

    $2,000
  30. The Grace Curtis & Priscilla O'Hara Foundation IncLorton, VA 2024

    To provide general support

    $2,000
  31. Nancy M & Douglas M Yeager Family FoundationMilwaukee, WI 2024

    Materials for parents and children

    $2,000
  32. The Pfizer Foundation IncNew York, NY 2024

    Matching gifts

    $1,000
  33. The Crail-Johnson FoundationSan Pedro, CA 2024

    For operating expenses related to the mission to strengthens military families literacy, emotional bonds, and well-being through the power of reading together at every age, no matter the distance.

    $100
  34. Reader's Digest FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    For operation storytime campaign

    $334,000
  35. JTMF FoundationWilmington, DE 2023

    United Through Reading program in the pacific northwest

    $50,000
  36. The Nordson Corporation FoundationWestlake, OH 2023

    General operating support

    $25,000
  37. David W Hearst Jr FoundationRancho Santa Fe, CA 2023

    Grants related to purpose of chartiable organization

    $25,000
  38. Walter J & Betty C Zable FoundationSan Diego, CA 2023

    General assistance

    $20,000
  39. Oluv C Joynor Foundation IncWilmington, DE 2023

    Program support

    $20,000
  40. Robert I Schattner Foundation Inc aka Schattner FoundationRockville, MD 2023

    Education

    $20,000
  41. Johanna Anderson Trueblood Foundation IncCoronado, CA 2023

    Operations

    $20,000
  42. The Don & Lorraine Freeberg FoundationGlendale, CA 2023

    Charitable activities

    $20,000
  43. The Cushman FoundationSan Diego, CA 2023

    General/unrestricted

    $10,000
  44. WPS Charitable Foundation IncMonona, WI 2023

    Military veterans

    $10,000
  45. Donaldson FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2023

    general support

    $10,000
  46. Sibley-Saltonstall Charitable FoundationBoston, MA 2023

    Operating fund

    $7,000
  47. Nora Roberts FoundationGlenn Dale, MD 2023

    Operations

    $6,000
  48. The Chris and Melody Malachowsky Family FoundationCampbell, CA 2023

    Charitable

    $5,000
  49. Dr Scholl FoundationNorthbrook, IL 2023

    Read aloud kits for military families

    $5,000
  50. Warrior Assist FoundationWilmington, DE 2023

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  51. Heidner Marco J Char TrustEagan, MN 2023

    General operating

    $5,000
  52. The Ron and Kathy Colby Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2023

    General & Unrestricted

    $3,000
  53. Fuchsg & M FDN TaiEagan, MN 2023

    General operating

    $3,000
  54. Samuel I & John Henry Fox FoundationEagan, MN 2023

    General operating

    $2,500
  55. Heller Foundation of San DiegoEagan, MN 2023

    General operating

    $2,500
  56. JMM Charitable FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    General exempt purpose

    $2,000
  57. The Grace Curtis & Priscilla O'Hara Foundation IncLorton, VA 2023

    To provide general support

    $2,000
  58. The Paula B and Oliver W Jones Family Foundation IncWilmington, DE 2023

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,952
  59. Nancy M & Douglas M Yeager Family FoundationMilwaukee, WI 2023

    Materials for parents and children

    $1,000
  60. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $574
  61. The Crail-Johnson FoundationSan Pedro, CA 2023

    General operating support - matching

    $100
  62. Reader's Digest FoundationNew York, NY 2022

    The grant supports the 40 Million Stories Campaign which allows members of the armed forces of the United States to read stories while deployed overseas or at sea and record them so they can be read to their children at home.

    $500,000
  63. McInnes S and J Char TRSaint Louis, MO 2022

    General operating

    $26,400
  64. The Parker FoundationCarlsbad, CA 2022

    General support

    $25,000
  65. Oluv C Joynor Foundation IncWilmington, DE 2022

    Program support

    $20,000
  66. Johanna Anderson Trueblood Foundation IncCoronado, CA 2022

    Operations

    $20,000
  67. Walter J & Betty C Zable FoundationSan Diego, CA 2022

    General assistance

    $15,000
  68. The Cushman FoundationSan Diego, CA 2022

    General/unrestricted

    $10,000
  69. Essential FoundationSan Diego, CA 2022

    General program support

    $10,000
  70. DWB Family FoundationDenver, CO 2022

    Military support

    $8,000
  71. Sibley-Saltonstall Charitable FoundationBoston, MA 2022

    Operating fund

    $7,500
  72. Warrior Assist FoundationWilmington, DE 2022

    General & Unrestricted

    $6,500
  73. Gregg W & Denise E Steinhafel Family FoundationWayzata, MN 2022

    General fund

    $5,000
  74. Dr Scholl FoundationNorthbrook, IL 2022

    Reading and shared story time for military families

    $5,000
  75. Allison and Robert Price Family FoundationLa Jolla, CA 2022

    General

    $5,000
  76. The Ron and Kathy Colby Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2022

    General & Unrestricted

    $3,000
  77. Fuchsg & M FDN TaiEagan, MN 2022

    Charitable

    $3,000
  78. Heidner Marco J Char TrustEagan, MN 2022

    Charitable

    $3,000
  79. Samuel I & John Henry Fox FoundationEagan, MN 2022

    Charitable purposes

    $3,000
  80. The Paula B and Oliver W Jones Family Foundation IncWilmington, DE 2022

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,500
  81. JMM Charitable FoundationNew York, NY 2022

    General exempt purpose

    $2,000
  82. Heller Foundation of San DiegoEagan, MN 2022

    Charitable

    $2,000
  83. The Pfizer Foundation IncNew York, NY 2022

    Matching gifts

    $1,000
  84. The Grace Curtis & Priscilla O'Hara Foundation IncLorton, VA 2022

    To provide general support

    $1,000
  85. Kilworth Florence Char TR FNDNEagan, MN 2022

    Charitable

    $1,000
  86. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $734
  87. The Scripps Howard FoundationCincinnati, OH 2022

    Community Market Grant

    $500
  88. The Crail-Johnson FoundationSan Pedro, CA 2022

    General operating support - matching

    $100
  89. Reader's Digest FoundationNew York, NY 2021

    The grant supports the 40 Million Stories Campaign which allows members of the armed forces of the United States to read stories while deployed overseas or at sea and record them so they can be read to their children at home.

    $750,000
  90. Henry L Guenther FoundationSeal Beach, CA 2021

    To get high-quality children's books to military children and families at Fort Irwin, Naval Air Facility El Centro, Naval Air Station China Lake, Naval Base Ventura County, and Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, including family read-alongs even when parents are deployed through video recorded story time.

    $28,000
  91. The Parker FoundationCarlsbad, CA 2021

    General support

    $25,000
  92. The California Wellness FoundationLos Angeles, CA 2021

    For core operating support to sustain services for family connection and bonding in california for members of the armed forces, reserves, and veterans during times of physical separation.

    $25,000
  93. Essential FoundationSan Diego, CA 2021

    General program support

    $20,100
  94. Johanna Anderson Trueblood Foundation IncCoronado, CA 2021

    Operations

    $20,000
  95. Walter J & Betty C Zable FoundationSan Diego, CA 2021

    General assistance

    $15,000
  96. Gregg W & Denise E Steinhafel Family FoundationWayzata, MN 2021

    General fund

    $10,000
  97. The Fluor FoundationIrving, TX 2021

    Mobile story station

    $10,000
  98. David W Hearst Jr FoundationRancho Santa Fe, CA 2021

    Grants related to purpose of chartiable organization

    $10,000
  99. Warrior Assist FoundationWilmington, DE 2021

    General & Unrestricted

    $6,500
  100. The Cushman FoundationSan Diego, CA 2021

    General/unrestricted

    $6,000
  101. Nora Roberts FoundationGlenn Dale, MD 2021

    Operations

    $6,000
  102. Winnebago Industries FoundationForest City, IA 2021

    Operating support

    $5,000
  103. The Nordson Corporation FoundationWestlake, OH 2021

    Education program

    $5,000
  104. Dr Scholl FoundationNorthbrook, IL 2021

    Family story time for military families

    $5,000
  105. DV & Ida McEachern Charitable TRMilwaukee, WI 2021

    Charitable

    $4,700
  106. Fuchsg & M FDN TaiEagan, MN 2021

    Charitable

    $3,000
  107. The Paula B and Oliver W Jones Family Foundation IncWilmington, DE 2021

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,100
  108. Pratt Memorial FundEagan, MN 2021

    Charitable

    $2,050
  109. The Ron and Kathy Colby Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2021

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,000
  110. JMM Charitable FoundationNew York, NY 2021

    General exempt purpose

    $2,000
  111. Heller Foundation of San DiegoEagan, MN 2021

    Charitable

    $2,000
  112. Kilworth Florence Char TR FNDNEagan, MN 2021

    Charitable

    $1,000
  113. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $859
  114. Dorothea Tuney FoundationSan Diego, CA 2021

    Unite military families with reading

    $500
  115. Edwin P and Marie H Gray Charitable TrustBirmingham, AL 2021

    Support charitable organization's mission

    $500
  116. The California Wellness FoundationLos Angeles, CA 2021

    2021 cal wellness matching gift grant

    $400
  117. The Crail-Johnson FoundationSan Pedro, CA 2021

    General operating support - matching

    $100
  118. The Foundation for HopeMonsey, NY 2021

    To further exempt purpose

    $100
  119. Reader's Digest FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    The grant supports the 40 Million Stories Campaign which allows members of the armed forces of the United States to read stories while deployed overseas or at sea and record them so they can be read to their children at home.

    $750,000
  120. Walter J & Betty C Zable FoundationSan Diego, CA 2020

    General assistance

    $15,000
  121. DWB Family FoundationDenver, CO 2020

    Educational outreach

    $11,250
  122. The Pitney Bowes FoundationStamford, CT 2020

    United through reading app program delivery support

    $10,000
  123. Gregg W & Denise E Steinhafel Family FoundationWayzata, MN 2020

    General fund

    $10,000
  124. Spartannash FoundationByron Center, MI 2020

    General support

    $10,000
  125. Essential FoundationSan Diego, CA 2020

    General program support

    $10,000
  126. The Nordson Corporation FoundationWestlake, OH 2020

    Education program

    $7,500
  127. The Cushman FoundationSan Diego, CA 2020

    General/unrestricted

    $6,000
  128. Allison and Robert Price Family FoundationLa Jolla, CA 2020

    General

    $5,000
  129. Nora Roberts FoundationGlenn Dale, MD 2020

    Operations

    $5,000
  130. Pratt Memorial FundEagan, MN 2020

    Unrestricted

    $3,550
  131. The Paula B and Oliver W Jones Family Foundation IncWilmington, DE 2020

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,992
  132. The Ron and Kathy Colby Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2020

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,000
  133. JMM Charitable FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    General exempt purpose

    $2,000
  134. Nora Roberts FoundationGlenn Dale, MD 2020

    Operations

    $2,000
  135. Heller Foundation of San DiegoEagan, MN 2020

    Charitable

    $2,000
  136. Ray J Kahler TrustEagan, MN 2020

    Charitable

    $2,000
  137. Fuchsg & M FDN TaiEagan, MN 2020

    Charitable

    $1,000
  138. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $535
  139. Chubb Charitable FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2020

    Matching Gifts

    $100
  140. The Crail-Johnson FoundationSan Pedro, CA 2020

    General operating support

    $100
  141. Reader's Digest FoundationNew York, NY 2019

    The grant supports the 40 Million Stories Campaign which allows members of the armed forces of the United States to read stories while deployed overseas or at sea and record them so they can be read to their children at home.

    $250,000
  142. Walter J & Betty C Zable FoundationSan Diego, CA 2019

    General assistance

    $15,000
  143. The Nordson Corporation FoundationWestlake, OH 2019

    Education program

    $12,500
  144. Ellen G and Edward G Wong Family FoundationEncinitas, CA 2019

    Support reading program

    $10,000
  145. Essential FoundationSan Diego, CA 2019

    General program support

    $10,000
  146. The Kenneth T and Eileen L Norris FoundationTorrance, CA 2019

    United through reading southern california

    $10,000
  147. Gregg W & Denise E Steinhafel Family FoundationWayzata, MN 2019

    Charitable

    $7,500
  148. The Paula B and Oliver W Jones Family Foundation IncWilmington, DE 2019

    General & Unrestricted

    $3,500
  149. Nora Roberts FoundationGlenn Dale, MD 2019

    Operations

    $3,000
  150. The Ron and Kathy Colby Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2019

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,000
  151. JMM Charitable FoundationNew York, NY 2019

    General exempt purpose

    $2,000
  152. Girard FoundationSan Diego, CA 2019

    General - schools & other charities

    $2,000
  153. Kirby Family Foundation IncAmherst, NH 2019

    Community support

    $1,000
  154. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 2019

    Program/operating support

    $125
  155. The Crail-Johnson FoundationSan Pedro, CA 2019

    General operating support

    $100
  156. Reader's Digest FoundationNew York, NY 2018

    The grant supports the 40 Million Stories Campaign which allows members of the armed forces of the United States to read stories while deployed overseas or at sea and record them so they can be read to their children at home.

    $250,000
  157. Walter J & Betty C Zable FoundationSan Diego, CA 2018

    General assistance

    $15,000
  158. Essential FoundationSan Diego, CA 2018

    General program support - operation promise

    $10,000
  159. The Paula B and Oliver W Jones Family Foundation IncWilmington, DE 2018

    General & Unrestricted

    $3,000
  160. JMM Charitable FoundationNew York, NY 2018

    General exempt purpose

    $2,000
  161. Girard FoundationSan Diego, CA 2018

    General - schools & other charities

    $2,000
  162. The Annie and Ronald F Bennett Family FoundationSan Marcos, CA 2018

    Donation

    $2,000
  163. Kirby Family Foundation IncAmherst, NH 2018

    Community support

    $500
  164. The Crail-Johnson FoundationSan Pedro, CA 2018

    General operating support

    $100
  165. Walter J & Betty C Zable FoundationSan Diego, CA 2017

    General assistance

    $15,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other veterans and military organizations in San Diego, CA and are not among United Through Reading’s funders above.

  1. Verizon FoundationBasking Ridge, NJ 3 grants Preselected only $4,530 to similar organizations
  2. JPMorgan Chase FoundationNew York, NY 4 grants Preselected only $224 to similar organizations
  3. David C Copley FoundationSan Diego, CA 9 grants Preselected only $381,500 to similar organizations
  4. The Horst Family Foundation IncMiromar Lakes, FL 4 grants Preselected only $27,500 to similar organizations
  5. Enterprise Holdings FoundationSaint Louis, MO 6 grants Accepts applications $22,500 to similar organizations
  6. Balmes FoundationSaint Louis, MO 3 grants Preselected only $15,000 to similar organizations
  7. Price Philanthropies FoundationLa Jolla, CA 2 grants Accepts applications $4,000 to similar organizations
  8. Cohen Veterans Network IncStamford, CT 3 grants Preselected only $5,503,715 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 33-0373000 by name and ZIP code, or by name, city and State against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.