Rodeki Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation accepts no unsolicited requests and gives only to organisations it has preselected, so a charity should not send it an application unless it has been invited to do so.
- Most of its grant dollars go to organisations it has funded before, with 90% of grant dollars in the filing going to repeat recipients, so a relationship with the foundation matters more than a cold proposal.
- Its typical grants fall between $10,000 and $87,000, and half of its grants are $40,000 or less, so a modest request in that range fits, although its largest grant was about $605,000 and that band is not a ceiling.
- Its grants are general operating support across children's services, youth development, cancer, multiple sclerosis, scientific research and higher education, and no geographic focus is stated, so the California and New York concentration in the filing should be read as where it has given, not as a rule about who may apply.
Overview
Rodeki Foundation is a US private foundation based in La Jolla, CA.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
RODEKI Foundation's recorded grants provide general operating support to a mix of organisations. The recipients include social-service providers and youth-serving organisations, health charities and medical research institutions, and higher-education organisations. They cover work associated with children's services, youth development, cancer and multiple sclerosis, as well as scientific research. The filings describe all listed grants as support for general operations, rather than naming restricted projects. Recipients are located mainly in California, with a substantial share in New York and smaller amounts reaching other states. The available filing material does not set out a wider funding programme or eligibility criteria; it records repeated grants to several organisations and does not explain how recipients are selected.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in California and New York.
How to apply
The foundation contributes only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 90% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 31 grants to organisations were $40,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 38% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 90% of grant dollars went to organisations Rodeki Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- <1% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 9 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $50,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- National Multiple Sclerosis Society · To support general operations.$605,8712024 tax year
- American Cancer Society · To support general operations.$87,0002024 tax year
- Home Start · To support general operations.$55,0002024 tax year
- U C San Diego Foundation · To support general operations.$50,0002024 tax year
- Reality Changers · To support general operations.$50,0002024 tax year
- Access Youth Academy · To support general operations.$40,0002024 tax year
- Salk Institute for Biological Studies · To support general operations.$25,0002024 tax year
- A Bridge for Kids · To support general operations.$10,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Fiona Mackin-Jha — CFO / Secretary
- Sanjay Jha — President
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $954,504 | $789,550 | $18,160,907 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $1,016,883 | $909,008 | $25,299,719 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $1,047,520 | $925,371 | $32,804,593 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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- La Jolla, CA
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Contact
- La Jolla, CA