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Optimist Club Foundation of Point Loma

Public charity · Grantmaker San Diego, CA EIN: 33-0630243 Website

Optimist Club Foundation of Point Loma is a public charity focused on Education, based in San Diego, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $251K in total assets.

Optimist Club Foundation of Point Loma at a glance

Total assets
$250,960
-11.5% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$116,253
+13.5% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$121,204
+18.3% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-EZ, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990-EZ, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Optimist Club Foundation of Point Loma funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

4 grants across all recorded years

4<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 4 grants of 4 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

States

Cities

San Diego

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$5K$10K$15K$20K3 grants2020 4 grants2021 0 grants2022 0 grants2023 0 grants2024 0 grants2025

From 2020 to 2021, annual grant giving ranged from $8K (2020) to $16K (2021). In 2021 it made 4 grants totaling $16K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Ocean Beach Elementary School San Diego, CASchool Supplies$5,000
Cabrillo Elementary San Diego, CASchool Supplies$5,000
NTC Foundation San Diego, CAAfter School Activities$3,500
Dewey Elementary School San Diego, CAAudiovisual Equip$2,900
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$250,960$116,253$121,204———
2024$283,701$102,393$102,469———
2023$235,399$113,585$180,807———
2022$298,621$133,224$58,104———
2021$238,751$60,121$55,062$16,4004$16,003
2020$229,692$48,480$39,557$7,6003$6,634

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Optimist Club Foundation of Point Loma is led by William Bramley, President & CEO since 2023 (on filings since 2022); none of the 7 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • William Bramley

    President & CEO

    Director → President & CEO, 2023

    On filings since 2022

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Barry Rogers

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Larry Baumann

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Larry Brown

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Gary Correia

    Treasurer

    Vice President → President, 2021

    President → Treasurer, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jeff Fischbeck

    Secretary

    President → Director, 2021

    Director → Secretary, 2022

    On filings since 2020

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tom Gibbings

    Vice Chairperson

    On filings since 2023

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (15)
  • Former: Tom Lewis (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Randy Rolfe (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: Steve Doyle (2020–2022) — President & CEO
  • Former: Charles Shedd (2022) — Treasurer
  • Former: Art Curran (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Chris Jacobs (2020–2021) — Vice President
  • Former: Collin Clifford (2020–2021) — Vice President
  • Former: Doug Cleary (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Jc Agajanian (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Jim Dennison (2020–2021) — Secretary-Treasurer
  • Former: James Card (2021) — Vice President
  • Former: Ron Lauderbach (2021) — Director
  • Former: Travis Jaedtke (2021) — Director
  • Former: Jesse Sikorski (2020) — Director
  • Former: Jim Seman (2020) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Optimist Club Foundation of Point Loma

How large is Optimist Club Foundation of Point Loma?

Optimist Club Foundation of Point Loma reported $251K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-EZ. Its revenue that year was $116K.

What is Optimist Club Foundation of Point Loma?

Optimist Club Foundation of Point Loma is a public charity focused on Education, based in San Diego, CA. It holds $251K in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Optimist Club Foundation of Point Loma operate?

Optimist Club Foundation of Point Loma has awarded grants in California.

What is Optimist Club Foundation of Point Loma's EIN?

Optimist Club Foundation of Point Loma's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 33-0630243. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(6)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990-EZ for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS January 27, 2023)
  2. Updated Form 990-EZ for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS January 22, 2024)
  3. Updated Form 990-EZ for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS January 23, 2025)
  4. Updated Form 990-EZ for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS February 9, 2026)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS February 4, 2021)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS December 10, 2021)

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