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San Diego Police Foundation

Public charity · Grantmaker San Diego, CA EIN: 33-0785173 Website

We proudly supports Americas finest police department by cultivating positive community engagement and helping fund vital equipment and specialize training that ensures peace and safety for all.

San Diego Police Foundation at a glance

In short: San Diego Police Foundation gave $499K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $499K), mostly in California. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$498,534
+25.5% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$498,534
+25.5% vs 2024
Median grant
$498,534
Total assets
$3,483,572
+25.8% vs 2024
Primary geography
California (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

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

Who San Diego Police Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

San Diego Police Department: $499KSan Diego Police Department$499K

The largest 2025 recipient was San Diego Police Department ($499K).

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K$100–250K4$250–500K1$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $250–500K range: 4 grants of 5 (80%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

Cities

San Diego

How San Diego Police Foundation gives

  • Giving fell 25% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$200K$400K$600K$800K1 grant2019 1 grant2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $350K (2019) to $702K (2020). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $499K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
San Diego Police Department San Diego, CATraining, Outreach, and non-lethal equipment no covered by City budget.$498,534
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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$3,483,572$1,942,568$1,904,373$498,5341$125,696
2024$2,769,357$2,704,282$1,784,671$397,2151$211,837
2023$1,871,691$1,631,761$1,461,543$407,6521$-20,766
2022$1,653,971$1,778,114$1,517,054$660,4311$130,296
2021$1,560,778$1,364,301$1,196,149$406,4501$68,142
2020$1,455,027$1,274,205$1,457,637$702,4211$32,012
2019$1,330,986$1,219,654$1,236,807$349,9531$42,351

About San Diego Police Foundation

Based on IRS filings

San Diego Police Foundation is a public charity focused on Crime & Legal Related, based in San Diego, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $3.5M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $499K. Net investment income was $126K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

San Diego Police Foundation is led by Sara Napoli, President & CEO on every filing since 2019; 1 of 12 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Sara Napoli

    President & CEO

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $153K (2019) → $213K (2025)

  • Stew Roberts

    Chair

    Incoming Treasurer → Treasurer, 2020

    Treasurer → Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Byron Johnston

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Barbara Savaglio

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jayanti Menches

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Randy Bolelli

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Christiana Huntzinger

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Denise Friedman

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Gina Lindell

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Emily Rex

    Secretary

    Director → Secretary, 2022

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Karyn Cerulli

    Immediate Past Chair

    Secretary → Chair, 2022

    Chair → Immediate Past Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jenny Kikuno

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (20)
  • Former: Jeffrey Roberts (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: Catherine Abarca (2024) — Director of Development & Communications
  • Former: Charles W Hartford (2019–2023) — Imm. Past Chair
  • Former: Henry Nembach (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Vilen Vlasov (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Elizabeth Mueller (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: Samantha Serpa (2021–2023) — Director
  • Former: Peter Schwartz (2023) — Director
  • Former: Dale Ganzow (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Daniel Kabban (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Carol Tohsaku (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Lowell Handy (2019–2021) — Imm. Past Chair
  • Former: Celeste Blodgett (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Chris Ghio (2019–2020) — Imm. Past Chair
  • Former: Craig Fuller (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Crystal Sargent (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Jason Kulpa (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Jessica Kalloch (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Bill Davidson (2019) — Outgoing Secretary
  • Former: Steve Fanucchi (2019) — Outgoing Treasurer

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Sara Napoli — President and CEO: $213KSara NapoliPresident and CEO$213K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $213K, to Sara Napoli (President and CEO).

Frequently asked questions about San Diego Police Foundation

How much does San Diego Police Foundation give each year?

San Diego Police Foundation gave $499K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $397K across 1 grant.

How large is San Diego Police Foundation?

San Diego Police Foundation reported $3.5M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.9M.

What is San Diego Police Foundation?

San Diego Police Foundation is a public charity focused on Crime & Legal Related, based in San Diego, CA. It holds $3.5M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does San Diego Police Foundation operate?

San Diego Police Foundation has awarded grants in California.

What is San Diego Police Foundation's EIN?

San Diego Police Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 33-0785173. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

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

Data update history

(8)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 12, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 13, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 15, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 14, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 13, 2025)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 13, 2020)
  7. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 13, 2026)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2024

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