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Gainey Foundation

Name: Gainey Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

83
grants reported: $5.9M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $50,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

scholarships capital campaign housing power teacher transitional adolescent

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

7 grants matching “cottage” · $520,000

$170,000
Santa Ynez Valley - Cottage Hospital Fdn · Solvang, CA · 2024
Scholarships & capital
$100,000
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Grotenhuis construction
$50,000
Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operating
$50,000
Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operating
$50,000
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operating
$50,000
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General operating
$50,000
Sant Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital Founda · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General operating

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation3 grants · $450,000
Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics3 grants · $400,000
Transition House3 grants · $300,000
Santa Barbara Education Foundation3 grants · $300,000
Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara3 grants · $257,000
Santa Barbara Museum of Art2 grants · $250,000
Laguna Blanca School1 grant · $250,000
Braille Institute of America3 grants · $250,000
Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara3 grants · $250,000
Isd 761 Foundation3 grants · $240,000

Giving over time

$2.0M

2022

$1.9M

2023

$1.9M

2024

Grant history

All 83 reported grants, largest first.

$250,000
Laguna Blanca School · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General operating
$170,000
Santa Ynez Valley - Cottage Hospital Fdn · Solvang, CA · 2024
Scholarships & capital
$150,000
Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Solar power project
$150,000
Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Westside clinic equipment
$150,000
Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operating
$150,000
Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operating
$150,000
Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General operating
$125,000
Santa Barbara Museum of Art · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Program support
$125,000
Santa Barbara Museum of Art · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Program support
$100,000
Chc Central Coast · Santa Maria, CA · 2024
Dental workforce training
$100,000
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Grotenhuis construction
$100,000
Santa Barbara Education Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Teacher grants, dp &
$100,000
Transition House · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Housing case mgmt program
$100,000
University of Santa Barbara Foundation · Lamy, NM · 2024
Community fellows fund
$100,000
Braille Institute of America · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Program support
$100,000
Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Program support
$100,000
Community Health Centers · Burlington, IA · 2023
General operating
$100,000
Santa Barbara Education Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operating
$100,000
Transition House · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operating
$100,000
University of California Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operating
$100,000
Braille Institute of America · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Program support
$100,000
Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Program support
$100,000
Santa Barbara Education Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General operating
$100,000
Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General operating
$100,000
Solvang Theaterfest · Solvang, CA · 2022
General operating
$100,000
Transition House · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General operating
$100,000
University of California · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General operating
$91,000
Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Scholarships
$90,000
Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General operating
$80,000
Isd 761 Foundation · Owatonna, MN · 2024
Scholarships
$80,000
Isd 761 Foundation · Owatonna, MN · 2023
Scholarship
$80,000
Isd 761 Foundation · Owatonna, MN · 2022
General operating
$76,000
Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operating
$50,000
Braille Institute of America · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Adult education
$50,000
Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Oncology social work
$50,000
Casa Pacifica · Camarillo, CA · 2024
Transitional youth services
$50,000
Channel Islands Ymca · Carpinteria, CA · 2024
Transitional housing
$50,000
Community Arts Music Association · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Program support
$50,000
Girls · Portland, OR · 2024
Scholarships
$50,000
Hearts Therapeutic Equestrian Center · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Capital campaign & general
$50,000
Lobero Theatre Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Program support
$50,000
Music Academy of the West · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Program support
$50,000
Opera Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Program support
$50,000
Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra Associa · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General operating
$50,000
Santa Ynez People Helping People · Solvang, CA · 2024
Hq capital campaign
$50,000
Santa Ynez Pirate Foundation · Solvang, CA · 2024
Teacher grants
$50,000
United Boys & Girls Club of Sb · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Power hour
$50,000
Casa Pacifica Centers · Camarillo, CA · 2023
General operating
$50,000
Community Arts Music Association · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Program support
$50,000
Girls · Portland, OR · 2023
General operating
$50,000
Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operating
$50,000
Hearts Therapeutic Equestrian Center · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operating
$50,000
Lobero Theatre Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Program support
$50,000
Music Academy of the West · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Program support
$50,000
Opera Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Program support
$50,000
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operating
$50,000
Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra Associa · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operating
$50,000
Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operating
$50,000
Santa Ynez Valley People Helping People · Solvang, CA · 2023
General operating
$50,000
United Boys and Girls Clubs · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operating
$50,000
Ymca · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating
$50,000
Casa Pacifica Centers for Children and F · Camarillo, CA · 2022
General operating
$50,000
Community Arts Music Association · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Program support
$50,000
Hearts Therapeutic Equestrian Center · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General operating
$50,000
Lobero Theatre Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Program support
$50,000
Music Academy of the West · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Program support
$50,000
Opera Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Program support
$50,000
Sant Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital Founda · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General operating
$50,000
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General operating
$50,000
Santa Ynez Valley People Helping People · Solvang, CA · 2022
General operating
$50,000
Solvang Senior Center · Solvang, CA · 2022
General operating
$50,000
Ymca · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating
$30,000
Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra Associa · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General operating
$25,000
The Turner Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General operating
$25,000
The Turner Foudnation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operating
$20,000
Notes for Notes · Nashville, TN · 2024
General operating
$20,000
Sanctuary Centers · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Child & adolescent program
$20,000
Notes for Notes · Nashville, TN · 2023
General operating
$15,000
Turner Homeless Shelter · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General operating
$10,000
Regents of the University of California · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
Summer concert series
$10,000
Storyteller Children'S Center · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General operating
$10,000
Storyteller Childrens Center · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operating
$10,000
Notes for Notes · Nashville, TN · 2022
General operating

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