Funding search · EIN 236420229 · Santa Barbara, CA
The Leslie S and Philip L Bernstein Family
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 121
- grants reported
- $858,500
- total given
- 2021–2024
- filing years
- $1,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
What they fund
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Music Academy of the West4 grants · $203,500
- Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital4 grants · $200,000
- Sansum Clinic4 grants · $120,000
- Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara4 grants · $60,000
- Lobero Theatre Foundation2 grants · $51,000
- Ophthalmicedge3 grants · $30,000
- California Pacific Medical Center Foundation2 grants · $15,000
- California Pacific Medical Center Foundation1 grant · $15,000
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution3 grants · $14,500
- Germantown Academy4 grants · $14,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 121 grants.
- $75,000
Music Academy of the West · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Provide General Funding
- $53,500
Music Academy of the West · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021
Provide General Funding
- $50,000
Music Academy of the West · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Provide General Funding
- $50,000
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Provide general funding
- $50,000
Lobero Theatre Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Provide General Funding
- $50,000
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Provide general funding
- $50,000
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Provide general funding
- $50,000
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021
Provide general funding
- $30,000
Sansum Clinic · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
To support the endocrinology department
- $30,000
Sansum Clinic · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
To support the endocrinology department
- $30,000
Sansum Clinic · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
To support the endocrinology department
- $30,000
Sansum Clinic · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021
To support the endocrinology department
- $25,000
Music Academy of the West · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Provide General Funding
- $20,000
Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Provide general funding
- $20,000
Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021
Provide general funding
- $15,000
California Pacific Medical Center Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2021
Living Donor Kidney Program
- $11,000
Germantown Academy · Fort Washington, PA · 2024
Provide General Funding
- $10,000
Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Provide general funding
- $10,000
Ophthalmicedge · New York, NY · 2024
Provide General Funding
- $10,000
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution · Woods Hole, MA · 2024
Provide General Funding
- $10,000
California Pacific Medical Center Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2023
To Support Living Donor Kidney program
- $10,000
Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Provide general funding
- $10,000
Ophthalmicedge · New York, NY · 2023
Provide General Funding
- $10,000
Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Provide general funding
- $10,000
Ophthalmicedge · New York, NY · 2022
Provide General Funding
- $10,000
World Class Accessibility Foundation · Vali, CO · 2022
Provide general funding
- $5,000
California Pacific Medical Center Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2024
To Support Living Donor Kidney program
- $5,000
The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Provide general funding
- $5,000
The Metropolitan Opera Guild · New York, NY · 2022
Provide general funding
- $5,000
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Provide General Funding
- $5,000
Santa Barbara Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021
Birnam wood members veterans scholarship fund
- $5,000
Yellowstone Forever · Yellowstone Natl Park, WY · 2021
Provide General Funding
- $2,500
Ganna Walska Lotusland · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Provide general funding
- $2,500
World Class Accessibility Foundation · Vail, CO · 2024
Provide General Funding
- $2,500
Ganna Walska Lotusland · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Provide general funding
- $2,500
The Metropolitan Opera Guild · New York, NY · 2023
Provide general funding
- $2,500
Ganna Walska Lotusland · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Provide general funding
- $2,500
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution · Woods Hole, MA · 2022
Provide General Funding
- $2,500
Santa Barbara Museum of Art · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021
Provide general funding
- $2,000
The Metropolitan Opera Guild · New York, NY · 2024
Provide general funding
- $2,000
Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Provide general funding
- $2,000
Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Provide General Funding
- $2,000
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution · Woods Hole, MA · 2023
Provide General Funding
- $2,000
Casa Del Herrero · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021
Provide general funding
- $1,500
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Provide General Funding
- $1,500
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Provide General Funding
- $1,500
Yosemite Conservancy · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Provide general funding
- $1,500
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Provide General Funding
- $1,000
Angel Flight of New England · North Andover, MA · 2024
Provide General Funding
- $1,000
Children'S Museum of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Provide General Funding
- $1,000
Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Provide general funding
- $1,000
Heal the Ocean · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Provide general funding
- $1,000
John & Anna Newton Porter Foundation · Alton Bay, NH · 2024
Provide General Funding
- $1,000
Lobero Theatre Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Provide General Funding
- $1,000
Montecito Community Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Provide General Funding
- $1,000
Montecito Friends of the Library · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Provide General Funding
- $1,000
Montecito Trails Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Provide General Funding
- $1,000
Public Media Group of Southern California · Burbank, CA · 2024
Provide General Funding
- $1,000
Santa Barbara Historical Museum · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Provide General Funding
- $1,000
Santa Barbara Museum of Art · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Provide General Funding
- $1,000
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Provide General Funding
- $1,000
Santa Barbara Soccer Club · Goleta, CA · 2024
Provide General Funding
- $1,000
Santa Barbara Zoological Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Provide General Funding
- $1,000
Smithsonian Institution · Wahington, DC · 2024
Provide General Funding
- $1,000
St Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024
Provide General Funding
- $1,000
The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Provide general funding
- $1,000
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Provide General Funding
- $1,000
United Service Organizations · Arlington, VA · 2024
Provide General Funding
- $1,000
Wesleyan University · Middletown, CT · 2024
Provide general funding
- $1,000
Yellowstone Forever · Yellowstone Natl Park, WY · 2024
Provide General Funding
- $1,000
Yosemite Conservancy · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Provide general funding
- $1,000
Children'S Museum of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Provide General Funding
- $1,000
Germantown Academy · Fort Washington, PA · 2023
Provide General Funding
- $1,000
Heal the Ocean · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Provide general funding
- $1,000
John & Anna Newton Porter Foundation · Alton Bay, NH · 2023
Provide general funding
- $1,000
Montecito Community Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Provide General Funding
- $1,000
Public Media Group of Southern California · Burbank, CA · 2023
Provide General Funding
- $1,000
Santa Barbara Zoological Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Provide General Funding
- $1,000
Smithsonian Institution · Wahington, DC · 2023
Provide General Funding
- $1,000
The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Provide general funding
- $1,000
University of California Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Provide General Funding
- $1,000
Wesleyan University · Middletown, CT · 2023
Provide general funding
- $1,000
Yellowstone Forever · Yellowstone Natl Park, WY · 2023
Provide General Funding
- $1,000
Germantown Academy · Fort Washington, PA · 2022
Provide General Funding
- $1,000
Heal the Ocean · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Provide general funding
- $1,000
Helping Hands · Juneau, AK · 2022
Provide general funding
- $1,000
John & Anna Newton Porter Foundation · Alton Bay, NH · 2022
Provide general funding
- $1,000
Public Media Group of Southern California · Burbank, CA · 2022
Provide General Funding
- $1,000
Riverview Health & Rehabilitation Center · Savannah, GA · 2022
Provide general funding
- $1,000
Smithsonian Institution · Wahington, DC · 2022
Provide General Funding
- $1,000
Wesleyan University · Middletown, CT · 2022
Provide general funding
- $1,000
Yellowstone Forever · Yellowstone Natl Park, WY · 2022
Provide General Funding
- $1,000
Yosemite Conservancy · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Provide general funding
- $1,000
Angel Flight of New England · North Andover, MA · 2021
Provide General Funding
- $1,000
Children'S Museum of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021
Provide General Funding
- $1,000
Ganna Walska Lotusland · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021
Provide general funding
- $1,000
Germantown Academy · Fort Washington, PA · 2021
Provide General Funding
- $1,000
John & Anna Newton Porter Foundation · Alton Bay, NH · 2021
Provide general funding
- $1,000
Montecito Community Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021
Provide general funding
- $1,000
Montecito Friends of the Library · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021
Provide general funding
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