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Griffiths G H & O J Char Fdn

Name: Griffiths G H & O J Char Fdn grants, 2022–2025
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A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

97
grants reported: $1.6M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

museum dean educ education george griffiths lobero musical

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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.

Top recipients

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

University of California4 grants · $145,000
University of California Santa Barbara F3 grants · $100,000
Santa Barbara Historical Museum6 grants · $97,250
Opera Santa Barbara6 grants · $97,250
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum6 grants · $97,250
Santa Barbara Museum of Art6 grants · $95,000
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation1 grant · $86,850
Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara5 grants · $85,000
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History5 grants · $80,000
Community Arts Music Association5 grants · $75,000

Giving over time

$272,600

2022

$485,000

2023

$541,000

2024

$305,000

2025

Grant history

All 97 reported grants, largest first.

$86,850
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Ucsb's dean's fund for
$57,500
University of California · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operating
$57,500
University of California · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operating
$40,000
University of California Santa Barbara F · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
General operating
$30,000
University of California Santa Barbara F · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General operating
$30,000
University of California Santa Barbara F · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General operating
$25,000
Lobero Theatre Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
General operating
$25,000
Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
General operating
$20,000
Opera Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
General operating
$20,000
Santa Barbara Historical Museum · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
General operating
$20,000
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
General operating
$20,000
Santa Barbara Museum of Art · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
General operating
$20,000
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
General operating
$20,000
Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra Assn · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
General operating
$20,000
Santa Barbara Tr for Historic Preservati · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
General operating
$17,250
Opera Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General operating support
$17,250
Santa Barbara Historical Museum · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Support educ and study of
$17,250
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
For ongoing restoration of
$17,250
Santa Barbara Symphony · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
To promote the symphony for
$17,250
Sb Museum of Natural History · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Support museum's
$17,250
Sb Trust for Historic Preservation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Support el presidio wall &
$17,250
Scholarship Foundation of Sb · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
George griffiths/olive
$15,000
Community Arts Music Association · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
General operating
$15,000
Santa Barbara Ctr for the Performing Art · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
General operating
$15,000
Casa Del Herrero · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General operating
$15,000
Casa Del Herrero · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General operating
$15,000
Community Arts Music Association · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General operating
$15,000
Community Arts Music Association · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General operating
$15,000
Opera Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General operating
$15,000
Opera Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General operating
$15,000
Santa Barbara Ctr for the Performing Art · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General operating
$15,000
Santa Barbara Ctr for the Performing Art · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General operating
$15,000
Santa Barbara Historical Museum · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General operating
$15,000
Santa Barbara Historical Museum · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General operating
$15,000
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General operating
$15,000
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General operating
$15,000
Santa Barbara Museum of Art · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General operating
$15,000
Santa Barbara Museum of Art · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General operating
$15,000
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General operating
$15,000
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General operating
$15,000
Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra Assn · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General operating
$15,000
Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra Assn · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General operating
$15,000
Santa Barbara Tr for Historic Preservati · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General operating
$15,000
Santa Barbara Tr for Historic Preservati · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General operating
$15,000
Santa Cruz Island Foundation · Carpinteria, CA · 2024
Charitable purposes
$15,000
Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General operating
$15,000
Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General operating
$15,000
University of California · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General operating
$15,000
University of California · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General operating
$15,000
University of California Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General operating
$15,000
University of California Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General operating
$15,000
Community Arts Music Association · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operating
$15,000
Community Arts Music Association · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operating
$15,000
Opera Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operating
$15,000
Opera Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operating
$15,000
Santa Barbara Center for Performing Arts · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operating
$15,000
Santa Barbara Ctr for the Performing Art · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operating
$15,000
Santa Barbara Historical Museum · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operating
$15,000
Santa Barbara Historical Museum · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operating
$15,000
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operating
$15,000
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operating
$15,000
Santa Barbara Museum of Art · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operating
$15,000
Santa Barbara Museum of Art · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operating
$15,000
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operating
$15,000
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operating
$15,000
Santa Barbara Symphony · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operating
$15,000
Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra Assn · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operating
$15,000
Santa Barbara Tr for Historic Preservati · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operating
$15,000
Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Pres · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operating
$15,000
Santa Cruz Island Foundation · Carpinteria, CA · 2023
General operating
$15,000
Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operating
$15,000
Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operating
$15,000
Community Arts Music Assoc · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
To present musical
$15,000
Santa Barbara Center for the Performing · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Charitable
$15,000
Santa Barbara Museum of Art · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Support museum's education
$10,000
Ganna Walska Lotusland · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
General operating
$10,000
Performing Arts Center · Spring Valley, NY · 2025
General operating
$10,000
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
General operating
$10,000
Ganna Walska Lotusland · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General operating
$10,000
Ganna Walska Lotusland · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General operating
$10,000
Lobero Theatre Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General operating
$10,000
Lobero Theatre Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General operating
$10,000
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General operating
$10,000
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General operating
$10,000
Lobero Theatre Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operating
$10,000
Lobero Theatre Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operating
$10,000
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operating
$10,000
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operating
$10,000
Lobero Theatre Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General support for lobero
$10,000
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Charitable
$8,000
Marjorie Luke Theatre · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General operating
$8,000
Marjorie Luke Theatre · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General operating
$7,500
Performing Arts Center · Spring Valley, NY · 2023
General operating
$7,500
Performing Arts Center · Spring Valley, NY · 2023
General operating
$5,000
Santa Barbara Chamber Players · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
General operating
$5,000
State Street Ballet · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
General operating
$5,000
The Santa Barbara Choral Society · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
General operating

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