Funding search · EIN 474602133 · Santa Barbara, CA

Natalie Orfalea Foundation

Name: Natalie Orfalea 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.

89
grants reported: $3.4M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $25,000
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

advised film arts climate fiscal lectures sponsor action

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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.

Santa Barbara Foundation3 grants · $320,000
Nature Conservancy of Virginia1 grant · $246,477
Dignity Moves2 grants · $174,798
Ucsb Foundation5 grants · $171,464
Utah Film Center1 grant · $150,000
Nature Conservancy Tnd Dangermond1 grant · $137,776
The Nature Conservancy1 grant · $111,752
Showers of Blessings3 grants · $105,000
Exposure Labs1 grant · $100,000
Planned Parenthood4 grants · $88,362

Giving over time

$1.1M

2022

$1.2M

2023

$1.1M

2024

Grant history

All 89 reported grants, largest first.

$246,477
Nature Conservancy of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
General operations
$150,000
Utah Film Center · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
One point five fiscal sponsor
$137,776
Nature Conservancy Tnd Dangermond · Arlington, VA · 2023
General operations
$124,798
Dignity Moves · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operations
$120,000
Santa Barbara Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Donor advised fund
$111,752
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
Dangermond
$100,000
Exposure Labs · Boulder, CO · 2023
Chasing time
$100,000
Santa Barbara Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Donor advised fund
$100,000
Santa Barbara Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Donor advised fund
$75,000
Isla Vista Youth Project · Goleta, CA · 2024
Leap program
$66,500
Santa Barbara County Food Action Network · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General operations
$62,500
The Climate Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2022
General operations
$55,000
Friends of Ballona Wetlands · Playa Del Rey, CA · 2022
General operations
$54,075
Park County Environmental Foundation · Livingston, MT · 2023
General operations
$52,000
White Buffalo Land Trust · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operations
$51,775
Ucsb Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Bren environmental leadership program
$50,362
Planned Parenthood · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General operations
$50,000
Carpinteria Childrens Project · Carpinteria, CA · 2024
General operations
$50,000
Freedom 4 Youth · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General operations
$50,000
Sb Education Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General operations
$50,000
African Women Rising · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operations
$50,000
Greater Yellowstone Coalition · Bozeman, MT · 2023
General operations
$50,000
Impact Assets · Bethesda, MD · 2023
Giving list fiscal sponsor
$50,000
Park Community Environmental Council Pcec · Livingston, MT · 2023
General operations
$50,000
The Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2023
General operations
$50,000
Ucsb Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Arts & lectures
$50,000
Dignity Moves · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General operations
$50,000
Direct Relief International · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General operations
$50,000
Gwendolyn Strong Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General operations
$50,000
Park County Community Foundation · Livingston, MT · 2022
Flood relief fund
$50,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
General operations
$49,689
Ucsb Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Arts & lectures
$49,681
Grist Magazine · Seattle, WA · 2024
General operations
$40,000
Doctors Without Walls - Sb Street Medicine · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General operations
$40,000
Doctors Without Walls - Sb Street Medicine · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operations
$40,000
Showers of Blessings · Goleta, CA · 2023
General operations
$40,000
Doctors Without Walls - Sb St Medicine · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General operations
$40,000
Food Bank of Santa Barbara County · Goleta, CA · 2022
General operations
$40,000
Showers of Blessings · Goleta, CA · 2022
General operations
$26,092
Blue Dot Institute · Westlake Village, CA · 2024
General operations
$25,500
Planned Parenthood · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General operations
$25,000
Aha · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General operations
$25,000
Leading From Within · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General operations
$25,000
Showers of Blessings · Goleta, CA · 2024
General operations
$25,000
The Voter Participation Center · Washington, DC · 2024
General operations
$25,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
General operations
$25,000
Sb Education Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operations
$25,000
Sundance Institute · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General operations
$25,000
The Synergos Institute · New York, NY · 2023
General operations
$25,000
World Telehealth Initiative · Goleta, CA · 2023
General operations
$25,000
One Heart Worldwide · San Diego, CA · 2022
General operations
$25,000
The Synergos Institute · New York, NY · 2022
General operations
$25,000
Women'S Reproductive Rights Assistance Project · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
General operations
$24,882
Sb Cottage Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General operations
$20,000
Save the Yellowstone Grizzly · Livingston, MT · 2022
Film support
$15,000
Hospice of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operations
$15,000
Move Bicycle Coalition · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operations
$15,000
Film Independent · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Climate scientist film
$15,000
Hospice of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General operations
$15,000
The Wildlife Center of Virginia · Waynesboro, VA · 2022
General operations
$12,500
Santa Barbara International Film Festival · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General
$10,000
A Human Thread Foundation · San Rafael, CA · 2024
General operations
$10,000
Feminist Majority · Beverly Hills, CA · 2024
General operations
$10,000
Ucsb Foundation · Sabta Barbara, CA · 2024
The action lab film
$10,000
Aha · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operations
$10,000
Earth Justice · Washington, DC · 2023
General operations
$10,000
Friends of Ballona Wetlands · Playa Del Rey, CA · 2023
General operations
$10,000
Leading From Within · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operations
$10,000
On Being · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General operations
$10,000
Planned Parenthood · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operations
$10,000
African Women Rising · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General operations
$10,000
Family Therapy Institute of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General operations
$10,000
Organic Soup Kitchen · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General operations
$10,000
Ucsb Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General operations
$5,000
Film Independent · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Climate scientists
$5,000
Friends of Ballona Wetlands · Playa Del Rey, CA · 2024
General operations
$5,000
The Redford Center · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operations
$5,000
Compassionate Choices · Portland, OR · 2023
General operations
$5,000
National Public Radio (Npr) · Washington, DC · 2023
General operations
$5,000
Park County Community Foundation · Livingston, MT · 2023
General operations
$5,000
Pbs Socal · Costa Mesa, CA · 2023
General operations
$3,388
Park Community Environmental Council · Livingston, MT · 2024
General operations
$2,500
Climate Food Hope Travel Fund · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General operations
$2,500
Planned Parenthood · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Early support women's clinic
$1,023
Park County Community Foundation · Livingston, MT · 2022
General operations
$1,000
Audobon Society · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General operations
$1,000
Profant Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operations
$500
Santa Barbara Audubon Society · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General operations
$300
Harvest Celebration Farm 2 School · Livingston, MT · 2023
General operations

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