Funding search · EIN 770448078 · Santa Barbara, CA

Lopker Family Foundation

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

98
grants reported
$8.8M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. 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

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  • UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation3 grants · $2.0M
  • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center2 grants · $2.0M
  • University of Washington Foundation4 grants · $900,000
  • University of Washington1 grant · $825,000
  • Don Bosco Tech1 grant · $750,000
  • Totem Technologies3 grants · $450,000
  • Scholarship Foundation of Sb3 grants · $300,000
  • University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc (School of Medicine)1 grant · $240,000
  • Ucsb Foundation6 grants · $165,000
  • Giving What We Can1 grant · $140,000

Giving over time

$2.9M
2022
$3.2M
2023
$2.6M
2024

Grant history

All 98 reported grants, largest first.

  • $1.0M

    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Multi department donation

  • $1.0M

    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Institute for prostate cancer research

  • $825,000

    University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2022

    In furtherance of sgi's research (prostate cancer)

  • $750,000

    UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Dr slamon cancer research

  • $750,000

    Don Bosco Tech · Rosemead, CA · 2022

    Karl lopker endowed merit scholarship fund, est 2018

  • $750,000

    UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Support cancer research

  • $500,000

    UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Dr slamon cancer research

  • $500,000

    University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Allergy & infectious diseases parasitology fund

  • $250,000

    Totem Technologies · Redmond, WA · 2022

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $240,000

    University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc (School of Medicine) · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    Fund for thoracic surgical research

  • $200,000

    University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023

    $100k dr. Wes van voorhis md phd to use as needed & $100k to dr. Stephen plymate division of gerontology and geriatric medicine research

  • $150,000

    Totem Technologies · Redmond, WA · 2024

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $140,000

    Giving What We Can · Wilmington, DE · 2024

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $123,133

    Institute for Natural Medicine · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Cancer research project testing of natural compounds for their ability to reverse cancer cell-induced upregulation of glycolysis.

  • $100,000

    Scholarship Foundation of Sb · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    Karl lopker memorial endowed scholarship fund

  • $100,000

    University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Institute for prostate cancer research fund

  • $100,000

    University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Allergy & infectious diseases parasitology fund

  • $100,000

    Scholarship Foundation of Sb · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    Karl lopker memorial endowed scholarship fund

  • $100,000

    Scholarship Foundation of Sb · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    Karl lopker memorial endowed scholarship fund

  • $79,157

    Ubc - Bc Cancer Research Institute · 2023

    Dr gerald krystal's study "testing natural compounds for their ability to reverse cancer cell-induced upregulation of glycolysis"

  • $50,000

    Givewell · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $50,000

    The Life You Can Save · Sequim, WA · 2024

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $50,000

    Ucsb Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    Computer science department

  • $50,000

    Carbon180 · Washington, DC · 2023

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $50,000

    Clean Air Task Force · Boston, MA · 2023

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $50,000

    Multiplier · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Donation for urban ocean lab

  • $50,000

    The Good Food Institute · Washington, DC · 2023

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $50,000

    Totem Technologies · Redmond, WA · 2023

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $50,000

    Ucsb Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    Karl & pam lopker family endowed fund for faculty enrichment in computer science

  • $50,000

    Ucsb Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    Computer science department

  • $30,000

    Give Well · Oakland, CA · 2023

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $30,000

    Givedirectly · New York, NY · 2023

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $30,000

    The Good Food Institute · Washington, DC · 2022

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $20,000

    Givedirectly · New York, NY · 2024

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $20,000

    New Harvest · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $20,000

    The Good Food Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $20,000

    Maps · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $20,000

    New Harvest · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $20,000

    Give Well · Oakland, CA · 2022

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $20,000

    New Harvest · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $15,000

    Santa Barbara High School · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    Multi department donation

  • $15,000

    Santa Barbara High School · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    Multi department donation

  • $15,000

    Ahimsa Collectivelife Comes From Ittides Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $15,000

    Foundation for Sbhs · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $15,000

    Maps · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Gaviota Coast Conservancy · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    Donation for rancho tajiguas

  • $10,000

    Moxi - the Wolf Museum · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Family Dog Rescue · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Moxi - the Wolf Museum · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    The Humane League · Rockville, MD · 2023

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    The Mojave Center · Pahrump, NV · 2023

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Moxi - the Wolf Museum · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    The Humane League · Rockville, MD · 2022

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $5,060

    Kindering · Bellevue, WA · 2024

    In furtherance of section 501(c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Foundation for Sbcc · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Granada Theater - Santa Barbara Center for the Performing Arts · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Ucsb Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    Graduate division - grad slam prize donation

  • $5,000

    University of California Merced · Merced, CA · 2024

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Washington Coalition for Open Governance · Redmond, WA · 2024

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Foundation for Sbcc · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Granada Theater - Santa Barbara Center for the Performing Arts · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Kindering · Bellevue, WA · 2023

    In furtherance of section 501(c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Ucsb Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    Graduate division - grad slam prize donation

  • $5,000

    University of California Merced · Merced, CA · 2023

    School of natural sciences: applied mathematics department

  • $5,000

    Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Foundation for Sbcc · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Granada Theater - Santa Barbara Center for the Performing Arts · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Kindering · Bellevue, WA · 2022

    In furtherance of section 501(c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Ucsb Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    University of California Merced · Merced, CA · 2022

    Math department

  • $2,000

    Sbhs Computer Science Academy Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $2,000

    Sbhs Computer Science Academy Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $2,000

    Sbhs Computer Science Academy Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $1,771

    Unity Shoppe · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $1,000

    Showers of Blessing · Goleta, CA · 2024

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $1,000

    Showers of Blessing · Goleta, CA · 2023

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $1,000

    Impact 100 Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2022

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $1,000

    Showers of Blessing · Goleta, CA · 2022

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $500

    Cal Matters · Sacramento, CA · 2024

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $500

    Food From the Heart · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $500

    Montecito Community Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $500

    Signal Technology Foundation · Mountain View, CA · 2024

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $500

    Wikimedia Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $500

    Cal Matters · Sacramento, CA · 2023

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $500

    Food From the Heart · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $500

    Montecito Community Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $500

    Signal Technology Foundation · Mountain View, CA · 2023

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $500

    Wikimedia Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $500

    Cal Matters · Sacramento, CA · 2022

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $500

    Food From the Heart · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $500

    Montecito Community Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $500

    Signal Technology Foundation · Mountain View, CA · 2022

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $500

    The Greater Contribution · Thousand Oaks, CA · 2022

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $500

    Wikimedia Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $413

    St Catherine By the Sea · Ventura, CA · 2024

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

  • $193

    St Catherine By the Sea · Ventura, CA · 2023

    In furtherance of section 501 (c)(3) exempt purpose

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