Funding search · EIN 951866094 · Grantmaking charity · Santa Barbara, CA

Santa Barbara Foundation

$89.0M
in grants paid: 1,233
grants: 692
recipients: 2022–2024
filing years

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.

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

$7.0M
Dechomai Asset Trust · Jacksonville, FL · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$6.3M
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Covington, KY · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$1.3M
Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Education and youth development
$1.2M
Foothills Forever Incorporated · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Environment and animals
$1.1M
Santa Barbara Center for the Performing Arts · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Arts, culture, and humanities
$890,993
Community Partners · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$756,340
Lewis & Clark College · Portland, OR · 2024
Education and youth development
$689,100
Animal Legal Defense Fund · Cotati, CA · 2024
Environment and animals
$618,221
Santa Barbara Humane Society · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Environment and animals
$605,100
Congregation B'Nai B'Rith Corporation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Human services
$517,318
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Arts, culture, and humanities
$427,763
Regents of the University of California Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Behavioral health & health care
$403,321
Music Academy of the West · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Arts, culture, and humanities
$313,110
Santa Barbara Museum of Art · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Arts, culture, and humanities
$300,000
State Innovation Exchange · Madison, WI · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$300,000
Government Accountability Project · Washington, DC · 2024
Environment and animals
$300,000
Lexington Observer Inc Dba Local News Hub · Lexington, MA · 2024
Food systems
$272,870
Wyatt Family Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
To fund supporting organization
$255,500
Aspca · New York, NY · 2024
Environment and animals
$250,000
Resource Media · Beaverton, OR · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$250,000
Peac Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Human services
$250,000
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Education and youth development
$220,750
Laguna Blanca School · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Education and youth development
$212,396
Santa Barbara Zoological Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Environment and animals
$210,784
Planned Parenthood California Central Coast · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Human services
$200,000
Compassion in World Farming · New York, NY · 2024
Environment and animals
$200,000
Rural Empowerment Association for Community Help · Warsaw, NC · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$186,500
Thacher School · Ojai, CA · 2024
Education and youth development
$180,000
American Chemical Society · Washington, DC · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$177,209
Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Human services
$176,875
Crane School · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Education and youth development
$172,448
Oceanic Preservation Society · Greenbrae, CA · 2024
Arts, culture, and humanities
$170,207
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Environment and animals
$167,859
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Behavioral health & health care
$164,200
Santa Barbara Public Library · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$161,184
Leading From Within · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$160,708
Family Service Agency · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Human services
$152,231
Sansum Diabetes Research Institute · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Health care
$151,675
Fund for Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$150,000
Missouri Rural Crisis Center · Columbia, MO · 2024
Behavioral health & health care
$141,405
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Education and youth development
$140,000
Camerata Pacifica · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Arts, culture, and humanities
$140,000
All Saints By the Sea Episcopal Church · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Religion, spiritual development
$138,280
Transition House · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Child care
$136,851
Healing Justice Santa Barbara · Goleta, CA · 2024
Arts, culture, and humanities
$129,596
Ganna Walska Lotusland · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Environment and animals
$126,000
Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Arts, culture, and humanities
$124,125
Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Health care
$121,600
Storyteller Children'S Center · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Child care
$118,843
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Human services
$117,600
Channel Islands Ymca Office · Carpinteria, CA · 2024
Child care
$116,043
Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Human services
$116,000
Dignitymoves · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Housing and shelter
$114,150
Ensemble Theatre Company · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Arts, culture, and humanities
$113,899
Lobero Theatre Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Arts, culture, and humanities
$112,300
State Street Ballet · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Arts, culture, and humanities
$110,200
Anti-Defamation League · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$107,725
Calm · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Behavioral health & health care
$105,000
Impactassets · Bethesda, MD · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$104,468
Community Environmental Council · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Environment and animals
$103,581
Leap Learn Engage Advocate Partner · Goleta, CA · 2024
Child care
$101,000
Indiana University Foundation · Bloomington, IN · 2024
Education and youth development
$100,000
Mayo Clinic Rochester · Rochester, MN · 2024
Health care
$100,000
Starlight Children'S Foundation · Culver City, CA · 2024
Behavioral health & health care
$97,000
Carpinteria Education Foundation · Carpinteria, CA · 2024
Education and youth development
$95,362
Santa Barbara Opera Association · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Arts, culture, and humanities
$94,700
Santa Barbara Education Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Education and youth development
$90,000
Gateway Educational Services · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Education and youth development
$88,976
Channel Islands Restoration · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Environment and animals
$88,509
Ojai Valley School · Ojai, CA · 2024
Education and youth development
$85,962
National Federation of the Blind · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Behavioral health & health care
$85,000
Faunalytics · San Diego, CA · 2024
Environment and animals
$82,800
Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra Association · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Arts, culture, and humanities
$82,250
Santa Barbara School of Squash · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Human services
$78,550
People Assisting the Homeless · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Housing and shelter
$76,000
International Anti-Poaching Foundation (Iapf) · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Environment and animals
$76,000
805 Undocufund · Lompoc, CA · 2024
Human services
$75,000
Carpinteria Boys and Girls Club Foundation · Carpinteria, CA · 2024
Education and youth development
$75,000
Climate Rights International · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Environment and animals
$75,000
Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association · Columbus, OH · 2024
Food systems
$75,000
Point Reyes National Seashore Association · Point Reyes Station, CA · 2024
Environment and animals
$73,823
Hospice of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Behavioral health & health care
$73,724
Wilderness Youth Project Incorporated · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Human services
$73,293
The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Child care
$73,000
The Pacific Pride Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$72,143
Doctors Without Borders USA · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$72,000
California Marine Sanctuary Foundation · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
Environment and animals
$71,750
Mental Health Association in Santa Barbara County · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Behavioral health & health care
$71,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
Human services
$70,473
Vna Health Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Health care
$70,000
Lompoc Unified School District · Lompoc, CA · 2024
Education and youth development
$69,633
The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Environment and animals
$66,050
St Vincent'S · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Child care
$64,908
Girls Incorporated of Carpinteria · Carpinteria, CA · 2024
Child care
$62,500
Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Arts, culture, and humanities
$62,500
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement · Des Moines, IA · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$62,250
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2024
Education
$60,000
Ojai Festivals Ltd · Ojai, CA · 2024
Arts, culture, and humanities
$60,000
Freedom Service Dogs · Englewood, CO · 2024
Environment and animals
$60,000
Oakwood School · North Hollywood, CA · 2024
Education and youth development

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Unlike private foundations, grantmaking charities and associations often run formal grant programs with real application cycles — check their website for current opportunities. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.