Funding search · EIN 951866094 · Santa Barbara, CA

Santa Barbara Foundation

Name: Santa Barbara Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

1,233
grants reported: $89.0M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $22,743
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

arts culture humanities human services development youth health

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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.

98 grants matching “societal” · $18.5M

$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
$890,993
Community Partners · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$300,000
State Innovation Exchange · Madison, WI · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$250,000
Resource Media · Beaverton, OR · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$200,000
Rural Empowerment Association for Community Help · Warsaw, NC · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$180,000
American Chemical Society · Washington, DC · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$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
$151,675
Fund for Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$110,200
Anti-Defamation League · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$105,000
Impactassets · Bethesda, MD · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$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
$62,500
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement · Des Moines, IA · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$54,450
Mixteco Indigena Community Organizing Project · Oxnard, CA · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$50,000
J3 Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$50,000
Food Chain Workers Alliance · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$47,275
Women'S Fund of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$37,300
Elings Park Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$27,700
Sb Act · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$27,500
Ground Game Fund · Manchaca, TX · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$26,000
Human Rights Watch · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$25,000
Oregon Community Foundation · Portland, OR · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$25,000
National Network of Abortion Funds · Beaverton, OR · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$25,000
National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$20,000
Givewell · Oakland, CA · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$20,000
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$20,000
Santa Barbara Firefighters Alliance · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$20,000
One805 · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$16,255
American National Red Cross · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$16,000
Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$16,000
Share Our Strength · Washington, DC · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$16,000
Northern Santa Barbara County United Way · Santa Maria, CA · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$15,000
Inquiring Systems · Santa Rosa, CA · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$14,000
National Disaster Search Dog Foundation · Santa Paula, CA · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$12,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$11,200
The Friendship Paddle · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$11,010
Public Citizen Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$11,000
Carpinteria Community Association · Carpinteria, CA · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$10,200
Shelter Box USA · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$10,000
Homes for Our Troops · Taunton, MA · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$10,000
Accelerate Change · Boston, MA · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$10,000
Reisenbach Philanthropies · New York, NY · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$10,000
Working America Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$7,200
Junior League of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$6,500
Independent Living Resource Center · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$6,000
Honor Flight Central Coast · Paso Robles, CA · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$6,000
National Charity League Newport Chapter · Costa Mesa, CA · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$5,500
Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$181,200
Santa Barbara Public Library · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Public and societal benefit
$154,200
Fund for Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Public and societal benefit
$139,000
Maya Economic Development Corporation · Omaha, NE · 2023
Public and societal benefit
$133,500
Leading From Within · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Public and societal benefit
$130,250
Anti-Defamation League · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Public and societal benefit
$84,388
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023
Public and societal benefit
$76,000
Corporate Accountability · Boston, MA · 2023
Public and societal benefit
$52,095
Women'S Fund of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Public and societal benefit
$46,000
Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Public and societal benefit
$38,161
Mixteco Indigena Community Organizing Project · Oxnard, CA · 2023
Public and societal benefit
$35,000
Santa Barbara County Veterans Collaborative · Solvang, CA · 2023
Public and societal benefit
$25,000
Oregon Community Foundation · Portland, OR · 2023
Public and societal benefit
$25,000
National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2023
Public and societal benefit
$25,000
Impactassets · Bethesda, MD · 2023
Public and societal benefit
$24,646
American National Red Cross · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Public and societal benefit
$22,743
Doctors Without Borders USA · Hagerstown, MD · 2023
Public and societal benefit
$20,000
Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2023
Public and societal benefit
$20,000
Exploring Solutions Past the Maya Forest Alliance · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Public and societal benefit
$20,000
Givewell · Oakland, CA · 2023
Public and societal benefit
$20,000
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Public and societal benefit
$15,000
Civic Influencers · Lewes, DE · 2023
Public and societal benefit
$13,750
National Disaster Search Dog Foundation · Santa Paula, CA · 2023
Public and societal benefit
$12,300
Santa Barbara Hillel · Goleta, CA · 2023
Public and societal benefit
$11,000
One Community Action · Santa Maria, CA · 2023
Public and societal benefit
$11,000
One805 · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Public and societal benefit
$10,000
Los Amigos De Guadalupe · Guadalupe, CA · 2023
Public and societal benefit
$10,000
Latino Community Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Public and societal benefit
$10,000
Homes for Our Troops · Taunton, MA · 2023
Public and societal benefit
$9,000
Deloitte Foundation · Stamford, CT · 2023
Public and societal benefit
$8,500
Human Rights Watch · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Public and societal benefit
$8,100
Santa Barbara County Action Network · Santa Maria, CA · 2023
Public and societal benefit
$7,800
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2023
Public and societal benefit
$7,500
Women'S Economic Ventures · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Public and societal benefit
$7,500
Social Good Fund · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Public and societal benefit
$6,000
C4 - Collective Cultures Creating Change · Lompoc, CA · 2023
Public and societal benefit
$6,000
Community Foundation of Jackson Hole · Jackson, WY · 2023
Public and societal benefit
$6,000
Welcome Home Military Heroes · Arroyo Grande, CA · 2023
Public and societal benefit
$5,600
Public Citizen Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Public and societal benefit
$5,200
Junior League of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Public and societal benefit
$147,400
Santa Barbara Public Library · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Public and societal benefit
$142,550
Santa Barbara Public Library Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Public and societal benefit
$15,000
National Network of Abortion Funds · Beaverton, OR · 2022
Public and societal benefit
$14,342
Women'S Economic Ventures · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Public and societal benefit
$11,500
Navy League of the United States · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Public and societal benefit
$11,000
Accelerate Change · Boston, MA · 2022
Public and societal benefit
$10,000
Homes for Our Troops · Taunton, MA · 2022
Public and societal benefit
$10,000
African American Network of Kern County · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
Public and societal benefit
$5,500
Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Public and societal benefit

Top recipients

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

Dechomai Asset Trust1 grant · $7.0M
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund1 grant · $6.3M
Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara3 grants · $3.4M
Santa Barbara Center for the Performing Arts3 grants · $3.3M
Food & Water Watch1 grant · $2.2M
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History3 grants · $1.8M
Music Academy of the West3 grants · $1.7M
Dignitymoves3 grants · $1.7M
Congregation B'Nai B'Rith Corporation3 grants · $1.7M
Regents of the University of California Santa Barbara3 grants · $1.4M

Giving over time

$24.1M

2022

$24.6M

2023

$40.2M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 1,233 grants.

$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
$2.2M
Food & Water Watch · Washington, DC · 2023
Food systems
$1.6M
Dignitymoves · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Housing and shelter
$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 · 2023
Arts, culture, and humanities
$1.1M
Santa Barbara Center for the Performing Arts · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Arts, culture, and humanities
$1.1M
Santa Barbara Center for the Performing Arts · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Arts, culture, and humanities
$1.1M
Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Educational institutions
$1.0M
Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Education and youth development
$1.0M
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Education and youth development
$890,993
Community Partners · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$840,510
Music Academy of the West · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Arts, culture, and humanities
$823,592
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Arts, culture, and humanities
$756,340
Lewis & Clark College · Portland, OR · 2024
Education and youth development
$722,150
Regents of the University of California Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Education and youth development
$717,750
Congregation B'Nai B'Rith Corporation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Human services
$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
$518,000
Crane School · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Educational institutions
$517,318
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Arts, culture, and humanities
$501,971
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Arts, culture, and humanities
$494,099
Music Academy of the West · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Arts, culture, and humanities
$465,000
Socially Responsible Agricultural Project · Golden, CO · 2023
Environment and animals
$437,500
Socially Responsible Agricultural Project · Golden, CO · 2022
Agriculture, food, nutrition
$427,763
Regents of the University of California Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Behavioral health & health care
$420,018
Santa Barbara Museum of Art · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Arts, culture, and humanities
$403,321
Music Academy of the West · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Arts, culture, and humanities
$400,000
Friends of the Earth · Washington, DC · 2022
Environmental quality protection, beautification
$375,000
A Greener World · Terrebonne, OR · 2022
Agriculture, food, nutrition
$375,000
Animal Legal Defense Fund · Cotati, CA · 2022
Animal related
$372,950
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Education and youth development
$366,453
Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Human services
$344,660
Congregation B'Nai B'Rith Corporation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Human services
$337,250
Community Environmental Council · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Environmental quality protection, beautification
$313,110
Santa Barbara Museum of Art · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Arts, culture, and humanities
$311,250
Animal Legal Defense Fund · Cotati, CA · 2023
Environment and animals
$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
$300,000
State Innovation Exchange · Madison, WI · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$300,000
Government Accountability Project · Washington, DC · 2022
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$297,700
Wildling Museum · Solvang, CA · 2022
Arts, culture, and humanities
$297,397
Channel Islands Restoration · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Environmental quality protection, beautification
$297,231
Santa Barbara Museum of Art · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Arts, culture, and humanities
$289,250
Crane School · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Education and youth development
$287,350
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Educational institutions
$285,792
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Agriculture, food, nutrition
$283,742
Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
International, foreign affairs, and national security
$272,870
Wyatt Family Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
To fund supporting organization
$271,983
Regents of the University of California Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Educational institutions
$261,732
Family Service Agency of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Behavioral health
$255,500
Aspca · New York, NY · 2024
Environment and animals
$250,000
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Education and youth development
$250,000
Peac Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Human services
$250,000
Resource Media · Beaverton, OR · 2024
Public and societal benefit
$250,000
Rainforest Connection · Katy, TX · 2023
Environment and animals
$250,000
Animal Equality · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
Animal related
$221,075
Santa Barbara Education Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Educational institutions
$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
$211,225
Planned Parenthood California Central Coast · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Health care
$210,784
Planned Parenthood California Central Coast · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Human services
$210,360
Ganna Walska Lotusland · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Environmental quality protection, beautification
$209,700
Planned Parenthood California Central Coast · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Health - general & rehabilitative
$203,000
Dreamtree Project · Taos, NM · 2023
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
$200,000
Knowledge Impact Network · Orlean, VA · 2022
Philanthropy, volunteerism and grantmaking
$200,000
Santa Barbara Coalition for Responsible Cannabis · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Community improvement, capacity building
$200,000
State Innovation Exchange · Madison, WI · 2022
Civil rights, social action, advocacy
$200,000
University of California San Francisco Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Educational institutions
$199,000
Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Human services
$197,250
Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Disease, disorders, medical disciplines
$196,041
Sansum Diabetes Research Institute · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Medical research
$190,942
The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Educational institutions
$188,563
Endowment for Youth Committee · Solvang, CA · 2022
Youth development
$186,965
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Health care
$186,500
Thacher School · Ojai, CA · 2024
Education and youth development
$185,000
Thacher School · Ojai, CA · 2022
Educational institutions
$182,143
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Food systems
$181,200
Santa Barbara Public Library · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Public and societal benefit
$180,500
University of Wisconsin Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Educational institutions
$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
$175,000
Notre Dame School · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Educational institutions
$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
$166,900
Santa Barbara Education Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Education and youth development
$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
$160,911
Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Health - general & rehabilitative
$160,708
Family Service Agency · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Human services
$154,200
Fund for Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Public and societal benefit
$153,100
Child Abuse Listening Mediation Inc (Calm) · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Child care
$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

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