Funding search · EIN 873653199 · Santa Cruz, CA

Cottonwood Spring

Name: Cottonwood Spring grants, 2022–2025
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.

76
grants reported: $2.1M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $25,000
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

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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.

United Way of Santa Cruz County3 grants · $100,000
Housing Matters3 grants · $100,000
Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County3 grants · $100,000
Animal Legal Defense Fund3 grants · $100,000
Amah Mutsun Land Trust3 grants · $85,000
Committee To Protect Journalists3 grants · $85,000
Land Trust of Santa Cruz County3 grants · $85,000
Global Change Data Lab3 grants · $85,000
Institute On Taxation and Economic Policy3 grants · $85,000
Institute for Policy Studies3 grants · $85,000

Giving over time

$200,000

2022

$520,000

2023

$650,000

2024

$700,000

2025

Grant history

All 76 reported grants, largest first.

$40,000
Committee To Protect Journalists · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$35,000
Animal Legal Defense Fund · Cotati, CA · 2025
General support
$35,000
Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County · Watsonville, CA · 2025
General support
$35,000
Housing Matters · Santa Cruz, CA · 2025
General support
$35,000
Santa Cruz Welcoming Network · Santa Cruz, CA · 2025
General Support
$35,000
United Way of Santa Cruz County · Capitola, CA · 2025
General support
$35,000
Animal Legal Defense Fund · Cotati, CA · 2024
General support
$35,000
Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County · Watsonville, CA · 2024
General support
$35,000
Housing Matters · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General support
$35,000
Santa Cruz Hub for Sustainable Living · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General support
$35,000
United Way of Santa Cruz County · Capitola, CA · 2024
General support
$30,000
Amah Mutsun Land Trust · Santa Cruz, CA · 2025
General support
$30,000
Animal Outlook · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$30,000
Committee To Protect Journalists · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$30,000
Global Change Data Lab · 2025
General support
$30,000
Housing Santa Cruz County · Santa Cruz, CA · 2025
General Support
$30,000
Institute for Policy Studies · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$30,000
Institute On Taxation and Economic Policy · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$30,000
Land Trust of Santa Cruz County · Santa Cruz, CA · 2025
General support
$30,000
Wikimedia Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$30,000
Amah Mutsun Land Trust · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General support
$30,000
Animal Outlook · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$30,000
Committee To Protect Journalists · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$30,000
Global Change Data Lab · 2024
General support
$30,000
Global Press Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$30,000
Institute for Policy Studies · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$30,000
Institute On Taxation and Economic Policy · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$30,000
Land Trust of Santa Cruz County · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General support
$30,000
New Way Homes · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
General support
$30,000
Wikimedia Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$30,000
Animal Legal Defense Fund · Cotati, CA · 2023
General support
$30,000
Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County · Watsonville, CA · 2023
General support
$30,000
Housing Matters · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023
General support
$30,000
Santa Cruz Hub for Sustainable Living · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023
General support
$30,000
United Way of Santa Cruz County · Capitola, CA · 2023
General support
$30,000
Santa Cruz Hub for Sustainable Living · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022
Santa Cruz Welcoming Network Fund
$25,000
Building Decarbonization Coalition · Lewes, DE · 2025
General support
$25,000
Center for Carbon Removal · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$25,000
Global Investigative Journalism Network · Washington, DC · 2025
General Support
$25,000
Ifex · 2025
General support
$25,000
National Trust for Local News · Lexington, MA · 2025
General support
$25,000
Policylink · Oakland, CA · 2025
General support
$25,000
The Humane League · Rockville, MD · 2025
General support
$25,000
Building Decarbonization Coalition · Lewes, DE · 2024
General support
$25,000
Center for Carbon Removal · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$25,000
Global Investigative Journalism Network · Washington, DC · 2024
General Support
$25,000
Ifex · 2024
General support
$25,000
National Trust for Local News · Lexington, MA · 2024
General support
$25,000
Policylink · Oakland, CA · 2024
General support
$25,000
The Humane League · Rockville, MD · 2024
General support
$25,000
Amah Mutsun Land Trust · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Animal Outlook · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$25,000
Committee To Protect Journalists · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$25,000
Global Change Data Lab · 2023
General support
$25,000
Global Press Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$25,000
Institute for Policy Studies · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$25,000
Institute On Taxation and Economic Policy · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$25,000
Land Trust of Santa Cruz County · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023
General support
$25,000
New Way Homes · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Wikimedia Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$25,000
Housing Matters · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
New Way Homes · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022
Housing Santa Cruz County Fund
$20,000
Aclu Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
General Support
$20,000
Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$20,000
Global Press Institute · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$20,000
Leadership Conference Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$20,000
Building Decarbonization Coalition · Lewes, DE · 2023
General support
$20,000
Center for Carbon Removal · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$20,000
Ifex · 2023
General support
$20,000
National Trust for Local News · Lexington, MA · 2023
General support
$20,000
Policylink · Oakland, CA · 2023
General support
$20,000
The Humane League · Rockville, MD · 2023
General support
$20,000
Animal Legal Defense Fund · Cotati, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Institute On Taxation and Economic Policy · Washington, DC · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Policylink · Oakland, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
The Humane League · Rockville, MD · 2022
General & Unrestricted

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