Funding search · EIN 821915595 · Santa Barbara, CA
Dingman 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.
- 53
- grants reported
- $656,400
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $10,000
- 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.
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Transition House3 grants · $100,000
- Transition Home1 grant · $63,000
- Santa Barbara Rescue Mission4 grants · $61,000
- Land Trust of Santa Barbara County3 grants · $40,000
- Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra3 grants · $35,000
- Wounded Warrior Project3 grants · $30,000
- Ensemble Theatre Company4 grants · $30,000
- Granada Theater3 grants · $30,000
- Hillside House4 grants · $29,500
- Direct Relief Socal Wildfire1 grant · $25,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 53 reported grants, largest first.
- $63,000
Transition Home · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
General support
- $50,000
Transition House · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General support
- $28,000
Santa Barbara Rescue Mission · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
General support
- $25,000
Direct Relief Socal Wildfire · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
General support
- $25,000
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Santa Barbara Rescue Mission · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Transition House · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General support
- $25,000
Transition House · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General support
- $20,000
Salvation Army · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
General support
- $20,000
The Land Trust of Sb · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
General support
- $20,000
Land Trust of Santa Barbara County · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General support
- $20,000
Wounded Warrior Project · Topeka, KS · 2024
General support
- $15,000
Uso · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
- $15,000
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $10,000
Ensemble Theatre Company · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
General support
- $10,000
Feeding Tampa Bay · Tampa, FL · 2025
General support
- $10,000
Human Good Foundation · Duarte, CA · 2025
General support
- $10,000
Santa Barbara Symphony · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
General support
- $10,000
Ensemble Theatre Company · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General support
- $10,000
Folds of Honor · Tulsa, OK · 2024
General support
- $10,000
Granada Theater · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General support
- $10,000
Salvation Army Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General support
- $10,000
Folds of Honor · Tulsa, OK · 2023
General support
- $10,000
Granada Theater · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General support
- $10,000
Land Trust of Santa Barbara County · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General support
- $10,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $10,000
Granada Theater · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General support
- $10,000
Hillside House · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General support
- $10,000
Land Trust of Santa Barbara County · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General support
- $8,000
Hearts Therapeutic Equestrian Center · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General support
- $7,500
Hillside House · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General support
- $7,000
Hillside House · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General support
- $6,000
Santa Barbara Rescue Mission · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General support
- $5,000
Hillside House · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
General support
- $5,000
Ojai Raptor Center · Ojai, CA · 2025
General support
- $5,000
Csudu Philanthropic Fund · Carson, CA · 2024
General support
- $5,000
Hearts Therapeutic Equestrian Center · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General support
- $5,000
Tunnel To Tower · Staten Island, NY · 2024
General support
- $5,000
Ensemble Theatre Company · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General support
- $5,000
Salvation Army Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General support
- $5,000
Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General support
- $5,000
Wounded Warrior Project · Topeka, KS · 2023
General support
- $5,000
Ensemble Theatre Company · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General support
- $5,000
Sansum Clinic · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General support
- $5,000
Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General support
- $5,000
Uso · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
- $5,000
Wounded Warrior Project · Topeka, KS · 2022
General support
- $2,500
American Friends of Our Armed Forces · Palm Desert, CA · 2022
General support
- $2,000
Salvation Army Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General support
- $2,000
Santa Barbara Rescue Mission · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General support
- $200
Charity Navigator · Saddle Brook, NJ · 2024
General support
- $200
Charity Navigator · Saddle Brook, NJ · 2023
General support
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