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 20222025. 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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Top recipients

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  • 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

$119,500
2022
$88,200
2023
$242,700
2024
$206,000
2025

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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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.