Funding search · EIN 831098449 · Santa Barbara, CA

El Gato Channel Foundation

Name: El Gato Channel Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

57
grants reported: $728,102
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
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

education environmental conservation ocean garden community school justice

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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.

Community Environmental Council3 grants · $114,230
Environmental Defense Center3 grants · $97,530
Northern Chumash Tribal Council3 grants · $70,000
Sierra Club Foundation4 grants · $50,200
Santa Barbara Channel Keeper3 grants · $40,579
Explore Ecology3 grants · $40,000
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History3 grants · $40,000
Channel Islands Restoration3 grants · $30,000
Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade3 grants · $25,000
International Bird Rescue1 grant · $25,000

Giving over time

$204,963

2022

$279,343

2023

$243,796

2024

Grant history

All 57 reported grants, largest first.

$50,150
Community Environmental Council · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Environmental programs, education
$46,580
Community Environmental Council · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Environmental programs, education
$40,000
Northern Chumash Tribal Council · Los Osos, CA · 2023
Ocean conservation and marine sanctuary
$37,530
Environmental Defense Center · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Legal support for environmental protections
$30,000
Environmental Defense Center · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Legal support for environmental protections
$30,000
Environmental Defense Center · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Legal support for environmental protections
$25,000
International Bird Rescue · Fairfield, CA · 2023
Waterbirds rescue
$25,000
Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023
Environmental education
$20,000
Northern Chumash Tribal Council · Los Osos, CA · 2024
Ocean conservation and marine sanctuary
$20,000
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Environmental education and ocean conservation
$20,000
Explore Ecology · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Environmental education and school gardens
$20,000
Santa Barbara Lower West Side Community Center · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Somos semillas community garden
$17,500
Community Environmental Council · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Environmental programs, education
$15,566
Santa Barbara Channel Keeper · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Watershed advocacy and education
$15,000
Los Padres Forestwatch · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Protecting los padres national forest and other central coast public land
$15,000
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Environmental education and ocean conservation
$15,000
Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2024
Environmental education
$15,000
Santa Barbara Channel Keeper · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Watershed advocacy and education
$10,013
Santa Barbara Channel Keeper · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Watershed advocacy and education
$10,000
Channel Islands Restoration · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Wetlands restoration & environmental education
$10,000
Community Initiatives · Oakland, CA · 2024
Preserve lower-income neighborhoods through the preservation of quality affordable rental housing
$10,000
Explore Ecology · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Environmental education and school gardens
$10,000
La Colonia De Eden Gardens · Solana Beach, CA · 2024
Providing opportunity for positive choices for youth and their families
$10,000
Laguna Blanca School · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Maintaining and providing k-12 educational institutions
$10,000
Peace in a Pod Montessori · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
To nurture the curiosity, creativity, and independence of each child in a montessori environment
$10,000
Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Community garden, environmental education
$10,000
Sb County Action Network · Santa Maria, CA · 2024
To promote social and economic justice
$10,000
Channel Islands Restoration · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Wetlands restoration & environmental education
$10,000
Explore Ecology · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Environmental education and school gardens
$10,000
Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Community garden, environmental education
$10,000
Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023
Environmental education
$10,000
Wilderness Youth Project · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Promoting outdoor activites and mentoring for youth
$10,000
Central Coast Alliance Unit · Ventura, CA · 2022
Central coast climate justice network, environmental justice
$10,000
Channel Islands Restoration · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Wetlands restoration & environmental education
$10,000
Northern Chumash Tribal Council · Los Osos, CA · 2022
Ocean conservation and marine sanctuary
$10,000
Santa Barbara Urban Creeks Council · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Mission creek hydrology study and capacity building
$8,500
La Colina Junior High · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
School garden and environmental education
$7,500
Sb County Food Action Network · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
To develop local food economy
$7,500
Peace in a Pod Montessori Elementary · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Environmental education
$6,700
Santa Barbara Urban Creeks Council · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Mission creek hydrology study and capacity building
$5,700
Good Samaritan Shelter · Santa Maria, CA · 2024
To provide emergency, transitional, and affordable housing and support programs to the homeless
$5,000
Riviera Ridge School · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Providing education for grades 4-8
$5,000
Santa Barbara Urban Creeks Council · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Mission creek hydrology study and capacity building
$5,000
Wilderness Youth Project · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Promoting outdoor activities and mentoring for youth
$5,000
Los Padres Forest Watch · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Protecting los padres national forest and other central coast public land
$5,000
Sb County Action Network · Santa Maria, CA · 2023
To promote social and economic justice
$5,000
Sb County Food Action Network · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
To develop local food economy
$5,000
Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Community garden, environmental education
$5,000
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Environmental education and ocean conservation
$3,100
Mesa Harmony Garden · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Community garden and environmental education
$3,000
Riviera Ridge School · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Providing education for grades 4-8
$2,563
Laguna Blanca School · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Maintaining and providing k-12 educational institutions
$2,500
Fund Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Environmental and climate justice
$2,500
Montessori Center · Goleta, CA · 2022
Environmental education and programming for school
$500
Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation · Monterey Bay, CA · 2023
Ocean conservation
$500
Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation · Monterey Bay, CA · 2022
Ocean conservation
$200
Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022
Environmental education

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