Funding search · EIN 454228213 · Santa Barbara, CA

The John C Mithun Foundation

Name: The John C Mithun 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.

183
grants reported: $7.8M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $25,000
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.

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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.

Lobero Theatre3 grants · $760,000
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation4 grants · $550,000
Music Academy of the West4 grants · $355,000
Santa Barbara International Film Festival5 grants · $290,000
Santa Barbara Public Library4 grants · $280,000
Foodbank3 grants · $265,000
Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara4 grants · $260,000
Food From the Heart6 grants · $250,000
Community Environmental Council3 grants · $220,000
Royal Pride Foundation5 grants · $208,000

Giving over time

$2.6M

2022

$2.3M

2023

$2.9M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 183 grants.

$500,000
Lobero Theatre · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General
$250,000
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General
$250,000
Lobero Theatre · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General
$200,000
Foodbank · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General
$150,000
Visiting Nurse and Hospice Care of Santa Barbara Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General
$150,000
Lobero Theater · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General
$125,000
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General
$125,000
Music Academy of the West · Santa Barbara, MN · 2023
General
$125,000
Music Academy of the West · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General
$125,000
Santa Barbara Public Library · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General
$120,000
Santa Barbara International Film Festival · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General
$115,000
Mission Scholars · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General
$100,000
Food From the Heart · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General
$100,000
Ymca - Santa Barbara Family (Channel Islands Ymca) · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General
$100,000
Community Environmental Council · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General
$100,000
Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General
$100,000
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General
$100,000
Ymca - Santa Barbara Family (Channel Islands Ymca) · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General
$100,000
Community Environmental Council · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General
$100,000
Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General
$100,000
Ymca Channel Islands · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General
$95,000
Mid-Pacific · Honolulu, HI · 2022
General
$95,000
Royal Pride Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General
$85,000
Santa Barbara International Film Festival · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General
$85,000
United Boys and Girls Clubs of Santa Barbara County · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General
$80,000
Center for Urban Ag at Fairview Gardens · Goleta, CA · 2024
General
$75,000
Music Academy of the West · Santa Barbara, MN · 2024
General
$75,000
Santa Barbara City College Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General
$75,000
Santa Barbara Public Library · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General
$75,000
Santa Barbara City College Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General
$75,000
Santa Barbara Education Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General
$75,000
Transition House of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General
$75,000
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General
$75,000
Visiting Nurse and Hospice Care of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General
$70,000
Santa Barbara Public Library · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General
$65,000
Food From the Heart · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General
$65,000
Santa Barbara Channelkeepers · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General
$55,000
Royal Pride Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General
$50,000
Dignity Moves · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General
$50,000
Friends of the Goleta Valley Library · Goleta, CA · 2024
General
$50,000
Land Trust for Santa Barbara County · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General
$50,000
Lotusland · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General
$50,000
Santa Barbara Channelkeepers · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General
$50,000
Santa Barbara City College Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General
$50,000
Santa Barbara Symphony · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General
$50,000
Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General
$50,000
Transition House of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General
$50,000
Dignity Moves · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General
$50,000
Land Trust for Santa Barbara County · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General
$50,000
Santa Barbara Education Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General
$50,000
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General
$50,000
Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinic · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General
$50,000
Santa Barbara Symphony · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General
$50,000
Transition House of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General
$50,000
Visting Nurse and Hospice Care of Santa Barbara Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General
$50,000
Calm · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General
$50,000
Food From the Heart · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General
$50,000
Land Trust of Santa Barbara County · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General
$50,000
Planned Parenthood · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General
$50,000
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General
$50,000
Santa Barbara Channelkeepers · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General
$50,000
Santa Barbara International Film Festival · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General
$50,000
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General
$50,000
Santa Barbara Muesum of Natural History · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General
$50,000
Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinic · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General
$50,000
Santa Barbara Symphony · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General
$50,000
Unity Shop · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General
$45,000
Girls Inc - Carpinteria · Carpinteria, CA · 2024
General
$45,000
Opera Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General
$40,000
Foodbank · Goleta, CA · 2023
General
$40,000
Gateway Educational Services · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General
$35,000
Women'S Economic Venture · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General
$35,000
Friends of the Goleta Valley Library · Goleta, CA · 2023
General
$35,000
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General
$30,000
Granada Theater · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General
$30,000
Mid-Pacific · Honolulu, HI · 2024
General
$30,000
Santa Barbara Education Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General
$30,000
Mid-Pacific · Honolulu, HI · 2023
General
$30,000
Opera Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General
$30,000
Planned Parenthood · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General
$30,000
Ensemble Theater · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General
$30,000
Music Academy of the West · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General
$30,000
Opera Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General
$25,307
Harlem Academy · New York, NY · 2022
General
$25,000
Elings Park · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General
$25,000
Ensemble Theater · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General
$25,000
Foodbank · Goleta, CA · 2024
General
$25,000
Goleta Educational Foundation · Goleta, CA · 2024
General
$25,000
Royal Pride Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General
$25,000
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General
$25,000
Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinic · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General
$25,000
Lotusland · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General
$25,000
Unity Shoppe · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General
$25,000
Friends of the Goleta Valley Library · Goleta, CA · 2022
General
$25,000
Girls Inc - Carpinteria · Carpinteria, CA · 2022
General
$25,000
Lotusland · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General
$25,000
Mission Scholars · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General
$25,000
Royal Pride Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General
$25,000
Sansum Clinic Philanthropy · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General
$25,000
Santa Barbara International Film Festival · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General

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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.