Funding search · EIN 770556003 · Santa Barbara, CA

The M and M Foundation

Name: The M and M Foundation grants, 2023–2024
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.

52
grants reported: $405,500
total given: 2023–2024
filing years: $3,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2023–2024. 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.

Natural Resources Defense Council2 grants · $150,000
Dignity Moves2 grants · $70,000
Aclu2 grants · $45,000
Womens Fund of Santa Barbara2 grants · $23,000
Electronic Frontier Foundation2 grants · $10,000
Foodbank of Santa Barbara2 grants · $10,000
Rainforest Action Network2 grants · $10,000
Direct Relief International2 grants · $10,000
Oceana2 grants · $10,000
Casa Serena2 grants · $6,000

Giving over time

$208,500

2023

$197,000

2024

Grant history

All 52 reported grants, largest first.

$75,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$75,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$35,000
Dignity Moves · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$35,000
Dignity Moves · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
Aclu · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
Aclu · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
Womens Fund of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Direct Relief International · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Electronic Frontier Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Foodbank of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Oceana · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Rainforest Action Network · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Direct Relief International · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Electronic Frontier Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Foodbank of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Maui Food Bank · Wailuku, HI · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Oceana · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Planned Parenthood Fe of Ameri · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Rainforest Action Network · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$3,000
Casa Serena · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$3,000
Community Environmental Council · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$3,000
Doctors Without Walls-Sb St · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$3,000
Casa Serena · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$3,000
Community Environmental Council · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$3,000
Doctors Without Walls-Sb St · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$3,000
Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$3,000
Womens Fund of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,500
Doctors Without Borders · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
Heal the Ocean · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
Doctors Without Borders · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,500
Heal the Ocean · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,000
Habitat for Humanity · Goleta, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,000
Calm · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,000
Habitat for Humanity · Goleta, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,000
Santa Barbara Channel Keepers · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,000
Unity Shoppe · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,500
Land Watch Monterey County · Salinas, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Adelante Charter School · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Alzheimer'S Association of Sb · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Channel Islands Ymca · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Montecito Community Fund · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Santa Barbara Meals On Wheels · Goleta, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
St Jude Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Alzheimer'S Association of Sb · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Casa · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Channel Islands Ymca · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Legal Aid of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Santa Barbara Meals On Wheels · Goleta, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
St Jude Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Storyteller Childrens Center · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Transition House · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Unrestricted

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