Funding search · EIN 452747625 · Los Angeles, CA

Otis & Bettina Chandler 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.

48
grants reported
$4.4M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$50,000
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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  • Direct Relief Foundation6 grants · $1.2M
  • Downtown Women'S Center4 grants · $860,000
  • Ojai Valley Community Hospital Foundation3 grants · $850,000
  • Food Share3 grants · $425,000
  • Help of Ojai4 grants · $375,000
  • Artcenter College of Design2 grants · $150,000
  • The News Literacy Project3 grants · $150,000
  • Human Rights Watch3 grants · $110,000
  • Radiant Church2 grants · $45,000
  • The Kansas University Endowment Association2 grants · $40,000

Giving over time

$995,000
2022
$1.0M
2023
$1.1M
2024
$1.2M
2025

Grant history

All 48 reported grants, largest first.

  • $400,000

    Ojai Valley Community Hospital Foundation · Ojai, CA · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $400,000

    Direct Relief Foundation · Goleta, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $400,000

    Direct Relief Foundation · Goleta, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $350,000

    Ojai Valley Community Hospital Foundation · Ojai, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $250,000

    Downtown Women'S Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $210,000

    Downtown Women'S Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $200,000

    Food Share · Oxnard, CA · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $200,000

    Food Share · Oxnard, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $200,000

    Downtown Women'S Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $200,000

    Downtown Women'S Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Artcenter College of Design · Pasadena, CA · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Direct Relief Foundation · Goleta, CA · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Help of Ojai · Ojai, CA · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Direct Relief Foundation · Goleta, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Help of Ojai · Ojai, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Direct Relief Foundation · Goleta, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Help of Ojai · Ojai, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Ojai Valley Community Hospital Foundation · Ojai, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Direct Relief Foundation · Goleta, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $75,000

    Help of Ojai · Ojai, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    The News Literacy Project · Washington, DC · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    The News Literacy Project · Washington, DC · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Artcenter College of Design · Pasadena, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    The News Literacy Project · Washington, DC · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Radiant Church · Tampa, FL · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Unity Faithful Friends · Unity Village, MO · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Food Share · Oxnard, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Ojai Community Farmers' Market · Ojai, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $23,650

    Living Education Collective · Ventura, CA · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    Radiant Church · Tampa, FL · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    The Kansas University Endowment Association · Lawrence, KS · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    North Valley Community Foundation · Chico, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    The Kansas University Endowment Association · Lawrence, KS · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Ojai Youth Entertainers Studio · Ojai, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Habitat for Humanity · Americus, GA · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Living Education Collective · Ventura, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Ojai Youth Entertainers Studio · Ojai, CA · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Zeffy · Middletown, DE · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Living Education Collective · Ventura, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Ojai Music Academy · Ojai, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Ojai Raptor Center · Oak View, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Los Padres Trail Stewards · Ojai, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Ojai Youth Entertainers Studio · Ojai, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    National Hispanic Cultural Center Foundation · Albuquerque, NM · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Los Padres Trail Stewards · Ojai, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted

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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.