Funding search · EIN 521744058 · Santa Barbara, CA

The Wenger Family Foundation

Name: The Wenger Family Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

95
grants reported: $962,922
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $1,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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.

Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund Daf1 grant · $781,818
Kidsave International3 grants · $15,000
National Ms Society3 grants · $14,500
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History3 grants · $11,225
Women'S Fund of Santa Barbara3 grants · $7,500
Santa Barbara Museum of Art3 grants · $7,250
Ganna Walska Lotusland3 grants · $7,174
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden3 grants · $7,000
Direct Relief3 grants · $7,000
National Multiple Sclerosis Society1 grant · $6,000

Giving over time

$43,925

2021

$51,974

2022

$42,261

2023

$824,762

2024

Grant history

All 95 reported grants, largest first.

$781,818
Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund Daf · St Petersburg, FL · 2024
General purposes
$6,000
National Multiple Sclerosis Society · Washington, DC · 2024
General purposes
$6,000
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General Purposes
$6,000
National Ms Society · Washington, DC · 2021
General Purposes
$5,122
Ganna Walska Lotusland · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General purposes
$5,000
Kidsave · Culver City, CA · 2024
General purposes
$5,000
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General purposes
$5,000
Kidsave International · Washington, DC · 2023
General Purposes
$5,000
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General Purposes
$5,000
Kidsave International · Washington, DC · 2022
General Purposes
$5,000
Planned Parenthood · Washington, DC · 2022
General Purposes
$5,000
Kidsave International · Washington, DC · 2021
General Purposes
$5,000
Planned Parenthood of Metro Dc · Washington, DC · 2021
General Purposes
$5,000
Santa Barbara Museum of Art · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021
General Purposes
$4,500
National Ms Society · Washington, DC · 2023
General Purposes
$4,000
National Ms Society · Washington, DC · 2022
General Purposes
$3,750
Casa · Santa Maria, CA · 2022
General Purposes
$3,100
Ganna Walska Lotusland · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General Purposes
$3,074
Ganna Walska Lotusland · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General Purposes
$2,900
Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General purposes
$2,900
Food Bank Santa Barbara County · Santa Maria, CA · 2024
General purposes
$2,500
Grace Reproductive Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General purposes
$2,500
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General purposes
$2,500
Women'S Fund of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General purposes
$2,500
Grace Reproductive Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General Purposes
$2,500
Greater Washington Community Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General Purposes
$2,500
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General Purposes
$2,500
Women'S Fund of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General Purposes
$2,500
Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General Purposes
$2,500
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General Purposes
$2,500
Women'S Fund of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General Purposes
$2,500
Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021
General Purposes
$2,500
Women'S Fund of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021
General Purposes
$2,472
Santa Barbara International Film Festival · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General purposes
$2,086
Santa Barbara Int'L Film Festival · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General Purposes
$2,000
Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General Purposes
$2,000
Tradart Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General Purposes
$2,000
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021
General Purposes
$1,750
Santa Barbara Museum of Art · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General Purposes
$1,750
Women'S Board Sbma · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General Purposes
$1,550
Santa Barbara Museum of Art · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General purposes
$1,500
Round House Theater · Bethesda, MD · 2024
General purposes
$1,500
Food Bank of Santa Barbara County · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General Purposes
$1,500
Round House Theater · Bethesda, MD · 2023
General Purposes
$1,500
Round House Theater · Bethesda, MD · 2022
General Purposes
$1,500
Santa Barbara Int'L Film Festival · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General Purposes
$1,500
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2022
General Purposes
$1,500
Santa Barbara Int'L Film Festival · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021
General Purposes
$1,250
Tradart Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021
General Purposes
$1,200
Round House Theater · Bethesda, MD · 2021
General Purposes
$1,000
Elings Park Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General purposes
$1,000
Gaviota Coast Conservancy · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General purposes
$1,000
Naral Pro-Choice Paragon Pa · Washington, DC · 2023
General Purposes
$1,000
Barnard College · New York, NY · 2022
General Purposes
$1,000
Elings Park Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General Purposes
$1,000
Food Bank of Santa Barbara County · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General Purposes
$1,000
Graviota Coast Conservacy · Goleta, CA · 2022
General Purposes
$1,000
So Others Might Eat · Washington, DC · 2022
General Purposes
$1,000
University of Pa · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General Purposes
$1,000
Barnard College · New York, NY · 2021
General Purposes
$1,000
Food Bank of Santa Barbara County · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021
General Purposes
$1,000
Ganna Walska Lotusland · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021
General Purposes
$1,000
Nature Conservancy of Marylanddc · Bethesda, MD · 2021
General Purposes
$1,000
So Others Might Eat · Washington, DC · 2021
General Purposes
$1,000
University of Pa · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
General Purposes
$1,000
Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2021
General Purposes
$1,000
Women'S Board Sbma · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021
General Purposes
$825
Santa Barbara Zoo · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General Purposes
$800
Dc Abortion Fund · Washington, DC · 2021
General Purposes
$700
Tradart Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General Purposes
$500
John Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024
General purposes
$500
Profant Foundation for the Arts · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General purposes
$500
Channel Islands Marine and Wildlife Institute · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General Purposes
$500
Climb for Hope · Towson, MD · 2023
General Purposes
$500
Elings Park Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General Purposes
$500
Graviota Coast Conservacy · Goleta, CA · 2023
General Purposes
$500
Planned Parenthood · Washington, DC · 2023
General Purposes
$500
Profant Foundation for the Arts · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General Purposes
$500
Chasing Hope Foundation · Winnetka, IL · 2022
General Purposes
$500
Climb for Hope · Towson, MD · 2022
General Purposes
$500
Lafayette College · Easton, PA · 2022
General Purposes
$500
Santa Barbara Museum of Art · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General Purposes
$500
Santa Barbara Zoo · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General Purposes
$500
The Brady Center To Prevent Gun Violence · Washington, DC · 2022
General Purposes
$500
Elings Park Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021
General Purposes
$500
Paralyzed Veterans of America · Washington, DC · 2021
General Purposes
$500
Santa Barbara Public Library · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021
General Purposes
$500
Santa Barbara Zoo · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021
General Purposes
$500
Teddy Bear Cancer Fund · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021
General Purposes
$300
Dc Abortion Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General Purposes
$250
Climb for Hope · Towson, MD · 2021
General Purposes
$225
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021
General Purposes
$200
Montecito Trails Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General Purposes
$200
Slo4home · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2022
General Purposes
$200
Montecito Trails Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021
General Purposes

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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.