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William H Kearns Foundation

Name: William H Kearns 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.

59
grants reported: $1.3M
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

donee further

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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.

Uc Santa Barbara Foundation3 grants · $280,000
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital2 grants · $150,000
Metropolitan Museum of Art3 grants · $150,000
Sansum Clinic2 grants · $115,000
Foodbank of Santa Barbara3 grants · $55,000
Music Academy of the West3 grants · $50,000
Museum of Modern Art2 grants · $50,000
Cottage Health System1 grant · $50,000
Vna Health3 grants · $45,000
Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara3 grants · $38,500

Giving over time

$504,000

2022

$447,500

2023

$313,500

2024

Grant history

All 59 reported grants, largest first.

$175,000
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
$100,000
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
$75,000
Sansum Clinic · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
To further donee's exempt purpose
$55,000
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
To further donee's exempt purpose
$50,000
Cottage Health System · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
To further donee's exempt purpose
$50,000
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2024
To further donee's exempt purpose
$50,000
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
$50,000
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
$50,000
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
$50,000
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
$40,000
Sansum Clinic · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
$25,000
Foodbank of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
$25,000
Museum of Modern Art · New York, NY · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
$25,000
Museum of Modern Art · New York, NY · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
$20,000
Music Academy of the West · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
$20,000
Vna Health · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
$20,000
Foodbank of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
$20,000
Music Academy of the West · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
$20,000
Vna Health · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
$17,500
Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
$15,000
Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital Fund · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
$15,000
Dignity Moves · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
$15,000
Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
$15,000
Girls Inc of Greater Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
$15,000
United Way of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
$15,000
United Way · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
$14,000
Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
$10,000
Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital Fund · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
To further donee's exempt purpose
$10,000
Foodbank of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
To further donee's exempt purpose
$10,000
Music Academy of the West · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
To further donee's exempt purpose
$10,000
Planned Parenthood Ca Central Coast · Ventura, CA · 2024
To further donee's exempt purpose
$10,000
Santa Barbara Education Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
To further donee's exempt purpose
$10,000
Calm · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
$10,000
Planned Parenthood Ca Central Coast · Ventura, CA · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
$10,000
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
$10,000
Calm · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
$10,000
Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital Fund · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
$10,000
Santa Barbara Education Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
$7,500
Casa of Santa Barbara · Santa Maria, CA · 2024
To further donee's exempt purpose
$7,500
Casa of Santa Barbara · Santa Maria, CA · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
$7,500
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
$7,500
Transition House · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
$7,500
Casa of Santa Barbara · Santa Maria, CA · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
$7,500
Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
$7,500
Storytellers Children'S Center · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
$7,500
Transition House · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
$7,000
Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
To further donee's exempt purpose
$5,000
Food for Needy · New York, NY · 2024
To further donee's exempt purpose
$5,000
Vna Health · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
To further donee's exempt purpose
$5,000
Aha Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
$5,000
Storytellers Children'S Center · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
$5,000
Aha Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
$5,000
Food for Needy · New York, NY · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
$4,000
Calm · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
To further donee's exempt purpose
$2,500
Kusc · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To further donee's exempt purpose
$2,500
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
To further donee's exempt purpose
$2,500
Kusc · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To further donee's exempt purpose
$2,500
Shelter Box · Lakewood Ranch, FL · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose
$2,500
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
To further donee's exempt purpose

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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.