Funding search · EIN 200275156 · Santa Barbara, CA

Writer Family Foundation

Name: Writer Family 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.

45
grants reported: $152,527
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $2,000
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.

Doctors Without Borders3 grants · $28,000
The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County2 grants · $20,000
Colorado Open Lands1 grant · $12,000
Green Peace Fund2 grants · $10,000
Community Arts Music Association of Santa Barbara2 grants · $10,000
Direct Relief International1 grant · $10,000
The Nature Conservancy2 grants · $10,000
The Trust for Public Land3 grants · $8,000
Trust Tai1 grant · $4,625
Santa Barbara Tennis Patrons2 grants · $4,500

Giving over time

$57,099

2022

$47,500

2023

$47,928

2024

Grant history

All 45 reported grants, largest first.

$12,000
Colorado Open Lands · Lakewood, CO · 2022
Charitable support
$10,000
Direct Relief International · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Charitable support
$10,000
The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Charitable support
$10,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable support
$10,000
The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Charitable support
$10,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable support
$8,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable support
$5,000
Community Arts Music Association of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Charitable support
$5,000
Green Peace Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable support
$5,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023
Charitable support
$5,000
Community Arts Music Association of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Charitable support
$5,000
Green Peace Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable support
$5,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2022
Charitable support
$4,625
Trust Tai · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable support
$4,000
Network for Africa US · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
Charitable support
$4,000
The Trust for Public Land · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Charitable support
$3,000
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Charitable support
$2,500
Project Hope · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable support
$2,500
Santa Barbara Tennis Patrons · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Charitable support
$2,000
Accion International · Wasjomgtpm, DC · 2024
Charitable support
$2,000
Santa Barbara Tennis Patrons · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Charitable support
$2,000
The Trust for Public Land · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Charitable support
$2,000
The Trust for Public Land · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Charitable support
$2,000
Episcopal Relief & Development · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable support
$2,000
Sierra Club · Oakland, CA · 2022
Charitable support
$1,803
Oniracom · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Charitable support
$1,000
Coast Guard Foundation · Stonington, CT · 2024
Charitable support
$1,000
Episcopal Relief & Development · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable support
$1,000
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Charitable support
$1,000
Sbcc Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Charitable support
$1,000
Uc Regents · Oakland, CA · 2024
Charitable support
$1,000
Coast Guard Foundation · Stonington, CT · 2023
Charitable support
$1,000
Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Charitable support
$1,000
Episcopal Relief & Development · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable support
$1,000
Foundation for Cottage Hospitals · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Charitable support
$1,000
Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital Foundation · Goleta, CA · 2023
Charitable support
$1,000
Granada Theatre · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Charitable support
$1,000
Leon Lewandowski · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Charitable support
$1,000
Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Charitable support
$1,000
Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital Foundation · Goleta, CA · 2022
Charitable support
$1,000
Santa Barbara City College Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Charitable support
$1,000
Uc Regents · Oakland, CA · 2022
Charitable support
$1,000
Vna Health · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Charitable support
$599
Franklin School Pto · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Charitable support
$500
Arthritis Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Charitable support

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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.