Grants awarded
Who does The John C Mithun Foundation fund?
The John C Mithun Foundation has awarded $15 million across 367 grants to 99 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $25,000, with most between $10,000 and $50,000.
Total awarded
$15.3M
Typical grant
$25K
Grantees
99
Grants
367
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L Lobero Theatre | $1.3M | 4 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$725K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| S Santa Barbara Public Library | $580K | 9 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Santa Barbara International Film Festival | $540K | 9 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Music Academy of the West
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$505K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| S Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinic | $420K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara
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$410K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| S Santa Barbara City College Foundation | $390K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Food from the Heart | $385K | 11 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County
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$375K | 3 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | CA | |
Santa Barbara Opera Association
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$375K | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| L Lotusland | $365K | 10 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $350K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T Transition House of Santa Barbara | $330K | 8 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Foodbank INC
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$325K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | OH | |
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$325K | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| Y YMCA - Santa Barbara Family (channel Islands Ymca) | $320K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| V Visiting Nurse and Hospice Care of Santa Barbara Foundation | $305K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| L Lobero Theater | $300K | 5 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| U Uc Santa Barbara Foundation | $295K | 5 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $280K | 8 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Community Environmental Council | $280K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| E Ensemble Theater | $260K | 9 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| R Royal Pride Foundation | $258K | 7 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$227K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Planned Parenthood
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$225K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| M Mid-Pacific | $205K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $200K | 4 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$200K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Girls Incorporated of Carpinteria
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$195K | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| V Visiting Nurse and Hospice Care of Santa Barbara | $190K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| G Girls INC - Carpinteria | $180K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Friends of the Goleta Valley Library | $170K | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Mission Scholars
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$170K | 5 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
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Santa Barbara Botanic Garden INC
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$170K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| C Center for Urban Agriculture at Fairview Gardens (cuafg) | $160K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Calm | $143K | 7 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $135K | 5 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| G Goleta Educational Foundation | $125K | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| G Girls INC | $120K | 4 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| M Mission Scholars | $115K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Sansum Clinic Philanthropy | $115K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Santa Barbara Muesum of Natural History | $110K | 5 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| G Girls INC of Greater Santa Barbara | $100K | 5 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| U United Boys and Girls Clubs of Santa Barbara County | $90K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| G Granada Theater | $90K | 7 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Gateway Educational Services | $83K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Center for Urban Ag at Fairview Gardens | $80K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| M Music Academy | $75K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Foodbank | $75K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $70K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Goleta Education Foundation | $70K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Harlem Academy
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$65K | 4 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| S Storyteller | $60K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Moxi | $55K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Arts Fund | $52K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
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$50K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Montecito Trails Foundation
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$50K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| L Land Trust for Santa Barbara County | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| V Visting Nurse and Hospice Care of Santa Barbara Foundation | $50K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $40K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| W Wev (women's Ecomonic Venture) | $40K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$40K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $35K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Unity Shoppe INC
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$35K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| U Ucsb Arts & Lecture | $35K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Organic Soup Kitchen
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$35K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| H Harlem Academy | $35K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Santa Barbara Public Library Foundation | $35K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History | $30K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Santa Barbara Education Foundation | $30K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara
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$30K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $28K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Foundation for Santa Barbara High School | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation
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$25K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| U Ucsb Arts and Lecture | $20K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| D Dos Pueblos High School Foundation | $20K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara | $20K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Central Coast Ocean Adventures Foundation | $20K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Santa Barbara Unified School District | $18K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$18K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| L Lompoc High School | $17K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C College School District PTO | $12K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| F Family Service Agency of Sb County | $12K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$10K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | MN | |
| M Mental Wellsness Center | $10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Ireland Lacrosse North America INC
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$10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | VA | |
| F Freedom 4 Youth | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S San Marcos High School Boosters | $6K | 3 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Santa Barbara Foundation | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Santa Barbara Youth Sailing Foundation | $3K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$3K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
| S Sansum Diabetes Research Institute | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Sbhs Boys Volleyball | $2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| R Roundtable Foundation INC | $2K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | VA |
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