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Who does Santa Barbara Foundation fund?

Santa Barbara Foundation has awarded $150 million across 2,065 grants to 878 organizations between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $22,500, with most between $10,000 and $51,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $25,000 versus $11,000 for first-time grantees.

Total awarded
$149.7M
Typical grant
$22K
Grantees
878
Grants
2,065
Years
2020–2024

Organizations this funder supports

Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.

100 of 878 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Follow
Channel Islands Restoration $11.9M52020–20242024CA
Dechomai Asset Trust $7.0M120242024FL
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund $6.6M32020–20242024MA
Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara $5.8M52020–20242024CA
Santa Barbara Center for the Performing Arts INC $5.8M52020–20242024CA
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History $3.6M52020–20242024CA
Music Academy of the West $2.6M52020–20242024CA
Food & Water Watch $2.2M120232023DC
C Congregation Bnai Brith $2.0M52020–20242024CA
U University of California Santa Barbara $1.9M52020–20242024CA
Animal Legal Defense Fund INC $1.8M42021–20242024DC
Dignitymoves $1.7M32022–20242024CA
Santa Barbara Museum of Art $1.7M52020–20242024CA
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation $1.6M52020–20242024CA
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County $1.6M52020–20242024CA
Crane Country Day School $1.4M52020–20242024CA
United Way of Santa Barbara County INC $1.4M52020–20242024CA
Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics $1.2M52020–20242024CA
Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara $1.2M52020–20242024CA
Foothills Forever Incorporated $1.2M120242024CA
Family Service Agency of Santa Barbara County $1.1M52020–20242024CA
Direct Relief $1.1M52020–20242024CA
Santa Barbara Public Library Foundation $1.0M72020–20242024CA
University of Chicago $1.0M22022–20232023IL
Community Partners $1.0M42021–20242024CA
Santa Barbara Education Foundation $986K62020–20242024CA
Santa Barbara Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals $982K52020–20242024CA
P Planned Parenthood California Central Coast $942K52020–20242024CA
T The Project for Resilient Communities $937K32021–20242024CA
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation $904K52020–20242024CA
Socially Responsible Agriculture Project INC $902K22022–20232023DE
Lobero Theatre Foundation $796K52020–20242024CA
Leading from Within $758K52020–20242024CA
Lewis and Clark College $756K120242024OR
Child Abuse Listening Mediation $754K52020–20242024CA
A Greener World $750K22021–20222022OR
Community Environmental Council INC $723K52020–20242024CA
The Thacher School INC $722K52020–20242024CA
Sansum Diabetes Research Institute $691K52020–20242024CA
Ganna Walska Lotusland $687K52020–20242024CA
Santa Barbara Zoological Foundation $659K52020–20242024CA
Transition House $644K52020–20242024CA
F Fund for Santa Barbara INC $628K52020–20242024CA
Government Accountability Project INC $600K22022–20242024DC
Anti-Defamation League $594K52020–20242024NY
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden INC $589K52020–20242024CA
Storyteller Childrens Center INC $586K52020–20242024CA
Santa Barbara Opera Association $553K52020–20242024CA
S Santa Barbara Agriculture & Farm Education Foundation INC $551K32021–20232023CA
The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County $544K52020–20242024CA
University of California San Francisco Foundation $543K22021–20222022CA
The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College $529K52020–20242024CA
S Stuart C Gildred Family YMCA $513K62020–20242024CA —
State Innovation Exchange $500K22022–20242024WI
The Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County $500K120202020CA
Friends of the Earth $500K22021–20222022DC
Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara INC $500K52020–20242024CA
Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra Association $496K52020–20242024CA
Domestic Violence Solutions for Santa Barbara County $495K52020–20242024CA
Resource Media a Nonprofit Corporation $485K22021–20242024OR
State Street Ballet $466K52020–20242024CA
Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation $464K52020–20242024CA
Hospice of Santa Barbara INC $462K52020–20242024CA
California Nature Art Museum $460K52020–20242024CA
Community Arts Music Assn of Santa Barbara $438K52020–20242024CA
Good Samaritan Shelter $434K52020–20242024CA
Ojai Valley School $419K52020–20242024CA
Girls Incorporated of Carpinteria $418K52020–20242024CA
Laguna Blanca School $411K52020–20242024CA
National Federation of the Blind INC $403K52020–20242024MD
A All Saints by the Sea Episcopal Church $402K52020–20242024NY —
Santa Barbara Coalition for Responsible Cannabis INC $400K22020–20222022CA
U United States Catholic Conference $390K72020–20242024DC
N New Beginnings Counseling Center $385K52020–20242024CA —
Solvang Theaterfest INC $377K32020–20242024CA
L Leap Learn Engage Advocate Partner $377K52020–20242024CA —
The Pacific Pride Foundation INC $374K52020–20242024CA
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy $350K22021–20242024MN
Santa Barbara Channelkeeper INC $342K52020–20242024CA
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute INC $341K22020–20212021MA
Carpinteria Skate Foundation INC $338K32020–20222022CA
St Vincent's Institution $328K52020–20242024CA
Wilderness Youth Project Incorporated $327K52020–20242024CA
Santa Barbara Equine Assistance & Evacuation Team INC $325K120202020CA
Mental Health Association in Santa Barbara County $316K52020–20242024CA
Rainforest Connection $300K22021–20232023TX
Lexington Observer INC $300K120242024MA
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University $298K52020–20242024CA
Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara $296K52020–20242024CA
Girls Incorporated of Greater Santa Barbara $294K52020–20242024CA
Knowledge Impact Network $292K22022–20232023VA
Carpinteria Children's Project $291K52020–20242024CA
University of Wisconsin Foundation $286K32020–20222022WI
E Endowment for Youth Committee $286K42020–20242024CA
Cate School $283K42020–20232023CA
Unity Shoppe INC $278K52020–20242024CA
White Buffalo Land Trust $278K52020–20242024CA
W Wyatt Family Foundation $273K120242024CA
Council on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse $265K52020–20242024CA
A ASPCA $256K120242024NY —

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