Accepts applications
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Accepts applications
The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
- How to apply
The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
Application policy: Accepts applications, as stated on the FY2024 return.
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
This is a count from past returns. It does not say the foundation will consider a new request. How it is counted: names are compared as written on the returns, without "The" at the start, without endings such as "Inc" or "LLC", and without spaces and punctuation. A recipient also counts as already listed when our records link it to the same organization as an earlier recipient, or when its name is almost the same as an earlier name (a trigram similarity of 0.8 or more, where 1 means identical). The state on the grant row is not compared. Grants that the foundation marked as paid to an individual, such as a scholarship, are left out of both numbers, and no count is shown when most of its grants are marked that way. A person whom the foundation did not mark as an individual is still counted as a recipient. A recipient can still look new when its name is written very differently from year to year, and two different recipients with almost the same name can be counted as one.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
Giving by year
Total assets by year
| Year | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Giving | Assets | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 990-PF | $7,604,885 | $6,979,996 | $2,724,663 | $107,012,589 |
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
Recipient focus areas
Where recipients are
Based on the 63% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATIONSANTA BARBARA, CA | SUSTAINABLEFUTURE.ORG | $772,500 | 2020 | |
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed. Some links come from other funders' returns: when three or more of them wrote the same name and state with one EIN, and the city on this row matches, we use that EIN. The name on this row is still shown as this funder wrote it.
| $86,904,227 |
| FY2023 | 990-PF | $7,696,193 | $7,008,022 | $3,001,691 | $100,798,363 | $83,885,474 |
| FY2022 | 990-PF | $5,631,550 | $7,029,830 | $3,502,999 | $92,849,199 | $80,184,373 |
| FY2021 | 990-PF | $16,875,267 | $6,806,084 | $3,204,438 | $103,988,126 | $91,787,057 |
| FY2020 | 990-PF | $8,794,388 | $6,696,214 | $2,700,430 | $95,113,309 | $82,678,406 |
| FY2019 | 990-PF | $6,160,932 | $6,665,790 | $3,007,132 | $88,654,785 | $76,397,469 |
| FY2018 | 990-PF | $7,131,976 | $6,809,310 | $3,280,045 | $83,625,651 | $71,245,092 |
| FY2017 | 990-PF | $7,624,941 | $6,046,051 | $3,051,256 | $89,000,835 | $76,314,589 |
| FY2016 | 990-PF | $5,397,592 | $5,875,647 | $3,084,295 | $82,586,088 | $69,545,636 |
| 2020 COVID-19 EMERGENCY RESPONSE |
| $535,000 |
| 2020 |
| COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCILSANTA BARBARA, CA | GENERAL OPERATING | $500,000 | 2022 |
| SANTA BARBARA FAMILY CARE CENTERSANTA MARIA, CA | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT, MEDIA GRANT | $302,200 | 2016 |
| SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATIONSANTA BARBARA, CA | 2021 COVID-19 JOINT RESPONSE FUND, MONTECITO JOURNAL - THE GIVING LIST, 2021 PARTNERSHIP FOR EXCELLENCE, 2021 GLOBAL NEIGHBORHOOD FUND | $212,500 | 2021 |
| UNITED WAY OF SANTA BARBARASANTA BARBARA, CA | 2021 COVID-19 EMERGENCY RESPONSE, SUMMER EDUCATION PROGRAMS - FUN IN THE SUN & EARLY LEARNING SUCCESS INSTITUTE | $195,000 | 2021 |
| FUND FOR SANTA BARBARASANTA BARBARA, CA | 2021 NPRN, CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM, BREAD & ROSES SPONSOR, GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | $140,000 | 2021 |
| SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORYSANTA BARBARA, CA | MISSION CREEK GALA, PCBT GIVING GUIDE, CENTENNIAL CAPITAL CAMPAIGN | $122,850 | 2019 |
| DIRECT RELIEF INTERNATIONALMatched to this organization because 23 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.SANTA BARBARA, CA | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT, BUILDING PURCHASE/CAPITAL CAMPAIGN | $110,000 | 2019 |
| SANTA BARBARA ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONSANTA BARBARA, CA | ZOOFARI BALL SPONSOR, GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT, COFFEE CART PROJECT | $107,100 | 2019 |
| THE UC REGENTSSANTA BARBARA, CA | CAPITAL/MULTI-YEAR GRANTS | $100,000 | 2024 |
| SANTA BARBARA COTTAGE HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONSANTA BARBARA, CA | GENERAL SUPORT - GREATEST PRIORITY, LITTLE COTTAGES PROJECT | $100,000 | 2021 |
| WOMEN'S ECONOMIC VENTURESMatched to this organization because 11 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.SANTA BARBARA, CA | SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMIC RECOVERY | $100,000 | 2018 |
| UC REGENTSPASADENA, CA | CORE SUPPORT | $100,000 | 2023 |
| THE UC REGENTSPASADENA, CA | ENDOWMENT/CAPITAL | $100,000 | 2022 |
| UNITED BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTYSANTA BARBARA, CA | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT, CORE SUPPORT | $88,500 | 2016 |
| SANTA BARBARA ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONSANTA BARBARA, CA | CRISIS RESPONSE | $88,100 | 2018 |
| VARIOUSSANTA BARABRA, CA | GENERAL SUPPORT. | $86,546 | 2016 |
| SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORYSANTA BARBARA, CA | 2016 GALA SPONSOR, CORE SUPPORT, CAPITAL CAMPAIGN | $85,000 | 2016 |
| FUND FOR SANTA BARBARASANTA BARBARA, CA | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | $79,600 | 2020 |
| FOUNDATION FOR SANTA BARBARA HIGH SCHOOLSANTA BARBARA, CA | SBHS PEABODY STADIUM RENOVATION, SBHS BOYS VOLLEYBALL TEAM | $77,000 | 2019 |
| SANTA BARBARA HISTORICAL MUSEUMSANTA BARBARA, CA | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT, PCBT GIVING GUIDE | $76,250 | 2019 |
| SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORYSANTA BARBARA, CA | 2020 MISSION CREEK GALA | $76,000 | 2020 |
| SANTA BARBARA BOTANIC GARDEN INCSANTA BARBARA, CA | HAMMONDS MEADOW RESTORATION PROJECT, BACKCOUNTRY PROJECT | $75,000 | 2021 |
| ELINGS PARK FOUNDATIONSANTA BARBARA, CA | EPIC! CAMPAIGN - WATER WELL RESTORATION | $75,000 | 2021 |
Form 990-PF · FY2023 · period ending Dec 31, 2023IRS bulk XML
Filing id 202423039349100857
Form 990-PF · FY2022 · period ending Dec 31, 2022
Filing id 202323049349100717
Form 990-PF · FY2021 · period ending Dec 31, 2021
Filing id 202243159349102629
Form 990-PF · FY2020 · period ending Dec 31, 2020
Filing id 202113009349101106
Form 990-PF · FY2019 · period ending Dec 31, 2019
Filing id 202043179349103319
Form 990-PF · FY2018 · period ending Dec 31, 2018
Filing id 201933189349103858
Form 990-PF · FY2017 · period ending Dec 31, 2017
Filing id 201823199349104217
Form 990-PF · FY2016 · period ending Dec 31, 2016
Filing id 201703139349101550
Form 990-PF · FY2015 · period ending Dec 31, 2015
Filing id 201603159349100960
IRS filings are the source for every fact on this page. Nothing a model writes is ever a source; it can only point at a row here.