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Who funds Fund for Santa Barbara?

Santa Barbara, California · EIN 770070742

15 private foundations reported grants to Fund for Santa Barbara in Santa Barbara, California totaling $1.3 million across 26 grants in tax years 2023 to 2025. The largest funder was The James Irvine Foundation, with $375,000.

From the funders' IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Foundations that fund Fund for Santa Barbara

All 15 funders, by amount
FoundationPurpose givenGrantsAmount
The James Irvine Foundation
California · 2024
To support Just Prosperity in California1$375,000
The California Wellness Foundation
California · 2024 · accepts applications
For project support for central coast civic engagement table to strengthen civic engagement efforts to improve the health of communities in the central coast.1$300,000
The McCune Foundation
California · 2024 · accepts applications
Central coast social justice academy10$176,800
The California Endowment
California · 2024
Developing aligned health equity narrative strategies2$125,000
James S Bower Foundation
California · 2024 · accepts applications
Nprn & capacity building; social justice academy1$80,000
Kautz Family Foundation
Arizona · 2024
Charitable1$50,000
William and Charlene Glikbarg Foundation
California · 2024
Unrestricted to support the activities and operations of the charitable organization's exempt purpose1$50,000
Florence and Laurence Spungen Family Foundation
Illinois · 2025
To support the immigrant relief fund1$40,000
Edwin and Jeanne Woods Family Foundation
California · 2025 · accepts applications
Charitable Support1$20,000
The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation
California · 2024 · accepts applications
Youth making change1$15,000
Hutton Foundation DBA Hutton Parker Foundation
California · 2024 · accepts applications
General discretionary2$15,000
Schiele Family Foundation
California · 2024
General support1$10,000
Towbes Foundation
California · 2024 · accepts applications
General Operating Support1$10,000
Ellen H Atterbury and Malcolm Atterbury Jr
Ohio · 2025
Support of daily operations1$7,200
Amazonsmile Foundation
Washington · 2023
General support1$67

Amounts are grants paid as each foundation reported them. Names are matched across filings, so a grant written under a different name for the same organization may be missing.

Using this list

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Questions people ask

Who funds Fund for Santa Barbara?

The James Irvine Foundation, The California Wellness Foundation, The McCune Foundation, The California Endowment and James S Bower Foundation, and 10 more, according to their IRS Form 990-PF filings.

How much does Fund for Santa Barbara get from foundations?

$1.3 million in 26 reported grants from 15 private foundations in tax years 2023 to 2025. Government grants and gifts from individuals are not included.

Which of these funders accept applications?

The California Wellness Foundation, The McCune Foundation, James S Bower Foundation, Edwin and Jeanne Woods Family Foundation and The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation say in their filings that they accept applications.

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