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Babich Family Foundation at a glance

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Babich Family Foundation

Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$269k
Granted FY2021
5
Grants FY2021
2
States reached
$224k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2021.

Health$2.8MEducation$291kArts & Culture$30kAnimals$10kReligion$7kEnvironment$6kHuman Services$4kInternational$3kOther$0
02FY2021 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $35k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $224k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$39k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RUNX1 Foundation$223,500
University of Pennsylvania$25,000
University of CA Santa Barbara$10,000
Vedanta Society of CA$5,000
Crane County Day School$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–20, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ANGELS FOSTER CARE OF SANTA BARBARA: $3k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $250 → 14%AFRICAN WOMEN RISING: $660 → 14%AFRICAN WOMEN RISING: $300 → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.9M · 8 repeat orgs$117k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against +40% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2021, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
25

Total granted

$2.9M
$102k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
+40%

Still filing today

88%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21
HealthHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyEnvironmentFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • RF
    RUNX1 Foundation dba RUNX1 Research Program
    3× · 2019–2021 · $2.8M · revenue +2% · 87% of their budget
  • CC
    CRANE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
    3× · 2019–2021 · $38k · revenue +47%
  • SB
    SANTA BARBARA ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION
    2× · 2019–2020 · $10k · revenue +98%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $55k
  • UA
    UCSB ARTS & LECTURES
    one grant, 2020 · $30k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $6k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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2
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
3
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
4
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc

Susan g. komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting breast cancer across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the u.s. and in countries worldwide. we advocate for policies to protect patients, drive…

Health
5
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
6
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
7
Blue World Foundation Inc

To stabilize the population of marine species in danger, especially sharks and rays in the caribbean of guatemala; through science and community strengthening which will provide the creation of alternative livelihoods, which eventually…

Environment
8
Sutter Bay Medical Foundation

Mission statement: mission: caring for our patients first and our people always. vision: to be the most comprehensive, integrated and connected health system for getting and staying well. values: excellence - we deliver high-quality,…

Health
9
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
10
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
11
National Geographic Society

To increase and diffuse geographic knowledge in the broadest sense, using the power of science, exploration, education and storytelling to illuminate and protect the wonder of the world.

Education
12
Southern California University of Health Sciences

The mission of southern california university of health sciences (scu) is to educate students as competent, caring and successful practitioners of integrative healthcare. the university is committed to providing excellence in academics,…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Calm Inc; the most unlike its peers is Pointing Out the Great Way Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

21 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 21 of the 36 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
18/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RUNX1 Foundation dba RUNX1 Research Program: $2,813,500 · HealthRUNX1 Foundation dba RUNX1 Research Program+2 more: $1,250 · HealthTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $186,525 · EducationCRANE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $38,220 · Education+1 more: $500 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $55,000 · OtherUCSB ARTS & LECTURES: $30,000 · OtherUniversity of CA Santa Barbara: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $6,000 · OtherVedanta Society of CA: $5,000 · Other+19 more: $7,461 · OtherSANTA BARBARA ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION: $10,203 · AnimalsANGELS FOSTER CARE OF SANTA BARBARA: $3,170 · Human ServicesAFRICAN WOMEN RISING: $960 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $250 · Human ServicesPOINTING OUT THE GREAT WAY FOUNDATION: $1,500 · ReligionWilderness Youth Project Inc: $1,464 · Youth Development
Health$2,814,750Education$225,245Other$113,461Animals$10,203Human Services$4,380Religion$1,500Youth Development$1,464

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRUNX1 Foundation dba RUNX1 Research Program: $2,813,500 over 3y, 87% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $186,525 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCRANE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $38,220 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSANTA BARBARA ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION: $10,203 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetANGELS FOSTER CARE OF SANTA BARBARA: $3,170 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPOINTING OUT THE GREAT WAY FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWilderness Youth Project Inc: $1,464 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDFUND INTERNATIONAL USA: $1,320 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGWENDOLYN STRONG FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAFRICAN WOMEN RISING: $960 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWOMEN'S FUND OF SANTA BARBARA: $800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $550 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALM INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE KNOX SCHOOL OF SANTA BARBARA: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFoodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc: $332 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSanta Barbara Bucket Brigade: $324 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTORYTELLER CHILDRENS CENTER INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN FUTURES SOCIETY INC: $41 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Tony and Kyra Rogers …Santa Barbara Foundat…Ann Jackson Family Fo…Yellow-Crowned Founda…Patricia Bragg Founda…Hutton Foundation Dba…The B & B FoundationDancing Tides Foundat…The Kirby-Jones Found…Williams-Corbett Foun…Manitou FundMildred E & Harvey S …
Tony and Kyra Rogers FoundationDE24.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Tony and Kyra Rogers Foundation · Santa Barbara Foundation · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · Yellow-Crowned Foundation · Patricia Bragg Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · The B & B Foundation · Dancing Tides Foundation Inc · The Kirby-Jones Foundation · Williams-Corbett Foundation · Manitou Fund · Mildred E & Harvey S Mudd Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Babich Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Babich Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Babich Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Babich Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 36 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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