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Becker Family Foundation co Montecito Bank & Trust 8370-00 at a glance

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Becker Family Foundation co Montecito Bank & Trust 8370-00

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$92k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$27k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$242kReligion$226kInternational$211kHealth$91kHuman Services$52kCivil Rights$42kEnvironment$27kCommunity Improvement$17kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $77k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Community Environmental Council$26,500
UC REGENTS$25,000
Fonkoze USA$25,000
USA for UNHCR$5,000
CATHOLIC CHURCH OF THE BEATITUDES$4,000
NUCLEAR AGE PEACE FOUNDATION$2,500
Good Samaritan Shelter$2,500
SB Foundation$1,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–21, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PATH: $5k → 14%PATH: $1k → 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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$784k · 16 repeat orgs$148k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +37% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
20

Total granted

$784k
$113k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+37%

Still filing today

50%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalHealthEducationCivil RightsPhilanthropyHuman ServicesOther
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

  • UC SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION
    4× · 2017–2020 · $52k · revenue +224%
  • MH
    MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
    3× · 2017–2021 · $11k · revenue +137%
  • TF
    THE FOUNDATION FOR SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE
    3× · 2017–2019 · $6k · revenue +53%

Funded once

  • JF
    JUST FAITH MINISTRIES OFFICE OF JUSTFAITH
    one grant, 2017 · $75k
  • FUND FOR SANTA BARBARA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $11k · revenue +134%
  • CA
    CA ACADEMY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
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 Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
2
The Climate Center

The Climate Center is a climate and energy policy nonprofit working to rapidly reduce climate pollution at scale, starting in California.

Education
3
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
4
California Forward

Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…

Public Benefit
5
University of California Student Association

The University of California Student Association (UCSA) is a coalition of students and student governments that aims to provide a collective voice for all students through advocacy and direct action. UCSA participates in the shared…

Education
6
California Housing Partner Corporation

The California Housing Partnership Corporation creates and preserves affordable and sustainable homes for Californians with low incomes by providing expert financial and policy solutions to nonprofit and public partners.

Unclassified
7
Inner City Law Center

In 2024, Inner City Law Center, ICLC, served over 3,400 people, helping vulnerable Angelenos to remain in their homes and recover nearly $20.5 million in financial benefits.

Crime & Legal
8
California Coastkeeper dba California Coastkeeper Alliance

California Coastkeeper Alliance unites Waterkeeper programs statewide to fight for swimmable, fishable, and drinkable waters for all Californians.

Environment
9
California Budget & Policy Center

The budget center provides dependable, timely, policy guidance and public education through our independent research and analysis, public education, strategic collaborations, and communications to expand economic opportunities and promote…

Education
10
Community Foundation Santa Cruz County

To promote philanthropy to make santa cruz county a better place to live, now and in the future.we bring together people, ideas, and resources to inspire philanthropy and accomplish great things.

Philanthropy
11
Santa Cruz Local Inc

Independent nonpartisan newsroom serving Santa Cruz County, California we are all watching and engaged in our local government, our needs are addressed, democracy works better and our community is stronger.

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12
The California Channel

To distribute public affairs and other educational information in order to create an electronic bridge between californians and their public officials, and, in the process educate a new generation of voting citizens and civic leaders who…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Uc Santa Barbara Foundation; the most unlike its peers is International Rescue Committee Inc. 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

23 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. 23 of the 42 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
15/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UC REGENTS: $177,000 · OtherUC REGENTSNeighborhood Clinics of SB: $75,000 · OtherNeighborhood Clinics of SBJUST FAITH MINISTRIES OFFICE OF JUSTFAITH: $75,000 · OtherJUST FAITH MINISTRIES OFFICE OF JUSTFAITHJUST FAITH MINISTRIES OFFICE: $70,000 · OtherJUST FAITH MINISTRIES OFFICETHE CATHOLIC CHURCH OF THE BEATITUDES: $42,000 · OtherTHE CATHOLIC CHURCH OF THE BEATITUDESAPF Asosyasyin Peyizan Fondwa: $37,500 · OtherAPF Asosyasyin Peyizan FondwaNEW BEGINNINGS: $35,000 · OtherNEW BEGINNINGS+18 more: $61,700 · Other+18 moreFONKOZE USA INC: $152,500 · InternationalFONKOZE USA INCHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $28,100 · InternationalHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INCNUCLEAR AGE PEACE FOUNDATION: $22,500 · InternationalNUCLEAR AGE PEACE FOUNDAT…+3 more: $7,500 · InternationalUC SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $52,000 · EducationTHE FOUNDATION FOR SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE: $6,200 · Education+2 more: $600 · EducationJust Communities Central Coast: $40,000 · Civil RightsCOMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $26,500 · EnvironmentFUND FOR SANTA BARBARA INC: $10,500 · PhilanthropyVENTURA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3,000 · PhilanthropyMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $11,000 · HealthThe Fistula Foundation: $500 · HealthORAL CANCER FOUNDATION HILL: $500 · Health
Other$573,200International$210,600Education$58,800Civil Rights$40,000Environment$26,500Philanthropy$13,500Health$12,000

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 budgetFONKOZE USA INC: $152,500 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetUC SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $52,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetJust Communities Central Coast: $40,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $28,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNUCLEAR AGE PEACE FOUNDATION: $22,500 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $11,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFUND FOR SANTA BARBARA INC: $10,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE: $6,200 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPATH: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY VENTURES CORPORATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVENTURA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN SHELTER: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NETWORK DBA NETWORK LOBBY FOR CATHOLIC SOCIAL JUSTICE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Fistula Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBread For The World Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetORAL CANCER FOUNDATION HILL: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $300 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.

  • Who funds FONKOZE USA INC ↗
  • Who funds UC SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Just Communities Central Coast ↗
  • Who funds HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds NUCLEAR AGE PEACE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds FUND FOR SANTA BARBARA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION FOR SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds PATH ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY VENTURES CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds United States Association for UNHCR ↗
  • Who funds VENTURA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GOOD SAMARITAN SHELTER ↗
  • Who funds The Pax Christi Fund for Peace ↗
  • Who funds THE NETWORK DBA NETWORK LOBBY FOR CATHOLIC SOCIAL JUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds The Fistula Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Bread For The World Inc ↗
  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
  • Who funds LIFECHRONICLES INC ↗
  • Who funds ORAL CANCER FOUNDATION HILL ↗

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.

Hutton Foundation Dba…Santa Barbara Foundat…James S Bower Foundat…Towbes FoundationCalifornia Community …The Lucky One Foundat…The Turpin-Allebrand …Williams-Corbett Foun…The McCune FoundationAnn Jackson Family Fo…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Network for Good
Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker FoundationCA19.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · Santa Barbara Foundation · James S Bower Foundation · Towbes Foundation · California Community Foundation · The Lucky One Foundation · The Turpin-Allebrand Family Charitable Foundation · Williams-Corbett Foundation · The McCune Foundation · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Network for Good

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 Becker Family Foundation co Montecito Bank & Trust 8370-00 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Becker Family Foundation co Montecito Bank & Trust 8370-00. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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.

    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 42 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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