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Bickett Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$131k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$1.2MHealth$927kPhilanthropy$192kHuman Services$88kArts & Culture$62kYouth Development$44kEnvironment$41kRecreation & Sports$32kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $41k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $75k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$4.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION$75,000
SANTA BARBARA VINTNERS FOUNDATION$16,000
DAYFORCE CARES FOUNDATION$15,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF NE FLORIDA$10,000
ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION$5,000
LAGUNA BLANCA SCHOOL$5,000
ORGANIC SOUP KITCHEN$2,500
BEES KEEPER ASSOCIATION$2,000
Individual grant recipient$500
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 (FY17–23, $93k) 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%ANGELS FOSTER CARE: $10k → 14%ANGELS FOSTER CARE: $7k → 14%ANGELS FOSTER CARE: $5k → 14%DREAM FOUNDATION: $24k → 14%ANGELS FOSTER CARE: $15k → 14%ANGELS FOSTER CARE: $15k → 14%DREAM FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%DREAM FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%DREAM FOUNDATION: $2k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
MN
IL
NV
OH
CA
VA
MD
FL
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 34% of Bickett Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Bickett Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 20 repeat orgs$96k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +67% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

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21

Total granted

$1.8M
$57k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+67%
0%

Still filing today

50%
24%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $39k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationPhilanthropyHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentInternationalPublic BenefitOther
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

  • LB
    LAGUNA BLANCA SCHOOL
    5× · 2017–2024 · $407k · revenue +62%
  • VG
    VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2020–2023 · $165k · revenue +42%
  • TF
    THE FOLDED FLAG FOUNDATION
    2× · 2019–2022 · $97k · revenue +67%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • TG
    THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
  • AA
    ALZHEIMER ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2020 · $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
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
2
St Francis Foundation of Santa Barbara

The mission of st. francis foundation of santa barbara is to promote and support health care.

Health
3
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
4
The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College

The sbcc foundation fuels the excellence of santa barbara city college by engaging the community, building relationships, and inviting the generosity of donors. the resources raised and managed by the foundation enrich college programs,…

Education
5
Santa Barbara Foundation

The mission of the santa barbara foundation (sbf) is to mobilize collective wisdom and philanthropic capital to build empathetic, inclusive and resilient communities.

Philanthropy
6
Santa Barbara Education Foundation

Santa Barbara Education Foundation (SBEF) provides and supports programs that enrich the academic, artistic, and personal development of all students in the Santa Barbara Unified School District.

Education
7
California Pacific Medical Center 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
8
California Dental Association Foundation

The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.

Science & Tech
9
The University Foundation At Sacramento State

Raise private resources to advance the mission and priorities of the university and serve as ambassadors in the community. provide stewardship in the prudent investment of resources and ensure the integrity of the foundation through…

Education
10
The Bar Association of San Francisco

The bar association of san francisco champions equal access to justice and promotes humanity, excellence, and diversity in the legal profession. we provide legal services to disadvantaged and underserved individuals in san francisco. we…

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11
Califonia State University East Bay Foundation Inc

Csu east bay foundation is an auxiliary organization of california state university east bay and the california state university system. the organization's mission is to provide services that aid, supplement, and advance the educational…

Education
12
Csusb Philanthropic Foundation

The csusb philanthropic foundation is a non-profit corporation that raises and manages gifts from individuals, foundations and corporations for the benefit of csusb. the foundation is comprised of business and civic leaders who care about…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara; the most unlike its peers is Prison Yoga Santa Barbara. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the 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 49 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/23
Grantees still filing
17/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LAGUNA BLANCA SCHOOL: $406,600 · EducationLAGUNA BLANCA SCHOOLUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $404,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIAUCLA FOUNDATION: $258,400 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATIONCATHEDRAL ARTS PROJECT INC: $60,000 · Education+1 more: $2,500 · EducationCLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION: $753,100 · OtherCLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATIONCANCER CENTER OF SANTA BARBARA: $110,000 · OtherCANCER CENTER OF SANTA BARBARA+33 more: $190,865 · Other+33 moreVEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS FOUNDATION INC: $164,500 · PhilanthropySANTA BARBARA VINTNERS FOUNDATION: $16,000 · PhilanthropyDAYFORCE CARES US: $10,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyTHE FOLDED FLAG FOUNDATION: $96,600 · Public BenefitANGELS FOSTER CARE OF SANTA BARBARA: $52,000 · Human ServicesDALMATIAN DREAMS DBA DREAM FOUNDATION: $40,800 · Human ServicesBoys and Girls Club of Northeast Florida Inc: $35,000 · Youth DevelopmentDIRECT RELIEF: $7,000 · International
Education$1,132,000Other$1,053,965Philanthropy$191,500Public Benefit$96,600Human Services$92,800Youth Development$35,000International$7,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLAGUNA BLANCA SCHOOL: $406,600 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $404,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $258,400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS FOUNDATION INC: $164,500 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetTHE FOLDED FLAG FOUNDATION: $96,600 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetCATHEDRAL ARTS PROJECT INC: $60,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetANGELS FOSTER CARE OF SANTA BARBARA: $52,000 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetDALMATIAN DREAMS DBA DREAM FOUNDATION: $40,800 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Northeast Florida Inc: $35,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSANTA BARBARA VINTNERS FOUNDATION: $16,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetDAYFORCE CARES US: $10,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetSCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA: $7,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION Attn JULIA WALTHER: $5,000 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRISON YOGA SANTA BARBARA: $3,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetORGANIC SOUP KITCHEN: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPOWELL COUNTY MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $1,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTORYTELLER CHILDRENS CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCourt Appointed Special Advocates: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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 LAGUNA BLANCA SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FOLDED FLAG FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CATHEDRAL ARTS PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds ANGELS FOSTER CARE OF SANTA BARBARA ↗
  • Who funds DALMATIAN DREAMS DBA DREAM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Boys and Girls Club of Northeast Florida Inc ↗
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA VINTNERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DAYFORCE CARES US ↗
  • Who funds SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA ↗
  • Who funds DIRECT RELIEF ↗
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION Attn JULIA WALTHER ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PRISON YOGA SANTA BARBARA ↗
  • Who funds ORGANIC SOUP KITCHEN ↗
  • Who funds Mission Scholars ↗
  • Who funds POWELL COUNTY MEDICAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC ↗

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…The Foley Family Char…James S Bower Foundat…Mosher FoundationWilliams-Corbett Foun…Ann Jackson Family Fo…Tony and Kyra Rogers …James D & Kay y Moran…The Little One Founda…The B & B FoundationBrittingham Family Fo…
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 · The Foley Family Charitable Foundation · James S Bower Foundation · Mosher Foundation · Williams-Corbett Foundation · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · Tony and Kyra Rogers Foundation · James D & Kay y Moran Foundation · The Little One Foundation · The B & B Foundation · Brittingham Family 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 Bickett Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bickett Family Foundation. 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%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Cathedral Arts Project Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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 · 0–15%
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 49 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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