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Bragg Health 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.

$3.6M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
14
Grants FY2024
1
Organizations funded FY2022
100%
First-time grantees FY2022
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Median grant, FY2024
$150,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,100,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 47
FY2017 to FY2022
States reached, FY2024
1
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2022, 100% of the organizations Bragg Health Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $468k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22
AnimalsEnvironmentCrime & LegalEducationInternationalHealthOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving14$3.6M86%
FY20221$468k100%
FY202116$210k81%
FY20203$27k0%
FY201915$120k47%
FY201840$149k23%
FY201747$181kn/a
89% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Animals$1.2MYouth Development$1.1MFood & Nutrition$944kEnvironment$735kHealth$434kHuman Services$144kEducation$89kInternational$50kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
WA
MT
IL
OR
OH
CA
CO
VA
AZ
NM
DC
HI
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 55 grantees
All grantees of Bragg Health Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Wilderness Youth Project Inc$1,100,000118%
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc$804,99713%
Environmental Defense Center$506,00027%
Animal Shelter Assistance Program$200,000117%
Santa Barbara Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$150,00012%
Performing Animal Welfare Society$150,00012%
Alpha Resource Center of Santa Barbara$150,00013%
Unity Shoppe Inc$125,50042%
Los Padres Forestwatch Inc$105,00017%
Santa Barbara Channelkeeper Inc$100,00019%
Sarah House of Santa Barbara$100,000113%
Jodi House Inc$78,000312%
Food From the Heart Inc$75,00019%
Stray Cat Alliance$50,00011%
Shadows Fund Incorporated$50,00015%
Santa Barbara Middle School$50,00011%
Kitchens for Good$25,50021%
Resqcats Inc$24,00037%
Community Environmental Council$22,50011%
The Santa Barbara Bird Sanctuary$20,00017%
Bastyr University$20,00020%
SANTA BARBARA BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION Attn JULIA WALTHER$20,000158%
Natural Doctors International$20,000218%
American Nutrition Association Inc$19,00022%
World Dance for Humanity$18,50033%
Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine$15,00020%
The Cat House on the Kings Inc$14,50020%
National University of Natural Medicine$12,75020%
Arise International Inc$11,000329%
Naturopathic Medical Student Association$10,10023%
Oregon College of Oriental Medicine$10,00020%
United Boys and Girls Clubs of Santa Barbara County$10,00020%
Ahimsa Animal Rescue$10,0001n/a
Animal Rescue Team Inc$6,00027%
Los Padres Council Boy Scouts of America$6,00020%
Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network$5,50030%
The Gentle Barn Foundation$5,00010%
Lil Orphan Hammies$4,0002n/a
Volunteers for Inter-Valley Animals$4,0002n/a
Santa Barbara Rescue Mission$4,00020%
American Association of Naturopathic Physicians$3,10010%
Uc Santa Cruz Foundation$3,00020%
Indian Law Resource Center$2,50010%
American Heart Association Inc$2,50020%
CARE4Paws Inc$2,50010%
Trans Youth Equality Foundation$2,5001n/a
Washington Elementary School Foundation$1,25021%
Ocean Futures Society Inc$1,0001n/a
Insight for Living$1,00010%
Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation$60020%
Trinity Christian Center of Santa Ana$50010%
The Christian Broadcasting Network Inc$20010%
Beagle Freedom Project$1001n/a
Tree Research and Education Endowment Fund$10010%
Return to Freedom Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($631k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Bragg Health Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 49 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWilderness Youth Project Inc: $1,100,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetFoodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc: $804,997 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Center: $506,000 over 2y, 6.9% of budgetAnimal Shelter Assistance Program: $200,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetSanta Barbara Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $150,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetPerforming Animal Welfare Society: $150,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetAlpha Resource Center of Santa Barbara: $150,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetUnity Shoppe Inc: $125,500 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetLos Padres Forestwatch Inc: $105,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetSanta Barbara Channelkeeper Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 9.1% of budgetSarah House of Santa Barbara: $100,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetJodi House Inc: $78,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetFood From the Heart Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetStray Cat Alliance: $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetShadows Fund Incorporated: $50,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetSanta Barbara Middle School: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetKitchens for Good: $25,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetResqcats Inc: $24,000 over 3y, 7.3% of budgetCommunity Environmental Council: $22,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe Santa Barbara Bird Sanctuary: $20,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetBastyr University: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION Attn JULIA WALTHER: $20,000 over 1y, 58% of budgetNatural Doctors International: $20,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetAmerican Nutrition Association Inc: $19,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetWorld Dance for Humanity: $18,500 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetAcademy of Integrative Health & Medicine: $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetThe Cat House on the Kings Inc: $14,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNational University of Natural Medicine: $12,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetArise International Inc: $11,000 over 3y, 29% of budgetNaturopathic Medical Student Association: $10,100 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetOregon College of Oriental Medicine: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Boys and Girls Clubs of Santa Barbara County: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAnimal Rescue Team Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetLos Padres Council Boy Scouts of America: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSanta Barbara Wildlife Care Network: $5,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetThe Gentle Barn Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSanta Barbara Rescue Mission: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Association of Naturopathic Physicians: $3,100 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUc Santa Cruz Foundation: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIndian Law Resource Center: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCARE4Paws Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWashington Elementary School Foundation: $1,250 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetInsight for Living: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTeddy Bear Cancer Foundation: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTrinity Christian Center of Santa Ana: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Christian Broadcasting Network Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTree Research and Education Endowment Fund: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 49.

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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.

Patricia Bragg FoundationCA53.5× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Patricia Bragg Foundation · Santa Barbara Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation · June G Outhwaite Charitable Trust JS Poucher KL Englert & CM Cooney Co-Tr · Williams-Corbett Foundation · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · Roy and Ida Eagle Foundation · Fund for Santa Barbara Inc · The Turpin-Allebrand Family Charitable Foundation · Schlinger Family Foundation · Rudi Schulte 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.

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Find your warmest path to Bragg Health 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.

About Bragg Health Foundation

How much does Bragg Health Foundation give?
Bragg Health Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $3,609,997 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 47 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
What does Bragg Health Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (25%), Youth Development (24%), Food & Nutrition (20%).
Who are Bragg Health Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Wilderness Youth Project Inc ($1.1M), Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc ($805k), Environmental Defense Center ($506k).
Does Bragg Health Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2022, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Bragg Health Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Bragg Health Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Patricia Bragg Foundation, Santa Barbara Foundation, Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation.
Where is Bragg Health Foundation based?
Bragg Health Foundation is based in CA.

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 89 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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