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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 FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$1.1M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0189% 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
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $50k–250k11 grants · $1.2M
  • $250k+3 grants · $2.4M
$150,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WILDERNESS YOUTH PROJECT$1,100,000
FOODBANK OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY$804,997
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE CENTER$500,000
ANIMAL SHELTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM$200,000
SANTA BARBARA HUMANE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS$150,000
PERFORMING ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY$150,000
ALPHA RESOURCE CENTER OF SANTA BARBARA$150,000
LOS PADRES FOREST WATCH INC$105,000
SANTA BARBARA CHANNELKEEPER INC$100,000
SARAH HOUSE SANTA BARBARA$100,000
JODI HOUSE$75,000
FOOD FROM THE HEART INC$75,000
SHADOW'S FUND INCORPORATED$50,000
STRAY CAT ALLIANCE$50,000
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 (FY17–24, $276k) 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%ALPHA RESOURCE CENTER OF SANTA BARBARA: $150k → 14%UNITY SHOPPE: $101k → 14%UNITY SHOPPE: $15k → 14%UNITY SHOPPE: $5k → 14%UNITY SHOPPE: $5k → 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

ME
WA
MT
IL
OR
OH
CA
CO
VA
AZ
NM
DC
HI
TX
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

22%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 38 repeat orgs$3.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against -2% for those funded once.

38 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 36 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
39

Total granted

$1.0M
$685k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
-2%

Still filing today

63%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 16% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.0M went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’24
AnimalsEducationEnvironmentHealthHuman ServicesReligionOther
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

  • ED
    ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE CENTER
    2× · 2021–2024 · $506k · revenue +83%
  • US
    UNITY SHOPPE INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $126k · revenue +65%
  • JH
    JODI HOUSE INC
    3× · 2018–2024 · $78k · revenue +68%

Funded once

  • RG
    REALTY GIFT FUND TO BERKELEY EAST BAY HUMANE SOCIETY
    one grant, 2022 · $468k
  • SB
    SANTA BARBARA MIDDLE SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +43%
  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD FOUNDATION OF AMERICA
    one grant, 2021 · $23k
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
Rancho Coastal Humane Society

See schedule orancho coastal is dedicated to the rescue and shelter of abandoned companion animals. it encourages adoptions into loving homes and provides educational and community outreach programs designed to enhance the human-animal…

Animals
2
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
3
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County

The SPCA Monterey County's Mission is assuring compassionate treatment of all animals through rescue, rehabilitation, protection and education. The SPCA shelters homeless, neglected, and abused pets, including dogs, cats, horses, exotic…

Animals
4
The California Wildlife Center

The california wildlife center (cwc) takes responsibility for the protection of all native wildlife through rehabilitiation, education and conservation. as the los angeles area's premier wildlife medical care and rehabilitation facility,…

Health
5
Santa Barbara Zoological Foundation

The santa barbara zoo is dedicated to the preservation, conservation, and enhancement of the natural world and its living treasures through education, research, recreation and conservation.

Animals
6
The Institute for Bird Populations

The institute for bird populations enables science-based conservation of species and habitats by studying the abundance, demography, and ecology of birds and other wildlife.

Animals
7
Animal Care Sanctuary

Animal care sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the…

Animals
8
Pet Orphans of Southern California

In addition to rescue and adoption, pet orphans provides a wide range of services including education, medical/financial, spay/neuter, and training assistance.

Animals
9
Spokanimal Care

Spokanimal leads communities in humane/proactive ways to promote and preserve the human-companion animal bond.

Animals
10
Santa Maria Valley Humane Society

The santa maria valley humane society exists to rescue, shelter, heal, place, and train dogs and cats while engaging the central california coastal community to end animal homelessness.

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11
Barn Sanctuary

Rescue farmed animals and inspire people to embrace a plant-based lifestyle.

Animals
12
Southern California Equine Foundation Inc

Providing equine veterinary hospital facilities and support services in the care of injured or sick race horses

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Santa Barbara Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; the most unlike its peers is Naturopathic Medical Student Association. 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

53 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. 53 of the 89 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
50/53
Grantees still filing
26/53
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Wilderness Youth Project Inc: $1,100,000 · Youth DevelopmentWilderness Youth Project I…+1 more: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentREALTY GIFT FUND TO BERKELEY EAST BAY HUMANE SOCIETY: $468,000 · OtherREALTY GIFT FUND TO BERKE…JODI HOUSE INC: $78,000 · OtherJODI HOUSE INCSARAH HOUSE OF SANTA BARBARA: $100,000 · OtherSARAH HOUSE OF SANTA BARB…SANTA BARBARA MIDDLE SCHOOL: $50,000 · Other+56 more: $361,550 · Other+56 moreFoodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc: $804,997 · Food & NutritionFoodbank of Santa B…Animal Shelter Assistance Program: $200,000 · AnimalsAnimal Shelter A…SANTA BARBARA HUMANE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $150,000 · AnimalsSANTA BARBARA HU…PERFORMING ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY: $150,000 · AnimalsPERFORMING ANIMA…STRAY CAT ALLIANCE: $50,000 · AnimalsSTRAY CAT ALLIAN…SHADOWS FUND INCORPORATED: $50,000 · AnimalsSHADOWS FUND INC…RESQCATS INC: $24,000 · Animals+11 more: $81,700 · Animals+11 moreENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE CENTER: $506,000 · Crime & LegalENVIRONMENTA…ALPHA RESOURCE CENTER OF SANTA BARBARA: $150,000 · Human ServicesUNITY SHOPPE INC: $125,500 · Human ServicesFOOD FROM THE HEART INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesLOS PADRES FORESTWATCH INC: $105,000 · EnvironmentSANTA BARBARA CHANNELKEEPER INC: $100,000 · EnvironmentCOMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $22,500 · Environment+2 more: $1,100 · Environment
Youth Development$1,110,000Other$1,057,550Food & Nutrition$804,997Animals$705,700Crime & Legal$506,000Human Services$350,500Environment$228,600

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 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
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.

Patricia Bragg Founda…Santa Barbara Foundat…Hutton Foundation Dba…The Wood-Claeyssens F…June G Outhwaite Char…Williams-Corbett Foun…Ann Jackson Family Fo…Roy and Ida Eagle Fou…Fund for Santa Barbar…The Turpin-Allebrand …Schlinger Family Foun…Rudi Schulte Family F…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • National University of Natural Medicine: 3% of income from government
  • Oregon College of Oriental Medicine: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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.
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How do I get to Bragg Health Foundation?

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.

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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