California · Private foundation
Brander Family Foundation CO Laura Gaspar
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.
- $211k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,808
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $84,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 7% of the organizations Brander Family Foundation CO Laura Gaspar funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 14 | $209k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $189k | 7% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $190k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $164k | 7% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $70k | 7% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $203k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $181k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brander Museum of Folk Art | $491,704 | 7 | 100% |
| Allan Hancock College Foundation | $380,204 | 7 | 3% |
| The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College | $49,908 | 5 | 0% |
| Transition House | $29,533 | 7 | 0% |
| Hospice of Santa Barbara Inc | $20,808 | 7 | 0% |
| People Helping People | $20,308 | 4 | n/a |
| Casa Serena | $17,508 | 7 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities San Bernardino & Riverside Counties | $15,925 | 5 | 0% |
| Santa Barbara Rescue Mission | $14,525 | 4 | 0% |
| Hillside House | $12,408 | 7 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brander Museum of Folk Art | $491,704 | 7 | 100% |
| Allan Hancock College Foundation | $380,204 | 7 | 3% |
| The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College | $49,908 | 5 | 0% |
| Transition House | $29,533 | 7 | 0% |
| Hospice of Santa Barbara Inc | $20,808 | 7 | 0% |
| People Helping People | $20,308 | 4 | n/a |
| Casa Serena | $17,508 | 7 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities San Bernardino & Riverside Counties | $15,925 | 5 | 0% |
| Santa Barbara Rescue Mission | $14,525 | 4 | 0% |
| Hillside House | $12,408 | 7 | 0% |
| Santa Barbara Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $11,308 | 7 | 0% |
| Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara | $6,150 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($135k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Brander Family Foundation CO Laura Gaspar supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · Bull Henry W Foundation · Santa Barbara Foundation · Alice Tweed Tuohy Foundation · Latkin Charitable Foundation · June G Outhwaite Charitable Trust JS Poucher KL Englert & CM Cooney Co-Tr · Towbes Foundation · Mosher Foundation · Williams-Corbett Foundation · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · St Francis Foundation of Santa Barbara · The Turpin-Allebrand Family Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
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About Brander Family Foundation CO Laura Gaspar
- How much does Brander Family Foundation CO Laura Gaspar give?
- Brander Family Foundation CO Laura Gaspar reported 15 grants totaling $211,404 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Brander Family Foundation CO Laura Gaspar fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (42%), Education (36%), Human Services (8%).
- Who are Brander Family Foundation CO Laura Gaspar's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Brander Museum of Folk Art ($492k), Allan Hancock College Foundation ($380k), The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College ($50k).
- Does Brander Family Foundation CO Laura Gaspar fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Brander Family Foundation CO Laura Gaspar 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 Brander Family Foundation CO Laura Gaspar?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation, Bull Henry W Foundation, Santa Barbara Foundation.
- Where is Brander Family Foundation CO Laura Gaspar based?
- Brander Family Foundation CO Laura Gaspar is based in CA.
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