· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k13 grants · $43k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $168k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Brander Museum of Folk Art | $84,000 |
| Allan Hancock College Foundation | $84,000 |
| CADA | $6,558 |
| Transition House | $5,558 |
| People Helping People | $5,308 |
| Hillside House | $2,808 |
| Santa Barbara Humane Society | $2,808 |
| Cancer Center of Santa Barbara | $2,808 |
| Hospice of Santa Barbara | $2,808 |
| Girls Inc | $2,808 |
| Cornerstone House | $2,808 |
| CASA Serena | $2,808 |
| Santa Barbara Foundation | $2,808 |
| SBCC Foundation | $2,708 |
| Individual grant recipient | $808 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BMBrander Museum of Folk Art7× · 2018–2024 · $492k · revenue +212% · 100% of their budget
- TFTHE FOUNDATION FOR SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE5× · 2020–2024 · $50k · revenue +63%
- THTRANSITION HOUSE7× · 2018–2024 · $30k · revenue +126%
Funded once
- SSSBCC Single Parent Scholarshipsone grant, 2019 · $14k
- CFCANCER FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARAgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $6k · revenue +70%
- WEWomen's Economic Venture WEVone grant, 2019 · $2k
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.
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.
New house dedicates itself to providing a clean and sober, healthy environment that allows men with alcohol and other drug problems to begin their journey of recovery and to reclaim their dignity, self-esteem, and sense of purpose. new…
It is the mission of Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation to solicit, receive, invest, maintain and distribute funds for the support of charitable, scientific, and educational activities of Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital.
To inspire meaningful connections to santa barbara history.
The mission of st. francis foundation of santa barbara is to promote and support health care.
The organization provides end of life residential care for low-income and homeless persons including those with hiv & non-hiv, as residential care for individuals with hiv/aids.
"The mission of San Benito Health Foundation is to provide quality, affordable comprehensive health services to the community of San Benito County and surrounding areas in a manner that is accountable to the community while being…
It is the mission of Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital to provide superior health care for and improve the health care of our communities through a commitment to our core values of excellence, integrity, and compassion.
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.
Cemetery association
The santa barbara public library foundation supports the long-term health and sustainability of the santa barbara public library through public-private partnerships.
Giving back to our community through philanthropic avenues to improve housing-related opportunities for the disadvantaged.
Creating excellent exhibits and educational experiences that celebrate the santa barbara channel and illuminate our rich connections with the sea.
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 22 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 Brander Museum of Folk Art ↗
- Who funds ALLAN HANCOCK COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE FOUNDATION FOR SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds TRANSITION HOUSE ↗
- Who funds HOSPICE OF SANTA BARBARA INC ↗
- Who funds Casa Serena ↗
- Who funds Catholic Charities San Bernardino & Riverside Counties ↗
- Who funds SANTA BARBARA RESCUE MISSION ↗
- Who funds HILLSIDE HOUSE ↗
- Who funds SANTA BARBARA HUMANE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
- Who funds CANCER FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Brander Family Foundation CO Laura Gaspar funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Brander Family Foundation CO Laura Gaspar. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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