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Bull Henry W Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$652k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
77
Grants FY2025
74
Organizations funded FY2024
64%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$40,000
Organizations funded a year
41 to 75
FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
15
Total assets, FY2025
$4.6M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 64% of the organizations Bull Henry W Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 55% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $338k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureAnimalsEducationInternationalOther
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
FY2025still arriving77$652k44%
FY202474$615k64%
FY202374$564k51%
FY202274$608k34%
FY202141$492k54%
FY202061$505k72%
FY201975$419kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$1.0MHealth$723kHuman Services$521kCrime & Legal$280kAnimals$276kEducation$234kFood & Nutrition$183kYouth Development$149kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Bull Henry W Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Pacific Legal Foundation$220,00061%
Dezart Performs$185,000518%
San Luis Obispo Symphony Inc$140,000313%
DAP Health Inc$111,50050%
Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest$60,00031%
Friends of the Desert Mountains$50,00032%
Opera San Luis Obispo Inc$45,00043%
Orchestra Novo Inc$45,000513%
NYC Dance Alliance Foundation Inc$40,0001n/a
Children of the Night$40,00041%
Dunn School$40,00020%
Palm Springs International Film Society$40,00011%
Keck Medical Center of Usc$36,00020%
Sansum Diabetes Research Institute$35,00020%
Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation$35,00041%
Girls Incorporated of Carpinteria$35,00041%
Friendship Adult Day Care Center Inc$35,00041%
San Luis Obispo Master Chorale$33,000412%
Hospice of Santa Barbara Inc$31,00050%
Music Academy of the West$30,00020%
Living Desert The$30,00010%
San Luis Obispo Wind Orchestra Inc$27,500424%
Hillside House$27,50030%
AIDS Assistance Program$26,00023%
CARE4Paws Inc$25,00041%
Jodi House Inc$25,00051%
San Luis Obispo Museum of Art$25,00041%
Advancing Collective Transformation (Fka Uffizi Order)(Dba-Sbact)$25,00022%
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History$23,50060%
Wilderness Youth Project Inc$23,00040%
Santa Barbara Education Foundation$23,00021%
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum$20,50040%
Gabriels Angels Inc$20,50041%
Foundation for Cottage Rehab and Goleta Valley Cottage Hosp$20,00021%
Unity Shoppe Inc$20,00030%
Santa Barbara Zoological Foundation$20,00040%
Traveling Paws Inc$20,0001n/a
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$20,00020%
Dream Center Foundation$20,00020%
Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center$19,00030%
Mental Health Association in Santa Barbara County$18,00040%
Central Institute for the Deaf$18,00040%
Denver Kids Inc$18,00040%
Community Counseling Center of San Luis Obispo County Inc$17,00020%
Wings of a Butterfly$16,50052%
Apples to Zucchini Cooking School$16,00043%
Crisis Center for South Suburbia$16,00040%
Apraxia Kids$15,00021%
Gold Country Wildlife Rescue Inc$15,00011%
Get Focused Stay Focused Inc$15,00035%
Criminal Justice Legal Foundation$15,00031%
National Disaster Search Dog Foundation$15,00030%
Milton Academy$15,00020%
Dalmatian Dreams Dba Dream Foundation$15,00010%
Hearts Aligned Inc$15,00032%
Family Service Agency of Santa Barbara County$15,00020%
Army Scholarship Foundation Inc$15,00031%
Little Star Pony Foundation$14,5002n/a
Hope's Door New Beginning Center$13,00030%
Community Counseling Center Inc$13,00026%
Santa Barbara Police Activities League Inc$13,00031%
Free Wheelchair Mission$12,40030%
Cancer Research Institute Inc$11,00020%
BOYS and GIRLS CLUB OF SANTA BARBARAINC$11,00031%
Child Crisis Arizona$11,00030%
Children's Craniofacial Association$10,50031%
San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre$10,00010%
Westmont College$10,00010%
Project Kinship$10,00010%
St Stephens Episcopal Church$10,0001n/a
Service Center for Independent Life$10,00020%
Paws 4 Liberty Inc$10,00012%
The Salvation Army$10,0001n/a
Eisenhower Medical Center$10,00010%
Riverside Humane Society Pet Adoption Center$10,00020%
Foundation for the Performing Arts Center$10,00011%
Women's Economic Ventures$10,00010%
Performing Arts Center$10,0001n/a
Catherine Washburn Medical Association$10,00015%
Santa Barbara Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$10,00010%
Family Tree Inc$10,00020%
New Dance Alliance Inc$10,00018%
Angel Heart Pajama Project$10,00022%
Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation$10,00020%
Children in Crisis Inc$10,00011%
Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics$10,00020%
Easter Seals of Greater Houston Inc$10,00010%
American Indian Health & Services$9,00020%
Carpinteria Valley Historical Society$9,00022%
No Limits Theater Group Inc$8,50020%
Giant Steps Therapeutic Equestrian Center Inc$8,50020%
Care Fund$8,00021%
Helping Paws Inc$8,00020%
Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network$8,00020%
Saavi Services for the Blind$7,00010%
Girlstart$6,50020%
Santa Barbara Music Club$6,05229%
Military Mobility$6,00015%
Domestic Violence Solutions for Santa Barbara County$6,00020%
Take Me Home Pet Rescue Inc$6,00021%
Brighter Tomorrows Inc$5,50020%
Thriving Initiative$5,50022%
Embrace Relief Foundation Inc$5,10010%
People's Self Help Housing Corp$5,00010%
Catalyst for Change$5,00011%
Doheny Eye Institute$5,00010%
St John's Community Health$5,00010%
Alano Club of Santa Barbara$5,00013%
Lost Our Home Pet Foundation$5,00010%
New Beginnings$5,00010%
Court Appointed Special Advocates$5,00011%
Lotus Foundation$5,0001n/a
Delivering Dreams of Arizona$5,00010%
Mothers Helpers$5,0001n/a
Santa Barbara New House$5,0001n/a
Community Institute for Psychotherapy$5,00011%
Landmark Legal Foundation$5,0001n/a
Care Network$5,0001n/a
Grace Fisher Foundation$5,0001n/a
Animal Tracks Inc$5,00011%
Battered Boys and Men Corporation$5,0001n/a
Vsdb Foundation$5,00011%
Accelerate Education Group$5,00012%
Nbcc$5,00010%
Lake County Area Churches Charities$5,00014%
Bay Area Community Counseling$5,00013%
Path$5,00010%
Florida Dream Center Inc$5,00010%
Rainbow Acres$5,00010%
Scvets Care Foundation$5,0001n/a
Texas Lawyers for Children$5,00011%
Reading Legacies$5,00012%
Santa Barbara Response Network$5,00017%
San Luis Obispo Classical Academy$5,00010%
Foothill Family Service$5,00010%
Kidsave International Inc$5,00010%
Arizona Autism United Inc$5,00010%
Academic Success Program Dallas$5,00010%
Rainbow Services$5,00010%
Boys and Girls Club of Buena Park$5,0001n/a
Reins of Hope$5,00012%
Nami Santa Clara County$5,0001n/a
Colorado River Regional Crisis Services$5,00011%
Community Health Alliance of Pasadena$5,00010%
Santa Ynez Valley Childrens Museum$5,0001n/a
Casa Serena$5,00010%
Habitat for Humanity of Hall County Inc$5,00010%
Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center Inc$5,00010%
Sarah House of Santa Barbara$5,00010%
United Cerebral Palsy Assoc of Oc$5,00010%
Girls Incorporated of Greater Santa Barbara$5,0001n/a
City of Refuge Sacramento$5,00010%
Western Flyer Foundation$5,00010%
The Achievable Foundation$5,00010%
Project Camp Inc$5,00010%
Allan Hancock College Foundation$5,00010%
Pads for Parkinsons$5,000111%
Channel City Club$5,00015%
MAPS Charities$5,00011%
Family Service Agency$5,00010%
Genesis Community Health$5,00010%
Santa Barbara Audubon Society$5,00012%
Easy Lift Transportation Inc$5,00010%
The Cecilia Fund$4,50022%
Cornerstone Crossroads Academy$4,00011%
Chase's Place Inc$4,00011%
Bags4Kids LaJuana Moser$4,00014%
Home Point$3,50010%
Honeys Mini Therapy Adventures Inc$3,00012%
Santa Ynez Valley People Helping People$3,00010%
Foster Army Animal Rescue$3,00011%
Animal Samaritans$3,00010%
Goleta Education Foundation$3,0001n/a
Child Protective Services Community Partners Inc$3,00010%
Allen Community Outreach$3,00010%
Cats in Need of Human Care$3,00011%
Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation Inc$3,00010%
Lincolnlancaster County Child Advocacy Center$3,00010%
Ganna Walska Lotusland$3,00010%
Desert Mission Inc$3,00010%
Youth With Faces$3,00010%
Healing Bridge Clinic Inc$3,00011%
Streetlightusa$3,00010%
Santa Barbara Meals on Wheels Inc$3,00010%
Arroyo Grande Community Hospital Foundation$3,00010%
Raising Hope Dogs$3,00013%
Cochise Canine Rescue$3,0001n/a
Guide Dogs of the Desert$3,00010%
Live and Let Live Farm Inc$3,00010%
Assistance League of Fullerton$2,69111%
Feeding Pets of the Homeless Aka Pets of the Homeless$2,50010%
Life Services Alternatives Inc$2,50010%
Opportunity Center Inc$2,50010%
Children's Museum of Phoenix$2,50010%
i AM Music Inc$2,50011%
New Moms Inc$2,50010%
Southeastern Legal Foundation Inc$2,50010%
Surgical Eye Expeditions International Inc$2,50010%
The Turner Foundation - Since 1958$2,50010%
Desert Arc$2,50010%
Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara$2,50010%
Equine Assisted Therapies of South Florida Inc$2,50010%
Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Benevolent Posse$2,50012%
Kismet Rock Foundation$2,00011%
Food From the Heart Inc$1,00010%
Main-Begg Farmhouse$1,00012%
Santa Barbara Public Library Foundation$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 78 recipients with no EIN on record ($982k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bull Henry W Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPacific Legal Foundation: $220,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetDezart Performs: $185,000 over 5y, 18% of budgetSan Luis Obispo Symphony Inc: $140,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetDAP Health Inc: $111,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetChimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest: $60,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetFriends of the Desert Mountains: $50,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetOpera San Luis Obispo Inc: $45,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetOrchestra Novo Inc: $45,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetChildren of the Night: $40,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetDunn School: $40,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPalm Springs International Film Society: $40,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetKeck Medical Center of Usc: $36,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSansum Diabetes Research Institute: $35,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTeddy Bear Cancer Foundation: $35,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetGirls Incorporated of Carpinteria: $35,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetFriendship Adult Day Care Center Inc: $35,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetSan Luis Obispo Master Chorale: $33,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetHospice of Santa Barbara Inc: $31,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMusic Academy of the West: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLiving Desert The: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSan Luis Obispo Wind Orchestra Inc: $27,500 over 4y, 24% of budgetHillside House: $27,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAIDS Assistance Program: $26,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetCARE4Paws Inc: $25,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetJodi House Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetSan Luis Obispo Museum of Art: $25,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetAdvancing Collective Transformation (Fka Uffizi Order)(Dba-Sbact): $25,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetSanta Barbara Museum of Natural History: $23,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWilderness Youth Project Inc: $23,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSanta Barbara Education Foundation: $23,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSanta Barbara Maritime Museum: $20,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetGabriels Angels Inc: $20,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetFoundation for Cottage Rehab and Goleta Valley Cottage Hosp: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetUnity Shoppe Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSanta Barbara Zoological Foundation: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDream Center Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCleveland Hearing and Speech Center: $19,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMental Health Association in Santa Barbara County: $18,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCentral Institute for the Deaf: $18,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDenver Kids Inc: $18,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCommunity Counseling Center of San Luis Obispo County Inc: $17,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWings of a Butterfly: $16,500 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetApples to Zucchini Cooking School: $16,000 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetCrisis Center for South Suburbia: $16,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetApraxia Kids: $15,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetGold Country Wildlife Rescue Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetGet Focused Stay Focused Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 4.8% 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 187.

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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.

Santa Barbara FoundationCA88.9× affinity54 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Santa Barbara Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · Williams-Corbett Foundation · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · Latkin Charitable Foundation · The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation · June G Outhwaite Charitable Trust JS Poucher KL Englert & CM Cooney Co-Tr · Towbes Foundation · Mosher Foundation · Alice Tweed Tuohy Foundation · St Francis Foundation of Santa Barbara · Volentine 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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About Bull Henry W Foundation

How much does Bull Henry W Foundation give?
Bull Henry W Foundation reported 77 grants totaling $651,960 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 41 and 75 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does Bull Henry W Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (27%), Health (19%), Human Services (14%).
Who are Bull Henry W Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Pacific Legal Foundation ($220k), Dezart Performs ($185k), San Luis Obispo Symphony Inc ($140k).
Does Bull Henry W Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 64% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Bull Henry W Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Bull Henry W Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Santa Barbara Foundation, Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation, Williams-Corbett Foundation.
Where is Bull Henry W Foundation based?
Bull Henry W Foundation is based in MN.

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 285 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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