California · Private foundation
El Gato Channel 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.
- $244k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2024
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 39%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $37,530
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 18
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 39% of the organizations El Gato Channel Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $56k 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 | 20 | $244k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $279k | 39% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $205k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $160k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $139k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $143k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Defense Center | $170,806 | 6 | 1% |
| Community Environmental Council | $159,868 | 5 | 1% |
| Sierra Club Foundation | $150,200 | 6 | 0% |
| Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History | $90,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Santa Barbara Channelkeeper Inc | $70,579 | 5 | 3% |
| Northern Chumash Tribal Council | $70,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Channel Islands Restoration | $65,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Explore Ecology | $40,000 | 3 | 2% |
| International Bird Rescue | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade | $25,000 | 3 | 2% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Defense Center | $170,806 | 6 | 1% |
| Community Environmental Council | $159,868 | 5 | 1% |
| Sierra Club Foundation | $150,200 | 6 | 0% |
| Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History | $90,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Santa Barbara Channelkeeper Inc | $70,579 | 5 | 3% |
| Northern Chumash Tribal Council | $70,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Channel Islands Restoration | $65,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Explore Ecology | $40,000 | 3 | 2% |
| International Bird Rescue | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade | $25,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Los Padres Forestwatch Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation | $16,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Wilderness Youth Project Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Laguna Blanca School | $12,563 | 2 | 0% |
| Community Initiatives | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| La Colonia de Eden Gardens Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Peace in a Pod Montessori | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Santa Barbara Botanic Garden | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Riviera Ridge School | $8,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Good Samaritan Shelter | $5,700 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($186k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget El Gato Channel Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Santa Barbara Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · Fund for Santa Barbara Inc · Patricia Bragg Foundation · Emmett Foundation · James S Bower Foundation · Williams-Corbett Foundation · Www Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · The Artemisia Fund · Bragg Health Foundation · The Osherenko-Young Foundation
How this is measured
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About El Gato Channel Foundation
- How much does El Gato Channel Foundation give?
- El Gato Channel Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $243,796 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 18 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does El Gato Channel Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (68%), Arts & Culture (17%), Food & Nutrition (3%).
- Who are El Gato Channel Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Environmental Defense Center ($171k), Community Environmental Council ($160k), Sierra Club Foundation ($150k).
- Does El Gato Channel Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 39% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does El Gato Channel 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 El Gato Channel Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Santa Barbara Foundation, Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation, Fund for Santa Barbara Inc.
- Where is El Gato Channel Foundation based?
- El Gato Channel Foundation is based in CA.
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