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G a Fowler Family 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.

$781k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
52
Grants FY2024
50
Organizations funded FY2023
46%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$120,000
Organizations funded a year
35 to 71
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
13
Total assets, FY2024
$36M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 46% of the organizations G a Fowler Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $249k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHealthEnvironmentFood & NutritionHuman ServicesInternationalOther
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
FY2024still arriving47$650k28%
FY202350$1.2M46%
FY202271$1.7M41%
FY202167$1.2M49%
FY202069$904k49%
FY201962$973k56%
FY201835$368k51%
FY201763$450kn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$2.9MArts & Culture$1.3MHealth$1.2MEnvironment$1.1MInternational$901kYouth Development$578kHuman Services$376kFood & Nutrition$187kOther$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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 141 grantees
All grantees of G a Fowler Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics$590,00061%
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History$420,85081%
Siempre Unidos$420,513815%
Laguna Blanca School$334,68671%
Freedom 4 Youth$325,000431%
Calm Inc$247,50071%
California State University Fresno Alumni Association Incorporated$245,000312%
Direct Relief$232,00060%
Community Environmental Council$200,00023%
Human Rights Watch Inc$135,00050%
White Buffalo Land Trust$134,62542%
The Project for Resilient Communities$130,000219%
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc$127,50040%
Bonneville Environmental Foundation$117,00330%
The Land Institute$110,62531%
The Ivan Carter Wildlife Conservation Alliance Inc$110,00044%
BOYS and GIRLS CLUB OF SANTA BARBARAINC$102,000398%
Heal the Ocean Inc$97,50065%
Music Academy of the West$94,00050%
People's Self Help Housing Corp$87,50040%
Young Men's Christian Association Retirement Fund$75,00080%
Lompoc Teen Center$65,000310%
Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation$63,50070%
University of San Diego$60,00020%
Hospice of Santa Barbara Inc$57,50071%
United Way of Santa Barbara County Inc$50,00011%
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital$50,00010%
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation$50,00010%
African Women Rising$45,00021%
Worldreaderorg$45,00040%
Endowment for Youth Committee$40,000117%
Mission Scholars$40,00021%
Delta Waterfowl Foundation$35,00020%
Shelterbox USA Inc$32,00050%
Leading from Within$29,00043%
Waterkeeper Alliance Inc$27,50010%
1 for the Planet Inc$25,00040%
Breakthrough New York Inc$25,00050%
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden$25,00011%
Dignitymoves$25,00010%
New York-Presbyterian Fund Inc$25,00010%
Santa Barbara Firefighters Alliance$25,000177%
Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade$25,00012%
Carpinteria Children's Project$21,00041%
Dalmatian Dreams Dba Dream Foundation$20,24040%
Casa Pacifica Centers for Children & Families$20,00010%
Douglas M Bibby Nmhc Research Foundation$20,00042%
University of Colorado Foundation$20,00020%
California Fire Foundation$19,00010%
Orkeeswa Inc$16,50011%
Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara$16,00040%
Santa Barbara Public Library Foundation$15,50030%
Ducks Unlimited Inc$15,00030%
Mama's Kitchen$15,00020%
Ian Burkhart Foundation$14,108319%
Everybody Solar$11,25013%
Solvang Theaterfest Inc$10,00010%
Feeding America$10,00010%
Shorter University$10,00020%
Francisco Park Conservancy$10,00010%
Fund for Santa Barbara Inc$10,00020%
Texas Christian University$9,00020%
Ball State University Foundation Inc$8,50040%
University of Washington$8,5002n/a
The Uli Foundation$8,00080%
Food Forward Inc$7,75010%
Path$7,50020%
Fine Print Funding Inc$7,5003n/a
Maui Food Bank Inc$7,20510%
Storycorps Inc$6,20030%
Chp 11-99 Foundation$6,00020%
Adopt-A-Classroom Inc$5,80120%
Kiss the Ground$5,62510%
City Net$5,0001n/a
Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara County$5,00010%
Kesho$5,00012%
911 at Ease International Inc$5,00010%
Bellosguardo Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Purdue University Global Inc$5,0001n/a
Michigan State University$5,0002n/a
Independence Center$5,00010%
I Stand With My Pack Inc$5,00011%
Carpinteria Skate Foundation$5,00011%
Storyteller Childrens Center Inc$5,00020%
Shining Stars Foundation$5,00010%
Soul River Inc$4,86212%
The Howard University$4,00010%
The University of Georgia Foundation$4,00010%
Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara$3,50021%
Friends of the Carpinteria Library$3,50022%
Uw-Stout Foundation and Alumni Association Inc$3,00020%
Loyola University of Chicago$3,00010%
United States Fund for Unicef$2,75010%
Santa Barbara Historical Museum$2,5001n/a
Council on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse$2,50010%
Lompoc Valley Community Healthcare Organization Inc$2,50010%
Girls Incorporated of Carpinteria$2,50010%
Conservation Force Inc$2,50010%
Lewis University$2,50010%
Wilderness Youth Project Inc$2,50030%
Piedmont University Inc$2,50010%
glendale community college$2,5001n/a
KultureCity$2,50010%
Over the Rainbow Association$2,50010%
Page Youth Center$2,50010%
Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation$2,5001n/a
Los Padres Forestwatch Inc$2,50010%
Midland College$2,5001n/a
La84 Foundation$2,50010%
Als Therapy Development Foundation Inc$2,50010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$2,50010%
Thomas More University Inc$2,50010%
The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles$2,50010%
Orca Behavior Institute$2,0001n/a
Equal Justice Initiative$1,50110%
The George Washington University$1,50010%
Young Men's Christian Association of Honolulu$1,50020%
Food Runners$1,50020%
Gcccd$1,5001n/a
Casa del Herrero$1,00010%
Society of St Vincent de Paul$1,0001n/a
American Cancer Society Inc$1,00010%
Arts Mentorship Program Inc$1,00010%
Ganna Walska Lotusland$1,00010%
Santa Aguila Foundation Inc$1,0001n/a
Challenged Athletes Inc$1,00010%
Child Neurology Education and Research Foundation$1,00010%
Warrior for Peace Foundation$1,00013%
Santa Barbara Foresters Inc$1,0001n/a
Aim High$1,0001n/a
Santa Barbara Volleyball Club$1,00010%
Widows Orphans & Disabled Firefighter's Fund$1,00010%
Riverside Ccd$1,0001n/a
Jessie Rees Foundation$50010%
Orange County Coastkeeper$50010%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$27510%
United Cerebral Palsy Inc$25010%
National Down Syndrome Society$2501n/a
Youth Enrichment Services Inc$25010%
The Whale Museum$25010%
Santa Barbara Education Foundation$12510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 107 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

G a Fowler Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 124 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSanta Barbara Neighborhood Clinics: $590,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetSanta Barbara Museum of Natural History: $420,850 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetSiempre Unidos: $420,513 over 8y, 15% of budgetLaguna Blanca School: $334,686 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetFreedom 4 Youth: $325,000 over 4y, 31% of budgetCalm Inc: $247,500 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetCalifornia State University Fresno Alumni Association Incorporated: $245,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetDirect Relief: $232,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Environmental Council: $200,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetHuman Rights Watch Inc: $135,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWhite Buffalo Land Trust: $134,625 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetThe Project for Resilient Communities: $130,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetFoodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc: $127,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBonneville Environmental Foundation: $117,003 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetThe Land Institute: $110,625 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetThe Ivan Carter Wildlife Conservation Alliance Inc: $110,000 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetBOYS and GIRLS CLUB OF SANTA BARBARAINC: $102,000 over 3y, 98% of budgetHeal the Ocean Inc: $97,500 over 6y, 5.3% of budgetMusic Academy of the West: $94,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetPeople's Self Help Housing Corp: $87,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association Retirement Fund: $75,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLompoc Teen Center: $65,000 over 3y, 9.9% of budgetSanta Barbara Bowl Foundation: $63,500 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetUniversity of San Diego: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHospice of Santa Barbara Inc: $57,500 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetUnited Way of Santa Barbara County Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSanta Barbara Cottage Hospital: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSanta Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAfrican Women Rising: $45,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetWorldreaderorg: $45,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetEndowment for Youth Committee: $40,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetMission Scholars: $40,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetDelta Waterfowl Foundation: $35,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetShelterbox USA Inc: $32,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLeading from Within: $29,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetWaterkeeper Alliance Inc: $27,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budget1 for the Planet Inc: $25,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBreakthrough New York Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSanta Barbara Botanic Garden: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetDignitymoves: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNew York-Presbyterian Fund Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSanta Barbara Firefighters Alliance: $25,000 over 1y, 77% of budgetSanta Barbara Bucket Brigade: $25,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetCarpinteria Children's Project: $21,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetDalmatian Dreams Dba Dream Foundation: $20,240 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCasa Pacifica Centers for Children & Families: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDouglas M Bibby Nmhc Research Foundation: $20,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetUniversity of Colorado Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% 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 124.

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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.

Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker FoundationCA81.1× affinity38 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · Santa Barbara Foundation · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · Mosher Foundation · Williams-Corbett Foundation · James S Bower Foundation · The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation · Alice Tweed Tuohy Foundation · Www Foundation · Brittingham Family Foundation · Towbes Foundation · Manitou Fund

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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Find your warmest path to G a Fowler Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

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About G a Fowler Family Foundation

How much does G a Fowler Family Foundation give?
G a Fowler Family Foundation reported 52 grants totaling $781,056 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 35 and 71 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does G a Fowler Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (32%), Arts & Culture (14%), Health (13%).
Who are G a Fowler Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics ($590k), Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History ($421k), Siempre Unidos ($421k).
Does G a Fowler Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 46% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does G a Fowler Family 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 G a Fowler Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation, Santa Barbara Foundation, Ann Jackson Family Foundation.
Where is G a Fowler Family Foundation based?
G a Fowler Family Foundation is based in CA.

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 254 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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