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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 FY2024still arriving
52
Grants FY2024still arriving
13
States reached
$120k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

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
02FY2024 · 52 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k35 grants · $121k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $200k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $460k
$5,000
Median grant
13
States reached
$36M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE CAMPANILE FOUNDATION$120,000
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY$70,000
USD BURNHAM-MOORES CENTER$60,000
FREEDOM 4 YOUTH$60,000
PEOPLE'S SELF HELP HOUSING$50,000
SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY$50,000
SIEMPRE UNIDOS$50,000
UC REGENTS$30,000
CALM$27,500
LOMPOC TEEN CENTER$25,000
MISSION SCHOLARS$25,000
WHITE BUFFALO LAND TRUST$25,000
AFRICAN WOMEN RISING$25,000
ALL SAINTS BY THE SEA EPISCOPAL CHURCH$12,600
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE CENTRAL COAST$10,100
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $119k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 64% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%INDIGENOUS EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF TANZANIA: $17k → 11%SHELTER BOX: $1k → 9%KULTURECITY: $3k → 16%YMCA OF HONOLULU: $1k → 9%YMCA OF HONOLULU: $500 → 9%CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%CASA PACIFICA: $20k → 10%AFRICAN WOMEN RISING: $20k → 10%DREAM FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%DREAM FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%DREAM FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%DREAM FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%AFRICAN WOMEN RISING: $25k → 14%SHELTER BOX USA: $10k → 14%SHELTER BOX USA: $1k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
WA
ID
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
IN
OH
CA
CO
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
DE
AZ
KS
AR
TN
DC
HI
LA
AL
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.9M · 88 repeat orgs$1.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

88 repeat relationships: 34 still active in FY2024, 54 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

88
147

Total granted

$5.9M
$1.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+26%

Still filing today

66%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthEnvironmentArts & CultureHuman 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • SB
    SANTA BARBARA NEIGHBORHOOD CLINICS
    6× · 2018–2023 · $590k · revenue +141%
  • SU
    SIEMPRE UNIDOS
    8× · 2017–2024 · $421k · revenue +6%
  • LB
    LAGUNA BLANCA SCHOOL
    7× · 2017–2023 · $335k · revenue +62%

Funded once

  • SB
    SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION - RESILIENT COMMUNITIES
    one grant, 2019 · $482k
  • SB
    SANTA BARBARA LIBRARY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INC
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue -23%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
2
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
3
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
4
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
5
Community Foundation Santa Cruz County

To promote philanthropy to make santa cruz county a better place to live, now and in the future.we bring together people, ideas, and resources to inspire philanthropy and accomplish great things.

Philanthropy
6
Balboa Park Conservancy

Balboa Park Conservancy (the Conservancy) was organized on November 3, 1923. The Conservancy is the City of San Diegos (the City) partner and advocated for the greater good of Balboa Park (the Park). The Conservancy collaborated with and…

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7
California Forward

Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…

Public Benefit
8
San Diego State University Foundation Sdsu Research Foundation

To support and further the research, education and community service objectives of san diego state university.

Education
9
Califonia State University East Bay Foundation Inc

Csu east bay foundation is an auxiliary organization of california state university east bay and the california state university system. the organization's mission is to provide services that aid, supplement, and advance the educational…

Education
10
California Baptist University

A private institution of higher education, offering both undergraduate and graduate courses to students.

Education
11
San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory

The San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory is dedicated to the conservation of birds and their habitats through science and outreach.

Environment
12
Pitzer College

Pitzer College produces engaged socially responsible citizens of the world through an academically rigorous, interdisciplinary liberal arts education emphasizing social justice, intercultural understanding and environmental sensitivity.…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Santa Barbara Foundation; the most unlike its peers is LA84 Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

138 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 138 of the 254 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
30
Early backer (in before they grew)
136/138
Grantees still filing
91/138
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION - RESILIENT COMMUNITIES: $482,042 · OtherSANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION - RESILIENT COMMUNI…California State University Fresno Alumni Association Incorporated: $245,000 · OtherCalifornia State University Fresno Alumni As…THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $185,000 · OtherNP2: $160,000 · OtherFoodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc: $127,500 · Other+132 more: $2,373,748 · Other+132 moreTHE CAMPANILE FOUNDATION: $1,295,000 · EducationTHE CAMPANILE FOUNDATIONLAGUNA BLANCA SCHOOL: $334,686 · EducationLAGUNA BLANCA SCHOOLFREEDOM 4 YOUTH: $325,000 · EducationFREEDOM 4 YOUTH+21 more: $318,551 · Education+21 moreSIEMPRE UNIDOS: $420,513 · InternationalSIEMPRE UN…DIRECT RELIEF: $232,000 · InternationalDIRECT REL…HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $135,000 · InternationalHUMAN RIGH…WORLDREADERORG: $45,000 · International+4 more: $17,750 · InternationalCOMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $200,000 · EnvironmentCOMMUNITY …WHITE BUFFALO LAND TRUST: $134,625 · EnvironmentWHITE BUFF…THE PROJECT FOR RESILIENT COMMUNITIES: $130,000 · EnvironmentTHE PROJEC…BONNEVILLE ENVIRONMENTAL FOUNDATION: $117,003 · EnvironmentBONNEVILLE…HEAL THE OCEAN INC: $97,500 · EnvironmentHEAL THE O…Leading from Within: $29,000 · EnvironmentWATERKEEPER ALLIANCE INC: $27,500 · Environment+5 more: $78,750 · Environment+5 moreSANTA BARBARA NEIGHBORHOOD CLINICS: $590,000 · HealthSANTA BAR…Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital: $50,000 · HealthSanta Bar…Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation: $50,000 · HealthSanta Bar…NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN FUND INC: $25,000 · Health+5 more: $26,608 · HealthSANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $420,850 · Arts & CultureMUSIC ACADEMY OF THE WEST: $94,000 · Arts & Culture+6 more: $27,200 · Arts & CultureCALM INC: $247,500 · Crime & Legal+1 more: $5,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$3,573,290Education$2,273,237International$850,263Environment$814,378Health$741,608Arts & Culture$542,050Crime & Legal$252,500

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE CAMPANILE FOUNDATION: $1,295,000 over 6y, 0.9% of 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 budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $185,000 over 5y, 0.0% 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 budgetSANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $106,312 over 3y, 0.4% 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 budgetVIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION INC: $30,250 over 7y, 0.0% 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 budget
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 THE CAMPANILE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA NEIGHBORHOOD CLINICS ↗
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ↗
  • Who funds SIEMPRE UNIDOS ↗
  • Who funds LAGUNA BLANCA SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds FREEDOM 4 YOUTH ↗
  • Who funds CALM INC ↗
  • Who funds California State University Fresno Alumni Association Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds DIRECT RELIEF ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC ↗
  • Who funds WHITE BUFFALO LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds THE PROJECT FOR RESILIENT COMMUNITIES ↗
  • Who funds Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc ↗
  • Who funds BONNEVILLE ENVIRONMENTAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Land Institute ↗
  • Who funds THE IVAN CARTER WILDLIFE CONSERVATION ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BOYS and GIRLS CLUB OF SANTA BARBARAINC ↗
  • Who funds HEAL THE OCEAN INC ↗
  • Who funds MUSIC ACADEMY OF THE WEST ↗
  • Who funds PEOPLE'S SELF HELP HOUSING CORP ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION RETIREMENT FUND ↗
  • Who funds LOMPOC TEEN CENTER ↗
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA BOWL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE OF SANTA BARBARA INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital ↗
  • Who funds Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation ↗

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…Santa Barbara Foundat…Ann Jackson Family Fo…Mosher FoundationWilliams-Corbett Foun…James S Bower Foundat…The Wood-Claeyssens F…Alice Tweed Tuohy Fou…Www FoundationBrittingham Family Fo…Towbes FoundationManitou Fund
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization G a Fowler Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from G a Fowler Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 100%
  • Bonneville Environmental Foundation: 100% of income from government
  • Als Therapy Development Foundation Inc: 8% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
38report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to G a Fowler Family Foundation?

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.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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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