· Private foundation
Hugh E& Marjorie Spetersen Foundation Inc
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, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k2 grants · $4k
- $10k–50k10 grants · $228k
- $50k–250k5 grants · $521k
- $250k+2 grants · $910k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MONTECITO COVENANT CHURCH | $510,000 |
| WESTMONT COLLEGE | $400,000 |
| YOUNG LIFE - CALIFORNIA CENTRAL REGION AF56 | $161,000 |
| HAGGAI INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE | $150,000 |
| SANTA BARBARA RESCUE MISSION | $100,000 |
| FAMILY CARE NETWORK INC | $60,000 |
| PROVIDENCE SCHOOL INC | $50,000 |
| LANGHAM PARTNERSHIP USA | $40,000 |
| WYCLIFFE BIBLE TRANSLATORS INC | $30,000 |
| HEALING WELL & LIVING FREE FOUNDATION | $30,000 |
| THE SALVATION ARMY | $25,000 |
| DIRECT RELIEF INTERNATIONAL | $25,000 |
| CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY VALLEY | $25,000 |
| THROUGH LA ARCADA INVESTMENT CORPORATION K-1 | $23,170 |
| SANTA BARBARA SCHOOL OF SQUASH INC | $10,000 |
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 (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 78% 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
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 8% of Hugh E& Marjorie Spetersen Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 71% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 66%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
32 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
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, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $42k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WCWESTMONT COLLEGE8× · 2017–2024 · $1.7M · revenue +38%
HAGGAI INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED LEADERSHIP TRAINING INC8× · 2017–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +18%- PSPROVIDENCE SCHOOL8× · 2017–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +66%
Funded once
- YLYOUNG LIFEgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $179k · revenue +59%
- CSCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY VALLEY VENTURA/SANTA BARBARA INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +41%
- YLYOUNG LIFE - CAPERNAUMone grant, 2022 · $50k
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.
A private institution of higher education, offering both undergraduate and graduate courses to students.
Our institutional mission is to educate and prepare students to be ethical leaders and socially responsible global citizens who incorporate the dominican values of study, reflection, community and service into their lives.
Pacific school of religion prepares a diverse cadre of spiritually rooted leaders with the vision, resilience, and skill to create a world where all can thrive. grounded in the rigorous study and faithful practice of progressive christian…
Point loma nazarene university exists to provide higher education in a vital christian community where minds are engaged and challenged, character is modeled and formed, and service becomes an expression of faith. we aspire to be a…
The mission of hope international university is to empower students through christian higher education to serve the church and impact the world for christ. the university specializes in fields offering significant influence on society…
Bibleproject's mission is to help people experience the bible as a unified story that leads to jesus. this is achieved by creating biblical videos to be regularly released on a newly-created youtube channel. (continued on schedule o.)each…
The mission of southern california seminary (scs) is to bring glory to god by assisting local churches to equip believers of various cultures and languages to live and minister biblically based on the inerrant word of god.
Los angeles pacific university exists to deliver high quality, accessible christ-centered education to learners everywhere.
To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…
San Diego Christian College exists to educate and inspire students through the truth of scripture and the development of competencies that prepare graduates whose purpose is to impact the world.
Scu is a catholic and jesuit institution that makes student learning its central focus, promotes faculty and staff learning in its various forms, and exhibits organizational learning.
Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god who will impact the church and society globally.
How this is measured
20 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. 20 of the 47 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 WESTMONT COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds HAGGAI INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED LEADERSHIP TRAINING INC ↗
- Who funds PROVIDENCE SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds SANTA BARBARA RESCUE MISSION ↗
- Who funds FAMILY CARE NETWORK INC ↗
- Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
- Who funds OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL INC D/B/A OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL-US ↗
- Who funds FOR THE CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY VALLEY VENTURA/SANTA BARBARA INC ↗
- Who funds DIRECT RELIEF ↗
- Who funds LANGHAM PARTNERSHIP USA INC NFP ↗
- Who funds SANTA BARBARA SCHOOL OF SQUASH ↗
- Who funds The Master's Academy International Inc ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
- Who funds JUNIOR LEAGUE OF SANTA BARBARA ↗
- Who funds InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA ↗
- Who funds JUBILEE ECONOMICS MINISTRIES ↗
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 · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Servant Foundation · California Community Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · The US Charitable Gift Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Hugh E& Marjorie Spetersen Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hugh E& Marjorie Spetersen Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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