· Private foundation
Linked Foundation
Its FY2025 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 · FY2025
- Under $10k9 grants · $32k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
- $50k–250k6 grants · $396k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL | $100,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $85,000 |
| MCE SOCIAL CAPITAL | $60,590 |
| FOODBANK OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY | $50,000 |
| SANTA BARBARA NEIGHBORHOOD CLINICS | $50,000 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD | $50,000 |
| FUND FOR SANTA BARBARA | $25,000 |
| FONKOZE USA | $5,000 |
| GIRLS INC OF CARPINTERIA | $5,000 |
| CARPINTERIA CHILDREN'S PROJECT | $5,000 |
| SANTA BARBARA COTTAGE HOSPITAL FOUN | $5,000 |
| DIRECT RELIEF INTERNATIONAL | $2,500 |
| LEADING FROM WITHIN | $2,500 |
| SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF ART | $2,500 |
| SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION SANTA BARBAR | $2,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–19, $100k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those 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 9% of Linked Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +90% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
21 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- GPGLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS6× · 2017–2023 · $846k · revenue +116%
- SBSANTA BARBARA NEIGHBORHOOD CLINICS9× · 2017–2025 · $780k · revenue +177%
- TFTHE FRIENDSHIP BRIDGE7× · 2018–2024 · $424k · revenue +106%
Funded once
- VRVOTER REGISTRATION PROJECTgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $150k · revenue +47%
- PTPOWER TO DECIDEgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $100k · revenue +68%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $65k
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.
Our mission is to create a fair and inclusive economy where underserved people have quality financial choices and opportunities to improve their economic well-being. we find and help build innovative companies with the potential to reach…
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,…
Our mission is to invest in and accelerate the development of the most promising future leaders in biomedical research with global impact.
The international center for research for women (icrw) is a global research institute, with a mission to advance rights and opportunities for women, girls, and structurally excluded populations with actionable evidence and solutions.
The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.
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…
The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.
Ibp works with civil society, governments, international institutions and the private sector to bring about a world in which empowered citizens participate in open, inclusive public budgeting processes to shape policies and practices that…
Women first invests in grassroots initiatives driven by women in developing economies that sustainably advance their lives.
Common impact's mission is to strengthen the capacity of social change organizations, enabling them to better run and scale their programs. through its partnership with companies, common impact taps into the business skills and expertise…
To launch breakthrough climate mitigation efforts by identifying, supporting, and unleashing innovative leaders with transformative strategies.
Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.
How this is measured
31 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. 31 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 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS ↗
- Who funds SANTA BARBARA NEIGHBORHOOD CLINICS ↗
- Who funds THE FRIENDSHIP BRIDGE ↗
- Who funds MCE SOCIAL CAPITAL ↗
- Who funds THE RESOURCE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CARPINTERIA CHILDREN'S PROJECT ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc ↗
- Who funds VOTER REGISTRATION PROJECT ↗
- Who funds FONKOZE USA INC ↗
- Who funds VENTURA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds POWER TO DECIDE ↗
- Who funds GIRLS INCORPORATED OF CARPINTERIA ↗
- Who funds DIRECT RELIEF ↗
- Who funds SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE AMERICAN INDEPENDENT FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds Asian & Pacific Islander American Vote ↗
- Who funds Leading from Within ↗
- Who funds FUND FOR SANTA BARBARA INC ↗
- Who funds PRO MUJER INC ↗
- Who funds WOMEN'S ECONOMIC VENTURES ↗
- Who funds SANTA BARBARA FIREFIGHTERS ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC ↗
- Who funds DOCUMENTARY EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INC ↗
- Who funds FRACTURED ATLAS INC ↗
- Who funds IMPACTASSETSINC ↗
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 · James S Bower Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · Towbes Foundation · G a Fowler Family Foundation · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · Williams-Corbett Foundation · California Community Foundation · Giles 2000 Tr Dba Giles Family Foundation · The Turpin-Allebrand Family Charitable Foundation · The B & B Foundation · Alice Tweed Tuohy Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Linked Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Linked Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Documentary Educational Resources Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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