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Living Peace 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.

$923k
Granted FY2023
22
Grants FY2023
6
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

98% of Living Peace Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 5 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Living Peace Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 15 organizations, $993k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

3
’17
1
’18
4
’19
17
’20
10
’21
9
’22
15
’23
5
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$8.8MEnvironment$765kYouth Development$541kEducation$442kInternational$263kReligion$170kHealth$151kFood & Nutrition$119kOther$0
02FY2023 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k3 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $140k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $593k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$25,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$2k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AQUARIUS WATER EXPERIENCE FOUNDATION$250,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BIG CHANGE$167,675
OCEANA$80,000
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY CHANNEL ISLANDS$75,000
ASPEN CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES$70,000
ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS$50,000
CHARLIZE THERON AFRICA OUTREACH PROGRAM$50,000
MESA INDEPENDENT LIVING$50,000
COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL$50,000
PLUS WONDER$25,000
MONUMENT ACADEMY$25,000
SOCIAL GOOD FUND$15,000
UCI$15,000
UNITED BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SB COUNTY$10,000
GIRLS INC OF GREATER SANTA BARBARA$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY23–23, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CHALLENGE ASPEN: $1k → 6%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

NY
CA
UT
CO
DE
DC
HI
TX
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.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.9M · 20 repeat orgs$911k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2023, 6 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call). Read against FY2023, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
25

Total granted

$1.9M
$575k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+5%

Still filing today

70%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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
EnvironmentEducationYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesOther
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

  • EC
    ECOLOGY CENTER
    4× · 2017–2024 · $145k · revenue +139%
  • PW
    PLUS WONDER INC
    5× · 2018–2023 · $125k · revenue +218% · 33% of their budget
  • MA
    MONUMENT ACADEMY INC
    5× · 2019–2023 · $96k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • TC
    Teachers College Columbia University
    one grant, 2017 · $101k · revenue +7%
  • CF
    COLLABORATIVE FOR SPIRITUALITY IN EDUCATION
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
  • EL
    ENERGY LIFE SCIENCES INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2017 · $44k
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
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation

The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.

Animals
2
Santa Barbara Channelkeeper Inc

The organization was established to protect and restore the santa barbara channel and its watersheds through science-based advocacy, education, field work, community engagement, and citizen enforcement of environmental laws.

Environment
3
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
4
The Climate Center

The Climate Center is a climate and energy policy nonprofit working to rapidly reduce climate pollution at scale, starting in California.

Education
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
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
7
Silicon Schools Fund Inc

The mission of the silicon schools fund is to improve education through supporting the launch of excellent new schools, improving academic instruction in existing schools, and by funding some of the boldest innovations in education…

Education
8
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
9
Equality California Institute

To create a world that is healthy, just and fully equal for all lgbtq+ people.

Public Benefit
10
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

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

Education
11
Climate Breakthrough Inc

To launch breakthrough climate mitigation efforts by identifying, supporting, and unleashing innovative leaders with transformative strategies.

Human Services
12
California Coastkeeper dba California Coastkeeper Alliance

California Coastkeeper Alliance unites Waterkeeper programs statewide to fight for swimmable, fishable, and drinkable waters for all Californians.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Santa Barbara Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Aspen Center for Living Peace Inc. 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

37 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 37 of the 57 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/37
Grantees still filing
21/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC: $7,605,028 · PhilanthropyMORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INCORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $500,000 · PhilanthropyORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION+6 more: $643,974 · Philanthropy+6 moreUCI: $265,000 · OtherUCICALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY CHANNEL ISLANDS: $105,000 · OtherCALIFORNIA…COLLABORATIVE FOR SPIRITUALITY IN EDUCATION: $100,000 · OtherCOLLABORAT…HOSPICE OF SANTA BARBARA INC: $95,000 · OtherHOSPICE OF…EL SOL FOUNDATION: $85,000 · OtherEL SOL FOU…UNITED BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SB COUNTY: $57,500 · OtherENERGY LIFE SCIENCES INSTITUTE: $44,460 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $40,000 · Other+21 more: $306,834 · Other+21 moreAQUARIUS WATER EXPERIENCE FOUNDATION: $250,000 · EnvironmentECOLOGY CENTER: $144,685 · EnvironmentOCEANA INC: $130,000 · EnvironmentASPEN CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: $108,500 · EnvironmentCOMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $75,000 · EnvironmentSANTA BARBARA BOTANIC GARDEN: $35,000 · EnvironmentAMERICAN FRIENDS OF BIG CHANGE INC: $321,375 · EducationTeachers College Columbia University: $101,200 · EducationMONUMENT ACADEMY INC: $96,000 · EducationThe Farm Collaborative: $30,000 · EducationVALLEY SETTLEMENT: $25,000 · Education+1 more: $15,000 · EducationGIRLS INCORPORATED OF CARPINTERIA: $57,500 · Youth DevelopmentPOSITIVELY KAI FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS and GIRLS CLUB OF SANTA BARBARAINC: $12,500 · Youth DevelopmentFOCUSEDKIDS: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentORGANIC SOUP KITCHEN: $55,000 · Food & NutritionFoodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc: $12,000 · Food & NutritionMESA INDEPENDENT LIVING: $50,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,200 · Human Services
Philanthropy$8,749,002Other$1,098,794Environment$743,185Education$588,575Youth Development$100,000Food & Nutrition$67,000Human Services$51,200

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 budgetMORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC: $7,605,028 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $500,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF BIG CHANGE INC: $321,375 over 2y, 17% of budgetAQUARIUS WATER EXPERIENCE FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 1y, 90% of budgetENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION: $189,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $150,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetECOLOGY CENTER: $144,685 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetOCEANA INC: $130,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPLUS WONDER INC: $125,000 over 5y, 33% of budgetASPEN CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: $108,500 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetTeachers College Columbia University: $101,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONUMENT ACADEMY INC: $96,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetHOSPICE OF SANTA BARBARA INC: $95,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $75,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF CARPINTERIA: $57,500 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetORGANIC SOUP KITCHEN: $55,000 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetMESA INDEPENDENT LIVING: $50,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetSANTA BARBARA BOTANIC GARDEN: $35,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetThe Farm Collaborative: $30,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetVALLEY SETTLEMENT: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPOSITIVELY KAI FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetManaus: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetASPEN CENTER FOR LIVING PEACE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetSANTA BARBARA NEIGHBORHOOD CLINICS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVIRGIN UNITE USA INC: $24,974 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF GREATER SANTA BARBARA: $22,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetThe 2Forks Club: $22,000 over 3y, 8.6% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHARITABLE VENTURES OF ORANGE COUNTY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $13,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS and GIRLS CLUB OF SANTA BARBARAINC: $12,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetFoodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAPPLES AND ORANGES ARTS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetFOCUSEDKIDS: $5,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetTHE FRIENDSHIP PADDLE: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCHALLENGE ASPEN: $1,200 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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.

Santa Barbara Foundat…Mosher FoundationAnn Jackson Family Fo…Hutton Foundation Dba…The Turpin-Allebrand …Alice Tweed Tuohy Fou…June G Outhwaite Char…James S Bower Foundat…Towbes FoundationG a Fowler Family Fou…Williams-Corbett Foun…Aspen Community Found…
Santa Barbara FoundationCA21.2× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Santa Barbara Foundation · Mosher Foundation · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · The Turpin-Allebrand Family Charitable Foundation · Alice Tweed Tuohy Foundation · June G Outhwaite Charitable Trust JS Poucher KL Englert & CM Cooney Co-Tr · James S Bower Foundation · Towbes Foundation · G a Fowler Family Foundation · Williams-Corbett Foundation · Aspen Community Foundation

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 Living Peace Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Living Peace Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    17report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Living Peace Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Living Peace 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 57 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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