California · Private foundation
Metropolitan Theatres Foundation
Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $30k
- Granted FY2019
- 4
- Grants FY2019
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2019
- Median grant, FY2019
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $26,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 50% of the organizations Metropolitan Theatres Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 90% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 10% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 4 | $30k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $7k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $23k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Variety Boys & Girls Club | $7,600 | 3 | 0% |
| Santa Barbara Hillel | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Moxi the Wolf Museum of Exploration Innovation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of Santa Barbara County Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| New Beginnings | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Wesleyan University | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Children's Partnership | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fund for Santa Barbara Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Santa Barbara Public Library Foundation | $200 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($34k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Metropolitan Theatres Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: California Community Foundation · June G Outhwaite Charitable Trust JS Poucher KL Englert & CM Cooney Co-Tr · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · Santa Barbara Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Metropolitan Theatres Foundation
- How much does Metropolitan Theatres Foundation give?
- Metropolitan Theatres Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $30,000 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does Metropolitan Theatres Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Education (45%), Arts & Culture (14%), Youth Development (13%).
- Who are Metropolitan Theatres Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: Variety Boys & Girls Club ($8k), Santa Barbara Hillel ($6k), Moxi the Wolf Museum of Exploration Innovation ($5k).
- Does Metropolitan Theatres Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Metropolitan Theatres 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 Metropolitan Theatres Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, June G Outhwaite Charitable Trust JS Poucher KL Englert & CM Cooney Co-Tr, Ann Jackson Family Foundation.
- Where is Metropolitan Theatres Foundation based?
- Metropolitan Theatres Foundation is based in CA.
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