California · Public charity
Montecito Firefighters Charitable Foundation
To provide relief to those facing hardship based upon financial or other need, with the primary focus on first responders and their families and all children.
- $95k
- Granted FY2023
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2023
- $20k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 6
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 2
- Total assets, FY2023
- $595k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 75% of the organizations Montecito Firefighters Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 69% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 31% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 4 | $20k | 75% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $28k | 75% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $130k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $39k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara | $132,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Gwendolyn Strong Foundation | $12,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Santa Maria Firefighters Benevolent Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Santa Barbara City Firefighters Charitable Fund Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 23% |
| Oxnard Firefighters Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Gals Give Back Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Villa la Paz | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Santa Barbara Police Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Calm Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Girls Incorporated of Carpinteria | $3,243 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara | $132,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Gwendolyn Strong Foundation | $12,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Santa Maria Firefighters Benevolent Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Santa Barbara City Firefighters Charitable Fund Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 23% |
| Oxnard Firefighters Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Gals Give Back Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Villa la Paz | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Santa Barbara Police Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Calm Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Girls Incorporated of Carpinteria | $3,243 | 1 | 0% |
| Ubaka U Rwanda | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ventura Fire Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Santa Barbara Cty Firefighters Ben Fnd | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($3k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Montecito Firefighters Charitable 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: Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · Santa Barbara Foundation · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · Junior League of Santa Barbara · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Montecito Firefighters Charitable Foundation
- How much does Montecito Firefighters Charitable Foundation give?
- Montecito Firefighters Charitable Foundation reported 4 itemized grants totaling $19,500, out of $95,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 6 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Montecito Firefighters Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (54%), Public Safety & Disaster (14%), Philanthropy (12%).
- Who are Montecito Firefighters Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2023: Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara ($132k), Gwendolyn Strong Foundation ($13k), Santa Maria Firefighters Benevolent Foundation ($10k).
- Does Montecito Firefighters Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Montecito Firefighters Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation, Santa Barbara Foundation, Ann Jackson Family Foundation.
- Where is Montecito Firefighters Charitable Foundation based?
- Montecito Firefighters Charitable Foundation is based in CA.
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