· Private foundation
Otis & Bettina Chandler 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 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k2 grants · $10k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $69k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $500k
- $250k+2 grants · $650k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| OJAI VALLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | $400,000 |
| DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER | $250,000 |
| FOOD SHARE INC | $200,000 |
| ARTCENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN | $100,000 |
| HELP OF OJAI | $100,000 |
| DIRECT RELIEF FOUNDATION | $100,000 |
| RADIANT CHURCH | $25,000 |
| LIVING EDUCATION COLLECTIVE | $23,650 |
| HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH | $10,000 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $10,000 |
| OJAI YOUTH ENTERTAINERS STUDIO | $5,000 |
| ZEFFY INC | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $4.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 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
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
18 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 2 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, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- DWDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER9× · 2017–2025 · $1.8M · revenue +285%
- OVOJAI VALLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FDN8× · 2017–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +72%
- HOHELP OF OJAI INC9× · 2017–2025 · $705k · revenue +114%
Funded once
- ADAlzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Asscoone grant, 2019 · $235k
- MHMLK HEALTH AND WELLNESS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONone grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue -91%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2024 · $25k
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.
Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.
Pitzer College produces engaged socially responsible citizens of the world through an academically rigorous, interdisciplinary liberal arts education emphasizing social justice, intercultural understanding and environmental sensitivity.…
The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…
The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…
United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.
To end hunger and transform the health of our community by providing nourishment to those in need by acquiring and distributing safe nutritious food via local agencies and by providing education to solve hunger and nutritional problems in…
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
See schedule othe mission of occidental college is to provide a gifted and diverse group of students with a total educational experience of the highest quality - one that prepares them for leadership in an increasingly complex,…
The university of la verne offers a distinctive and relevant educational experience to a diverse population of traditional-age, adult, and graduate learners, preparing them for successful careers and a commitment to lifelong learning…
Our mission is to continue the healing ministry of jesus christ, "to make man whole," in a setting of advancing medical science and to provide a stimulating clinical and research environment for the education of physicians, nurses, and…
Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.
To provide food to all in need through community partnerships and hunger relief programs. Our vision is a hunger-free Larimer County.
How this is measured
22 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. 22 of the 33 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 DIRECT RELIEF FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER ↗
- Who funds OJAI VALLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FDN ↗
- Who funds HELP OF OJAI INC ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds FOOD SHARE INC ↗
- Who funds HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC ↗
- Who funds THE NEWS LITERACY PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds ART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN ↗
- Who funds LA WYLD ↗
- Who funds MLK HEALTH AND WELLNESS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds The Kansas University Endowment Association ↗
- Who funds SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds LIVING EDUCATION COLLECTIVE ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL FOLK ART ALLIANCE INC DBA IFAM ↗
- Who funds Feeding America ↗
- Who funds OJAI COMMUNITY FARMERS MARKET ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN NAZARENE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds NORTH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE OJAI VALLEY LAND CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds Ojai Raptor Center ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
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: Bruce Ford Brown Memorial Trust · David & Sylvia Weisz Foundation · California Community Foundation · Impactassetsinc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Otis & Bettina Chandler Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Otis & Bettina Chandler Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Southern Nazarene University: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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