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· Private foundation
OVERALL FAMILY FOUNDATION
This foundation does not accept unsolicited requests — it funds preselected organizations.
$5.6M
Granted FY2022
5
Grants
2
Communities
$5.5M
Largest
01What you fund
0187% classified
What you funded, over time
Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2017–2022.
Philanthropy$5.8MEnvironment$481kAnimals$65kArts & Culture$42kEducation$8kHealth$5kFood & Nutrition$3kCrime & Legal$3kOther$977k
02beneath the categories
Past the labels — and the year it shifted
Beneath the NTEE codes, this is what the grant descriptions actually say.
…and in their own words, year by year
2018
arts culture
2019
arts culture
2020
arts culturesanta
2021
—
2022
art culture
Words distinctive to each year’s grant purposes (TF-IDF) · event-driven terms in cyan.
03FY2022 · 5 grants
Where the money goes
Your grants by size, and where they go.
By grant size · FY2022
- Under $10k2 grants · $750
- $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
- $250k+1 grant · $5.5M
$25,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
- SCHWAB CHARITABLE FUND$5,488,542
- THE WILDERNESS LAND TRUST$50,000
- DIRECT RELIEF INTERNATIONAL$25,000
- MONTECITO FOUNDATION$500
- SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF ART$250
02The need
04
Do your dollars go where the need is?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.
show:
Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–22) land where the poverty rate runs at 11% — the area typically sits at 10%. 98% of your dollars reach neighborhoods with above-average need. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
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; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA, United Way ALICE — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.
03Your edge
repeat funding
Who you back again
Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.
98%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$7.2M · 28 repeat orgs$169k to everyone else
28 repeat relationships — 2 still active in FY2022, 26 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Re-uppedFunded once
Organizations
28
15
Total granted
$7.2M
$119k
Median revenue growth · since first grant
+50%
+123%
Still filing today
50%
33%
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $51k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
EnvironmentPhilanthropyAnimalsArts & CultureEducationFood & NutritionOther
First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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
SCHWAB CHARITABLE FUND2× · 2021–2022 · $5.7M · revenue +179%- TDTRUCKEE DONNER LAND TRUST4× · 2017–2020 · $300k · revenue +6%
- LPLOS PADRES FOREST WATCH4× · 2017–2020 · $65k · revenue +201%
Funded once
- TRTRUCKEE RIVER WATERSHED COUNCILgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue +212%
- FBFOOD BANK OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTYone grant, 2020 · $20k
- CHCOTTAGE HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONone grant, 2020 · $10k
Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
04Your field
The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
1
The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County
To conserve natural resources, agricultural land & open spaces for present & future generations.
Environment
2
The Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo
|to conserve and care for wildlands, farms, and ranches, and connect people to the land.
Environment
3
Rainforest Trust
Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and our planet by creating protected reserves.
International
4
Sustainable Conservation
Sustainable Conservation advances the collaborative stewardship of Californias land, air, and water for the benefit of nature and people. For over three decades, Sustainable Conservation has built coalitions of people with different…
Environment
5
Wildlands Trust Inc
Wildlands trust, inc. protects natural areas throughout southeastern massachusetts for the benefit of wildlife and people. we work to permanently protect and steward important habitats and landscapes that characterize the natural heritage…
Environment
6
Oregon Agricultural Trust
Oregon agricultural trust partners with farmers and ranchers to protect agricultural lands for the benefit of oregons economy, communities, and landscapes.
Environment
7
Arizona Land and Water Trust Inc
Preserving southern arizona's western landscapes, farms and ranches, wildlife habitat and waters.
Environment
8
Minnesota Land Trust
Protect and restore mn's most vital natural lands for generations to come.
Environment
9
Napa County Land Trust
Land trust of napa county is a nonprofit dedicated to preserving the (continued, schedule o) character of napa county by permanently protecting land. the land trust works cooperatively with landowners and our community to protect…
Environment
10
Mountain Area Land Trust
Mountain area land trust's mission is to save natural areas, wildlife habitat, streams and rivers, working ranches and historic lands, for the benefit of the community and as a legacy for future generations.
Environment
11
Alaska Conservation Foundation
Protects alaska's unique landscapes and ways of life by supporting conservation leaders, organizations, and initiatives.
Environment
12
Shasta Land Trust
Conserve the beauty, character, and diversity of significant lands in far northern california
Environment
For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Truckee Donner Land Trust and the most unlike its peers is Santa Barbara Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network
20 grantees, every filing reconciled, 2017–2025.
Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue.
0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
17/20
Grew since you first funded
Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee
Philanthropy$5,763,678Other$982,750Environment$480,750Animals$65,000Arts & Culture$42,000Education$8,003Health$4,515
Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them
A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds SCHWAB CHARITABLE FUND ↗
- Who funds TRUCKEE DONNER LAND TRUST ↗
- Who funds SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds LOS PADRES FOREST WATCH ↗
- Who funds THE WILDERNESS LAND TRUST ↗
- Who funds TRUCKEE RIVER WATERSHED COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds CHEETAH CONSERVATION FUND ↗
- Who funds AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds MUSIC ACADEMY OF THE WEST ↗
- Who funds SANTA BARBARA HISTORICAL MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds STORYTELLER CHILDREN'S CENTER ↗
- Who funds GAVIOTA COAST CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds MANZANO DAY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST ↗
- Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE CENTER ↗
- Who funds LAND TRUST ALLIANCE ↗
The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Santa Barbara FoundationCA19.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Santa Barbara Foundation · James S Bower Foundation · Schlinger Family Foundation · Hutton Foundation · Brittingham Family Foundation · Www Foundation · Patagoniaorg · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
Government reliance of your grantees
Every dot is one organisation OVERALL FAMILY FOUNDATION funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.
2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–24
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. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.
05Through Plinth
Through Plinth
Your grantmaking, live and operational
This dossier was generated cold from public filings. In Plinth it’s a working system — every applicant assessed and every grant monitored. Here’s a taste, run on one of your grantees: THE WILDERNESS LAND TRUST.
Agentic due diligence · confidence × risk
Financial management
low risk
~28 months of operating runway; revenue grew over 8 filed years.
Track record & reputation
low risk
8 years of Form 990 filings, still active.
Legal standing
low risk
US 501(c)(3); EIN 841192823 on file with current IRS Form 990 filings.
Governance
Live in Plinth
Board composition & governance documents — verified live in Plinth from the applicant.
Compliance & sanctions
Live in Plinth
OFAC / UN sanctions screening — run live in Plinth at assessment.
Program capacity
Live in Plinth
Staffing, M&E and activity alignment — assessed live in Plinth from submitted proposals.
Live · Plinth’s real DD engine
Run the actual assessment on THE WILDERNESS LAND TRUST, cold from public data.
Generated live from public IRS filings + open web sources by Plinth’s agentic engine. Shown as an illustration of the product, not a formal assessment.
Post-award monitoring · continuous checks
- On trackFinancial stability— Roughly 28 months of cash on hand.
- On trackSustained operations— Filing through 2025; revenue grew over the period.
- On trackReliance on your funding— Your grants peaked at 5% of their budget — diversified.
- Awaiting reportEvidence of delivery— Plinth collects the grantee's own monitoring reports post-award.
What you see here is static and public. In Plinth it’s operational — the full six-pillar framework on every applicant (with their own documents + live registry and sanctions checks), monitoring dashboards on every award, custom board reports, and eligibility routing for intake.
Agentic due diligenceMonitoring dashboardsCustom board reportsEligibility routing
Preview generated from this grantee’s public IRS filings and independent reporting. Pillars marked “live in Plinth” require the applicant’s submitted documents. Shown as illustration, not a formal assessment.
Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPro
How do I get to Overall Family Foundation?
Find your warmest path to Overall Family Foundation through people who sit on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the introduction across shared trustees and officers.
Every link is a documented governance overlap in public IRS 990 filings — not a personal network — and each hop carries its own confidence tier. Low-confidence or distant paths are held back rather than guessed.
More from the funding graph
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
Strange bedfellows
the named clusters of US funding
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines