· Private foundation
Peebles Sheen Charitable 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2022
- Under $10k12 grants · $32k
- $10k–50k10 grants · $243k
- $250k+1 grant · $359k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA | $359,283 |
| GANNA WALSKA LOTUSLAND | $45,865 |
| CAMERATA PACIFICA | $40,000 |
| MUSIC ACADEMY OF THE WEST | $31,500 |
| SANTA BARBARA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION | $22,500 |
| OPERA SANTA BARBARA | $20,000 |
| COMMUNITY ARTS MUSIC ASSOCIATION | $20,000 |
| ENSEMBLE THEATRE COMPANY OF SANTA BARBARA INC | $20,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $20,000 |
| UCSB ARTS & LECTURES | $12,500 |
| PBS SOCAL | $10,500 |
| THE GRANADA THEATRE | $9,000 |
| CARE 4 PAWS | $5,000 |
| WORLD WILDLIFE FUND | $5,000 |
| SANTA BARBARA WILDLIFE CARE NETWORK | $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.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–22) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 94% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
23 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2022, 6 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (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 FY2022, 98% 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
Backed again, and grew
- SFSCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA6× · 2017–2022 · $375k · revenue +174%
- MAMUSIC ACADEMY OF THE WEST6× · 2017–2022 · $120k · revenue +18%
- GWGANNA WALSKA LOTUSLAND6× · 2017–2022 · $79k · revenue +160%
Funded once
- TSTHE STANFORD FUND FOR UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATIONone grant, 2017 · $3k
- SCSANSUM CLINICgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $1k · revenue +26%
- TFTHE FOUNDATION FOR SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGEgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +53%
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.
The santa barbara zoo is dedicated to the preservation, conservation, and enhancement of the natural world and its living treasures through education, research, recreation and conservation.
Mission: the mission of san diego opera is to deliver exceptional performances and exciting, accessible programs to diverse audiences, focusing on community partnerships, and the transformative and expressive power of the human voice. as…
The mission of the santa barbara foundation (sbf) is to mobilize collective wisdom and philanthropic capital to build empathetic, inclusive and resilient communities.
Choral Music Performances: California Bach Society is a 30-voice chamber choir known for finely wrought interpretations of Renaissance and Baroque music, often accompanied by leading period instrumentalists. Each season, the choir performs…
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…
To integrate art into the lives of people, fostering imagination, stimulating thought, and creating personally rewarding experiences.
To serve the public by producing world-class opera that preserves, promotes and advances the art form while embodying the diversity, spirit and artistic sensibility unique to los angeles. we envision an engaged and enlightened community in…
The following three guiding principles are the foundation for all of the santa barbara museum of natural history's activities: inspiring an awe for nature and a thirst for discovery; promoting sustainability; and connecting our…
Spcala is dedicated to the prevention of cruelty to animals through education, law enforcement, intervention and advocacy.
The santa barbara public library foundation supports the long-term health and sustainability of the santa barbara public library through public-private partnerships.
The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.
California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…
How this is measured
20 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. 20 of the 35 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 SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA ↗
- Who funds MUSIC ACADEMY OF THE WEST ↗
- Who funds GANNA WALSKA LOTUSLAND ↗
- Who funds ENSEMBLE THEATRE COMPANY OF SANTA BARBARA INC ↗
- Who funds CAMERATA PACIFICA ↗
- Who funds SANTA BARBARA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds OPERA SANTA BARBARA ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY ARTS MUSIC ASSOCIATION OF SANTA BARBARA INC ↗
- Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
- Who funds SANTA BARBARA WILDLIFE CARE NETWORK ↗
- Who funds SANTA BARBARA CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds CARE4Paws Inc ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA LITERARY & PROLOGUE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds SANSUM CLINIC ↗
- Who funds THE FOUNDATION FOR SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds DIRECT RELIEF ↗
- Who funds SANTA BARBARA HUMANE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
- Who funds AARP 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: Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · Santa Barbara Foundation · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · Walter J & Holly O Thomson Charitable · The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation · Schlinger Chrisman Foundation Northern Trust Company Trustee · Williams-Corbett Foundation · California Community Foundation · The Zegar Family Foundation · Mosher Foundation · Griffiths G H & O J Char Fdn · The Arnold & Jill Bellowe Family Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Peebles Sheen Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Peebles Sheen Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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