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Peter Douglas 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.

$1.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$1.8MHealth$1.6MFood & Nutrition$395kHuman Services$387kArts & Culture$161kAnimals$140kPublic Safety & Disaster$120kInternational$100kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $30k
  • $50k–250k12 grants · $1.0M
$100,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$27M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SANCTUARY CENTERS OF SANTA BARBARA$100,000
SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA$100,000
SANTA BARBARA COTTAGE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$100,000
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$100,000
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION DONOR SERVICES$100,000
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$100,000
UNITY SHOPPE INC$100,000
FOODBANK OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY$100,000
FIRST RESPONDERS FOUNDATION$70,000
GERVITZ GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION$50,000
BREAST CANCER RESOURCE CENTER$50,000
AMERICAN PARKINSON DISEASE ASSOCIATION$50,000
THE STORYTELLERS CHILDRENS CENTER$30,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $397k) 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.

area typical 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $25k → 14%UNITY SHOPPE INC: $100k → 14%UNITY SHOPPE INC: $100k → 14%UNITY SHOPPE INC: $100k → 14%UNITY SHOPPE INC: $50k → 14%UNITY SHOPPE INC: $10k → 14%UNITY SHOPPE INC: $10k → 14%UNITY SHOPPE INC: $2k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
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.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 13% of Peter Douglas Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 83% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 73%.

Peter Douglas Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 9.5% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.4M · 18 repeat orgs$842k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +64% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
18

Total granted

$3.4M
$672k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+64%
+14%

Still filing today

56%
72%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $170k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

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HealthEducationHuman ServicesCrime & LegalArts & CultureFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). 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

  • SF
    SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA
    9× · 2017–2025 · $455k · revenue +174%
  • FO
    Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc
    7× · 2019–2025 · $395k · revenue +44%
  • UC SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION
    3× · 2021–2023 · $375k · revenue +176%

Funded once

  • NG
    NEW GROTENHUIS PEDIATRIC MULTI-SPECIALTY CLINIC
    one grant, 2024 · $250k
  • IF
    INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue +17%
  • CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue +25%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Santa Barbara Foundation

The mission of the santa barbara foundation (sbf) is to mobilize collective wisdom and philanthropic capital to build empathetic, inclusive and resilient communities.

Philanthropy
2
The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College

The sbcc foundation fuels the excellence of santa barbara city college by engaging the community, building relationships, and inviting the generosity of donors. the resources raised and managed by the foundation enrich college programs,…

Education
3
Sutter Bay Hospitals

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
4
University of Southern California

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…

Education
5
California Institute for BioMedical Research

Our mission is to build a unique institute that bridges basic research and drug discovery, and that attracts the best and brightest scientists, physicians and students to work together synergistically to find cures for neglected human…

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6
Sutter Bay Medical Foundation

Mission statement: mission: caring for our patients first and our people always. vision: to be the most comprehensive, integrated and connected health system for getting and staying well. values: excellence - we deliver high-quality,…

Health
7
Santa Barbara Education Foundation

Santa Barbara Education Foundation (SBEF) provides and supports programs that enrich the academic, artistic, and personal development of all students in the Santa Barbara Unified School District.

Education
8
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
St Francis Foundation of Santa Barbara

The mission of st. francis foundation of santa barbara is to promote and support health care.

Health
10
California Pacific Medical Center Foundation

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
11
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
12
University of California San Francisco Foundation

Organization's mission ====================== the university of california, san francisco(ucsf) is among the world's leading universities dedicated to advancing health worldwide through biomedical research, graduate-level education in the…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Uc Santa Barbara Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Rona Barrett 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

25 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. 25 of the 39 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
18/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA: $455,000 · OtherSCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARANEW GROTENHUIS PEDIATRIC MULTI-SPECIALTY CLINIC: $250,000 · OtherNEW GROTENHUIS PEDIATRIC MULTI-SPECIALTY …ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL: $200,000 · OtherST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITALALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION DONOR SERVICES: $125,000 · OtherALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION DONOR SERVICESONE805LIVE: $105,000 · OtherONE805LIVEINTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC: $100,000 · OtherINTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & …GERVITZ GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION: $75,000 · OtherAMERICAN PARKINSON DISEASE ASSOCIATION: $75,000 · OtherBREAST CANCER RESOURCE CENTER: $75,000 · OtherFIRST RESPONDERS FOUNDATION: $70,000 · Other+11 more: $191,010 · Other+11 moreTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $450,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF…UC SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $375,000 · EducationUC SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATIONSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $200,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWE…LAGUNA BLANCA SCHOOL: $80,000 · EducationLAGUNA BLANCA SCHOOLThe Riviera Ridge School: $72,500 · EducationThe Riviera Ridge SchoolCALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · Education+1 more: $10,000 · EducationSanta Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation: $350,000 · HealthSanta Barbara Cotta…SAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION: $250,000 · HealthSAINT JOHN'S HEALTH…CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $100,000 · HealthCEDARS-SINAI MEDICA…Sanctuary Centers of Santa Barbara Inc: $100,000 · HealthSanctuary Centers o…+2 more: $26,000 · HealthUNITY SHOPPE INC: $372,100 · Human ServicesUNITY SHO…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $25,000 · Human ServicesAmerican …Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc: $395,000 · Food & NutritionFoodbank …SANTA BARBARA ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION: $140,000 · AnimalsSANTA BARBARA FIREFIGHTERS ALLIANCE: $25,000 · Public Safety & Disaster
Other$1,721,010Education$1,237,500Health$826,000Human Services$397,100Food & Nutrition$395,000Animals$140,000Public Safety & Disaster$25,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA: $455,000 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $450,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFoodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc: $395,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetUC SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $375,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetUNITY SHOPPE INC: $372,100 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetSanta Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation: $350,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetSAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION: $140,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSanctuary Centers of Santa Barbara Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetLAGUNA BLANCA SCHOOL: $80,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Riviera Ridge School: $72,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA FIREFIGHTERS ALLIANCE: $25,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetVNA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSANTA BARBARA COUNTY SHERIFF'S BENEVOLENT POSSE: $25,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetThe Rona Barrett Foundation: $10,010 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetNAVY-MARINE CORPS RELIEF SOCIETY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON SCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOXI THE WOLF MUSEUM OF EXPLORATION INNOVATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Clearity Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
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.

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.

Ann Jackson Family Fo…Santa Barbara Foundat…Hutton Foundation Dba…Elizabeth and John Mo…Rudi Schulte Family F…The Wood-Claeyssens F…Kim and Andrew D Busc…Gs Donor Advised Phil…California Community …Jewish Communal FundMorgan Stanley Global…Charities Aid Foundat…
Ann Jackson Family FoundationCA22× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ann Jackson Family Foundation · Santa Barbara Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · Elizabeth and John Moller Foundation · Rudi Schulte Family Foundation · The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation · Kim and Andrew D Busch Family Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · California Community Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Peter Douglas Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Peter Douglas Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    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: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Peter Douglas Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Peter Douglas Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 39 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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