· Private foundation
Ridley Foundation Aka Paul & Toni Ridley Charitable Trust
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.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CABRILLO COLLEGE FOUNDATION | $18,000 |
| FOUNDATION FOR SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE | $18,000 |
| ALLAN HANCOCK COLLEGE FOUNDATION | $18,000 |
| FOOTHILL-DE ANZA FOUNDATION | $18,000 |
| HARTNELL COLLEGE FOUNDATION | $18,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC MCGEORGE SCHOOL OF LAW | $18,000 |
| CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY CHANNEL ISLANDS FOUNDATION | $18,000 |
| OHLONE COLLEGE FOUNDATION | $18,000 |
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 (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 95% 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.
11 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TFTHE FOUNDATION FOR SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE9× · 2017–2025 · $307k · revenue +53%
- WCWESTMONT COLLEGE6× · 2017–2022 · $75k · revenue +38%
- HCHARTNELL COLLEGE FOUNDATION3× · 2023–2025 · $52k · revenue +31%
Funded once
- CSCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY-MONTEREY BAYone grant, 2023 · $17k
- DCDEANZA COLLEGEone grant, 2023 · $17k
- CSCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY - CHANNEL ISLANDSone grant, 2024 · $16k
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.
To provide and develop community relations and financial support in concert with and toward fulfillment of the vision and mission of Westmont College
A diverse and sustainable learning community dedicated to discovery and excellence in teaching, scholarship and practice, pacific university inspires students to think, care, create and pursue justice in our world.
Southwestern College Foundation is dedicated to raising friends and funds that support all aspects of educational advancement at Southwestern College.
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.…
HMC seeks to educate engineers, scientists, and mathematicians well versed in all of these areas and in the humanities, social sciences and the arts so that they may assume leadership in their fields with a clear understanding of the…
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…
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…
The foundation provides academic scholarships and financial support to the college.
The palomar college foundation, with the support of the community, secures supplemental funding, other resources, and provides program support for the benefit of palomar community college and its students.
The mission of san mateo county community colleges foundation is to promote student success and program innovation by providing financial support to help san mateo county community college district students achieve their goals. the…
The cuesta college foundation supports the excellence of cuesta college by engaging the community and building philanthropic resources. the funds raised and managed by the foundation strengthen college programs, provide educational…
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…
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 15 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 THE FOUNDATION FOR SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds WESTMONT COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds HARTNELL COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Cabrillo College Foundation ↗
- Who funds ALLAN HANCOCK COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MUSIC ACADEMY OF THE WEST ↗
- Who funds FOOTHILL-DEANZA COMMUNITY COLLEGES FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds OHLONE COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds University of the Pacific ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY CHANNEL ISLANDS 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: Foundation for California Community Colleges · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Ridley Foundation Aka Paul & Toni Ridley Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ridley Foundation Aka Paul & Toni Ridley Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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