· Private foundation
Roberts Brothers Foundation
Its FY2024 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 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k3 grants · $10k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $30k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| TO OTHER VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS (25 - LESS THAN 5000 EACH) | $50,000 |
| FOODBANK OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY | $10,000 |
| DIGNITY MOVES | $10,000 |
| UNITY SHOPPE | $10,000 |
| SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA | $5,000 |
| SANTA BARBARA HUMANE SOCIETY | $5,000 |
| OTHER FROM K-1 | $37 |
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 (FY17–24, $71k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 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
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +81% since the first grant, against +36% for those funded once.
13 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 39% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MAMUSIC ACADEMY OF THE WEST2× · 2017–2019 · $105k · revenue +18%
- USUNITY SHOPPE INC7× · 2017–2024 · $64k · revenue +65%
- FOFoodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc6× · 2018–2024 · $52k · revenue +58%
Funded once
- TVTO VARIOUS ORGANZIATIONS (42 - LESS THAN 6000 EACH)one grant, 2019 · $106k
- TVTO VARIOUS ORGANZIATIONS (37 - LESS THAN 5001 EACH)one grant, 2018 · $92k
- TOTO OTHER VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS (20 - LESS THAN 5000 EACH)one grant, 2021 · $44k
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 mission of the santa barbara foundation (sbf) is to mobilize collective wisdom and philanthropic capital to build empathetic, inclusive and resilient communities.
To integrate art into the lives of people, fostering imagination, stimulating thought, and creating personally rewarding experiences.
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 inspire meaningful connections to santa barbara history.
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,…
The santa barbara rescue mission is a ministry of christian people bringing physical, emotional, educational and spiritual resources to all who struggle with homelessness and addiction.
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.
To operate a school for grades 6-9, delivering a holistic program of academics, arts & athletics, community service, and outdoor education that fosters passion for life and learning, self trust, strength and courage to succeed, and…
See schedule 0founded in 1994, opera santa barbara is the signature provider of professional opera on the california central coast. we aspire to be a cultural leader in the santa barbara region, voicing and advancing our community's spirit…
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.
The mission of st. francis foundation of santa barbara is to promote and support health care.
Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 31 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 MUSIC ACADEMY OF THE WEST ↗
- Who funds UNITY SHOPPE INC ↗
- Who funds Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc ↗
- Who funds SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA ↗
- Who funds DIGNITYMOVES ↗
- Who funds GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
- Who funds DICKINSON COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds SANTA BARBARA NEIGHBORHOOD CLINICS ↗
- Who funds SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ↗
- Who funds SANTA BARBARA MARITIME MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDSHIP ADULT DAY CARE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds SANTA BARBARA HUMANE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
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 · June G Outhwaite Charitable Trust JS Poucher KL Englert & CM Cooney Co-Tr · Mosher Foundation · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation · Bull Henry W Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Roberts Brothers Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Roberts Brothers Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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