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Roehrig Family Foundation

Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$62k
Granted FY2018
10
Grants FY2018
2
States reached
$21k
Largest
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 2018.

Health$40kYouth Development$37kFood & Nutrition$15kPhilanthropy$14kEducation$5kEnvironment$5kEmployment$5kArts & Culture$3kOther$0
02FY2018 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2018

  • Under $10k8 grants · $31k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $31k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$10k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GIRLS INCORPORATED OF GREATER SANTA BARBARA$21,000
ORGANIC SOUP KITCHEN$10,000
UNITED WAY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INC$5,000
GIRLS INCORPORATED OF GREATER SANTA BARBARA$5,000
THE CHRYSALIS CENTER$5,000
ALZHEIMERS DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATI$5,000
SANTA BARBARA CHANNELKEEPER$5,000
SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION$2,500
JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER SANTA BARBARA$2,500
FUND FOR SANTA BARBARA INC$1,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–18) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%THE CHRYSALIS CENTER: $5k → 14%ELINGS PARK FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION INC: $5k → 14%ALZHEIMERS DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATI: $20k → 14%INTERFAITH INITIATIVE OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $2k → 14%ALZHEIMERS DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATI: $5k → 14%SANTA BARBARA RAPE CRISIS CENTER: $10k → 14%SANTA BARBARA EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%UNITED WAY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INC: $5k → 14%COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ARTS FUND: $3k → 14%SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $3k → 14%JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER SANTA BARBARA: $3k → 14%ORGANIC SOUP KITCHEN: $10k → 14%SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $3k → 14%ORGANIC SOUP KITCHEN: $5k → 14%FUND FOR SANTA BARBARA INC: $1k → 14%GIRLS INCORPORATED OF GREATER SANTA BARBARA: $10k → 14%SANTA BARBARA CHANNELKEEPER: $5k → 14%GIRLS INCORPORATED OF GREATER SANTA BARBARA: $800 → 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 21% of Roehrig Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Roehrig Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 16% 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.

65%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$77k · 3 repeat orgs$42k to everyone else

3 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
6

Total granted

$77k
$26k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+40%

Still filing today

100%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2018, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18
HealthPhilanthropyFood & NutritionEducationArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • GI
    GIRLS INCORPORATED OF GREATER SANTA BARBARA
    2× · 2017–2018 · $37k · revenue -26%
  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $25k · revenue +40%
  • OS
    ORGANIC SOUP KITCHEN
    2× · 2017–2018 · $15k · revenue +786%

Funded once

  • ST
    Standing Together to End Sexual Assaultgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +40%
  • AH
    American Heart Association Incgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +33%
  • SB
    Santa Barbara Education Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +57%
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
St Francis Foundation of Santa Barbara

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

Health
2
Santa Barbara Public Library Foundation

The santa barbara public library foundation supports the long-term health and sustainability of the santa barbara public library through public-private partnerships.

Public Benefit
3
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

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…

Education
4
Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara

The scholarship foundation of santa barbara inspires, encourages and supports santa barbara county students to and through college, graduate and vocational school by providing information, advising, and scholarships.

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5
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc

To end hunger and transform the health of our community by providing nourishment to those in need by acquiring and distributing safe nutritious food via local agencies and by providing education to solve hunger and nutritional problems in…

Food & Nutrition
6
Santa Barbara Zoological Foundation

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.

Animals
7
Opera Santa Barbara

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…

Arts & Culture
8
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
9
San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory

The San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory is dedicated to the conservation of birds and their habitats through science and outreach.

Environment
10
University of California Santa Barbara Alumni Association

To serve the University, to involve UCSB alumni and students in its affairs and to enlist alumni talents in the preservation and promotion of UCSB's image, tradition, pride and status as a world class university.

Education
11
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
12
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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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Santa Barbara Foundation; the most unlike its peers is American Heart Association Inc. 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

15 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/15
Grantees still filing
11/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GIRLS INCORPORATED OF GREATER SANTA BARBARA: $36,800 · OtherGIRLS INCORPORATED OF GREATER SANTA BA…CHRYSALIS CENTER: $5,000 · OtherCHRYSALIS CENTER+1 more: $1,000 · OtherALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $25,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORD…Standing Together to End Sexual Assault: $10,000 · HealthStanding Together to End Sexual Assa…American Heart Association Inc: $5,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association IncORGANIC SOUP KITCHEN: $15,000 · Food & NutritionORGANIC SOUP …UNITED WAY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY O…SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropySANTA BARBAR…JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER SANTA BARBARA: $2,500 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDER…FUND FOR SANTA BARBARA INC: $1,000 · PhilanthropyFUND FOR SAN…SANTA BARBARA CHANNELKEEPER INC: $5,000 · EnvironmentSanta Barbara Education Foundation: $5,000 · EducationThe County of Santa Barbara Arts Fund: $2,500 · Arts & CultureINTERFAITH INITIATIVE OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $2,000 · Community Improvement
Other$42,800Health$40,000Food & Nutrition$15,000Philanthropy$13,500Environment$5,000Education$5,000Arts & Culture$2,500Community Improvement$2,000

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 budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF GREATER SANTA BARBARA: $36,800 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetORGANIC SOUP KITCHEN: $15,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetStanding Together to End Sexual Assault: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHRYSALIS CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA CHANNELKEEPER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSanta Barbara Education Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER SANTA BARBARA: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe County of Santa Barbara Arts Fund: $2,500 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetINTERFAITH INITIATIVE OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $2,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetELINGS PARK FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFUND FOR SANTA BARBARA INC: $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.

Santa Barbara FoundationCA23.7× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Santa Barbara Foundation · The McCune Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · June G Outhwaite Charitable Trust JS Poucher KL Englert & CM Cooney Co-Tr · Towbes Foundation · The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation · Williams-Corbett Foundation · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · California Community Foundation · The Little One Foundation · Walter J & Holly O Thomson Charitable · Latkin Charitable Foundation

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 Roehrig Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Roehrig Family 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%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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.

    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 15 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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