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Santa Ynez Valley Foundation

The SANTA YNEZ VALLEY FOUNDATION partners with the community to enhance the quality of life in the santa ynez valley and los alamos.

$387k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$40k
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.

Food & Nutrition$542kHealth$277kArts & Culture$127kEducation$125kPhilanthropy$77kHuman Services$52kReligion$33kYouth Development$23kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 16 grants below total $246,100, the rows itemized in this filing. The $386,600 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $140,500 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $34k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $213k
$12,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SYV SENIOR CITIZENS FOUNDATION$39,600
SANTA YNEZ VALLEY FRUIT & VEG$31,500
UCSB FOUNDATION$25,000
PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE$22,500
SYV SENIOR ADVISORY COUNCIL$20,000
BETHANIA LUTHERAN CHURCH$16,000
ATTERDAG AT HOME$15,000
SYV COTTAGE HOSPITAL FDN$12,000
LOS OLIVOS ROTARY FOUNDATION$11,000
CANCER FOUNDATION OF SANTA BA$10,000
UNITED BOYS & GIRLS CLUB$10,000
ST MARKS CHURCH$8,500
SYV FAMILY YMCA$7,500
SYV THERAPEUTIC RIDING PROGRAM$6,000
SYV CHILDRENS MUSEUM$6,000
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, $223k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL: $7k → 14%SYV FAMILY YMCA: $8k → 14%SYV FAMILY YMCA: $8k → 14%PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE: $37k → 14%PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE: $28k → 14%PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE: $26k → 14%PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE: $25k → 14%PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE: $25k → 14%PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE: $23k → 14%SOLVANG FRIENDSHIP HOUSE: $10k → 14%SOLVANG LUTHERAN HOME: $10k → 14%SOLVANG LUTHERAN HOME: $10k → 14%SOLVANG FRIENDSHIP HOUSE: $8k → 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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 22 repeat orgs$57k to everyone else

22 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
6

Total granted

$1.2M
$46k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+15%

Still filing today

91%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyArts & CultureFood & NutritionEducationOther
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

  • SY
    SANTA YNEZ VALLEY SENIOR CITIZENS FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2025 · $251k · revenue +230%
  • SY
    SANTA YNEZ VALLEY PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE
    6× · 2017–2025 · $164k · revenue +15%
  • SY
    Santa Ynez Valley Senior Advisory Council
    7× · 2017–2025 · $132k · revenue +341%

Funded once

  • WC
    WESTMONT COLLEGE
    one grant, 2021 · $11k · revenue +7%
  • CA
    COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
    one grant, 2021 · $8k · revenue +15%
  • OC
    OLIVE CREST
    one grant, 2024 · $8k · revenue +23%
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 Ynez Valley Foundation

The santa ynez valley foundation partners with the community to enhance the quality of life in the santa ynez valley and los alamos.

Unclassified
2
The Samaritan Center-Simi Valley

The mission of the Samaritan Center-Simi Valley is to offer people experiencing housing and food insecurity supportive services essential to human dignity.

Housing & Shelter
3
Santa Ynez Valley Outreach Center

Social welfare & activities

Education
4
Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital Foundation

It is the mission of the Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital Foundation to develop, manage and channel the community's financial support on behalf of Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital, thereby serving not only to protect, but also enhance…

Health
5
Santa Ynez Valley Humane Society

Serves the santa ynez valley and surrounding communities by providing housing, care and placement services for dogs and cats available for adoption, low fee spay and neuter services and promoting humane, compassionate and conscientious…

Animals
6
Santa Ynez Valley Historical Society

To educate the public and preserve the history of the santa ynez valley.

Arts & Culture
7
Senior Citizens Organization of San Lorenzo Valley

Provide programs and activities for the San Lorenzo Valley community with a focus on helping seniors remain engaged and involved by promoting and supporting education, recreation, and social programs to ensure that all members of the…

Human Services
8
Two Valleys Community Land Trust

The mission of the Two Valleys Community Land Trust is to create, preserve and manage affordable housing in the San Geronimo Valley and beyond.

Housing & Shelter
9
Symons Family Fund

The Mission of the Symons Family Fund is to benefit, perform the functions of, and carry out the purposes of the Sonora Area Foundation that engage in charitable activities which benefit the residents of Tuolumne County, California.

Human Services
10
Solvang Rotary Club Foundation

This organization is formed for the raising and distributing of funds primarily for the benefit of charitable programs in the greater santa ynez valley area of santa barbara county, california. specifically but not limited to educational…

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11
The Santa Ynez Valley Family School

The family school is dedicated to providing a superior environment of child centered academic and creative programs which inspire a joy of learning and support critical thinking. we strive to prepare students to be compassionate,…

Education
12
Santa Ynez Valley Association of Realtors

Promotion and improvement of conditions in local real estate industry

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Olive Crest; the most unlike its peers is Los Alamos Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

27 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. 27 of the 30 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
20/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SANTA YNEZ VALLEY SENIOR CITIZENS FOUNDATION: $251,400 · OtherSANTA YNEZ VALLEY SENIOR CITIZENS FOUNDATIONSanta Ynez Valley Senior Advisory Council: $131,500 · OtherSanta Ynez Valley Senior Advisory CouncilBETHANIA EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH: $31,000 · OtherBETHANIA EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCHALLAN HANCOCK COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $27,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE LOS ALAMOS PUBLIC LIBRARY: $21,500 · OtherST MARKS IN-THE-VALLEY ENDOWMENT FUND: $17,500 · OtherUNITED BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $17,500 · Other+3 more: $19,500 · OtherSANTA YNEZ VALLEY PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE: $163,700 · Human ServicesSANTA YNEZ VALLEY P…SOLVANG LUTHERAN HOME INC ATTERDAG VILLAGE OF SOLVANG: $20,000 · Human ServicesSOLVANG LUTHERAN HO…Solvang Friendship House: $17,500 · Human ServicesSolvang Friendship …Channel Islands Young Men's Christian Association: $15,000 · Human ServicesChannel Islands You…+1 more: $7,000 · Human ServicesSYV FRUIT & VEGETABLE RESCUE: $99,500 · Food & NutritionSYV FRUIT & …ATTERDAG AT HOME INC: $44,000 · Food & NutritionATTERDAG AT …SOLVANG THEATERFEST INC: $120,500 · Arts & CultureSOLVANG THE…SANTA YNEZ VALLEY CHILDRENS MUSEUM: $6,000 · Arts & CultureSanta Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital Foundation: $39,500 · HealthSanta Ynez…SANSUM CLINIC: $30,000 · HealthSANSUM CLI…CANCER FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA: $20,000 · HealthCANCER FOU…SANTA YNEZ VALLEY THERAPEUTIC RIDING PROGRAM: $18,000 · HealthSANTA YNEZ…OLIVE CREST: $7,500 · HealthOLIVE CRES…VNA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $6,000 · HealthLos Olivos Rotary Club Foundation: $35,000 · PhilanthropyLOS ALAMOS FOUNDATION: $26,500 · PhilanthropyThe Rona Barrett Foundation: $21,050 · PhilanthropyUC SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $50,000 · EducationWESTMONT COLLEGE: $11,000 · Education
Other$516,900Human Services$223,200Food & Nutrition$143,500Arts & Culture$126,500Health$121,000Philanthropy$82,550Education$61,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSANTA YNEZ VALLEY SENIOR CITIZENS FOUNDATION: $251,400 over 8y, 6.4% of budgetSANTA YNEZ VALLEY PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE: $163,700 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetSanta Ynez Valley Senior Advisory Council: $131,500 over 7y, 5.4% of budgetSOLVANG THEATERFEST INC: $120,500 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetSYV FRUIT & VEGETABLE RESCUE: $99,500 over 8y, 5.2% of budgetUC SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetATTERDAG AT HOME INC: $44,000 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetSanta Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital Foundation: $39,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetLos Olivos Rotary Club Foundation: $35,000 over 3y, 26% of budgetSANSUM CLINIC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALLAN HANCOCK COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $27,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetLOS ALAMOS FOUNDATION: $26,500 over 2y, 31% of budgetThe Rona Barrett Foundation: $21,050 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetCANCER FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSOLVANG LUTHERAN HOME INC ATTERDAG VILLAGE OF SOLVANG: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSANTA YNEZ VALLEY THERAPEUTIC RIDING PROGRAM: $18,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetSolvang Friendship House: $17,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $17,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetST MARKS IN-THE-VALLEY ENDOWMENT FUND: $17,500 over 2y, 15% of budgetChannel Islands Young Men's Christian Association: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWESTMONT COLLEGE: $11,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetOLIVE CREST: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIETY OF SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF LOS ANGELES: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVNA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $6,000 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 Foundat…Hutton Foundation Dba…Ann Jackson Family Fo…The Wood-Claeyssens F…Latkin Charitable Fou…Towbes FoundationSchlinger Family Foun…Williams-Corbett Foun…Rudi Schulte Family F…California Community …The John C Mithun Fou…June G Outhwaite Char…
Santa Barbara FoundationCA45.4× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Santa Barbara Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation · Latkin Charitable Foundation · Towbes Foundation · Schlinger Family Foundation · Williams-Corbett Foundation · Rudi Schulte Family Foundation · California Community Foundation · The John C Mithun Foundation · June G Outhwaite Charitable Trust JS Poucher KL Englert & CM Cooney Co-Tr

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 Santa Ynez Valley Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Santa Ynez Valley Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 Santa Ynez Valley Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Santa Ynez Valley 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 30 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 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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