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Sjl 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.

$90k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$33k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$795kReligion$115kInternational$56kArts & Culture$45kPhilanthropy$16kRecreation & Sports$8kHealth$2kPublic Benefit$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k13 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $78k
$1,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$449k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ME&US FOUNDATION$33,000
BOSTON UNIVERSITY$25,000
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY$20,000
HIS ISLAND OUTREACH$4,550
UC REGENTS$2,500
SANTA BARBARA SYMPHONY$2,000
SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION$1,000
WOMEN'S FUND OF SANTA BARBARA$1,000
SANTA BARBARA PUERTO VALLARTA SISTER CITIES COMMITTEE$338
Individual grant recipient$100
CALIFORNIA POLICE YOUTH CHARITIES$100
YOSEMITE CONSERVANCY$100
MONTECITO TRAILS ASSOCIATION$100
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME$100
GRAND CANYON TRUST$100
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 (FY18–25, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CALIFORNIA POLICE YOUTH CHARITIES: $100 → 6%THE SHEPHERD FOUNDATION: $1k → 8%THE SHEPHERD FOUNDATION: $1k → 8%THE SHEPHERD FOUNDATION: $1k → 8%THE SHEPHERD FOUNDATION: $1k → 8%THE SHEPHERD FOUNDATION: $100 → 8%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.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
NY
MA
IN
PA
NJ
CA
VA
MD
AZ
KS
TN
DC
TX
FL
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$799k · 32 repeat orgs$232k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +33% for those funded once.

32 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 20 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
24

Total granted

$799k
$231k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+33%

Still filing today

53%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $160 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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthEnvironmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2017–2025 · $206k · revenue +45%
  • CU
    CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $129k · revenue +62%
  • LB
    LAGUNA BLANCA SCHOOL
    3× · 2017–2021 · $15k · revenue +62%

Funded once

  • NS
    NORTHWOOD SCHOOL
    one grant, 2020 · $190k · revenue +9%
  • UC
    UNITED CHURCH IN WALPOLE
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
  • K
    KOTORART
    one grant, 2017 · $7k
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
California Baptist University

A private institution of higher education, offering both undergraduate and graduate courses to students.

Education
2
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
3
Pitzer 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.…

Education
4
President and Trustees of Bates College

Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…

Education
5
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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6
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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7
Scripps College

To educate women to develop their intellect and talents through active participation in a community of scholars, so that as graduates they may contribute to society through public and private lives of leadership, service, integrity and…

Education
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
Saint Mary's College of California

Saint mary's college of california invites you to passionately embrace knowledge, the challenges of scholarship, and the capacity to make lasting change in the world. the foundation for this is our mission. to probe deeply the mystery of…

Education
10
Pacific University

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.

Education
11
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
12
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Santa Barbara Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Excutive Womens Golf 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.
04the grantee network

34 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. 34 of the 60 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/34
Grantees still filing
26/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $206,000 · OtherTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNORTHWOOD SCHOOL: $190,000 · OtherNORTHWOOD SCHOOLPENN STATE UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · OtherPENN STATE UNIVERSITYTHE LAUREL SCHOOL OF PRINCETON: $75,937 · OtherTHE LAUREL SCHOOL OF PRINCETONBOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY: $55,000 · OtherBOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF THEOLOGYME&US FOUNDATION: $48,000 · OtherME&US FOUNDATIONACADEMY OF SAINT MATTHIAS: $35,000 · OtherHIS ISLAND OUTREACH: $33,800 · Other+29 more: $78,205 · Other+29 moreCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $128,547 · EducationCHAPMAN UNIVERSIT…LAGUNA BLANCA SCHOOL: $15,100 · EducationLAGUNA BLANCA SCH…University of Notre Dame du Lac: $6,400 · Education+8 more: $11,725 · Education+8 moreMUSIC ACADEMY OF THE WEST: $16,000 · Arts & CultureLOBERO THEATRE FOUNDATION: $8,500 · Arts & CultureENSEMBLE THEATRE COMPANY OF SANTA BARBARA INC: $5,500 · Arts & CultureSANTA BARBARA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $3,500 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureSANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $7,100 · PhilanthropyWOMEN'S FUND OF SANTA BARBARA: $6,000 · PhilanthropySANTA BARBARA PUERTO VALLARTA SISTER CITY COMMITTEE: $5,438 · InternationalTHE SHEPHERD FOUNDATION LTD: $4,100 · Human ServicesTHE COLAB FOUNDATION: $250 · Human Services+1 more: $100 · Human ServicesSISTER CITIES INTERNATIONAL INC: $2,500 · Public Benefit
Other$821,942Education$161,772Arts & Culture$34,500Philanthropy$13,100International$5,438Human Services$4,450Public Benefit$2,500

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 budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $206,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $128,547 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMUSIC ACADEMY OF THE WEST: $16,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLAGUNA BLANCA SCHOOL: $15,100 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPARTNERS FOR CHRISTIAN EDUCATION: $13,200 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLOBERO THEATRE FOUNDATION: $8,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $7,100 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $6,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S FUND OF SANTA BARBARA: $6,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetENSEMBLE THEATRE COMPANY OF SANTA BARBARA INC: $5,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSANTA BARBARA PUERTO VALLARTA SISTER CITY COMMITTEE: $5,438 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHEPHERD FOUNDATION LTD: $4,100 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSANTA BARBARA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSISTER CITIES INTERNATIONAL INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION: $1,525 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYoung America's Foundation: $1,350 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLambda Chi Alpha Educational Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AND STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWESTMONT COLLEGE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOCA GRANDE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GRAND CANYON TRUST INC: $600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFoodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc: $516 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOSEMITE FOUNDATION: $500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPROVIDENCE SCHOOL: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COLAB FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE GEORGE AND BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATION: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA BOTANIC GARDEN: $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWOOD SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds MUSIC ACADEMY OF THE WEST ↗
  • Who funds LAGUNA BLANCA SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERS FOR CHRISTIAN EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds LOBERO THEATRE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds University of Notre Dame du Lac ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S FUND OF SANTA BARBARA ↗
  • Who funds ENSEMBLE THEATRE COMPANY OF SANTA BARBARA INC ↗
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA PUERTO VALLARTA SISTER CITY COMMITTEE ↗
  • Who funds PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE SHEPHERD FOUNDATION LTD ↗
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds SISTER CITIES INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Young America's Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Lambda Chi Alpha Educational Foundation ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AND STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WESTMONT COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds BOCA GRANDE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗

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…Mosher FoundationAnn Jackson Family Fo…National Philanthropi…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…Donor Advised Charita…Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…
Santa Barbara FoundationCA17.2× affinity6 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 · Mosher Foundation · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get 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 · 0–90%
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 60 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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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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