California · Private foundation
The B & B Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $158k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 56
- Grants FY2026
- 59
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 57 to 60
- FY2021 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 6
- Total assets, FY2026
- $1.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 29% of the organizations The B & B Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 46% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 56 | $158k | 13% |
| FY2025 | 59 | $163k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 59 | $141k | 27% |
| FY2023 | 60 | $131k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 57 | $153k | 21% |
| FY2021 | 60 | $140k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc | $46,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara | $35,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Eagle Mount | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Direct Relief | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| World Dance for Humanity | $29,750 | 6 | 1% |
| National Disaster Search Dog Foundation | $26,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Unity Shoppe Inc | $26,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Organic Soup Kitchen | $26,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Santa Barbara Education Foundation | $17,000 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 90 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($187k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The B & B Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Santa Barbara Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · Williams-Corbett Foundation · The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation · June G Outhwaite Charitable Trust JS Poucher KL Englert & CM Cooney Co-Tr · James S Bower Foundation · Towbes Foundation · Latkin Charitable Foundation · Mosher Foundation · Patricia Bragg Foundation · The Kirby-Jones Foundation
How this is measured
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About The B & B Foundation
- How much does The B & B Foundation give?
- The B & B Foundation reported 56 grants totaling $158,000 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 57 and 60 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2025.
- What does The B & B Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2026, its largest causes are Health (24%), Education (14%), Human Services (11%).
- Who are The B & B Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2026: Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc ($47k), Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics ($40k), Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara ($35k).
- Does The B & B Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The B & B Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The B & B Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Santa Barbara Foundation, Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation, Ann Jackson Family Foundation.
- Where is The B & B Foundation based?
- The B & B Foundation is based in CA.
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