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The Community Foundation San Luis Obispo

To make a difference through philanthropic leadership.

$6.5M
Granted FY2025still arriving
94
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$274k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Education$5.3MArts & Culture$4.8MHealth$3.7MHuman Services$3.6MHousing & Shelter$2.2MFood & Nutrition$2.1MEnvironment$2.0MYouth Development$1.4MOther$0
02FY2025 · 94 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 94 grants below total $5,792,964, the rows itemized in this filing. The $6,543,297 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $750,333 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 $10k15 grants · $109k
  • $10k–50k37 grants · $804k
  • $50k–250k40 grants · $4.4M
  • $250k+2 grants · $528k
$35,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$99M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SLO CLASSICAL ACADEMY$273,677
SAN LUIS OBISPO MUSEUM OF ART$254,356
PLANNED PARENTHOOD CALIFORNIA CENTRAL COAST$235,000
TRANSITIONS-MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION$213,535
COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INC$202,330
SAN LUIS OBISPO REPERTORY THEATRE$191,500
FOOD BANK COALITION OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY$187,162
FAMILY CARE NETWORK INC$180,000
CENTER FOR FAMILY STRENGTHENING$172,200
MOZART FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION DBA FESTIVAL MOZAIC$170,000
LUMINA ALLIANCE$160,650
CAL POLY STATE UNIVERSITY$144,500
PEOPLES' SELF-HELP HOUSING$143,080
COMMUNITY COUNSELING CENTER OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY$142,776
CAL POLY FOUNDATION$137,500
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, $455k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MIXTECOINDGENA COMMUNITY ORGANIZING PROJECT: $132k → 10%COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN CARING: $40k → 14%IMMIGRANT HOPE - SANTA BARBARA: $9k → 14%EL CAMINO HOMELESS ORGANIZATION: $71k → 12%EL CAMINO HOMELESS ORGANIZATION: $21k → 12%EL CAMINO HOMELESS ORGANIZATION: $12k → 12%FRIENDSHIP ADULT DAY CARE CENTER: $10k → 14%CHILDREN'S RESOURCE NETWORK OF THE CENTRAL COAST: $10k → 12%SENIOR VOLUNTEER SERVICESRSVP: $20k → 12%SENIOR VOLUNTEER SERVICESRSVP: $20k → 12%UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY: $10k → 12%UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY: $10k → 12%SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY YMCA A BRANCH OF CHANNEL ISLANDS YMCA: $10k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS PACIFIC COAST CHAPTER: $5k → 12%SENIOR VOLUNTEER SERVICES: $18k → 12%SHOWER THE PEOPLE: $20k → 12%SHOWER THE PEOPLE: $10k → 12%SHOWER THE PEOPLE: $8k → 12%SHOWER THE PEOPLE: $6k → 12%SHOWER THE PEOPLE: $5k → 12%SHOWER THE PEOPLE: $5k → 12%CAMP OCEAN PINES: $5k → 12%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

WA
ID
IL
MI
NY
MA
IN
CT
RI
CA
CO
VA
NM
KS
TN
NC
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.
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 16% of The Community Foundation San Luis Obispo’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 95% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 83%.

The Community Foundation San Luis Obispolessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 6.0% 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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$27M · 159 repeat orgs$2.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

159 repeat relationships: 74 still active in FY2025, 85 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

159
115

Total granted

$27M
$2.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+19%

Still filing today

81%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $635k 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
Arts & CultureEducationHealthHuman ServicesEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • MS
    MISSION SCHOOL MEMORIAL FOUNDATION
    6× · 2017–2024 · $2.2M · revenue +39%
  • FB
    FOOD BANK COALITION OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $959k · revenue +68%
  • TH
    TRANSITIONSMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $898k · revenue +68%

Funded once

  • NC
    NEIGHBOR CHURCH
    one grant, 2022 · $500k
  • TX
    THETA XI FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $150k · revenue +12%
  • CO
    CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO
    one grant, 2018 · $100k
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
Save Oceanside Sand

Save Oceanside Sand is a group of local activists dedicated to restoring and preserving the beaches of Oceanside, California. Working with local, regional, state, and federal authorities, our mission is to protect this vital resource by…

Education
2
San Luis Obispo Medical Education and Research Foundation Inc
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3
Immigrant Legal Services of the Central Coast Inc

Immigrant legal services of the central coast (ilscc) provides immigration-related legal services and information to the immigrant community of the central coast region of california, primarily santa cruz, san benito, and monterey…

Crime & Legal
4
Central Coast Overdose Prevention

CCODP aims to eliminate overdoses and other negative substance-related outcomes in the Tri-County communities and beyond by increasing awareness, reducing stigma, educating the public, improving access to community support services and…

Health
5
Coastal Watershed Council

CWC is pursuing its mission of protecting and preserving coastal watersheds through a strategic focus on the lower San Lorenzo River, transforming the river into a treasured community asset and destination that Santa Cruz is proud of.

Environment
6
Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce

The mission of the santa barbara south coast chamber of commerce is to create a strong local economy, promote the community, provide business resources and networking opportunities and represent business to the government.

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7
Santa Cruz Local Inc

Independent nonpartisan newsroom serving Santa Cruz County, California we are all watching and engaged in our local government, our needs are addressed, democracy works better and our community is stronger.

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8
Environmental Defense Center

The organization protects and enhances the local environment through education, advocacy and legal action.

Crime & Legal
9
Avila Beach Community Foundation

To provide public benefit to the community of avila beach, san luis obispo county, california.

Philanthropy
10
The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County

To conserve natural resources, agricultural land and open spaces for present and future generations.

Environment
11
Habitat for Humanity for San Luis Obispo County

Seeking to put god's love into action, habitat for humanity for san luis obispo brings people together to build homes, communities, and hope.

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12
Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks

Friends of santa cruz state parks is a vital partner to california state parks, creatively working to ensure parks and beaches throughout santa cruz county and coastal san mateo county are thriving and available to all.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is El Camino Homeless Organization; the most unlike its peers is Corazon Latino. 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

231 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 231 of the 300 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.

22
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
81
Early backer (in before they grew)
220/231
Grantees still filing
158/231
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TRANSITIONSMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION: $898,347 · OtherTRANSITIONSMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATIONCOMMUNITY COUNSELING CENTER OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INC: $643,068 · OtherCommunity Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County Inc: $554,314 · OtherNEIGHBOR CHURCH: $500,000 · OtherSAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION COUNCIL DBA CFSSLO: $560,301 · OtherPEOPLE'S SELF HELP HOUSING CORP: $590,080 · Other+114 more: $9,430,795 · Other+114 moreMISSION SCHOOL MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $2,207,789 · EducationMISSION SCHOOL MEM…SAN LUIS OBISPO CLASSICAL ACADEMY: $703,677 · EducationSAN LUIS OBISPO CL…CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $449,500 · EducationCALIFORNIA POLYTEC…CAL POLY CORPORATION: $354,229 · EducationCAL POLY CORPORATI…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $295,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUST…CUESTA COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $273,114 · EducationCUESTA COLLEGE FOU…+13 more: $534,176 · Education+13 moreSAN LUIS OBISPO MUSEUM OF ART: $1,457,715 · Arts & CultureSAN LUIS OBISPO…SAN LUIS OBISPO REPERTORY THEATRE: $633,000 · Arts & CultureSAN LUIS OBISPO…SAN LUIS OBISPO SYMPHONY INC: $323,065 · Arts & CultureSAN LUIS OBISPO…MOZART FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: $288,500 · Arts & CultureMOZART FESTIVAL…PASO ROBLES YOUTH ARTS CENTER: $191,573 · Arts & CultureFOUNDATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $179,113 · Arts & CultureCLARK CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $161,346 · Arts & CulturePASO ROBLES PIONEER DAY COMMITTEE: $160,000 · Arts & Culture+11 more: $596,707 · Arts & Culture+11 more5CITIES HOMELESS COALITION INC: $741,140 · Human Services5CITIES H…LUMINA ALLIANCE: $710,910 · Human ServicesLUMINA AL…EL CAMINO HOMELESS ORGANIZATION: $342,800 · Human ServicesEL CAMINO…JACKS HELPING HAND INC: $263,350 · Human ServicesJACKS HEL…MIXTECO INDIGENA COMMUNITY ORGANIZING PROJECT: $132,000 · Human Services+7 more: $328,500 · Human Services+7 moreTHE LAND CONSERVANCY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY: $637,723 · EnvironmentCAYUCOS LAND CONSERVANCY: $515,000 · EnvironmentMORRO COAST AUDUBON SOCIETY: $211,224 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF SAN LUIS OBISPO BOTANICAL GARDEN: $210,874 · EnvironmentECOLOGISTICS INC: $110,313 · EnvironmentOne Cool Earth: $90,900 · Environment+1 more: $15,000 · EnvironmentFOOD BANK COALITION OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY: $959,101 · Food & NutritionSenior Nutrition Program of San Luis Obispo County: $302,421 · Food & NutritionCentral Coast Ag Network Inc AKA City Farm SLO: $256,062 · Food & NutritionSLOW MONEY SAN LUIS OBISPO: $123,200 · Food & Nutrition+2 more: $75,500 · Food & NutritionPLANNED PARENTHOOD CALIFORNIA CENTRAL COAST: $469,946 · HealthSLO NOOR FOUNDATION A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION: $449,800 · HealthFRENCH HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $120,700 · HealthCasa Solana INC: $96,336 · HealthLong Term Care Ombudsman Services of San Luis Obispo County: $95,000 · Health+12 more: $356,387 · Health
Other$13,176,905Education$4,817,485Arts & Culture$3,991,019Human Services$2,518,700Environment$1,791,034Food & Nutrition$1,716,284Health$1,588,169

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetMISSION SCHOOL MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $2,207,789 over 6y, 18% of budgetSAN LUIS OBISPO MUSEUM OF ART: $1,457,715 over 8y, 72% of budgetFOOD BANK COALITION OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY: $959,101 over 9y, 2.2% of budgetTRANSITIONSMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION: $898,347 over 9y, 1.8% of budget5CITIES HOMELESS COALITION INC: $741,140 over 8y, 37% of budgetLUMINA ALLIANCE: $710,910 over 9y, 4.4% of budgetSAN LUIS OBISPO CLASSICAL ACADEMY: $703,677 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY COUNSELING CENTER OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INC: $643,068 over 9y, 14% of budgetTHE LAND CONSERVANCY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY: $637,723 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetSAN LUIS OBISPO REPERTORY THEATRE: $633,000 over 9y, 12% of budgetPEOPLE'S SELF HELP HOUSING CORP: $590,080 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetSAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION COUNCIL DBA CFSSLO: $560,301 over 6y, 13% of budgetCommunity Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County Inc: $554,314 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetCAYUCOS LAND CONSERVANCY: $515,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD CALIFORNIA CENTRAL COAST: $469,946 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetSLO NOOR FOUNDATION A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION: $449,800 over 9y, 9.7% of budgetCALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $449,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPacific Wildlife Care: $418,763 over 9y, 9.6% of budgetFAMILY CARE NETWORK INC: $359,000 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetCAL POLY CORPORATION: $354,229 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetEL CAMINO HOMELESS ORGANIZATION: $342,800 over 8y, 3.7% of budgetSAN LUIS OBISPO SYMPHONY INC: $323,065 over 8y, 14% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INC: $321,778 over 9y, 7.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE CENTRAL COAST: $314,940 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetSenior Nutrition Program of San Luis Obispo County: $302,421 over 8y, 6.2% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $295,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budget37TH DISTRICT BUYERS COALITION THE: $292,775 over 2y, 80% of budgetWOODS HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $289,773 over 9y, 1.9% of budgetMOZART FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: $288,500 over 7y, 13% of budgetCUESTA COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $273,114 over 9y, 2.5% of budgetSAN LUIS OBISPO CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHILD DEVELOPMENT RESOURCE CENTER: $266,000 over 9y, 5.2% of budgetJACKS HELPING HAND INC: $263,350 over 9y, 4.5% of budgetCentral Coast Ag Network Inc AKA City Farm SLO: $256,062 over 8y, 32% of budgetMORRO COAST AUDUBON SOCIETY: $211,224 over 8y, 21% of budgetFRIENDS OF SAN LUIS OBISPO BOTANICAL GARDEN: $210,874 over 8y, 17% of budgetTOLOSA CHILDREN'S DENTAL CENTER OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY: $210,000 over 7y, 3.4% of budgetSAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $203,000 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetPASO ROBLES YOUTH ARTS CENTER: $191,573 over 7y, 9.4% of budgetHOSPICE OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY: $180,500 over 6y, 7.9% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY: $179,750 over 8y, 5.1% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $179,113 over 9y, 4.4% of budgetKCBX INC: $175,208 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetCALIFORNIA MID-STATE FAIR HERITAGE FOUNDATION INC: $171,500 over 2y, 11% of budgetCLARK CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $161,346 over 9y, 7.4% of budgetPASO ROBLES PIONEER DAY COMMITTEE: $160,000 over 2y, 55% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH TEXAS (TAX: $150,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHETA XI FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetATASCADERO LOAVES AND FISHES: $142,336 over 5y, 8.0% 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 MISSION SCHOOL MEMORIAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SAN LUIS OBISPO MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK COALITION OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds TRANSITIONSMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds 5CITIES HOMELESS COALITION INC ↗
  • Who funds LUMINA ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds SAN LUIS OBISPO CLASSICAL ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY COUNSELING CENTER OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE LAND CONSERVANCY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds SAN LUIS OBISPO REPERTORY THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds PEOPLE'S SELF HELP HOUSING CORP ↗
  • Who funds SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION COUNCIL DBA CFSSLO ↗
  • Who funds Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County Inc ↗
  • Who funds CAYUCOS LAND CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD CALIFORNIA CENTRAL COAST ↗
  • Who funds SLO NOOR FOUNDATION A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Pacific Wildlife Care ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY CARE NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds CAL POLY CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds EL CAMINO HOMELESS ORGANIZATION ↗
  • Who funds SAN LUIS OBISPO SYMPHONY INC ↗
  • Who funds COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE CENTRAL COAST ↗
  • Who funds Senior Nutrition Program of San Luis Obispo County ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds 37TH DISTRICT BUYERS COALITION THE ↗
  • Who funds WOODS HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds MOZART FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds CUESTA COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SAN LUIS OBISPO CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHILD DEVELOPMENT RESOURCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds JACKS HELPING HAND INC ↗
  • Who funds Central Coast Ag Network Inc AKA City Farm SLO ↗
  • Who funds MORRO COAST AUDUBON SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF SAN LUIS OBISPO BOTANICAL GARDEN ↗
  • Who funds TOLOSA CHILDREN'S DENTAL CENTER OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY ↗

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…MustHarold J Miossi Chari…The Niner Foundation …Hutton Foundation Dba…Resnick FoundationDignity HealthThe McCune FoundationThe Shanbrom Family F…Hughes Charitable Fou…Bull Henry W Foundati…The Henry Mayo Newhal…
Santa Barbara FoundationCA50.5× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Santa Barbara Foundation · Must · Harold J Miossi Charitable Trust · The Niner Foundation Inc · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · Resnick Foundation · Dignity Health · The McCune Foundation · The Shanbrom Family Foundation · Hughes Charitable Foundation · Bull Henry W Foundation · The Henry Mayo Newhall 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 The Community Foundation San Luis Obispo funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Community Foundation San Luis Obispo. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
61report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 300 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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