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The Corwin D Denney Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$900k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
65
Grants FY2024
57
Organizations funded FY2023
23%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$7,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
42 to 63
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
17
Total assets, FY2024
$18M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 23% of the organizations The Corwin D Denney Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthEnvironmentInternationalHuman ServicesAnimalsHousing & ShelterOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving65$900k29%
FY202357$675k23%
FY202263$470k44%
FY202150$380k28%
FY202048$317k27%
FY201956$476k39%
FY201845$447k47%
FY201742$571kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$1.5MEducation$446kPublic Safety & Disaster$279kArts & Culture$263kInternational$261kCrime & Legal$247kHousing & Shelter$230kEnvironment$141kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 137 grantees
All grantees of The Corwin D Denney Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Children's Hospital Los Angeles$630,75060%
National Disaster Search Dog Foundation$195,00081%
Casa Serena$184,00071%
Los Angeles Trial Lawyers' Charities a Ca Non Profit Public Benefit Corp$173,00084%
Pepperdine University$165,00080%
Saint John's Health Center Foundation$125,00030%
Transition House$112,75061%
Westmont College$107,50080%
Palm Springs Air Museum Inc$100,00012%
Direct Relief$82,50040%
The Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values Inc$80,00023%
Santa Barbara Rescue Mission$61,00070%
Hospice of Santa Barbara Inc$57,50081%
The Library Foundation of Los Angeles$55,00050%
Memorial Medical Center Foundation$55,00020%
Regents of the University of Michigan$52,5008n/a
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$50,00020%
World Central Kitchen Inc$48,87540%
Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara Inc$47,50071%
Dignitymoves$45,00020%
Environmental Defense Center$43,50081%
Yosemite Foundation$40,00040%
Center for a New Economy Inc$40,00032%
Organic Soup Kitchen$39,00071%
Big City Mountaineers$33,00061%
American Near East Refugee Aid$30,00020%
Consumer Watchdog$28,75070%
Montecito Retirement Association$28,25010%
Women's Fund of Santa Barbara$27,97561%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$25,00020%
The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County$25,00050%
Shelterbox USA Inc$25,00030%
Girls Incorporated of Greater Santa Barbara$23,00040%
Valley Children's Healthcare Foundation$22,50030%
Rad Camp Inc$22,00061%
National Park Foundation$20,50050%
Honnold Foundation$20,00040%
Palestine Children's Relief Fund$20,00020%
Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence$15,00030%
Happy Doggo$15,00011%
Loyola Marymount University$15,00030%
Miami University Foundation$15,00010%
Calm Inc$13,43730%
Hope for Ukraine Inc$12,50030%
Asylum Access$12,50020%
Madera County Food Bank$12,00040%
United States Fund for Unicef$11,50010%
State Street Ballet$11,00040%
National Council for Adoption$10,00011%
Vetpaw Inc$10,00011%
Doheny Eye Institute$10,00010%
Orange County Trial Lawyers Charities$10,00018%
Public Justice Foundation$10,00050%
Kind Inc$10,00020%
Alano Club of Santa Barbara$10,00015%
Phi Gamma Delta Educational Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Sarah House of Santa Barbara$10,00011%
CalWild$9,00060%
Long Beach Memorial Medical Center$8,2401n/a
Brain Injury Association of America Inc$8,00040%
National Women's Law Center$8,00020%
Save The Children Federation Inc$8,00010%
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc$7,50010%
Precious Lamb Preschool Inc$7,00031%
The Nature of Wildworks$6,50022%
Long Beach Rescue Mission$6,25030%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$6,12520%
Friends of Long Beach Animal Shelter$6,00021%
Puppies Behind Bars Inc$6,00010%
Noah's Animal House Foundation$6,00030%
Wish Upon a Wedding$5,00011%
Ventura College Foundation$5,00010%
Maui Food Bank Inc$5,00010%
Tower Cancer Research Foundation$5,00010%
Consumer Attorneys Public Interest Foundation$5,00019%
Equal Justice Initiative$5,00010%
Brentwood School$5,00010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$5,00010%
Tiny Paws Pug Rescue$5,00012%
Village Properties Teacher's Fund$5,00014%
Homeboy Industries$5,00010%
Kumulani Chapel$5,0001n/a
Youth and Family Services Inc$5,0001n/a
Adventure Risk Challenge$5,00020%
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence$5,00010%
Together We Rise$5,00010%
Stewards of the Sierra National Forest$4,50034%
Homefront America Inc$4,00022%
Carrizo Plain Conservancy$4,00024%
Friends of the Inyo$4,00040%
International Relief Teams$3,50010%
Dordick Trial College 2 Corp$3,5001n/a
My Stuff Bags Foundation$3,50040%
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc$3,00020%
Providence Trinitycare Hospice Foundation$3,00010%
The Mutt Scouts Inc$3,00022%
Path$3,00010%
Medical Debt Resolution Inc$3,00010%
Los Padres Forestwatch Inc$3,00030%
Turtle Island Restoration Network$2,50010%
Lost Sierra Food Project$2,50011%
High Sierra Animal Rescue Inc$2,50011%
Kaha Kukahi$2,50010%
Wilderness Youth Project Inc$2,50010%
100cameras$2,50012%
Perry Alano Club$2,5001n/a
Maxx Crosby Foundation$2,50011%
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation$2,00010%
Fayette County Family Young Mens Christian$2,00010%
Long Beach Bar Foundation$2,00011%
California Womens Recovery Inc$2,00011%
Paba Foundation$2,0001n/a
Vna Health Foundation$2,00020%
K-9 Placement and Assistance League Inc$2,00011%
West Coast Sports Medicine Foundation$2,00020%
Sierra Nevada Alliance$2,00040%
Earth Island Institute Inc$1,50010%
Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation Inc$1,50010%
I C A R E Dog Rescue$1,50011%
One World Childrens Fund$1,50020%
Doctors Without Walls Santa Barbara Street Medicine$1,18710%
Harbor Interfaith Services Inc$1,00010%
Community Environmental Council$1,00010%
Santa Barbara New House$1,00010%
Mountain Area Youth Organization$1,00011%
Santa Margarita Catholic High School$1,0001n/a
Youth Employment Partnership Inc$1,00010%
Align Ministries DBA Align International$1,00010%
Santa Barbara Meals on Wheels Inc$1,00010%
Philippine American Bar Association$1,00011%
Access Mammoth$75010%
Resilience Partners NFP$5001n/a
Operation Helping Hands$50011%
California Outdoor Recreation Foundation$5001n/a
Beautiful Day Impact 365$50011%
Girl Scouts of San Gorgonio Council$50010%
Channel Islands Restoration$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 35 recipients with no EIN on record ($796k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Corwin D Denney Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $630,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNational Disaster Search Dog Foundation: $195,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetCasa Serena: $184,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetLos Angeles Trial Lawyers' Charities a Ca Non Profit Public Benefit Corp: $173,000 over 8y, 3.9% of budgetPepperdine University: $165,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSaint John's Health Center Foundation: $125,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTransition House: $112,750 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetWestmont College: $107,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPalm Springs Air Museum Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetDirect Relief: $82,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values Inc: $80,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetSanta Barbara Rescue Mission: $61,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetHospice of Santa Barbara Inc: $57,500 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetThe Library Foundation of Los Angeles: $55,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMemorial Medical Center Foundation: $55,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $48,875 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEnsemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara Inc: $47,500 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetDignitymoves: $45,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Center: $43,500 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetYosemite Foundation: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCenter for a New Economy Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetOrganic Soup Kitchen: $39,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetBig City Mountaineers: $33,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetAmerican Near East Refugee Aid: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetConsumer Watchdog: $28,750 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetMontecito Retirement Association: $28,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWomen's Fund of Santa Barbara: $27,975 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Land Trust for Santa Barbara County: $25,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetShelterbox USA Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGirls Incorporated of Greater Santa Barbara: $23,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetValley Children's Healthcare Foundation: $22,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRad Camp Inc: $22,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $20,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHonnold Foundation: $20,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetPalestine Children's Relief Fund: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGiffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHappy Doggo: $15,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetLoyola Marymount University: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMiami University Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCalm Inc: $13,437 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHope for Ukraine Inc: $12,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetAsylum Access: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMadera County Food Bank: $12,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $11,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetState Street Ballet: $11,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetNational Council for Adoption: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 127.

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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 FoundationCA49× affinity25 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 · Williams-Corbett Foundation · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · Alice Tweed Tuohy Foundation · June G Outhwaite Charitable Trust JS Poucher KL Englert & CM Cooney Co-Tr · James S Bower Foundation · Towbes Foundation · Patricia Bragg Foundation · California Community Foundation · Latkin Charitable Foundation · Stone Family 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.

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About The Corwin D Denney Foundation

How much does The Corwin D Denney Foundation give?
The Corwin D Denney Foundation reported 65 grants totaling $900,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 42 and 63 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Corwin D Denney Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (36%), Education (11%), Public Safety & Disaster (7%).
Who are The Corwin D Denney Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Children's Hospital Los Angeles ($631k), National Disaster Search Dog Foundation ($195k), Casa Serena ($184k).
Does The Corwin D Denney Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Corwin D Denney 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 Corwin D Denney Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Santa Barbara Foundation, Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation, Williams-Corbett Foundation.
Where is The Corwin D Denney Foundation based?
The Corwin D Denney Foundation is based in CA.

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 174 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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