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The Darlene & Harry Lambert Foundation at a glance

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The Darlene & Harry Lambert 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.

$212k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$36k
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Human Services$366kAnimals$364kFood & Nutrition$234kHealth$86kInternational$51k
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k9 grants · $65k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $147k
$8,100
Median grant
4
States reached
$3.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PORT ANGELES FOOD BANK$36,400
THE BRITISH HOME IN CALIFORNIA LTD$36,000
THE SALVATION ARMY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$16,200
PASADENA HUMANE SOCIETY$16,200
BUNNIES URGENTLY NEEDING SHELTER$10,800
HOSPICE OF SANTA BARBARA$10,800
SANTA YNEZ VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY DAWG$10,800
OPERATION UPLIFT$10,000
SANTA BARBARA WILDLIFE CARE NETWORK$8,100
HEIFER INTERNATIONAL$8,100
DAWG FOUNDERS FUND$8,100
DOGS FOR BETTER LIVES$8,100
LANGE FOUNDATION$8,100
CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE$8,100
VOICE FOR THE ANIMALS FOUNDATION$5,400
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 (FY20–24, $337k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 85% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PETS FOR THE ELDERLY FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY: $10k → 16%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $13k → 11%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $10k → 11%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $10k → 11%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $10k → 11%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $8k → 11%THE BRITISH HOME IN CALIFORNIA LTD: $60k → 14%THE BRITISH HOME IN CALIFORNIA LTD: $56k → 14%THE BRITISH HOME IN CALIFORNIA LTD: $50k → 14%THE BRITISH HOME IN CALIFORNIA LTD: $47k → 14%THE BRITISH HOME IN CALIFORNIA LTD: $36k → 14%LANGE FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%LANGE FOUNDATION: $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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 19 repeat orgs$62k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
4

Total granted

$1.0M
$30k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+146%

Still filing today

74%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsHuman ServicesFood & NutritionOther
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

  • TB
    THE BRITISH HOME IN CALIFORNIA LTD
    5× · 2020–2024 · $248k · revenue +31%
  • CC
    CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $51k · revenue +70%
  • SB
    SANTA BARBARA WILDLIFE CARE NETWORK
    5× · 2020–2024 · $51k · revenue +116%

Funded once

  • CS
    CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY - GREATER CINCINNATI/NORTHERN KENTUCKY
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +16%
  • PF
    PETS FOR THE ELDERLY FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +146%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
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
The Senior Dog Sanctuary

To provide a safe haven for senior dogs that are abandoned, abused, or face euthanasia who are unable to be cared for by their owners.

Animals
2
Santa Barbara Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Santa barbara humane operates two campuses located in santa barbara and santa maria providing care for community-owned and homeless animals. both campuses offer affordable high quality veterinary care, compassionate behavior training…

Animals
3
Santa Barbara County Animal Care Foundation Inc

To provide better care for animals in santa barbara county shelters.

Animals
4
High Sierra Animal Rescue Inc

High Sierra Animal Rescues mission is to save the lives of homeless dogs in the regions served. Our staff and volunteers are dedicated to making our communities better through successful adoptions advancing their welfare and creating human…

Animals
5
Rancho Coastal Humane Society

See schedule orancho coastal is dedicated to the rescue and shelter of abandoned companion animals. it encourages adoptions into loving homes and provides educational and community outreach programs designed to enhance the human-animal…

Animals
6
Friends of Seal Beach Animal Care Center Inc

Sheltering, facilitation of neutering, medical services and adoption of cats and dogs

Animals
7
Leave No Paws Behind Inc

Conduct animal rescues, rehabilitation and rehome senior animals abandoned to the shelter's system.

Animals
8
Pet Orphans of Southern California

In addition to rescue and adoption, pet orphans provides a wide range of services including education, medical/financial, spay/neuter, and training assistance.

Animals
9
Santa Cruz Humane Society Inc

To provide a no kill shelter for homeless pets and promote adoption to good homes.

Animals
10
Animal Samaritans

At Animal Samaritans we champion compassion and respect for all living creatures, with a primary focus on dogs, cats, and the people who love them. We view pets not merely as animals, but as members of our families. As their guardians and…

Animals
11
Pets Lifeline Inc

Pets Lifeline is dedicated to protecting and improving the lives of cats and dogs in need in Sonoma Valley through sheltering and adoption, humane education, and community programs.

Animals
12
Nevada Humane Society

To care for pets, find them homes and save lives.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Canine Companions for Independence Inc; the most unlike its peers is The British Home in California Ltd. 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

17 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. 17 of the 26 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
13/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE BRITISH HOME IN CALIFORNIA LTD: $248,000 · Human ServicesTHE BRITISH HOME IN CALIFORNIA LTDCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $50,600 · Human ServicesCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE IN…GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $29,600 · Human ServicesGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INCLANGE FOUNDATION: $18,100 · Human Services+2 more: $20,000 · Human Services+2 moreHEIFER INTERNATIONAL: $50,600 · OtherHEIFER INTERNATIONALVOICE FOR THE ANIMALS FOUNDATION: $45,400 · OtherVOICE FOR THE ANIMALS FOUNDATI…THE SALVATION ARMY - LONG BEACH CA: $42,500 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY - LONG BEAC…HOSPICE OF SANTA BARBARA INC: $40,800 · OtherHOSPICE OF SANTA BARBARA INCOPERATION UPLIFT: $30,000 · OtherOPERATION UPLIFTCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY GREATER SAN GABRIEL VALLEY: $30,000 · OtherCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY GREAT…LIVE AND LET LIVE FARM RESCUE &: $20,000 · OtherLIVE AND LET LIVE FARM RESCUE …THE SALVATION ARMY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $16,200 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY SOUTHERN CA…SANTA YNEZ VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY DAWG: $10,800 · Other+2 more: $10,400 · OtherSANTA BARBARA WILDLIFE CARE NETWORK: $50,600 · AnimalsSANTA BARBARA WILDLIFE …DOGS FOR THE DEAF INC DBA DOGS FOR BETTER LIVES: $50,600 · AnimalsDOGS FOR THE DEAF INC D…BUNNIES URGENTLY NEEDING SHELTER: $43,300 · AnimalsBUNNIES URGENTLY NEEDIN…PASADENA HUMANE: $26,200 · AnimalsPASADENA HUMANESANTA YNEZ VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY: $20,000 · AnimalsSANTA YNEZ VALLEY HUMAN…SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA: $15,400 · AnimalsSAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIET…DAWG Founders Fund: $13,100 · AnimalsDAWG Founders Fund+1 more: $5,000 · AnimalsPORT ANGELES FOOD BANK: $214,400 · Food & NutritionPORT ANGELES FOOD BANK
Human Services$366,300Other$296,700Animals$224,200Food & Nutrition$214,400

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE BRITISH HOME IN CALIFORNIA LTD: $248,000 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetPORT ANGELES FOOD BANK: $214,400 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $50,600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA WILDLIFE CARE NETWORK: $50,600 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetDOGS FOR THE DEAF INC DBA DOGS FOR BETTER LIVES: $50,600 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetBUNNIES URGENTLY NEEDING SHELTER: $43,300 over 4y, 15% of budgetHOSPICE OF SANTA BARBARA INC: $40,800 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY GREATER SAN GABRIEL VALLEY: $30,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $29,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPASADENA HUMANE: $26,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSANTA YNEZ VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetLANGE FOUNDATION: $18,100 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA: $15,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDAWG Founders Fund: $13,100 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY - GREATER CINCINNATI/NORTHERN KENTUCKY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPETS FOR THE ELDERLY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetSHADOWS FUND INCORPORATED: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% 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 THE BRITISH HOME IN CALIFORNIA LTD ↗
  • Who funds PORT ANGELES FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA WILDLIFE CARE NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds DOGS FOR THE DEAF INC DBA DOGS FOR BETTER LIVES ↗
  • Who funds BUNNIES URGENTLY NEEDING SHELTER ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE OF SANTA BARBARA INC ↗
  • Who funds CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY GREATER SAN GABRIEL VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
  • Who funds PASADENA HUMANE ↗
  • Who funds SANTA YNEZ VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds LANGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA ↗
  • Who funds DAWG Founders Fund ↗
  • Who funds CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY - GREATER CINCINNATI/NORTHERN KENTUCKY ↗
  • Who funds PETS FOR THE ELDERLY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SHADOWS FUND INCORPORATED ↗

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…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Santa Barbara FoundationCA13.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Santa Barbara Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Darlene & Harry Lambert Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Darlene & Harry Lambert Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 26 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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