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The Edgecomb Foundation at a glance

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The Edgecomb Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3k
Granted FY2023
2
Grants FY2023
2
States reached
$3k
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 2023.

Education$60kHealth$42kArts & Culture$6kAnimals$6kPhilanthropy$3kPublic Safety & Disaster$3kYouth Development$2kHuman Services$850Other$0
02FY2023 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$82k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS$2,500
Individual grant recipient$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–21, $21k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%DREAM FOUNDATION: $18k → 14%DREAM FOUNDATION: $3k → 14%DREAM FOUNDATION: $500 → 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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$100k · 7 repeat orgs$22k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against -23% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2023, 6 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
15

Total granted

$100k
$22k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
-23%

Still filing today

86%
27%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyPublic Safety & DisasterRecreation & SportsAnimalsOther
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

  • CU
    CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2018–2021 · $37k · revenue +46%
  • LB
    LAGUNA BLANCA SCHOOL
    3× · 2017–2020 · $15k · revenue +62%
  • BC
    BROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $15k · revenue +43%

Funded once

  • SB
    SANTA BARBARA BOWL FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $4k · revenue +54%
  • 9A
    911 AT EASE INTERNATIONAL INC
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue -76%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
    one grant, 2021 · $3k
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
Opera Santa Barbara

See schedule 0founded in 1994, opera santa barbara is the signature provider of professional opera on the california central coast. we aspire to be a cultural leader in the santa barbara region, voicing and advancing our community's spirit…

Arts & Culture
2
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts North America Inc

The specific purposes for which bafta na is organized is to promote, maintain, improve and advance original and creative work among individuals employed professionally in film and television production and allied industries, to create and…

Arts & Culture
3
Santa Barbara Education Foundation

Santa Barbara Education Foundation (SBEF) provides and supports programs that enrich the academic, artistic, and personal development of all students in the Santa Barbara Unified School District.

Education
4
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
5
The Bar Association of San Francisco

The bar association of san francisco champions equal access to justice and promotes humanity, excellence, and diversity in the legal profession. we provide legal services to disadvantaged and underserved individuals in san francisco. we…

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6
San Diego County Bar Association

The mission of the san diego county bar association is to be the representative of the san diego county legal profession, serving the prblic and the profession by enhancing the legal system and promoting justice, professional excellence,…

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7
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
8
Santa Barbara Public Library Foundation

The santa barbara public library foundation supports the long-term health and sustainability of the santa barbara public library through public-private partnerships.

Public Benefit
9
Los Angeles County Bar Association (Lacba)

Meeting the professional needs of los angeles lawyers, and improving the administration of justice.

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10
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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11
Santa Barbara Foundation

The mission of the santa barbara foundation (sbf) is to mobilize collective wisdom and philanthropic capital to build empathetic, inclusive and resilient communities.

Philanthropy
12
Santa Barbara Middle School

To operate a school for grades 6-9, delivering a holistic program of academics, arts & athletics, community service, and outdoor education that fosters passion for life and learning, self trust, strength and courage to succeed, and…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Giorgio Foundation. 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

11 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. 11 of the 23 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/11
Grantees still filing
5/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $37,000 · EducationCHAPMAN UNIVERSITYLAGUNA BLANCA SCHOOL: $15,000 · EducationLAGUNA BLANCA SCHOOLBROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC: $15,000 · OtherBROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AID…SAMARKAND BENEVOLENT FUND: $3,000 · OtherSAMARKAND BENEVOLENT FUNDUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS: $2,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXASMCCOMBS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS: $2,500 · OtherMCCOMBS SCHOOL OF BUSINESSMATER DEI SCHOOL: $2,500 · OtherMATER DEI SCHOOLSANTA BARBARA FIREFIGHTERS ALLIANCE: $2,500 · OtherSANTA BARBARA FIREFIGHTERS ALLI…+10 more: $6,200 · Other+10 moreDALMATIAN DREAMS DBA DREAM FOUNDATION: $20,500 · Human ServicesDALMATIAN DREAMS DB…SANTA BARBARA EQUINE ASSISTANCE AND EVACUATION TEAM: $5,500 · AnimalsSANTA BARBARA BOWL FOUNDATION: $3,760 · Recreation & SportsTHE GIORGIO FOUNDATION: $3,500 · Philanthropy911 AT EASE INTERNATIONAL INC: $2,500 · Health
Education$52,000Other$34,200Human Services$20,500Animals$5,500Recreation & Sports$3,760Philanthropy$3,500Health$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 budgetCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $37,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDALMATIAN DREAMS DBA DREAM FOUNDATION: $20,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetLAGUNA BLANCA SCHOOL: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC: $15,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA EQUINE ASSISTANCE AND EVACUATION TEAM: $5,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSANTA BARBARA BOWL FOUNDATION: $3,760 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GIORGIO FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budget911 AT EASE INTERNATIONAL INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSANTA BARBARA FIREFIGHTERS ALLIANCE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetORIGINAL MUSIC WORKSHOP INC: $1,000 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 CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds DALMATIAN DREAMS DBA DREAM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LAGUNA BLANCA SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds BROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA EQUINE ASSISTANCE AND EVACUATION TEAM ↗
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA BOWL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE GIORGIO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds 911 AT EASE INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA FIREFIGHTERS ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds ORIGINAL MUSIC WORKSHOP INC ↗
  • Who funds SOCIAL SKILLS AMERICA ↗

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.

Www FoundationG a Fowler Family Fou…Mosher FoundationThe Wood-Claeyssens F…Santa Barbara Foundat…Rudi Schulte Family F…Hutton Foundation Dba…Jewish Communal FundNational Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…
Www FoundationCA17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Www Foundation · G a Fowler Family Foundation · Mosher Foundation · The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation · Santa Barbara Foundation · Rudi Schulte Family Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 The Edgecomb Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Edgecomb Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 23 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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