California · Public charity
The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College
The sbcc foundation fuels the excellence of santa barbara city college by engaging the community, building relationships, and inviting the generosity of donors. The resources raised and managed by the foundation enrich college programs, remove barriers, and empower students to succeed.
- $3.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,917,872
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,917,872
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $104M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 80% of the organizations The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $231k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $3.3M | 50% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $4.3M | 80% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $3.7M | 80% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $3.2M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $3.4M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $4.9M | 33% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $4.4M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $5.0M | 67% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Barbara City College | $31,778,323 | 9 | n/a |
| Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade | $1,030,576 | 3 | 72% |
| PARTNERS IN COMMUNITY RENEWAL Attn CURTIS SKENE | $965,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Mem Employee Ownership Trust Udt Dated August 3 2022 | $850,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Yes on P For SBCC | $389,721 | 1 | n/a |
| San Marcos High School Royal Pride Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 23% |
| Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History | $96,989 | 1 | 1% |
| The Akili Project | $24,145 | 1 | 32% |
| Starr-King Parent-Child Workshop | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Fund for Santa Barbara Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Barbara City College | $31,778,323 | 9 | n/a |
| Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade | $1,030,576 | 3 | 72% |
| PARTNERS IN COMMUNITY RENEWAL Attn CURTIS SKENE | $965,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Mem Employee Ownership Trust Udt Dated August 3 2022 | $850,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Yes on P For SBCC | $389,721 | 1 | n/a |
| San Marcos High School Royal Pride Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 23% |
| Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History | $96,989 | 1 | 1% |
| The Akili Project | $24,145 | 1 | 32% |
| Starr-King Parent-Child Workshop | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Fund for Santa Barbara Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Explore Ecology | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Formative Foundation | $6,979 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($328k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 8 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College with peer funders
About The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College
- How much does The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College give?
- The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College reported 2 grants totaling $3,345,094 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (89%), Public Safety & Disaster (7%), Community Improvement (2%).
- Who are The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Santa Barbara City College ($32M), Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade ($1.0M), PARTNERS IN COMMUNITY RENEWAL Attn CURTIS SKENE ($965k).
- Does The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Santa Barbara Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College based?
- The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College is based in CA.
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