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The Garland and Brenda Reiter Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$237k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
31
Grants FY2024
29
Organizations funded FY2023
45%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$33,000
Organizations funded a year
16 to 29
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
5
Total assets, FY2024
$4.2M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 45% of the organizations The Garland and Brenda Reiter Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 50% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $71k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
EnvironmentHealthCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesArts & CultureCrime & LegalOther
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 arriving31$237k26%
FY202329$143k45%
FY202223$121k26%
FY202122$83k23%
FY202019$95k42%
FY201916$90kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Environment$179kYouth Development$102kCommunity Improvement$92kEducation$71kHealth$63kInternational$61kFood & Nutrition$49kArts & Culture$39kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
IA
PA
CT
CA
UT
VA
NC
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 40 grantees
All grantees of The Garland and Brenda Reiter Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Santa Cruz Island Foundation$57,50053%
Direct Relief$57,00060%
Terra Marine Research and Education$56,000123%
Food Forward Inc$48,50060%
Oceana Inc$41,00040%
Santa Barbara Channelkeeper Inc$36,50053%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Oxnard & Port Hueneme$33,50030%
Africa Schools of Kenya$29,500616%
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum$27,00061%
The Webb Schools$23,50060%
Montecito Trails Foundation$22,00063%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$20,00010%
Heal the Ocean Inc$18,50051%
Moxi the Wolf Museum of Exploration Innovation$18,30040%
Crane Country Day School$17,39360%
Community Partners$16,00020%
St Lawrence University$13,00060%
President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College$11,00060%
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation$10,50030%
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital$10,00020%
Heart Trust Inc$7,50023%
Ocean Conservancy$5,64020%
San Jose Children's Discovery Museum$5,00010%
Storyteller Childrens Center Inc$4,50020%
Carpinteria Arts Center$4,50030%
Ganna Walska Lotusland$4,00010%
National Geographic Society$4,00020%
Glioblastoma Research Organization Inc$3,50010%
In Defense of Animals$3,00010%
Starfish Connection Inc$3,000110%
Glioblastoma Foundation Inc$2,96110%
African Women Rising$2,50010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$2,50010%
Montecito Friends of the Library$1,50011%
Amigos of Costa Rica Inc$1,00010%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$1,00010%
Sansum Clinic$1,00010%
Best Friends Animal Society$1,00010%
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History$92810%
Vna Health Foundation$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($141k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Garland and Brenda Reiter Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSanta Cruz Island Foundation: $57,500 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetDirect Relief: $57,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTerra Marine Research and Education: $56,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetFood Forward Inc: $48,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOceana Inc: $41,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSanta Barbara Channelkeeper Inc: $36,500 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Greater Oxnard & Port Hueneme: $33,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAfrica Schools of Kenya: $29,500 over 6y, 16% of budgetSanta Barbara Maritime Museum: $27,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetThe Webb Schools: $23,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMontecito Trails Foundation: $22,000 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHeal the Ocean Inc: $18,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetMoxi the Wolf Museum of Exploration Innovation: $18,300 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCrane Country Day School: $17,393 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Partners: $16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSt Lawrence University: $13,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPresident-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College: $11,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSanta Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation: $10,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSanta Barbara Cottage Hospital: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHeart Trust Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetOcean Conservancy: $5,640 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSan Jose Children's Discovery Museum: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetStoryteller Childrens Center Inc: $4,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCarpinteria Arts Center: $4,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetGanna Walska Lotusland: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Geographic Society: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGlioblastoma Research Organization Inc: $3,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetIn Defense of Animals: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetStarfish Connection Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 9.7% of budgetGlioblastoma Foundation Inc: $2,961 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAfrican Women Rising: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMontecito Friends of the Library: $1,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAmigos of Costa Rica Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSansum Clinic: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBest Friends Animal Society: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSanta Barbara Museum of Natural History: $928 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVna Health Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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 40.

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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 FoundationCA31.2× affinity13 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 · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · The Turpin-Allebrand Family Charitable Foundation · Elizabeth and John Moller Foundation · Alice Tweed Tuohy Foundation · The Kirby-Jones Foundation · California Community Foundation · The Leslie S and Philip L Bernstein Family Fund · The John C Mithun Foundation · Brittingham Family Foundation · Dancing Tides Foundation 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.

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About The Garland and Brenda Reiter Family Foundation

How much does The Garland and Brenda Reiter Family Foundation give?
The Garland and Brenda Reiter Family Foundation reported 31 grants totaling $236,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 29 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does The Garland and Brenda Reiter Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (23%), Youth Development (13%), Community Improvement (12%).
Who are The Garland and Brenda Reiter Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Santa Cruz Island Foundation ($58k), Direct Relief ($57k), Terra Marine Research and Education ($56k).
Does The Garland and Brenda Reiter Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Garland and Brenda Reiter Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Garland and Brenda Reiter Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Santa Barbara Foundation, Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation, Ann Jackson Family Foundation.
Where is The Garland and Brenda Reiter Family Foundation based?
The Garland and Brenda Reiter Family 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 57 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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