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The Ghitterman-Rose Foundation at a glance

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The Ghitterman-Rose 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.

$43k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$13k
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 2024.

Education$187kPhilanthropy$59kCivil Rights$28kReligion$18kInternational$16kHuman Services$13kCrime & Legal$10kHealth$4kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $23k
$2,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$22k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FEMINIST MAJORITY FOUNDATION$12,500
UC REGENTS$10,500
GHITTERMAN-ROSE FOUNDATION$5,000
CONGREGATION B'NAI BRITH$3,980
COMMUNITY$3,000
SANCTUARY CENTERS$2,500
UCSB FOUNDATION$2,500
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE CENTER$1,000
COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL$1,000
SB PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION$500
FRIENDS OF SB PUBLIC LIBRARY$500
GLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN$250
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 (FY22–23, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%COMMUNIFY: $7k → 14%COMMUNIFY: $5k → 14%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SOLUTIONS: $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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$174k · 12 repeat orgs$43k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +5% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
17

Total granted

$174k
$32k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+5%
0%

Still filing today

42%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalHealthHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyHousing & 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • CC
    CONNECTICUT COLLEGE
    3× · 2017–2020 · $13k · revenue +23%
  • CA
    COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $12k · revenue +15%
  • SC
    Sanctuary Centers of Santa Barbara Inc
    2× · 2023–2024 · $3k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • LA
    LEGAL AID SANTA BARBARA
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • CS
    CAL STATE FULLERTON
    one grant, 2021 · $8k
  • AU
    ANTIOCH UNIVERSITY SANTA BARBARA
    one grant, 2018 · $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
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
2
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
3
San Francisco Women Against Rape

San Francisco Women Against Rape is a community-based rape crisis center. We provide support to sexual assault survivors, their family members, significant others, and friends. We use education as a tool of prevention. Direct services…

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4
California Forward

Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…

Public Benefit
5
Women's Fund of Santa Barbara

The women's fund of santa barbara is a volunteer-led collective donor organization that enables women to combine our charitable dollars into significant grants addressing the critical needs of women, children, and families in south santa…

Philanthropy
6
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
7
California Ocean Science Trust

California ocean science trust (ost) is a non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating progress towards a healthy and productive ocean future for california. created by state legislation, ost bridges the gap between cutting-edge…

Environment
8
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
9
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
10
Uc Riverside Foundation

To support educational, research and public functions and programs of the riverside campus of the university of california.

Education
11
The California Channel

To distribute public affairs and other educational information in order to create an electronic bridge between californians and their public officials, and, in the process educate a new generation of voting citizens and civic leaders who…

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12
Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara County

To provide high-quality civil legal services to vulnerable santa barbara county residents.

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Women's Foundation of California; the most unlike its peers is Women Against Gun Violence. 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

20 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. 20 of the 36 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
9/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UCLA LAW SCHOOL: $50,000 · OtherUCLA LAW SCHOOLUC REGENTS: $28,500 · OtherUC REGENTSFEMINIST MAJORITY FOUNDATION: $27,500 · OtherFEMINIST MAJORITY FOUNDATIONLEGAL AID SANTA BARBARA: $10,000 · OtherLEGAL AID SANTA BARBARANEW BEGINNINGS: $10,000 · OtherNEW BEGINNINGSCAL STATE FULLERTON: $8,000 · OtherCONGREGATION BNAI BRITH: $7,580 · Other+16 more: $27,750 · Other+16 moreUCLA FOUNDATION: $75,000 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATIONCONNECTICUT COLLEGE: $13,000 · EducationCONNECTICUT COLLEGESANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $50,000 · PhilanthropySANTA BARBARA FO…+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $15,750 · International+2 more: $350 · InternationalCOMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INC: $12,400 · Human ServicesDOMESTIC VIOLENCE SOLUTIONS FOR SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $500 · Human ServicesSanctuary Centers of Santa Barbara Inc: $3,000 · HealthStanding Together to End Sexual Assault: $500 · HealthOJAICARES INC: $250 · HealthENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE CENTER: $1,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$169,330Education$88,000Philanthropy$51,000International$16,100Human Services$12,900Health$3,750Crime & Legal$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFEMINIST MAJORITY FOUNDATION: $27,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $15,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT COLLEGE: $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INC: $12,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSanctuary Centers of Santa Barbara Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFUND FOR SANTA BARBARA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRANSITION HOUSE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S ECONOMIC VENTURES: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDOMESTIC VIOLENCE SOLUTIONS FOR SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStanding Together to End Sexual Assault: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOJAICARES INC: $250 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWomen Against Gun Violence: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPACIFIC PRIDE FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $100 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.

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…The McCune FoundationHutton Foundation Dba…Towbes FoundationJames S Bower Foundat…Weingart FoundationEdwin and Jeanne Wood…June G Outhwaite Char…Fund for Santa Barbar…Ann Jackson Family Fo…California Community …2005 Tomchin Family C…
Santa Barbara FoundationCA25.8× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Santa Barbara Foundation · The McCune Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · Towbes Foundation · James S Bower Foundation · Weingart Foundation · Edwin and Jeanne Woods Family Foundation · June G Outhwaite Charitable Trust JS Poucher KL Englert & CM Cooney Co-Tr · Fund for Santa Barbara Inc · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · California Community Foundation · 2005 Tomchin Family Charitable Trust

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 Ghitterman-Rose Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ghitterman-Rose 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%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Connecticut College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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 36 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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