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The Gracie Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$29k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
14
Grants FY2025
11
Organizations funded FY2024
27%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$8,000
Organizations funded a year
11 to 20
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
5
Total assets, FY2025
$60k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 27% of the organizations The Gracie Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsEnvironmentEducationHousing & ShelterCivil RightsPublic BenefitOther
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
FY2025still arriving14$29k29%
FY202411$27k27%
FY202319$62k21%
FY202214$49k50%
FY202113$47k31%
FY202015$19k13%
FY201912$10k42%
FY201820$35k55%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Environment$134kEducation$68kAnimals$49kArts & Culture$9kHealth$9kPhilanthropy$6kHousing & Shelter$6kPublic Safety & Disaster$6kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
MA
OR
WY
SD
CA
UT
CO
KY
VA
NM
NC
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of The Gracie Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Oregon Desert Land Trust$75,00051%
Santa Barbara Public Library Foundation$36,00082%
Peace of Mind Dog Rescue$16,25090%
Environmental Defense Center$15,00050%
The Thacher School Inc$14,00040%
Save the Redwoods League$8,00020%
Oregon Natural Desert Association$8,0002n/a
Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance$7,00040%
Hospice of Santa Barbara Inc$7,00020%
Alaska Wilderness League$7,00020%
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc$5,55040%
National Disaster Search Dog Foundation$5,50050%
K-9 Placement and Assistance League Inc$5,50061%
WaterWatch of Oregon$5,37550%
Pilgrim Terrace Cooperative Homes$5,00011%
Eyes Ears Nose and Paws Inc$5,0001n/a
National Parks Conservation Association$5,00010%
Humane Society of Ventura County$4,50040%
Santa Barbara Education Foundation$4,00040%
The Cecilia Fund$3,75041%
Santa Barbara Partners in Education$3,33420%
Pisacano Leadership Foundation Inc$3,20030%
Freedom 4 Youth$3,00020%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$3,00030%
Ganna Walska Lotusland$2,75030%
The Kindness Ranch Animal Sanctuary$2,50020%
Buellton Community Educational Foundation$2,5001n/a
Pizza to the Polls$2,50011%
Old Dog Haven$2,50010%
Women's Fund of Santa Barbara$2,32340%
Hearthstone Village$2,0001n/a
Human Rights Watch Inc$2,00010%
Santa Barbara Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$2,00020%
Friends of the Santa Barbara Public Library$2,00021%
Public Communicators Inc$2,00010%
Healing in America$1,70013%
United Boys and Girls Clubs of Santa Barbara County$1,50010%
The Grey Muzzle Organization$1,50020%
Transition House$1,00020%
Adventures in Caring Foundation$1,00011%
Bakersfield Boxers & Bullies Rescue$1,00011%
Heal the Ocean Inc$1,00010%
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc$75010%
St Josephs Indian School$5001n/a
California Coastal Horse Rescue$50010%
Immaculate Heart Community$50010%
Reach Out and Read Inc$50010%
Deity Animal Rescue and Foundation$50010%
Paws for Life K9 Rescue$35010%
Environment California Research and Policy Center$20010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Gracie Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOregon Desert Land Trust: $75,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetSanta Barbara Public Library Foundation: $36,000 over 8y, 2.2% of budgetPeace of Mind Dog Rescue: $16,250 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Center: $15,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetThe Thacher School Inc: $14,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSave the Redwoods League: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Utah Wilderness Alliance: $7,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHospice of Santa Barbara Inc: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAlaska Wilderness League: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPeople for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc: $5,550 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNational Disaster Search Dog Foundation: $5,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetK-9 Placement and Assistance League Inc: $5,500 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetWaterWatch of Oregon: $5,375 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPilgrim Terrace Cooperative Homes: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetNational Parks Conservation Association: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane Society of Ventura County: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSanta Barbara Education Foundation: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Cecilia Fund: $3,750 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetSanta Barbara Partners in Education: $3,334 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPisacano Leadership Foundation Inc: $3,200 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFreedom 4 Youth: $3,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGanna Walska Lotusland: $2,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Kindness Ranch Animal Sanctuary: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPizza to the Polls: $2,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetOld Dog Haven: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWomen's Fund of Santa Barbara: $2,323 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHuman Rights Watch Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSanta Barbara Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Santa Barbara Public Library: $2,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetPublic Communicators Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHealing in America: $1,700 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetUnited Boys and Girls Clubs of Santa Barbara County: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Grey Muzzle Organization: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTransition House: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAdventures in Caring Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetBakersfield Boxers & Bullies Rescue: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHeal the Ocean Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFoodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia Coastal Horse Rescue: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetImmaculate Heart Community: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetReach Out and Read Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDeity Animal Rescue and Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPaws for Life K9 Rescue: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironment California Research and Policy Center: $200 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 45.

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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 FoundationCA34.6× affinity15 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 · Manitou Fund · June G Outhwaite Charitable Trust JS Poucher KL Englert & CM Cooney Co-Tr · The Kirby-Jones Foundation · The Turpin-Allebrand Family Charitable Foundation · James S Bower Foundation · Rudi Schulte Family Foundation · Women's Fund of Santa Barbara · Alice Tweed Tuohy Foundation · Towbes 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.

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About The Gracie Charitable Foundation

How much does The Gracie Charitable Foundation give?
The Gracie Charitable Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $29,112 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Gracie Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (44%), Education (22%), Animals (16%).
Who are The Gracie Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Oregon Desert Land Trust ($75k), Santa Barbara Public Library Foundation ($36k), Peace of Mind Dog Rescue ($16k).
Does The Gracie Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Gracie Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Gracie Charitable 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 Gracie Charitable Foundation based?
The Gracie Charitable Foundation is based in DE.

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 55 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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